Agenda

10:30am Early arrival for Meet and Greet with Resource Table –

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11am  Workshop Begins: Prayer 

Welcome and Acknowledgements: Christine and Christopher Duffley, Founders of the FIRE Foundation of New Hampshire

11:10 Mark Bradford – A Place at the Table (45 minutes)

11:55 Prayer/Lunch from Twelve31 Cafe

Working Lunch with small group discussion – share one challenge or barrier and what is working for your parish or ministry.  

12:30pm Share answers, celebrate what is being done and acknowledge the struggles  

12:45 Deacon Geoff Ashman: Witness in both personal and parish life.  Inclusion doesn’t have to be perfect.

1pm Invited Guests - Inclusion Happening in our Diocese

Resources with Christopher Duffley 

Visual impairments in both school and parish life.

Hearing impairments in school and parish life.

NCPD (National Catholic Partnership on Disability) and other disability organizations – Where to find resources.

1:30 – 1:45 pm – Educational Inclusion in our Schools and Religious Education Presenter:

Kelly Moore Dunn, Ed.D - Coordinator-Cabrini Institute, Executive Director of Teacher Development for Diocese of Manchester Schoolhouse Educational and Therapeutic Services, LLC

1:45: What is FIRE?

Questions & Next Steps/future supports

2pm Concluding Prayer 

Optional:  2 to  2: 30 meet and greet with Mark and Kelly and to network with anyone who would like to stay a bit longer - resources available to bring back to your parish.

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