Not knowing how to say prayers and recite confession is beside the point as long as parishioners can find a relationship with Jesus, says Sister Therese Mary Harrington, 87.
Sister Mary Therese Harrington, a pioneer in special religious education, is honored with flowers on Feb. 5, 2023, at the SPRED Chapel in Bridgeport. Harrington is retiring after 60 years of service to the developmentally disabled.
The service is set up to help disabled parishioners, and Sunday, at the chapel at the former St. John Nepomucene Parish in Bridgeport, a blessing was included for one of the people who started it all. Harrington continued to step up to help those who needed it, and when a priest needed assistance in bringing disabled parishioners to Mass, Harrington jumped on that opportunity.Sister Mary Therese Harrington, a pioneer in special religious education, warms up with the choir she conducts on Feb. 5, 2023, before Mass at the SPRED Chapel in Bridgeport. Harrington is retiring after 60 years of service to the developmentally disabled.
According to a statement from the archdiocese, Harrington is credited with changing the program to move away from clustering people with disabilities in one or two locations and instead establishing parish-based classrooms staffed by parish volunteers.In 2022, the program was serving nearly 700 people with special needs in 114 parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago, the statement said.
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