Deaf Apostolate

Mission Statement: We are a community of people - Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing- who welcome and encourage each other to grow in faith and experience love. With this faith and love, we bring Jesus' Good News to the Church and the world using our wonderful gifts.

The Catholic Deaf ministry of the Syracuse Diocese is a ministry striving to serve about 400 households with deaf members in the 7 county area of our Roman Catholic Diocese.

Advocacy

The Catholic Deaf Community, like any church, is called to speak out for justice. We support the efforts of other Deaf people to work for equal rights, to educate hospitals and other agencies to provide interpreters, and to raise the "Deaf awareness" of hearing people within the Church, so that Deaf people will feel more welcome, wanted, and needed in our faith communities.

Address

The Syracuse Catholic Deaf Community
PO Box 572
Rome, NY 13442-0572

(315) 404-5674 TTY / Voice (TTY answering machine)

syrdeaf@juno.com
http://syrdeaf.awardspace.info/

Staff

Anne Parish, North
(315) 678-2875 TTY / Voice

Mary Margaret Van Damme, Director
(315) 404-5674 TTY

Jane Long, South
(607) 722-5900 TTY