Services and Ministries for Persons with Disabilities and their
Families
Advocacy
Disability Services advocates for persons with disabilities
within the community and refers them to other services in and
outside the Catholic Charities system. Together with the Office
of Disability Ministry, Disability Services sponsors a parish
advocacy program to assist parish communities in identifying and
responding to the needs of persons with disabilities.
Contact
Marilyn Scott
Camping
Programs
Camp
Happiness
Since 1966, Disability Services has offered a summer camp
program for persons with developmental disabilities. Camp
Happiness is a seven-week day camp offered at several sites
throughout the Diocese for individuals five years of age to 21
years of age.
Contact Marilyn Scott
Augustine Rainbow Camp
Camp
Rainbow provides diverse day camping experiences in the Tremont
area for young people from throughout the diocese. The
Camp emphasizes inclusion of all people. For further
information on the Rainbow Camp, call St. Augustine Parish at
(216) 781-5530.
Additional Information
Camp
Christopher
Residential Camp for adults with disabilities is offered at Camp
Christopher in Bath, Ohio. Contact 1-800-CYO-CAMP or
visit their website
Catholic Camping Programs
offers
many options for people with disabilities.
Visit their website
Education
OLA/St.
Joseph Center Day School
OLA/St. Joseph Center is the home to the Rose-Mary Center day
education program, monthly dances, Saturday Adult
Education Program and is used for various community ministerial
and social programs that include persons with disabilities.
Contact
Marilyn Scott
Continuing Adult Education Program
Disability Services provides adults with developmental
disabilities who are more than 18 years of age with educational
options through the Continuing Adult Education Program (CAEP).
This program prepares a person for independent living while at
the same time providing an opportunity for educational services
and social activities tailored to individual needs.
Contact
Marilyn Scott
Monthly
Dances/Socials
Monthly dances and social
gatherings at OLA/St. Joseph Center and Rose-Mary Center offer
persons with developmental disabilities the opportunity to learn
social skills and form friendships while gathering as a
community. This program is provided in cooperation with many
organizations and group homes throughout the Cleveland area and
surrounding suburbs.
Contact Marilyn Scott
Rose-Mary Center
The
Johanna Grasselli Rehabilitation and Education Center
Rose-Mary Center is a
residential center for the treatment and rehabilitation of
children. Children who have mental retardation, developmental
disabilities and behavior disorders receive comprehensive
services designed to develop basic skills.
Rose-Mary
Center also manages seven group homes for adults with cognitive
disabilities.
Contact Rose-Mary Center
Special
Events -
Contact
Marilyn Scott
Annual Walk
of Hope (every October)
Journey to
Bethlehem (every December)
Annual
Pilgrimage liturgies
Religious
Outreach to People in Developmental Centers & Group Homes
St.
John Bosco Program at Parmadale
The St. John
Bosco Program at Parmadale provides specialized residential
treatment services for males adolescents with developmental
disabilities and mental/behavioral health needs, which place
these youth or others at risk in less restrictive or intensive
treatment settings. Growth, development, and treatment for
youth begins with a positive relationship with a caring adult.
Child and youth care workers and other treatment staff develop
this caring relationship with youth by being appropriate adult
role models, and providing an environment that is firm, fair,
consistent, developmental appropriate, and nurturing.
Contact Parmadale
Waiver
Services
Catholic Charities is certified as
an Individual Option (IO) and Level 1 waiver service provider.
Clients can use waivers to fund many of our services.
Contact
Marilyn Scott
or Dennis McNulty
OFFICE OF
DISABILITY MINISTRY
PASTORAL CARE
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
Monthly Retreats
The Monthly
Retreat offers adults with cognitive disabilities (mr) and other
developmental disabilities an opportunity to develop their
religious faith by participating in weekend activities and
discussions. The program also functions as respite for
caregivers and provides adult interaction for persons with
disabilities. These Retreats are offered 1 weekend each
month from September to May at River's Edge on Rocky River Drive
on Cleveland's west side. The cost is $120.
Contact Marilyn
Scott
Persons
who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Catholic Apostolate for deaf
persons is a ministry that proclaims the gospel through
educational, spiritual, pastoral, sacramental, catechetical and
social programs. The Apostolate provides a signed
(bi-lingual) deaf liturgy at more than 10 locations throughout
the Diocese as well as all other aspects of pastoral ministry,
including counseling, religious education, crisis intervention,
advocacy, home and hospital visitation, transportation and
social/recreational activities. Interpretive services
provide a qualified interpreter for deaf persons and their
families as needed.
Contact
Disability Ministries at St. Augustine Parish
Persons who
are Blind and Visually disabled
The Catholic Blind Community
assists people who are blind, visually disabled or deaf/blind
realize, understand, develop and live out their lives to their
full potential within the community in which they live and with
the Church. The Catholic Blind Community provides monthly
gatherings that include a liturgy, meal and a presentation.
In addition, there are other meetings of the Catholic Blind
Association to plan programs and services to develop ways to
involve blind individuals with the community and the Church.
A home and hospital visitation
program provides audio description for activities that involve
the blind and transportation to church and community-related
activities.
Crisis intervention, social
service and advocacy are all part of this ministy.
Contact
Disability Ministries at St. Augustine Parish
Persons with
Mental Illness
The Office of
Disability Ministry provides persons with mental illness the
support necessary so these individuals will be able to function
within the community and within the Church. Disability
Ministry and St. Augustine Church host the Links Clubhouse, a
drop-in center providing educational, social, recreational and
spiritual programs for persons with severe mental illness.
In addition, a support group for
families with persons with mental illness meets monthly.
Assistance to persons with mental illness include counseling,
crisis intervention, social service and advocacy and hospital
and home visitation, transportation, referral and involvement
with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and other groups
established to assist them.
Contact
Disability Ministries at St. Augustine Parish
Persons with
Developmental/Physical
Disabilities
The Office of
Disability Ministry, in cooperation with Disability Services,
provides educational, spiritual, pastoral, sacramental,
catechetical, social and recreational programs. The
mission is to assist people with cognitive and other
developmental disabilities and physical disabilities to
understand, develop and live out their lives as completely as
possible within the Church and the larger community. Some
of the programs provided include religious education,
sacramental preparation and pastoral care at centers throughout
the Diocese and at OLA/St. Joseph Center. Special
liturgies are celebrated throughout the year such as the Journey
to Bethlehem and the Pilgrimage Mass.
Counseling, social service,
advocacy, crisis intervention, outreach retreat program, a
drop-in program for young people, specialized ministry to
institutions and group homes.
(Note that developmental
disabilities includes various types of disabilities, including
mental retardation, autism and some physical disabilities.)
St. Augustine Parish, together
with the Office of Disability Ministry and Catholic Charities
Disability Services provide several special services. The
St. Augustine Hunger Center provides two meals per day, every
day, as well as holiday meals for homeless individuals and
persons with disabilities.
Augustine Rainbow Camp is a
five-week summer program for children with disabilities, with a
special mission to children who are deaf, blind, mentally and
developmentally disabled as well as children from the near west
side community, homeless and multi-disabled children.
The Seeds of Literacy Learning
Center provides educational and personal development, sometimes
leading to the GED, and always helping to develop the skills of
all the individuals involved.
St. Augustine Catering/Job
Development Programs seeks to develop individual skills while
giving a person the opportunity at consistent work.
Contact Disability Ministries at
St. Augustine Parish
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