Getting Started
Bring full participation of people with disabilities in your faith community by:
- Form an Accessibility Committee
- Identify Barriers
- Make a Plan
Our Doors Are Open offers faith communities creative ideas and guidance to increase inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities.
Resources & Guidance
Our Doors Are Open has free help and support for your community:
- Free Our Doors are Open Services
- Quick Accessibility Tips
- Accessibility and Inclusion Resources
- Our Doors are Open Guide
Participating Communities
Learn who is participating in Our Doors are Open:
- Find welcoming communities and congregations
- Participating organizations
- Project photo album
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Our Doors Are Open Workshop in Barrie Public Library,
Wednesday, November 28, 6:00-8:00 PM Online registration: https://t.co/EgLifapt0P Phone registration: 1-800-465-1133 https://t.co/BFDatDl0yZ
“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.” -Jean Vanier
A roadmap to a more meaningful life--in the article:
1. Accept the reality of your body.
2. Talk about your emotions and difficulties.
3. Don’t be afraid of not being successful.
4. In a relationship, take the time to ask: “How are you?”
5. Stop looking at your phone. Be present!.
6. Ask people: “What is your story?”
7. Be aware of your own story.
8. Stop prejudice: meet people.
9. Listen to your deepest desire and follow it.
10. Remember that you will die one day.
10 Simple Rules for the Best Life Ever
Your roadmap to a more meaningful lifeInclusion in the life of a Religous Roman Catholic Congregation in France.
Girls with Down Syndrome admitted to contemplative life
The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb live in the centre of France. They are the first contemplative community in the world to welcome into consecrated life people with Down Syndrome, or trisomy 21. The community, which has a special devotion to Saint Benedict and Saint Theresa of Lisieux, first....