The NCPD Council on Mental Illness

Mission : Following Jesus who embraced all, we assist the Catholic Community in reaching out to and accompanying our brothers and sisters with mental illness and their families, assuring their rightful place in the Church and society.

Council Members:

Janice Benton: Executive Director, National Catholic Partnership on Disability

Deacon Tom Lambert , Council Co-Chair: Archdiocese of Chicago Commission on Mental Illness & Faith and Fellowship

Dorothy Coughlin: Director, Office for People with Disabilities, Archdiocese of Portland

Fr. Bob Malloy: Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit , MI

Connie Rakitan , Council Co-Chair: Archdiocese of Chicago Commission on Mental Illness & Faith and Fellowship

Jackie Johnson: Director, Disability, Deaf and Healing Ministries, Diocese of Erie

Ann Sherzer: Director, Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, Diocese of Kalamazoo

Lissette Mira-Amaya: Kalamazoo, MI

Dr. Thomas P. Welch, MD: Portland, OR

Notices:

The NCPD Council on Mental Illness Web seminar of Wednesday October 10, 2007 is availble for viewing and participation. Click here to access the site. For a transcript to supplement the captions, see below.

Transcript of the Web seminar of Wednesday October 10, 2007, click here.

On May 4th, 2007 the NCPD Governance Board of Directors issued the following important documents supporting the mission of the NCPD Council on Mental Illness:

NCPD Board Resolution on NCPD Council on Mental Illness .pdf, .doc;

Theological Framework on Mental Illness .pdf, .doc .

Resources for Observing Mental Illness Day of Prayer ( October 9, 2007 )

Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the 14th World Day of the Sick

Resources for observing May as Mental Health Month and Mental Illness Week each October:* Sample Articles for Bulletins & Newsletters .pdf, .doc; * Sample petitions to be included in the Prayers of the Faithful or as a Litany .pdf, .doc; * St. Dymphna Patron Saint of Persons with Mental Illness Feast Day May 15 .pdf, .doc .

NAMI's webpage with information on Mental Illness Awareness Week

For additional resources, visit:

Pathways to Promise www.pathways2promise.org/ NAMI FaithNet www.faithnetnami.org Mental Health Ministries www.MentalHealthMinistries.net

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