March-May

A Wonderful Opportunity So Near To Us!

Join Fr Tom Coughlin, Brother Adam Zawadzki, and Matthew Hysell for a week long study and retreat with St Matthew the Evangelist, the attributed author of ‘the gospel of the Church’...in ASL for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Catholics.

Sunday, June 22nd through Saturday, June 28th At Camp Mark Seven, Old Forge, NY

Each morning, gather for prayer, attend daily workshops, celebrate daily Mass, and visit the old city of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Afternoons are free for hiking, swimming, or seeing the area. Share your faith and rediscover Sacred Scripture with fellow believers, and return home with a renewed understanding of the Catholic Church’s love for the Bible.

The cost of the week is $375.
An ICDA Scholarship of $100 is available for any applicant.

If you are interested, please contact Ms Carrie Fisher.

More information at www.CampMark7.org Summer Bible Institute

This & That

These are pictures I took while in New Orleans at the NCOD Conference.

Terri (2nd from right), my friend who lives there, took Fr Ray Fleming, two Pastoral Workers from GA, and myself on a tour of the devastation.

This picture is near the canal that broke: once a thriving neighborhood, now just a field of concrete blocks.

Congratulations to Beth & Robert Heinlein, and big brother Mathew, on the birth of twin girls: Kadence Paige and Olivia Sloane on December 16th 2007.

May she rest in peace: Arlene F. Miller, the sister of Shirleyann Colburn

Be sure and ask Joan Keeffe about her 2 month visit with her sister and niece in New Mexico. Fr Tony Keeffe joined them for Christmas. Welcome home!

Pilgrimage to Lourdes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
with ASL interpreter
June 5-11, 2008
More Info (see June 5 entry on schedule)

7 Days / 6 Nights
$1,595.00 + $395 taxes and fuel surcharge:
Toll Free: 1-866-LOURDES
315-476-0026 Fax: 419-730-4540

FOLLOW MARY MARGARET FOR A WEEK

Thursday, Feb 7th: She meets with Youth Ministers in Camillus to share the love of their work and make plans to work together

Friday, Feb 8th No pictures of the Deaf Coffee in Rome :-(

Saturday, Feb 9th in Rome
Life Teen at St John’s: Praise & Worship and a skit.

Sunday, Feb 10th : She interprets at St Paul’s in Whitesboro

Monday, Feb 11th: She visits Alice Johns
Beautiful as always!

Tuesday, Feb 12th: The Barber Shop... a fun loving group

Wednesday, Feb 13th: Some of the students in my Religion Classes at NYSSD

Remember Monsignor Glenn Nelson? He gave us a wonderful retreat a few years ago.

Now he is giving a Deaf Mission Retreat Day

The Mass: Beauty and Power

March 29, 2008 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

IHM Spirituality Center
1140 King Road
Immaculata, PA 19345-0200

Only $26 per person. Only $46 for couples.
Information: 215-587-3913 v/tty/vp

The Barber Shop: What is that?!
A group of people who gather the 2nd Tuesday every month at St Thomas 150 Clinton Rd New Hartford.

10 AM -11 AM Coffee & Donuts
11 AM -12 PM Games
12 PM -1 PM Lunch

Join the fun!

Holy Week Schedules

St James, Johnson City
Holy Thursday 7 PM
Good Friday   3 PM
Easter Vigil   8 PM

Rome
Easter Vigil at St Mary’s TBA

St Paul’s, Whitesboro
Holy Thursday   7 PM
Good Friday      3 PM
Easter Sunday   11 AM

St Lucy, Syr & Holy Family-St Michael, Fulton
unavailable at printing time.
Please check with your parish

A Fantastic Day with Steve Angrisano
Saturday April 26, 2008 9:30 AM to 3 PM at St Augustine’s in Baldwinsville

Ages 13 - 18 Don’t Miss This!! Contact Mary Margaret now... syrdeaf@juno.com

ICDA’s ANNUAL SPRING PICNIC

Wednesday May 14th at 6 PM St Thomas   New Hartford

Ham Dinner, Raffles, Fun !    Cost: $7  (helping Deaf Youth)

