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Syracuse Catholic Deaf Community
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Did you fill it out & send it to the office? Why not do it now!
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Syracuse Catholic Deaf Community
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Did you fill it out & send it to the office? Why not do it now!
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Fr Tom Coughlin's Masses on November 21st were wonderful. Those who were able to come to Utica joined in something special.
The people of St Francis De Sales Church welcomed us all, and were very
impressed with the Mass all in sign.
A big thank you to Fr Tom, and the readers Mattie Letham and Jane Long,
the streamer carriers Beth and Rob Thurlow and Jordan and Gabrielle, the
gift bearers Mary De Matteo, Jane Long, Jean Hebbard and Joan Keefe, the
servers Matt and Holly Cutler, the Eucharistic Ministers Jeanette D Romanowski,
Frances and Bob Harmon, and Mary and Robert Menotti.
Also, a thank you from the hearing folks to the voice interpreters Bob
Joseph, Dom DeMarco, and Robin Brennan.
Hand waving to all! Fr Tom wants to do it again!
Pentecost Mass Changed
At the Council Meeting, Mary Margaret announced there would be
a diocesan - wide Jubilee Mass on Pentecost for all Catholics.
It was just announced that it has been changed to a smaller celebration
for the newly baptized. Many people are disappointed.
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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 17 Angie Starks 30 Nellie Charma 31 Scott Allen FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
MARCH ANNIVERSARIES
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To all those who continue to support us with the Monthly Giving !!!!!!!!!
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Do YOU have any of these? ..... Just let me know and we can arrange how to get them back to the Office. Thanks!
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| Since our people are spread all over 7 counties of
the diocese, communication can be a problem. But with our newsletter,
we can all find out what is happening in the diocese.
Of course, everyone receives this for free. But it costs money to produceour newsletter and mail it out to you. We estimate that 10 issues we send to your mailbox each year costs us about $8.00. It was a bit cheaper when we printed it on the mimeograph in the old days, but now you can actually READ the print in the newsletter. It's worth it,isn't it? Think it over, and if you can, help us out with a donation. You can clip the form below and mail it to our office in Utica. We appreciate support from all of our friends. print, clip and mail:
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| This past Spring, after talking with members
of the Catholic Deaf Community, one Lay Minister from each region met with
Fr Peter Williams and Jeanette Romanowski to write a mission statement.
A mission statement tells who we are and why we are here!
At our Council Meeting in November, we all talked about what Jeanette had worked on and here is what was decided:
Mission Statement
We are a community of people - Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and hearing - who welcome and encourage each other to grow in faith and experience love. With this faith and love we can bring Jesus' Good News to the Church and the World using our wonderful gifts. Philosophy The Catholic Deaf Community is a diverse
community and has many ways of serving and supporting the Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing,
and hearing people.
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ICDA 102 Meeting highlights October 20, 1999
Present: Jeanette Romanowski, Jean Hebbard, Krista Chapple, and Mary
Margaret Van Damme
Jeanette presented the Treasurer's Report:Prev Balance $2606.97
- 13.25 New Checks
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$2593.72
Mary Margaret reported on the letters of thanks from Fr Pete
and Camp Mark 7. A letter was received from ICDA National asking
if we would like to hold the Convention in 2003. A letter of thanks
was sent to The Roman Pastry Shop for their donation of donuts for the
Oct 10th Coffee Hour. Price Chopper has not responded to our letter
asking for supplies for the Coffee Hour.
The Coffee Hours for 2000 are: 2/13, 4/9, 6/11, 8/13, 10/8, 12/10.
Discussion was held on having the meetings every other month.
We will try that.
Jeanette discussed dues. Why pay $200 for many people?
Maybe so people will receive the ICDA magazine.
ELECTIONS:
President:
Jeanette Romanowski
Vice-President: Jean Hebbard
Treasurer: Mary Margaret
Van Damme
Secretary: Krista
Chapple
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Mary Margaret
Van Damme was interviewed for a program on people in the neighborhood,
which also featured other people who work at St. Francis de Sales. The
program was shown on the Utica public access cable TV channel in November.
Unfortunately, it wasn't closed captioned.