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Parishes focus on making spaces hospitable to people with disabilities

If parishes want to be truly welcoming, hospitable places, they must turn their attention to making it possible for people with disabilities to be full participants in liturgies and other parish events.

Pope: Discrimination against people with disabilities must end

The Catholic Church must be a home for all, especially for people with disabilities who continue to face discrimination in the world and in the church, Pope Francis said.

St. Mary of Providence celebrates first time back together

When residents and clients of St. Mary of Providence gathered in front of their main building July 15, all decked out in red, white and blue to celebrate Independence Day, they sang a verse of “God Bless America” and carried signs thanking health care workers.

Parish honors pioneer of sacraments program for the disabled

When a stiff summer breeze pulled the black cloth off the sign identifying the lane around the courtyard at St. John Brebeuf Parish in Niles as “Lois Kozeny Circle,” Kozeny herself laughed. “That’s right, I’m always going in circles,” said Kozeny, who since 1970 has led a religious education program for children and adults with special needs called GLADD: Giving Love Apostolate of the Developmentally Disabled.

Pope Francis: Defend dignity of persons with disabilities

The dignity and rights of people with disabilities are increasingly threatened by a society that discriminates and views them as a burden, Pope Francis said.

Disability not an impediment to full communion

No one is excluded from the love of Jesus. That’s the message that Margaret Garbacz, facilitator of the RCIA program at St. Symphorosa Parish, wants people to take from Carlos Rivera, 26, and his family.

L’Arche: Movement creates community of love

Each month, members of the L’Arche community in Chicago gather at one of the three L’Arche homes ...

New license will allow Misericordia to continue care

A national trend to move people with developmental disabilities out into the community and away f...

Group offers free medical equipment to those in need

Ed Kane and Bob Shea know what it is like to have a disease that renders you unable to move. When...

School, parish rally around student with mobility challenges

Like other parents of students at St. Catherine of Alexandria, Tony Martin heard the stories, the rumblings of student Jack DeMatteo’s growing struggles to navigate the Oak Lawn elementary school. As DeMatteo’s muscles...

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