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CIDP Newsletter 7th Edition

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Message from Fr Paddy Boyle

We are currently in strange and difficult times and I hope that you well and keeping safe. We send our very best wishes and a speedy recovery to all who have been sick because of the coronavirus. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of those who have died, may they rest in peace.

While we can look forward to some relief and to better times with the coming of the vaccine, we still must be extremely careful and keep to all the recommendations and precautions advised by the HSE.

I want to thank all the staff in DVI who have been so helpful and considerate during this lock-down period.

Because the new variants of the virus are so highly contagious, we have not had Mass from the Emmaus Chapel for a while and that will continue until the lock-down is eased.

However, there continues to be interpreted mass on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. The links for these masses are below;

Clondalkin Parish: http://www.clondalkinparish.com/?page_id=1461

Bonnybrook: https://www.bonnybrookparish.ie/tv/

Sincere thanks to the priests and the interpreters who so generously give of their time to provide this valuable service.

We are currently updating the NCDP website.

God bless and keep safe, Fr. Paddy.

CIDP Newsletter Issue 3

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Bene Merenti Medal by Archbishop Charles Brown

Joseph Maguire was presented with the Bene Merenti Medal by Archbishop Charles Brown, Papal Nuncio at a special Mass in the Emmaus Chapel, Deaf Village Ireland.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin blessed the Emmaus Chapel with a Special Mass

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin visited Deaf Village Ireland and both schools

International Catholic Foundation 2012

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International Catholic Foundation (ICF) and National Chaplaincy for Deaf People (NCDP) are most thankful to the International Eucharistic Congress 2012 for providing this first ever IEC Deaf Track 2012 to Deaf Pilgrims attending the IEC. This took place from 14th–17th June 2012 in RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. This was a real opportunity where Deaf People had a part to play throughout the week through workshops, activities and interaction. There were 150 Deaf people from different parts of the world, where eight different Sign Languages interpreters were used within the Deaf Community.

The theme throughout was ‘The Eucharist: In Communion with Christ and With One Another’ DEAF TRACK IEC started with an Opening Mass said by Archbishop Patrick Kelly, Chairperson of ICF, in Dublin City University (DCU) Interfaith centre, Glasnevin, and afterwards, with a welcome Wine & Cheese reception for all delegates.

This was a perfect start to get to know the other Deaf Pilgrims. There were Deaf & Hearing Professionals involved with the Deaf Community coming from Mexico, Korea, America, England, Australia, Germany and Ireland who gave their presentations over the three days to a wider community for the first time. Many were inspired by their stories and came away with a sense of hope. This enabled us all to enjoy, communicate and reflect throughout the week of the IEC 2012:

The week started with an Opening Ceremony at which the Dublin Deaf Choir participated at the Mass in RDS, Ballsbridge. Throughout the week, there was a real buzz in the air with Deaf volunteers working in the same capacity as the hearing volunteers, in the RDS arena. The delegations of tasks went very well in RDS, Ballsbridge and in DCU in Glasnevin with excellent team work in both places. There were common threads of interests for all Deaf Pilgrims throughout the week. For many, this was a new experience, and they thoroughly enjoyed the presentations given to them in the Sign Language of their country and many came away feeling renewed, and hopeful for what’s to come in the future. On the social side, many delegates were very complimentary about moving theatrical story through Irish Sign Language given by Dublin Deaf Theatre actors/ actress. Many Deaf people were involved in preparatory time in sharing their skills in making homemade costumes, and beautifully handmade props, & artwork for backdrops.

On the final day, many Day Pilgrims as well as the Delegates enjoyed the Statio Orbis ceremony in Croke Park. Alongside well known hearing presenters, we had the pleasure of seeing Deaf performers from St Mary’s School for Deaf Girls, with their School Teacher, participating at the closing ceremony in Croke Park. This was followed by a great finale of a celebratory BBQ feast in Deaf Club Drumcondra and CEILI social night.

Over 300 people were at it and towards the end the night, there was a ‘silent auction’… a new idea coming from the Australian delegate who offered to do the auction to support the NCDP and he did it with charm and humour. He was selling off IEC spare sets of volunteer kit which consisted of T- shirt, signed by all Deaf Religious (who came for IEC, from various parts of the world) bun bag, lanyards, back pack bag.) And one Irish dancer even auctioned the costume on the spur of the moment! In total, we fundraised €700 euro from these simple items.

This was surely a memorable week for one and all.

Dublin Diocesan World Day of the Sick Conference

In 1992, Pope John Paul ll instituted the World Day of the Sick to be held on the commemoration of Our Lady of Lourdes. Each year the Dublin Diocese Committee for World Day of the Sick choose a theme to focus its attention. This year the committee will host a conference on the 5th February 2011 in All Hallows College as part of the diocesan celebration of World Day of the Sick. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will celebrate Mass the next day in St. Anthony’s Church, Clontarf on Sunday 6th February at 3pm.

