Special Needs
Welcoming Persons with Disabilities
One in five Americans has a disability. Everyday, it’s likely you encounter someone who has a disability. But you may not notice it. Sometimes people are uncomfortable around people with disabilities because they don’t know how to act or what to say.
We join our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, and Pope John Paul II in calling for actions which “ensure that the power of salvation may be shared by all” (John Paul II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n.16).
The purpose of the area for Special Needs is to work for the full potential of persons with disabilities, their families, and those directly associated with them. It is equally important to sensitize the people of the Diocese of Sacramento to the concerns, gifts and needs of all. Then, persons with disabilities will be able to enjoy full participation in the life and mission of the church, enjoying their full baptismal rights, as well as contributing to the good of the church.
Guidelines for the Celebration of the
Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities
www.ncpd.org/sacramental_guidelines.htm
National Catholic Partnership on Disability:
Advancing Inclusion in Church and Society
1998 Welcome and Justice for
Persons with Disabilities
www.usccb.org/doctrine/disabilities.htm
1978 Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities
www.ncpd.org/pastoral_statement_1978.htm
Local Resources
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
916-444-1100
Al-Anon
www.al-anon.alateen.org/
916-334-2970 – Sacramento
530-888-3645 – Placer
Al-Anon Adult Children
916-334-2970
Narcotics Anonymous
www.narcoticsanonymous.org
916-732-2299
National Depression &
Manic-Depression Group
www.ndmda.org/
916-366-4601
Debtors Anonymous
www.debtorsanonymous.org
916-349-7093
Gamblers Anonymous
916-447-5588
Freedom from Smoking
www.saclung.org
(Sacramento Lung Association)
916-444-5864
M.A.D.D.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
916-921-6233
Asperger’s Syndrome
Sacramento - 916/682-1740
Davis - 530/753-8649
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