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Special needs, special gifts

Catholics with disabilities seek ways to participate fully in the life of the Church

Whether it’s your son, mother, sister or the man across the aisle at church, we encounter people with disabilities all the time. As Catholics, it is our calling to be welcoming, but too often, people with disabilities stay in the shadows. In this section, you’ll find stories from parishioners with varying disabilities, tips for sacramental preparation for people with special needs and ways to incorporate everyone in the life of the Church.

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The sacraments are for all, including people with disabilities

Grady Smith, 10, who has cerebral palsy, smiles in front of the altar at St. Mary Church in Hot Springs. He has been an altar server for about a year.
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Catholics with disabilities vital to the life of the Church

Nancy Quinn, a deaf interpreter during the 10 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Mary Church in North Little Rock, and members of the deaf community sign the prayers July 8.
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Catholics who cannot hear ‘are thirsting for encounter’

Kasen Goodwin, 22 (left), helps serve a meal to participants at a Knights of Columbus event this past spring. Goodwin, who has Asperger syndrome, is a member of the Knights and active in other parish activities.
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People on the autism spectrum have range of gifts to offer

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In the 50 years since Father Nho Duy “Dominic” In the 50 years since Father Nho Duy “Dominic” Do’s arrival, large Vietnamese Catholic communities have grown in Barling, North Little Rock, Rogers and other communities. Arkansas Catholic spoke to Vietnamese clergy, religious and laypeople to learn more about the growth of the Vietnamese Catholic community in Arkansas and the challenges they face. 

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Since the election of the first U.S.-born pope, hi Since the election of the first U.S.-born pope, his 75-year-old childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, has become a tourist attraction and even a place of pilgrimage.

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Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52 percent, say Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52 percent, say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers “that refer to Jesus,” while 46 percent of adults say they oppose it, according to an analysis from the Pew Research Center in Washington.

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Dominican Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Su Dominican Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, who moderated the press conference, told CNS the series is a “great gift” for Catholics because it offers an opportunity for engagement and genuine conversation.

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Since May, Mark Jechura has brought relics of St. Since May, Mark Jechura has brought relics of St. Damien and St. Marianne, as well as a piece of wood from a tree planted on topside Molokai by St. Damien, to sites across the mainland — from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. — on what he has named the Tree of Hope Tour.

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On July 19, after months of preparation, Dr. Jim G On July 19, after months of preparation, Dr. Jim Gorman, an obstetrics and gynecology physician in Fayetteville, will leave the area he has called home for 28 years to embark on an unexpected second act in his life. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/11/physician-joins-military-at-63-fayetteville/
“Hope is a promise. It is not a prediction. Plac “Hope is a promise. It is not a prediction. Placing our trust in Christ’s promises helps us focus on the known," Father Joseph Friend said. "We can confess our hope without wavering. … Hope is for the poor and humble. … Hope makes you a protagonist.” he said.

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