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A newly established Arizona Catholic Schools Fund for Disabled Students allows schools to better serve students with a range of learning disabilities, physical or mobility challenges, blindness and low vision or who are hearing impaired.

These are a few examples of the sentiments of recent mini grant award recipients around the Diocese of Phoenix Catholic schools. The Matthew 19:14 Project (TMP) is a 501c3 non-profit organization in existence since 2020.

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 5 he was "deeply disappointed" by Loyola Marymount University's decision to allow a student group's fundraiser for Planned Parenthood to go forward later the same day despite thousands of protests against the event.

Behind the scenes, groups like the Exceptional Learners Advisory Board are helping ensure students with one or more learning or physical disabilities can thrive at a Catholic school in the Diocese of Phoenix.

It is right and just to ensure all children receive religious education and access to the sacraments, said a priest who was born deaf and became blind 16 years ago.

Their school uniforms might be the same, but underneath is a person God gifted with a unique set of abilities and challenges to overcome.

The Catholic Community Foundation awarded Annunciation Catholic School a $20,000 grant in its competitive “Youth and Education” category. The grant will partially fund a special needs student program serving students at the Cave Creek school with learning disabilities.

Parents seeking a Catholic education for children with learning disabilities in the Diocese of Phoenix have support from a local grassroots organization. The Arizona Catholic Schools Disabilities Fund, founded two years ago by Lisa Colangelo Fischer, Ph.D., partners with Catholic schools to educate and support parents, teachers and staff by advocating inclusion of special needs students.

Catholic schools are entrusted with the mission of nurturing and developing the faith in students, and that includes those with special needs.

The Diocese of Phoenix’s historic Together Let Us Go Forth ~ Juntos Sigamos Adelante campaign officially came to a close March 31, after nearly nine years of impact.  The $100 million initiative, which launched in 2017 under the visionary leadership of Bishop Emeritus Thomas Olmsted, emphasized discipleship and evangelization through building, renovation, beatification and development projects across a myriad of parishes, schools and ministries within the nearly 44,000-square-mile diocese.    What started as a diocesan-wide study indicating the need for a new high school in the West Valley, soon turned into a full-fledged campaign, which carried the potential for a much broader impact.