Creating Access and Inclusion in Worship

QUOTES FOR INCLUSION AWARENESS DAY

"While we are called to make all people welcome every day, Inclusion Awareness Day reminds us of the gifts received when parishioners of all abilities are purposefully included in the day-to-day life and ministry of the Church."
- Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago -

"More than 56 million people in the United States live with various disabilities, 14 million of whom are Catholic."
- National Catholic Partnership on Disability -

"The parish is the door to participation for persons with disabilities, and it is the responsibility of the pastor and lay leaders to make sure that this door is always open."
- US Bishop?s Pastoral Statement on Persons with Disabilities #18 -