Diocesan Initiative: Affirming Life
The Archdiocese of Washington's Affirming Life Initiative develops resources for parents, clergy, and pastoral workers regarding prenatal and postnatal support needs.
Interacting with People with Vision Loss
20.6 million American adults are blind or living with vision loss that is not corrected by wearing glasses or contact lenses (National Health Interview Survey 2012). The following are some tips to facilitation interaction among people with and without 20/20 vision.
Handout: The Person with Mental Illness
Ways to create a pro-life culture with persons living with mental illness.
National Catholic Office for the Deaf
“Spread God’s message through the support of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Catholics Pastoral Ministry so that we may all be one in Christ!”
Living Works - A course about suicide for faith leaders
“The online LivingWorks Faith course is a tremendous resource for faith leaders. It is very interactive, helping participants think through and reflect on the role of suicide in faith communities. I highly recommend any faith leader who works in some way or another with parishioners to consider taking the course.”
The Three “C”s for Supporting Individuals When They are Distressed
Some individuals are “sensitive,” “out of sync” or “explosive” – all words used to describe young people who are easily overwhelmed. These children especially benefit from loving support when they are distressed. As a parent of such a child and a child development specialist, I like to learn how to help my child and others like her.
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."
Happy Kids for Christmas
It’s typical for children to become over stimulated and stressed with all the activities surrounding the holiday season. Children with social and behavioral challenges may have the most difficulty adapting to schedule changes, visits to unfamiliar places, and introductions to new people and foods. The following tips give parents and caregivers some ways to maintain the joy of the season.- ‹ previous
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