Parish Leadership Meeting: Martha and Mary's Kitchen

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 2:00pm EST to 3:30pm

Martha and Mary’s Kitchen: A model for shared leadership in ministry and faith sharing

Martha and Mary’s Kitchen is an online young adult faith group co-lead by persons without disabilities and persons living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Come and see how faith sharing can be fun and innovative! This group is model after the Gospel story of Martha and Mary. We listen and reflect on Scripture. Then we learn how to cook together! Members of the group will be joining the presentation to share their thoughts and reflections.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)

Youth and Young Adults

Rachel Chung

Disability Ministry Coordinator, Archdiocese of Washington Office of Deaf and Disabilities Ministry

Rachel has experience working with non-profits supporting adults living with IDD as a case manager, vocational training program supervisor, and a job coach. She also served as a lay missionary with Maryknoll in Cambodia for 3 1/2 years helping to create sustainable ways for the Cambodian people to support orphaned children living with significant disabilities. Her background is in social work and she has found connecting people with their faith an uplifting part of her career. She lives in Maryland with her wonderful partner in ministry and husband, Sambath. She is the proud mother of two children, Chanda and Sorya who are launching into young adulthood, and the sometimes reluctant owner of a large Husky, named Fitz.

Parish Leadership Meeting: Martha and Mary's Kitchen

Martha and Mary’s Kitchen: A model for shared leadership in ministry and faith sharing

Rachel Chung

National Catholic
Partnership on Disability

Advancing the Meaningful Participation
of Persons with Disabilities in Church and Society