The National Chaplaincy for Deaf People have been asked to collaborate with this committee and to invite individuals from various organisations involved with the Deaf Community such as the Irish Deaf Society, DeafHear.ie, the Catholic Institute for Deaf People and Irish Sign Language Interpreters, to develop a theme that would communicate the experience of Deaf People as they encounter illness in their lives. The theme of the conference is: “The Care of Deaf People in Times of Sickness”.

Our hope is that the day itself will provide a great opportunity to promote the importance of communication with Deaf People in mainstream settings such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, hospice care and indeed in places where Deaf People are in need different kinds of support; pastoral support, medical support and spiritual support. This day is open to all medical professionals, care-givers, hospital chaplains as well as members of the Deaf Community and is meant to enlighten, encourage and support those who attend. Registration begins at 9am on the day and the conference will conclude by 4.15pm. If you plan to attend please let us know by contacting me, Trisha Conway 087660349 (text or mobile) to help us calculate numbers for catering.

Irish Deaf Women attend historic conference in Rome

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Ms. Frankie Berry (National Chaplaincy for Deaf People) and Mrs. Maura Buckley (Catholic Institute for Deaf People) both made history in November 2009 by chairing a session and delivering a key presentation in the New Synod Hall, in the Vatican, Rome during the 24th International Conference hosted by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. Frankie Berry was possibly the first Deaf Woman ever to chair a session at an international conference in the Synod Hall.

The theme of the conference was “EPHPHATHA! THE DEAF PERSON IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH.It was a unique opportunity for members of the Deaf Community from all over the world who are involved in the life and work of the Catholic Church to address the leaders of the Church and to enlighten them on sociological, psychological, medical, familial and especially pastoral realities of deaf people as members of the Church.

The Conference was hosted by Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski who is the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and was attended in the course of the three days by cardinals, bishops and clerical representatives from the Vatican and from around the world as well as government and diplomatic representative from various countries.

It was a wonderfully rich gathering of talented and accomplished Deaf and Hearing members of the Church whose involvement, initiatives and experiences in their Deaf Communities and their local churches had much to offer by way of insight and advice to those in Leadership in the Church.

The success of the conference will be judged on the response in the future of the hierarchy in promoting and encouraging access and full participation of members of the Deaf Community in the Life of the Church. The signs of growth in awareness by this office of the Institutional Church were encouraging from the final statement: And I quote:

“By organizing this Conference devoted to the Deaf Person in the life of the Church, the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Workers has intended to send a strong message so as to underline the fact that the problems experienced by Deaf people, living members of the Church, deserve attention as was stressed by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, during the Papal audience granted to the participants of this XXIV International Conference, with these words:

“You are not only the recipients of the announcement of the Gospel message, but are, by full right, also the agents, by virtue of your Baptism”

At the end of this conference the following recommendations were made by this Pontifical Council and circulated to every diocese bishop worldwide.

RECOMMENDATIONS

  • In order to achieve the full integration of deaf people into the life of the Church, this assembly proposes:
  • That there should be a central office of the Church at national levels which attends to and coordinates pastoral care for deaf people.
  • That every diocese should have at least one priest with the necessary skills and training in this specific field so that he can be the point of reference for deaf people for the sacraments (penitence in particular), the liturgy and catechesis.
  • That there should be for seminarians a course to direct them towards this special form of pastoral care and that they should be encouraged to deepen their knowledge about the world of deaf people and also that those seminarians who are interested in sign language should, possibly, increase their knowledge of it.
  • That greater attention should be paid by bishops to the question of deaf people and they should ensure that in the pastoral and catechetical programme of their dioceses there is also space for catechesis and pastoral care for and with deaf people and that some deaf people should also belong to this group.
  • That in the large cities a church/parish should be identified where the liturgy allows the active participation of people who have hearing problems.
  • That in the planning of parish and diocesan pastoral care especial attention should be paid to deaf people and their families. The presence of a deaf person would be advisable as well as parents who could contribute to such planning.
  • There should be a Catholic website that addresses the current questions of our faith. In this website it should also be possible to follow Holy Mass and homilies and, when the occasion arises, to have a better understanding of ethical questions of political relevance.
  • That deaf people should also be given an opportunity to take part in courses on the religious sciences organised at a diocesan level.
  • To meet the needs of deaf people who do not know sign language and those who have become deaf or adults afflicted by deafness, it is recommended to pastors of souls that places of liturgy be equipped with video screens.
  • At a national level structures should be identified for the promotion of vocations and the formation of deaf candidates for the religious and priestly life.
  • That dioceses should have a register of certified interpreters who can work in churches.
  • As the Holy Father emphasised, every obstacle to the full social integration of deaf people should be removed through the implementation first and foremost of appropriate laws, conventions and protocols that seek to create those juridical conditions that are designed to favour the integration of deaf people in educational, training and work environments so that they can make their talents bear fruit (Mt 25:14-30) and contribute at all levels, each according to their own talents and capacities, to the good of society as a whole.

Veronica White (Kerry) & Denise Flack (Belfast) from the NCDP supplied interpreting and translating services. Fr. Joe Jones (former National Director of the National Chaplaincy for Deaf People and member of the board of the Catholic Institute for Deaf People) also acted as an interpreter and had the honour along with Maura Buckley of greeting The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI