Ephphatha! The Hearing-Impaired Person in the Life of the Church
Papal Words to Conference on Care of the Deaf (2009 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana)

Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Nov. 20 upon receiving in audience participants in the 24th International Conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry.

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Knights of Columbus plan fundraiser for Deaflympian
by Nicki Prevou, NTC Editorial Assistant

The Knights of Columbus Council 4709, is working to assist Aaron Matthew Gomez, age 21, in raising funds so that he will be able to compete in the upcoming 21st Summer Deaflympics, to be held Sept. 5-15 in Taipei, Taiwan...

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Deaf Community Program takes a road trip
by Mary Cinatl

The morning was perfect; not a cloud in the sky and just a hint of a breeze to keep the May day from becoming too warm. Members of the Deaf Community Program gathered in a church parking lot with beaming smiles and busy hands and formed a prayer circle. They prayed for safe travels, patience and flexibility. Vans were loaded and the caravan began its 80 mile road tip north...

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Deaf Priest Hears God’s Call
by Tami S. Zimmerman 08/13/08, Fayettville Eagle Bulletin

One of the most difficult decisions Bea Murphy and her husband Michael had to make took place in 1970. Their daughter Colleen was born deaf, and at just 4 years old, she was sent 142 miles away from their home in Liverpool to St. Mary’s School for the Deaf in Buffalo...

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Local deaf Catholics attend conference at Vatican
by Nadia Maria Smith, CS&T Staff Writer

ROME — Thousands of deaf Catholics from around the world descended upon the Vatican in June for a conference dedicated to discovering and affirming the ways that the deaf Catholic community can fulfill its call to discipleship and evangelization...

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