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Featured Resources

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Dementia-Friendly Worship: Finding Spiritual Peace with Dementia

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What Does a Dementia-Friendly Parish Look Like?

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Letter to the Elderly from John Paul II

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The Dignity of Older People and their Mission in the Church and in the World

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Diocesan Initiative: The Gift of Time--CareBreaks in Providence RI

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Dementia-Friendly Worship: Finding Spiritual Peace with Dementia

By Brian LeBlanc and Maureen Rulison
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What Does a Dementia-Friendly Parish Look Like?

Meet Mr. J, who was very active in ministry at his Catholic parish. He can be very loud and repeats the same three phrases when you meet him, but is joyful as he sings all of the right words to each hymn in Mass. When Mr J, who is living with dementia, had issues performing his ministry duties, he was left off of the schedule without any notice.
Pope John Paul II speaks into a microphone from a seated position, bent a bit.

Letter to the Elderly from John Paul II

Read this October 1,1999 letter from His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Elderly.
Older man on a couch with a younger man on one side and woman on the other, all smiling.

The Dignity of Older People and their Mission in the Church and in the World

The Contents for this 1998 Pontifical Council for the Laity document: Introduction Meaning and value of old age The older person in the Bible Older people's problems are the problems of us all The Church and older people Guidelines for the pastoral care of older people Conclusions
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Picture of a husband helping his wife in the kitchen. Wife has a walker.

Diocesan Initiative: The Gift of Time--CareBreaks in Providence RI

  "The CareBreaks program is a public/private partnership. Catholic Charities provides program support, with additional assistance provided in the form of grants from the state of Rhode Island, as well as the federal government through its Division of Elderly Affairs. Federal grants require matching funds so the diocesan support makes this program possible."
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