The Feast of All Saints, Nov 1st, some students from NYSSD were able to attend Mass at St Mary’s in Rome. Here they are before Mass looking through the church.

This & That

A big Thank You to Jane Long for talking with the parishioners of Assumption Parish in Syracuse about the Catholic Deaf Community.

Classes have started at the New York State School for the Deaf in Rome. There are 12 students. Please pray for them.
Would you like to talk with them about what your faith means to you? Come in one day!

If you would like either a Lenten night or to learn to make Butter Lambs and learn about what they represent, please let me know!

If you have any suggestions or comments or questions, let me know.

Karolina and Mrs Potato Head drawing winners for the All Saints Day Raffle to help send our group to NCYC.

The Winners:

1) Nick Ferlo
2) Kacey Blaney
3) M Cole
4) Cindy McNicholl
5) Bob Balfe
6) O'Toole
7) Sue Aqunio
8) James Fitzgerald
9) Gabrielle White
10) June Deeley
11) Nick Ferlo
12) Dan Ryan
13) P Sarner
14) Rose Parisi
15) Nick Ferlo
16) Steve Brooker
17) Virginia Grant
18) James Fitzgerald
19) Deb Money
20) Diane Bates
21) MM Barfe
22) TheresaG........
23)Rachel Puma
24) Michael O'Hara
25) Mike Giannico

December 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

One of the “Holy Days of Obligation”, which means that Catholics need to go to celebrate at Mass together.

Some Holy Days, if they fall on a Saturday or a Monday don’t require us to go to Mass, but this Feast of the Immaculate Conception is so important that it is celebrated even if it falls on a Monday or on a Saturday, as it does this year.
Mass will be interpreted at St Paul’s, Whitesboro, at 5:30 PM on Dec 7th.

For other Interpreted Masses please check with your parish.

Christmas & Jan 1st Masses:

Rome: St Mary’s Dec 24th at press time: 5 PM Whitesboro: St Paul’s Dec 25th 10AM

Interpreted Mass Times not yet scheduled:
Johnson City: St James
Syracuse: St Lucy’s & Fulton: Holy Family
Check your Church for times

Jan 1st Holy Day: Mary, Mother of God
Please check with your parish or interpreter or Mary Margaret as they are being set up.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
DECEMBER 2007						1 Camillus SYR Christmas Party + Mass 5 PM Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
2 Dewitt 11:15 Whitesboro 11	3	4	5 NYSSD Religious Ed	6 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM Youth Ministers Fulton	7 Vigil of the Immaculate Conception see Mass Schedules	8 Immaculate Conception Mass + Sunday Vigil Mass Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
9 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	10	11 Senior Citizens' Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	12 NYSSD Religious Ed	13	14	15 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
16 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	17	18	19 NYSSD Religious Ed Parties	20 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	21	22 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
23 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	24 Christmas Eve Check Schedule	25 CHRISTMAS See Mass Schedules	26	27	28	29 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
30 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	31 New Year's Eve SeeMass Schedule

December   Birthdays
3    Kevin Welch
8     Edith Rakowski
11   Holly Dilillo
15   Bertha Coughlin
26   Donna Wine
27   Lori Booth
27   Krista Chapple
29   Benjamin Trelease
31   John Evans

    December Anniversaries

5 Dawn & Brian Brothers
15 Bishop J Moynihan
30 Angeline & James Fitzgerald

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
JANUARY 2008
		1 Mary, Mother of God See Mass Schedules	2	3 Senior Citizens' Liverpool Group 10 AM- 2 PM	4	5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
6 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	7	8 Senior Citizens' Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	9 NYSSD Religious Ed	10	11 Catechetical Leaders Meeting	12 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
13 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	14	15	16 NYSSD Religious Ed	17 Senior Citizens' Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	18 MM at NCOD	19 Rome 5 PM MM at NCOD
20 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11 MM at NCOD	21 MM at NCOD	22 MM at NCOD	23 MM at NCOD	24	25	26 Johnson City 5 Rome 5PM + Life Teen
27 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	28	29	30 NYSSD Religious Ed 6 Sub & Games New Hartford	31

National Catholic Office of the Deaf
(NCOD)
Pastoral Week January18-23, 2008
“See...I Make All Things New!”
Mary Margaret will be learning a lot!