Reserve at  syrdeaf @ juno.com or 404-5674 V

Please pray for: those making their First Communions
those studying for Confirmation, those preparing for marriage
and our diocesan seminarians:

Christopher Ballard
Deacon Christopher Celentano
Christopher Ehrich
Rene Fahey
Lukasz Kozlowski
Kristopher Scheibel
James Schultz
Christopher Seibt

Would you like to get married in the Catholic Church BUT you’re divorced and don’t know what to do?
Or are you wondering how to get your marriage blessed? Ask Mary Margaret: syrdeaf@juno.com

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
March 2008						1 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen
2 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	3	4	5 NYSSD Religious Ed	6 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	7	8 Johnson City 5
9 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	10	11 Senior Citizens' Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	12 NYSSD Religious Ed	13	14 Catechetical Leaders Meeting	15 5 Mass with Bishop Moynihan Dinner to follow Syracuse
16 Palm Sunday Dewitt 11:15 Johnson City 10 Whitesboro 11	17 St Patrick's Day	18	19 NYSSD Religious Ed	20 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM Holy Thursday See Schedule	21 Good Friday See Schedule	22 Easter Vigil see Mass Schedule
23 Easter Sunday Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	24	25	26 NYSSD Religious Ed	27	28	29 Rome 5 PM +Life Teen
30 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	31

March Birthdays

3    Anne Parish
5    Connor Evans
5    Linda Farrell
9    Tiffany O’Bryan
10 Robert Harmon
11 Daisy DeHaas
13 Michelle Burchett
13 Fr Robert Dwyer
17 Holly Cutler
23 Meghan Dadey Evans
27 Kristin Miller
29 Fr Wilbur Votraw


March Anniversaries
10 Robin & Michael Brennan
31   Pauline & Frank Rakowski

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
APRIL 2008
		1	2 NYSSD Religious Ed	3 Liverpool Group 10 AM -2 PM	4	5 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night
6 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	7	8 Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	9 NYSSD Relious Ed	10	11 Mary Margaret to Ireland wiith her husband's choir	12
1 3 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	14	15	16	17 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	18	19 Johnson City 5
20 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	21	22 Mary Margaret is back	23 NYSSD Religious Ed	24	25	26 Steve Angrisano Baldwinsville
27 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City 10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	28	29	31 NYSSD Religious Ed ASCENSION THURSDAY Vigil Area Masses			*

April Birthdays

8    Edith Gregory
18 Desiree Kavanaugh
20 Amy Coppola
21 Marion Spuches
23 Donald Starks
24   Richie Coppola
25   Frank J LoRusso          25 Bob Thurlow

        April Anniversary

23 Regina & Kevin Welch

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
MAY 2008
				1 Liverpool Group 10 AM- 2 PM ASCENSION THURSDAY Area Masses	2	3 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night
4 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	5	6 Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM Utica	7 NYSSD Religious Ed	8	9 Catechetical Leaders	10 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night
11 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	12	13	14 NYSSD Religious Ed 6 PM Spring Dinner	15 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	16 K of C Mass	17 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night
18 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	19	20	21	22	23	24 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night
25 Dewitt 11:15 Syracuse 9 Johnson City10 Fulton 8:45 Whitesboro 11	26 MEMORIAL DAY	27	28	29	30	31 Johnson City 5 Rome 5 PM + Life Teen Night

May Birthdays
1    Bryce Dadey
1   Jeanette D Romanowski
3    Kelly Martin
4    Ashley Nemier
5    Cody Sharpsteen
7    Mark Frechette
8    Stan Suchocki
14   Kelly Read
15   Angelo Mingolelli
15   Patty Parish
16   Stephanie Burchette
18   Ray Carroll
19   Virginia Grant
20   Leo Falcone
25   Ted Sawanec
26   Fr Tom Coughlin
27   Zachary Frechette
29   William Wiley

May Anniversaries

17 Denise & Peter Hnelosub
21 Patty & Mike Parish
28 Ann & Ken Rakowski