Internet Resources for Ministering with Deaf Catholics
and Catholics with Disabilities

Compiled by Mary O’Meara  June 2009

• The Catholic Celiac Society www.catholicceliacs.org
• CUSA (An Apostolate of People with Chronic Illness &: Disability) www.cusan.org
• Faith and Light, U.S.A. www.faithandlight.net
• National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry (NAfIM) www.nafim.org
• The International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons (ICF) www.icfdeafservice.org
• National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD) www.ncod.org
• National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD) www.ncpd.org
• Network of Inclusive Catholic Educators (NICE) http://campus.udayton.edu/~ipi/

For the following five resource listings, use United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Web address (www.usccbpublishing.org) and search for “Disabilities.”

• 1978 Pastoral Statement
• 1995 Sacraments for Persons with Disabilities
• 1998 Welcome and Justice
• 2003 Opening Doors Parish Guide
• 2003 Welcoming Parishioners with Disabilities
• 2008 Diocesan Special Needs Diocesan Resource Directory—Department of Education (www.usccb.org/education/fedasst/needs4.pdf)

• The Use of Mustem and Low-Gluten Hosts at Mass (www.usccb.org and search for “low gluten hosts.” Several articles are available.)

• Victorious Missionaries (VM) www.vmusa.org

• Autism and Faith (download in PDF format) http://rwjms2.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/products/publications.htm

• Camp Mark Seven (Camp for Deaf Persons) www.campmark7.0rg/

• Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministries Specialization in Deaf Ministries www.stu.edu/InstituteforPastoralMinistries/GraduatePrograms/SpecializationinDeafMinistries/tabid/1105/Default.aspx

• MFP- Ministry Formation Program for the Deaf in Chicago: www.godtouches.org/mfp/

 For more information on autism Sister Michelle Grgurich suggests these sites:

• Autism Speaks www.autismspeaks.org
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare www.autisminpa.org
• Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org
• To listen to Make Room for Us, a monthly podcast, visit www.diopitt.org/education/dpd.htm