The new disability projects officer of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will continue to carry forward efforts to promote the full participation of people with disability in the life of the Church. Damien Gardiner, who has significant experience working in the disability sector, recently took on the role previously held for many years by Patricia […]

Next week’s International Day of People with Disability is a chance for Catholic communities to celebrate the lives, achievements and contributions of 4.4 million Australians with a disability, Bishop Don Sproxton has said. The international commemoration is held each year on December 3. Bishop Sproxton, the Bishop Delegate for Disability Issues, has written a message […]

The Bishop Delegate for Disability Issues has used his message for the International Day of People with Disability to call on Catholic communities across Australia to invite people with disability to take up leadership positions. The theme for the 2019 celebration, held on December 3, is “Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their […]

The Australian Catholic Disability Council has launched a new website to help ensure people with disability can prepare for and participate fully in the sacramental life of the Church. Bishop Terry Brady, Bishops’ Delegate for Disability Issues, said the website is an extension of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s foundational document Celebrating the Sacramental Life […]

Inclusion matters for people of all abilities and the Church must take a truly pastoral view that embraces our total community, Bishop Terry Brady said on International Day of People with Disability, celebrated worldwide on 3 December 2015. This year’s theme is ‘Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities’. Bishop Brady, Bishops […]

With a euthanasia bill tabled in the Federal Parliament, arguments on all sides of the debate are gathering steam, but there is one group of people who say they have more to fear than most from euthanasia legislation – those who are living with disability and battling a daily presumption from society that their lives […]

The Catholic Church in Australia is celebrating International Day of People with Disability this week with a focus on the promise of technology for people with disability. The 2014 theme is Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology. It focuses on the role of technology as a way to break down barriers for people with disability, particularly […]

Media Release, December 2, 2013 The International Day of People with Disability is celebrated on 3 December each year. The 2013 theme is: “Break barriers and open doors: to realise an inclusive society for all!” Bishop Terence Brady, the Australian Bishops Delegate for Disability Issues, said that our society is emerging from a long era […]

Media Release,May 10, 2013 The Catholic Bishops of Australia welcome and support the Federal government’s commitment to DisabilityCare Australia (National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)), a scheme which aims to help people with disability and their families. The Catholic Bishops believe that people with disability and their families should be provided with the most appropriate levels […]