Immaculate Heart of Mary

 

Join Catholics from across Florida as they gather in Tallahassee
for Catholic Days at the Capitol, February 7-8, 2012.
www.flacathconf.org/CDAC

Program Spotlight: People With Disabilities

Bishop Grady Villas

Bishop Grady Villas supports persons with disabilities to use their God-given gifts to achieve greater independence, physical and emotional well-being, and spiritual growth. We empower these individuals from throughout Central Florida to reach their full potential through Christ-centered, personalized and wholistic residential, vocational and employment services, and community support.

Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities

 "we are committed to working for a deeper understanding of both the pain and the potential of our neighbors who are blind, deaf, mentally retarded, emotionally impaired, who have special learning problems, or who suffer from single or multiple physical handicaps—all those whom disability may set apart. We call upon people of good will to reexamine their attitudes toward their brothers and sisters with disabilities and promote their well-being, acting with the sense of justice and the compassion that the Lord so clearly desires."

Catholic Bishops of Florida Pleased with Florida Legislature’s Passage of Religious Freedom Act

"The legislature’s passage of the Religious Freedom Act is a critical first step toward safeguarding
health, education and social service programs in which Floridians benefit through the participation of
faith-based providers..... These include: educational scholarships for disabled and low
income; healthcare, eldercare and indigent care; housing assistance for the homeless and disabled; food
programs for the poor; faith-based prisons and disaster services."