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  2. October NCPD Affiliate Connect "How to Plan a Retreat for Parents of Children with Disabilities"

October NCPD Affiliate Connect "How to Plan a Retreat for Parents of Children with Disabilities"

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 2:00pm EDT to 3:00pm

 Join our October meeting!

We meet with NCPD Affiliates on the third Wednesday of the month to address various disability-related needs of dioceses. 

How to Plan a Retreat for Parents of Children with Disabilities

Learn how to plan retreats for parents of children with disabilities. Presented by Maggie Rousseau, Director of the Disabilities Ministry for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Maggie and her husband Scott have three children. Their son Christopher was born with Mucolipidosis II, a very rare, terminal genetic disorder which caused both physical and developmental disabilities. Below is a picture of Christopher at Braves Stadium.

Diocesan Directors will receive an email on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, with a link to register.

To learn if your diocese is an Affiliate, click here.

 

Maggie Rousseau

Maggie Rousseau

Maggie is the Director of the Disabilities Ministry for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.  Maggie and her husband Scott have three children.  Their son Christopher was born with Mucolipidosis II, a very rare, terminal genetic disorder which caused both physical and developmental disabilities.  Following his passing at the age of 9 1/2, she earned a Master of Education – Early Childhood Education/Multiple Severe Disabilities from Georgia State University, and worked for over ten years teaching students with multiple/severe disabilities and visual impairments.  She is a graduate of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.  The Rousseau family currently resides in Smyrna, Georgia.

 

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