The Loyola Press Opening Doors Award honors a parish community that demonstrates a spirit of belonging and engagement practices that facilitate the meaningful participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of the parish community and the life of the Catholic Church.
The winning parish will be awarded a plaque, be featured in NCPD E-News and website, and receive $1,000 to be used by the parish to continue their efforts on behalf of parishioners with disabilities.
Here are the results from the national survey on disabilities and parish life that was run in 2016 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Click below for the report, downloadable as a pdf.
For a feature length article on this report and its findings, click below and read the America Magazine Juily, 2016 issue.