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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 Joseph's 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 for children and teens who are deaf or hard of hearing. From June 21 through July 2, Camp Overbrook:...
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 COVID vaccinations available for several hundred persons who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing...