We autistics often struggle at Mass. Helping find ways to lessen this struggle is a theme I have addressed before. The sensory issues and other factors often make it difficult for us. Deacon Mark Paine in the UK recently wrote […]
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Aleteia Writes About Sensory-Friendly Masses
It is good that the idea of sensory-friendly Masses is slowly expanding in Catholic circles. It is wonderful to see Aleteia posting a story about them, including my directory, this week. Here’s an excerpt from the post: A beautiful new […]
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Indispensable: Guide for Disability Ministry
I wrote one chapter of Indispensable: A Catholic Guide to Welcoming Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. It came out in September, but I only managed to finish reading the rest more recently. I want to provide a summary of […]
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This week, Word on Fire is publishing a new book on welcoming those with intellectual & developmental disabilities in the Church. It’s titled Indispensable. Mark Bradford edited it with a different author for each chapter. I wrote the chapter on […]
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Sensory-Friendly Mass on EWTN News In Depth
Over the summer, I noted that there is a new sensory-friendly Mass in the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia side of Washington, DC). The same Mass was covered this week by EWTN News In Depth. Here is the video of the […]
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Autistic Catholics in Catholic News Agency
Today, I am featured in a Catholic News Agency piece spotlighting Autistic Catholics as a new organization helping Catholics on the spectrum. Here is some of what I said: The new president of Autistic Catholics, Father Matthew Schneider, an openly […]
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A New Sensory-Friendly Mass in Virginia
This August, a parish in Northern Virginia started a monthly sensory-friendly Mass. Nativity is a parish on the edge of the DC suburbs in the diocese of Arlington that will now make their 1 pm Sunday Mass sensory-friendly every 2nd […]
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Ten Years of a Sensory-Friendly Room Near Atlanta
In this third and final installment of examining places that have run a sensory-friendly space for an extended period, we get to possibly the longest-running sensory-friendly room. (First and second in this series.) St. Peter Channel in Roswell, GA (north […]
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Fort Wayne Has the Largest Sensory-Friendly Mass in the USA
St. Vincent de Paul parish in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has the most highly attended sensory-friendly Mass I know of. They have 400-700 people on an average Sunday. They have been going for just under 3 years and have grown big […]
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Sensory-Friendly Room for Mass: 5 Years in NY State
I recently spoke to Aimee O’Connell of Autism Consecrated about her parish’s sensory-friendly room for Mass. This is St. Pus X in Rochester, New York: it’s on my sensory-friendly Mass directory. This will be the first in a series of […]
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