Deaf Apostolate News Today

The Mass, sponsored by the Archdiocesan Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate, is offered for the intention of persons with disabilities, the deaf community, their families, friends, and caregivers.

Two archdiocesan offices hosted a retreat Feb. 18 in preparation for Lent offering families with children with disabilities an afternoon of faith and fellowship.

About 80 people attended the Mass Nov. 20 at the small church, a fact noted by Father Coughlin in his welcome

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- When she was in fifth grade, Jayda Pugliese realized that "something wasn't right." As a student at St. Mary Interparochial School in Philadelphia, she struggled to keep up in class. Her world was falling silent, due to a progressive disease that attacked her auditory nerves. Adept at lip-reading, Pugliese managed to pass regular hearing exams until her condition reached a crisis point, and her grades began to plummet. Now, 25 years later, Pugliese is the pri...

Once a struggling student, Jayda Pugliese of St. Mary Interparochial School drew on her faith to battle hearing loss -- and returned to lead her alma mater, while gaining international recognition for her work.

The annual Mass drew hundreds of people with physical and intellectual disabilities and their caregivers, plus members of the Deaf community, April 24 at the Cathedral.

The church and the world are restored through the “very powerful, very transformative” love found in the hearts of those with physical or intellectual challenges, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez at an April 24 Mass.

At several stops during an archdiocesan visit for World Down Syndrome Day (March 21), Bridget Brown stressed that

Faith and fun speak the same language at deaf summer camp Participants at Camp Overbrook: In Sign enjoy some water fun in the sun during a recent session at the late June-early July day camp, which is sponsored by the archdiocesan Deaf Apostolate and hosted by Saint Josephs University. (Photo courtesy of Sister Kathleen Schipani, I.H.M.) By Gina Christian • Posted July 6, 2021 An annual archdiocesan summer camp has just wrapped up two weeks of fun, faith formation and sign language fluency f...

Vaccine clinics reach deaf, hard of hearing Marcelle Baptiste of Yeadon receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine during a May 4 clinic for the deaf and hard of hearing community. The outreach was sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre, and St. Kevin Parish in Springfield, where the shots were administered. (Gina Christian) By Gina Christian • Posted May 11, 2021 Two recent clinics co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese have made ...