Light of Truth
Live Catholic Formation for Everyone
We are a team of parents, grandparents and parish catechists committed to helping Catholics with additional needs to experience the fullness of life in Christ. We have a wealth of first-hand experience of catechising individuals of all ages and abilities with conditions such as autism, ADHD and Down's Syndrome, and also of living with neurodiversity ourselves.
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What can we do for you?
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One-to-one mentoring
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Recommendations of catechetical resources, both for sacramental preparation and ongoing formation
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Training for your parish or group, covering inclusion at Mass, in sacramental preparation, and in the domestic church (the home)
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Signposting to other organisations
Organisations and Inclusive Masses
UK Diocesan Organisations
Arundel and Brighton Diocese
Inclusion Adviser: Margaret Fraher
Cardiff Diocese
Southwark Archdiocese
Additional Needs Co-ordinator: Chris Henley
Leeds Diocese
Disabilities Forum, Caritas Leeds
Northampton Diocese
Pastoral Ministry Adviser: Canon Kevin O'Driscoll
Nottingham Diocese
SPANNED (Supporting People with Additional Needs in Nottingham Diocese)
Westminster Diocese
National Directories
Directory for Signed Masses in England and Wales, Catholic Deaf Association
Contact a Community, Faith and Light
UK Inclusive Masses and Retreats
Arundel and Brighton Diocese
Creative Prayer Retreats, Lay Community of St Benedict
Leeds Diocese
Westminster Diocese
Contact Caritas St Joseph's for details.
Are you involved with an inclusive catechesis ministry in the UK?
Please let us know so we can add you to this directory!
For catechists
Sacramental Preparation
Adaptive Reconciliation Kit, Loyola Press
Adaptive First Eucharist Kit, Loyola Press
Adaptive Confirmation Kit, Loyola Press
Adaptive Finding God Kit, Loyola Press
Different Gifts, Same Spirit, Loyola Press
I Belong Special, Redemptorist Press
Symbols of Faith, Redemptorist Press
Adapting Catechesis
Five tips for teaching children with autism, Dcn Lawrence Sutton
Adapted Faith Formation, National Catholic Partnership on Disability
Handbook for Adaptive Catechesis, Michele Chronister
How to Welcome, Include and Catechise Children with Autism and Other Special Needs, Dcn Lawrence Sutton
The Adaptive Teacher, Charlene Katra
I Call You Friends, Widgit Symbols
Inclusive Prayer Sessions, Mission Together
Dyslexia-friendly font, Dyslexie
Create symbol resources, Widgit Symbols
Finding Resources
For families
Parenting
Self-Care for Special Needs Moms, Kelly Mantoan
Special Children, Blessed Fathers, Randy Hain
Spiritually Able, David and Mercedes Rizzo
Better Than OK: Finding Joy as a Special Needs Parent, Kelly Mantoan
Faith, Family and Children with Special Needs, David and Mercedes Rizzo
Prayer
God Loves the Autistic Mind, Fr Matthew Schneider LC
Praying for your Special Needs Child, David and Mercedes Rizzo
Prayer Books, Widgit Symbols
Prayers for People with Down Syndrome, Saint for Down Syndrome
Friends and Intercessors, Accepting the Gift
Mass and Catechesis
Home-Based Religious Education Curriculum, Accepting the Gift
Making Faith Accessible, Summer Kinard
Family Advocacy Toolkit, Accepting the Gift
Remarkably and Wonderfully Made, Rosemary Macintyre
Missal Flip-Book, Loyola Press
Catechesis Videos in BSL, Catholic Deaf Association
Sunday Gospel in Widgit Symbols, Kairos Forum
For parish priests
Sacramental Preparation
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities, USCCB
Valuing Difference, CBCEW
Ministry and Catechesis
Youth Ministry for People with Autism, Way of St Thorlak
Taking the Lift to Heaven, Michele Chronister
Parish Life
Speaking of Disability: Pastoral Guidelines on Language, National Catholic Partnership on Disability
Inclusive Participation Assessment Tool, National Catholic Partnership on Disability
Making a Sight-Loss Friendly Church, TORCH
Making an Autism-Friendly Church, Churches For All (Church of England ministry)
Inclusion Training, Kairos Forum
Workshops on Welcoming and Including People with Autism, Susan Hartley
Inclusion and Accessibility Audit, Diocese of Leeds
Mass
Training for Sensory-Friendly Masses, National Catholic Partnership on Disability
BSL Lectionary, Catholic Deaf Association
Mass Readings BSL Videos, Catholic Deaf Association
Going Deeper
Books
Disability and the Church, Lamar Hardwick
Kinship in the Household of God, Cynthia Tam
Of Such is the Kingdom, Summer Kinard
Autism and the Church, Grant Macaskill
Salt and Light, Maureen Pratt
Websites
What is Autism?, National Autistic Society