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Church Access for Persons with Disabilities
Catholic Teachings, Practical Suggestions and Resources |
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Catholic Teachings on Persons with Disabilities
The goal of this site is to assist persons with disabilities to participate more in the life of the church.
But, before we can do that it is important to understand what the church believes... what it teaches... about persons with disabilities.
This is important because, over its history and even in the present time, many people, religious leaders included, do not really understand what the church believes about persons with disabilities. Often decisions are made based on erroneous information.
To discover the teachings of the church, this "teaching" section is divided into two sections:
1) Church Statements on Persons with disabilities These will be divided into a) Vatican Statements, b) U.S. Bishops' Statements, and c) Diocesan Statements. In each area a couple examples will be given with a link to find more. Please understand that the wording may not always seem appropriate in our current views. Remember, these documents were written a while ago and, often, they are translations from other languages.
What I believe is important is not their "political correctness" as much as the beliefs they convey about persons with disabilities.
As this website develops it is my hope to post new statements here as they are released.
2) The Sacraments Sacraments are the church's teachings (Beliefs) in action. In the church's Sacramental practices we can find what the church believes (teaches) about persons with disabilities and their place in the church.
To accomplish this, this will be divided between a) Sacramental Theology and b) Canon Law. There is really good news for persons with disabilities here! Especially those with severe cognitive disabilities.
Sacramental Theology
Click here to go to the Sacramental theology page
Click here to view the page on Canon Law and church practices
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Last Update to this page was December 21, 2007
Copyright © 2006 Dennis C. McNulty