WARM UP A COLD JANUARY with Friends and Food

ICDA 102 presents: SUB SANDWICH & GAME NIGHT January 30th, St Thomas   New Hartford
Members $5 / Non-Members $8
Reservation Money due by January 23rd

Send to: CDC PO Box 572 Rome, NY 13442-0572
Money raised for Deaf Youth Activities

January Birthdays

6    Ryan Evans
7    Linda Van Voorhis
12   Karen Read
15   Angela Cousyn
15   Jacqueline Frechette
24   Bethanie Lethbridge
25 Deborah Pardi
27   Brian Brothers
28   Jose Danny Mendez
29 Mercedes Debowey
31   Scott Allen

January Anniversary

27   Anne & Jack Parish

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
FEBRUARY 2008
					1	2 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
3 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	4	5 Mardi Gras (Day before Lent starts)	6 NYSSD Religious Ed Ash Wednesday Fast + No Meat	7 Senior Citizens' Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	8 Catechetical Leaders Reflection Morning No Meat	9 Johnson City 5 Rome 5PM + Life Teen
10 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	11	12 Senior Citizens' Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	13 NYSSD Religious Ed	14 St Valentine's Day	15 No Meat MM to CM7 Board	16 Rome 5 PM +Life Teen MM to CM7 Board
17 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	18 PRESIDENTS' DAY	19	20	21 Senior Citizens' Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	22 No Meat	23 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
24 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	25	26	27 NYSSD Religious Ed	28	29 No Meat

            February Birthdays

10   Aaron Cutler
21   Timothy O’Brien
23   Bishop Costello
25   Matt Dadey
26   Elaine Coleman
28   Alice Johns
28   Susan Sharpsteen

    February Anniversary

2     Fr Wilbur Votraw

Early start for Lent! February 6 th !

Check your parish for service times.   Lent is a time to grow close to Jesus. How? Prayer     Fasting     Almsgiving.

RULES FOR LENT

Ash Wednesday & Good Friday: (over age 14) no meat +(Age 18-59) Fast: eat only one big meal and two small meals
Don’t eat between meals.

Every Friday in Lent: (over age 14) no meat

Palm Sunday Mass with Bishop Moynihan Saturday, March 15th 2008

If you would like to participate, we need:
Server/Cross Bearer (1)
Streamer Bearers (2 or 3)
Gift Bearers (2 or 3)
Readers (7) + Interpreter (1)
Ministers of the Cup (2)

Wish List: A Palm Sunday Banner for the procession

If you wish to do any of these, please let me know! (Readers will get the Readings to practice)

Email: syrdeaf@juno.com 315-404-5674 (V)

Don’t Miss This! FX YOUTH RALLY
(Rally For Christ)
Saturday, March 1st, in Syracuse
Reply to Mary Margaret by February 1st!

John Thomas Redmore was born at 2:30 pm Sept 19. Mom, John and the whole gang are doing well.
There's a nice full-page article about the Redmores (and another cute photo) in the Nov. 29 issue of the Catholic Sun.

THANK YOU

to our newsletter supporters
Rev Alfred Nortz
Brenda Lambert
& Thank You to those who helped send our youth to “NCYC”, the National Catholic Youth Conference

NOW IS THE TIME

to check out Summer Camp Activities

Camp Mark Seven in the Adirondacks
Holley Family Village in Michigan

NCYC National Catholic Youth Conference November 8-11, 2008, Columbus, OH 18,500 attended from across the US Some Things Learned at “NCYC”: Things don’t “just happen”...God is in control. Don’t worry! Abraham, Moses, David, and the Prophets...ALL would trade places with us. Why? Because we have Jesus come to live in us at every Mass with every Eucharist! When asked “Why do you believe in God?”, most would answer: “Because my parents taught me and now I believe!” Remember to pray by using “PAST” P raise Ask S orry T hanks No matter what happens... I still believe! Go...Make a Difference!
	The hall fills with Deaf and Hearing for first-ever presentations given in ASL, by Fr Mike Depcik, a Deaf priest. Fr Mike keeps everyone’s attention (moving faster than the camera)!
	Deaf teens from all over
	The Philly Group

	Left to right: Katie, Katherine, and Jessica from Denver, CO. Jessica hopes to work in Deaf ed someday!
Singer, musician Tony Mendez, born without arms, was one of the main speakers. His story given in pictures and words was inspiring. He uses his feet for so many things, including playing the guitar. He played for Pope John Paul II, and when the Pope kissed him his life changed. Now he travels telling of God’s goodness. He requested a picture with the Deaf Youth Groups. Here we are..from 6 states: NY, PA, MI, OH, MD, MO! Steve Angrisano and the Deaf group. Mike Depcik is in there too. Jesse Manibuso The Syracuse group We have lots more pictures of NCYC, of course, but that's enough for the newsletter!