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The Golden Rule Project: Cultivating A Welcoming Church Environment For People With Disabilities, Meghan M. Concagh Apr 2022

The Golden Rule Project: Cultivating A Welcoming Church Environment For People With Disabilities, Meghan M. Concagh

2022 Academic Exhibition

A website to help cultivate a welcoming church environment for individuals with disabilities.

Everyone knows the Golden Rule - the idea to treat others as you would like to be treated. Who exemplified this better than Jesus Christ Himself? He invited sinners, tax collectors, and people with disabilities to his table. The Golden Rule Project hopes to reignite the welcoming environment of the church so that all are treated with love and respect and every person feels a part of the Church.

The goal of The Golden Rule Project is a simple one: to encourage Catholic parishes to create …


Sodality: December 2020, Fontbonne University Dec 2020

Sodality: December 2020, Fontbonne University

Sodality: Reading for Change

Our reading this month was suggested by Jamie Daugherty in the Family & Consumer Sciences department.

The prevalence of food insecurity on campuses across the U.S. has continued to increase in the past 10 years. More data is being collected and resources offered to help students with a variety of basic needs - including food. The financial costs of attending college, as well as the changing demographic of the student attending college impact additional support services that students need including food assistance, housing, transportation, and additional wrap-around services such as assistance with insurance, health care, and career development.

This chapter …


Sodality: November 2020, Fontbonne University Nov 2020

Sodality: November 2020, Fontbonne University

Sodality: Reading for Change

Our reading this month is "Classroom of Death," the first chapter of Kevin Gannon's Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto.

Discussion

  • Please share your opinion about the title of Chapter 1, "Classrooms of Death."
  • Does Fontbonne's curriculum and pedagogy embody a mind-body-spirit approach to teaching and learning?
  • To what degree does our current curriculum reflect the "school for life" curriculum or the deadening curriculum referenced in this chapter of Radical Hope? What changes would you like to see?