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1 A Handbook For Catholic Evangelization By the Blind and Sighted Working Together (2) Circles of Friends: People with and their Friends Enrich the Lives of One Another Hope for the Families: New Directions for of Persons with Retardation or Other Spiritual and Faith Community Integration Needs of Catholic Developmentally Disabled Thomas A. Walsh & Colleen McCabe Robert Perske Robert Perske Jericho Research Foundation Deaf/Blind Seasons of Grace Brigid O Donnell Opening Doors of Welcome and Justice to Parishioners with (2) National Catholic Partnership on Disability Bless My Special Child (3) The Disabled Disciple Ministering In A Church Without Barriers (2) A Place for All Mental Retardation, Catechesis, and Journey in Faith A Model of a Gospel Study Program for mentally retarded teens, adults and their friends In Heaven There Are No Thunderstorms Onward Ever, Backward Never Carolyn Lynch- Quinonez Elizabeth J. Browne Mary Therese Harrington Fr. Bill Gillum Gijs Okhuijsen & Cees van Opzeeland Marie Thieme Religious Education Adult

2 Celebrating Differences Alfred H. Neufeldt DA Awareness Celebrating Differences Nancy and Dennis DA Awareness Leader s Guide Becker From Barriers To Bridges A Community Action Guide for Congregrations and people with disabilities National Organization on disability People w/ DA That All May Worship An Interfaith Welcome To People With Souls Beneath and Beyond Show Me No Mercy A Compelling Story of Remarkable Courage The To Persons with Since Owen A Parent-to-Parent Guide for Care of the Disabled Child National Organization On Disability Sharon Rosenbloom Robert Perske Jane Krafft Charles R. Callanan The Church And Disabled Persons Jean Vanier Friends For Life Barbara Aiello and Jeffrey Shulman What s wrong with Maria Shriver Timmy? Someone Special Just Tricia Brown Like You Our Brother Has Shelley Cairo Down s Syndrome An Introduction For Candles in the Night Frederick A. Radtke We Don t Have Any Here Planning for Ministries with People with in Our Winifred Anderson, Toby Gould, James L. Paul

3 Community The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy program to Improve Catholic ucation for and with Intellectual (3 copies) Speaking to..about Faith Development of with Intellectual (Parent Handbook of Kennedy Curriculum) (2) Creating an Inclusive Worship Community Accommodating All People at God s Table (5) The ABC s of A.D.D. for Catechists Faith and Light Guidelines for the first year lets begin Sharing responsibility in Faith and Light Leader s pack for community leader Faith and Light Faith & Light Charter and Constitution Seeing Through God s Eyes (2) (1 braille) Just Like Me (2) My Church A young girl shares her Catholic Deaf Community (2) Elizabeth Browne Madonna Wojtaszek- Healy Leanne Deluliis and Zachary Grabowski Emily DeFrancesca and Philip Pantuso Karen M. McGann We Go To Mass (2) Grace Harding

4 Created in God s Image Catechists For All Disability Awareness Activities for children, teens and families (2) Awakening Spiritual Dimensions Prayer Services with Persons With (2) God s Love Embraces A Religious Formation Booklet for with (2) Disabling Myths About Disability The Child with Learns the Faith (4) Stations of the Cross For Persons with A Loving Justice Heather and Jessica Tomko Joseph White and Arista White Joann E. Davis William F. Gillum Secretariat for Education Department for Persons with Beatrice A. Wright Kathy Labosh Msgr. Thomas McDonnell National Catholic Office for Persons with Rev. Walter Kern Pastoral with Disabled Persons and your Barbara J. Newman Church Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of people with Spectrum disorder On Sunday, I go to Mass Kathy Labosh St. Joseph s Mass Book Sister Stephanie Clifford Welcome One, Welcome Network of Inclusive All Catholic Educators Inclusive Religious Education DA Awareness DA Awareness people w/ DA With Open Arms Diocese of Rockville

5 Liturgical Signs and Prayers () Signing: How to Speak With Your Hands Sign Language Made Simple Stories of God s Love: Preschool Program Catechesis with Persons with : What s a Parish To Do? (2) To God with Love: Adapted Religious Education Program Guide (2) Strategies in Teaching Religion to and with Welcome to Liturgical Celebrations (CD) Centre Archdioceses of Washington & Baltimore Elaine Costello Karen Lewis & Roxanne Henderson Comingore, Adams & Baldwin Archdiocese of Baltimore Sr. Eileen Byrne Archdiocese of Dubuque Diocese of Allentown Religious ed Sharon Egan 11/15/ Best Practices Guide for Including Students with in Religious Education Classrooms & Youth Programs (2) Sacrament of Reconciliation (/Workbook) Sacraments: Gifts for All Confirmation (Binder + Student Guide) All About Mass Student Edition Sacraments: Gifts for All - Eucharist National Catholic Office for the Deaf Pastoral Initiatives, Pastoral Initiatives Pastoral Initiatives Sharon Egan 11/15/ Betty Frometa 2/17/15

6 Sacraments: Gifts for All: Reconciliation Binder + student guide (2) Adaptive Reconciliation Kit Adaptive Confirmation Preparation Kit Adaptive First Eucharist Preparation Kit Faith, Family and Handbook for Adaptive Catechesis Faith Formation and Pastoral Initiatives Loyola Press Loyola Press Relgious Ed Loyola Press Betty Frometa 2/17/15 David Rizzo Michele Chronister Lifelong Faith, Winter Special Needs Edition 2012 Awareness: Catholic Diocese of DA Awareness Welcoming Our Differences Buffalo Letters to Gabriel Karen Santorum The Resilient Family Powers & Dell Orto Accessibility Audit for United Methodist Churches Church Opening Doors NCPD Guiding Principles & Strategies for Inclusion in for Catholics with The Child with K. Labosh Goes to Town A Life Like Yours NCPD DA Awareness Broken Body J Vanier Simple Strategies that Work Themes for Weekend Retreats for Mentally Impaired Expressing Faith in Jesus: Church Membership for People with Cognitive Myles & Gitlitz Hartman & O Reilly Vredeveld

7 Impairment with Persons with DA: Retreat Renewal Days Disability and Theology Sharing our Faith in Jesus Christ: Pastoral Work in Deaf Welcomed and Valued: Supporting People with Mental Illness in Parish Life Catholic Prayers in ASL Disability in Parish Life: Foundations Archdiocese Dubuque Lutheran Seminary NCOD NCPD Archdiocese Philadelphia NCPD of Theological of People with DA Deaf/Blind Deaf/Blind Why Am I Different? Norma Simon My Child, My Gift Nugent How to Welcome, Include and Catechize with and other Special Needs Special Saints for Special People (dis)abilities and the Gospel Sutton Gannon Ferguson & Parsons Sharon Egan 11/15/

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