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The Catholic Deaf Community of the Syracuse Diocese |
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The Catholic Deaf Community of the Syracuse Diocese |
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WHO
WE SERVE
The Catholic Deaf ministry of the Syracuse Diocese is a
ministry striving to serve about 400 households with deaf members in
the
7 county area of our Roman Catholic Diocese.
ADVOCACY
The Catholic Deaf Community, like any church, is called
to speak out for justice. We support the efforts of other Deaf people
to
work for equal rights, to educate hospitals and other agencies to
provide
interpreters, and to raise the "Deaf awareness" of hearing people
within the Church, so that Deaf people will feel more welcome, wanted,
and needed in our faith communities.
CONTACTS
Our office is temporarily located in Rome NY, at the
St. Peter's Convent, 401 Floyd Avenue.
Our mailing address is
The
Syracuse
Catholic Deaf Community
P.O Box 572
Rome
NY 13442-0572
By phone, you can reach us at (315) 404-5674 voice only (or relay). The Director, Mary Margaret Van Damme, can be reached at 315-339-2143 v/tty. If you have comments or suggestions about these Web pages contact the Webmaster, Jim Van Damme. Please do not e-mail us jokes, virus alerts, urban legends, or inspirational forwards; we get enough already.
MINISTRY
TEAM
The Catholic Deaf Community is directed by Mary
Margaret Van Damme.
A team of 7 trained lay leaders, both Deaf and hearing, assists in our ministry. Mary Margaret Van Damme and Jeanette Romanowski serve in the Eastern Region of our Diocese. Anne Parish is our lay minister for Oswego County.
In Syracuse, Mary DeMatteo-Vitale, Marion Baratta and Barb Hudson assist our Deaf community at St. Lucy's. In the Southern Region of the diocese, Jane Long has helped the Deaf church at our Johnson City location for many years.
Other volunteers assist us in many ways with our
social activities, religious education, fundraising, and outreach. We
are always looking for interpreters, lay ministers, and temporary help
for our many activities. If you are interested, write to Mary Margaret at the e-mail
address above.
Left to right: Mary Margaret Van Damme, Mary
DeMatteo-Vitale, Barbara Hudson, and Jeanette Romanowski at our lay ministers' commissioning in September
1998.
Click here to see more pictures of our
ministers' commissioning.
MASS
TIMES
We provide accessible Catholic worship at several sites
in our region. Check the newsletter schedule, call the
Church or e-mail our office for updates. We
occasionally adjust the schedule and
location of interpreted Masses to
accommodate people better. If you have suggestions, please contact us.
Interpreted masses are available at:
Syracuse:
St. Lucy's Church, Syracuse, Gifford Street, 2 blocks
from West St
Interpreted Mass at 9:00 AM
Dewitt:
Holy Cross,
4112 E Genesee
Liverpool:
St. John, Soule Road
Call for times
Johnson City:
St. James Church, Main Street
Call for times
Utica Area:
St. Paul's, Main Street in Whitesboro
Interpreted Mass 11 AM
Rome:
St. Peter's Church, North James Street near Fort
Stanwix, 5 PM Saturday
evening, 2 Masses each month
St. Mary's Church, West Liberty Street, 9:30 Mass (call
for dates)
Fulton:
Holy Family-St. Michael's, 45 West 4th Street (call for
times &
dates)
Phoenix:
St. Stephen's, 469 Main Street (call for times &
dates)
We also have interpreters on a monthly basis at varying locations in Oswego County.
Closed Captioned TV Mass for Shut-Ins:WKTV Utica Channel 2 6:00 AM Sunday
WBNG Binghamton 6:30 AM Sunday
WIXT Syracuse Channel 9 6:30 AM Sunday
PAX 2:30 PM Sunday
INFORMATION
and RESOURCES
We provide information and advice to many parishes
throughout the diocese of Syracuse, as they strive to serve the needs
of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in their congregations. We publish a
semi-monthly newsletter, THE SIGN OF CHRIST, which
contains
lessons about our Catholic Christian faith, a calendar of Mass times
and locations, important events, and news from throughout our region.
The on-line edition contains color photos and
other goodies not available in the print edition. Write or call
if you want the printed version mailed to you. Email us if you'd like to be notified when the on-line version is available.
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