People with disabilities
- Valuing Difference – People with Disabilities in the life and Mission of the Church
(Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales) - Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities
(US Bishops’ Conference) - Message for International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020 (Pope Francis)
- Pope says disabled people have a right to the Sacraments (Crux)
- Kairos Forum for Cognitively and Intellectually Disabled People: Crafting communities of belonging through attention to the spiritual
- Sacred Place for Accessible Communication and Empathy
(SPACE for prayer and reflection providing online resources
for those with intellectual disabilities and their families) - Catholic Disability Fellowship
Helping people with disabilities to participate fully in the life and worship of the Church - Hand in Hand – an integrated group of adults with and
without learning disabilities (Arundel & Brighton Diocese)
Deaf
- Catholic Deaf Association (includes signed Sunday Mass readings)
- Catholic Deaf Association Missal
- Sign Interpreted Mass – 6pm every Saturday
(Parish of Our Lady and St Vincent, Potters Bar)
Gluten intolerance
- Gluten Allergies/Alcohol Intolerance and the Bread and Wine used at Mass
- Coeliac Disease, Alcohol Intolerance and the Church’s Pastoral Response
(US Bishops’ Conference) - Coeliac Disease Foundation (US) – Information about low-gluten hosts