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  2. Affiliate Connect - October

Affiliate Connect - October

Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:00pm EDT to 3:00pm

We meet with NCPD Affiliates every month to address the specific needs of their dioceses. This month's Affiliate Connect will discuss 

“Sanctuary Course for Catholics: Empowering Parishes to Remove the Stigma of Mental Health  Challenges” 

This session will explore a resource helping parishes to welcome and celebrate the gifts of persons living with chronic mental illness, or mental health challenges. As we emerge from COVID19, parishes are becoming more and more aware of the work ahead of us to remove the barriers that stigmas create. Come explore this rich resource and learn how the Archdiocese of Washington is implementing this tool to inspire parishes to open wide their doors to all God’s people.

For more information on Sanctuary for Catholics, please visit https://portal.sanctuarymentalhealth.org/the-sanctuary-course-for-catholics

Mary O'Meara

Mary O'Meara

Executive Director, Office of Deaf and Disabilities Ministries of the Archdiocese of Washington

Mary earned her graduate degree at Gallaudet University. Her office serves persons across the Archdiocese who are Deaf, persons with developmental and physical disabilities, persons who are blind, veterans with war related injury, persons living with chronic illness, families who have received an unexpected prenatal diagnosis of lethal condition and persons living with mental illness. Mary serves on the Executive Board of the International Catholic Foundation for the Services of Deaf Persons based in Liverpool, England, and the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute Board in Washington, DC. In October 2017, Mary was a speaker at the Vatican Conference on Disabilities entitled “Catechism and Persons with Disabilities: A Necessary Engagement in the Daily Pastoral Life of the Church” sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.

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