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‘We give people their life back’

Ten years ago, St. Mary of the Woods parishioners Bob Shea and the late Ed Kane were just getting Devices 4 the Disabled off the ground, picking up mobility devices like wheelchairs and walkers from families who no longer needed them and storing them in the basement of St. Philip Neri Church before lending them out to others who needed them.

Students with disabilities welcomed at Nazareth Academy prom

Smiles were the order of the evening during Nazareth Academy’s seventh prom for teens with disabilities on March 8 at the school’s La Grange Park campus.

Brother Rice High School launches special education program

Starting next school year, three or four students with special needs are expected to become part of the student body at Brother Rice High School.

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 ...
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