Providing Support in the Struggle and Hope for Hard Times
Accepting the Gift provides Catholic special needs parents with the resources they need to thrive in their unique vocation.
We Have Created Resources For Your Family’s Needs
A message from Founder and Executive Director, Kelly Mantoan.
Today, across the United States, there are children with disabilities who are denied access to the sacraments and religious education by their parishes. There are dioceses with no disability ministry to support struggling Catholic special needs parents raising a child or children with disabilities. Accepting the Gift is here to help parents learn to advocate for their children, provide support where none is offered, and distribute free and affordable resources so all children can learn about their faith.
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Our Latest Posts
- St. Joseph’s Family Camp Welcomes All, by Katie NetzeIt is already getting warm outside when the vans start rolling into the parking lot. People stumble out, some giddy with excitement from a night of eager anticipation, others still rubbing the sleep from their eyes…
- How to Bring in Respite Care, by Anne JonesFirst, I want to start with the caveat that I am writing this as a mother of a special needs child with experience with one state’s services. My own experience may differ from yours, especially since…
- St. Joseph, a Model of Trust When Facing the Unexpected, by Marie ThompsonI have always felt a special love for St. Joseph. Our family adopted him as our patron saint when I was pregnant with our third child. However, now that we have two boys who have extensive…
- A New Resource for Quirky Catholic KidsMost of us have an idea of what motherhood “should” look like, but often times, that ideal doesn’t match with the version playing out in our real life. Especially when we are bombarded with images and…
Our ministry is motivated by the words of Our Lord
People were bringing little children to him so that he might touch them, and the disciples sternly rebuked them. But when Jesus became aware of this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them. For it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took them up into his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
Mark 10:13-16