Brochure of the Month

Brochure of the Month: September 2025

"Every human person – no matter how vulnerable or helpless, no matter how young or how old, no matter how healthy, handicapped or sick, no matter how useful or productive for society - is a being of inestimable worth created in the image and likeness of God.” – St. John Paul II, in his encyclical letter The Gospel of Life.  Unfortunately, today’s secular society is often blind to the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities, in all stages of life. Prenatal diagnoses of disability in unborn children may result in the parents being urged to consider abortion.  Currently, an estimated 67-92% of children with Down Syndrome are aborted. Parents of special needs children often have to fight for medical treatment that routinely would be given to someone with no overt disability.  Persons in their later years with diminished mental and physical abilities are often considered “expendable.”  The teachings of the Catholic Church clearly states that all human beings have a unique dignity and special value, from the very beginning of their life until the moment of natural death. In the Catechism 2208, it states that “the family should live in such a way that its members learn to care and take responsibility for the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped, and the poor.”   CCC 2209 emphasizes the role of society in helping and supporting the family in this endeavor.   Persons with disabilities challenge us to live the Gospel precepts of charity in the real world, to sacrifice some of our comfort for others, to take the time to enable them to be full members of society.

The actual brochure is available in both English and Spanish at the AMC and at the Hospitality Desk in the church narthex.  

The brochure in English may also be viewed here.  In Spanish here.