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Pastoral Week
2011 |
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Atlanta, Georgia |
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January 14-18 |
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W-Altanta, Perimeter Hotel |
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Join us as we celebrate 40 years of
the National Catholic Office for the
Deaf
It all began in 1971 in Baltimore, MD.
A small group of priests, deacons, and
women religious gathered at the ICDA
convention to discuss the needs of
Pastoral Workers working with the
Deaf. Led by Rev. David Walsh, CSsR, the
group established the National Catholic
Office for the Deaf. Over these 40 years
there have been many changes, challenges
and advancements. We have so many
blessings to celebrate.
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Religious
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Los
Angeles
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March 17 Youth Day & March 18-20 Congress
Days |
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Click for email message with Congress
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The Religious Education
Congress, sponsored by the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Office of Religious Education,
is the nation's largest annual
gathering of Roman Catholics!
Our last RECongress, held in
March 2010, brought together
nearly 40,000 people during the
four-day weekend! We had
registrants from across the
country and as far away as
Ireland and Australia.
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Pilgrimage
to France |
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Sign Language
Interpreted
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May 22-June
2, 2011 |
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Click to download brochure [letter size
paper] |
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Click for color-coded itinerary [legal size
paper] |
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in
Christ,
My son Ryan has been
extremely interested for
quite some time in going on
a pilgrimage to France. We
were unable to find a
comprehensive one that
accommodates deaf and
hard-of-hearing travelers
like him until Fr. Tom
Coughlin, who is America's
first deaf Catholic priest
and a personal friend of
ours, recently agreed to be
the chaplain for such a
pilgrimage in 2011.
I had previously researched
organizations that
specialize in European
pilgrimages and tours, and
the one that impressed me
the most was Canterbury
Tours. Therefore, as soon
as Fr. Coughlin decided to
lead this tour, Dag Syversen
of Canterbury and I began
working out the details for
a customized package,
based on suggestions from
Fr. Tom, Dag, Ryan, and a
few of my own. The attached
two-page document contains
the final
itinerary, pricing, and
reservation form. It can be
easily printed out
front-to-back and folded
with the three-column
itinerary on the inside to
serve as a brochure.
I know that I'm a little
prejudiced in this matter,
but I sincerely believe that
there isn't another tour of
France being offered
that compares to the one
we've put together. To
illustrate why I feel this
way, I also made a
color-coded itinerary (which
can be printed on legal-size
paper) that highlights the
religious sites, churches,
and secular sites which will
be visited. I challenge
anyone to find a more
comprehensive tour
package for France at such a
reasonable price.
As indicated above, the
primary objective of
pursuing this tour in
this first place was the
accommodation of deaf
and hard-of-hearing
Catholics. However, as
Fr. Tom put it in one of
his messages to me, "We
are one body in Christ",
and he therefore invites
hearing individuals to
join him on this tour
also, since the guides
and sign language
interpreter will be
speaking English. This
opens up a multitude of
reasons for everyone to
consider this pilgrimage
--- including those who
participate in family
trips and
club members who
enjoying traveling
together.
Canterbury is now ready to
begin
accepting participants' deposits
with the form on the
attached brochures to
confirm their reservations
for this pilgrimage. Ryan
already mailed in his
deposit last weekend.
Note that those who live
overseas can also register
and join in the tour by
making their own travel
arrangements to meet the
group from the U.S. at the
hotel in Lourdes where they
will be staying on May 23rd,
in which case the price will
be reduced by $750 per
person.
I'm hoping that you'll
let your respective regional
members know about this
once-in-a-lifetime
pilgrimage through one of
your existing communication
vehicles or publications,
or simply by forwarding them
this email, so that as many
people as possible can join
Fr. Tom and Ryan on their
inspirational journey. Your
members may feel free to get
in touch with me if they
have any questions about
this material. They can
also find out more
about Canterbury Tours by
visiting its website at
www.CanterburyTours.com,
where details regarding the
pilgrimage will be available
for viewing in the near
future.
Yours in Christ,
Mike Griske
(516) 939-2269
P.S. Just to let you
know a little about us,
Ryan . . . a Bronx
native . . . is a
graduate of the Mill
Neck Manor School for
the Deaf on Long Island
and NTID / RIT in
Rochester. I was born
and raised in Wyoming
and graduated from Regis
College (now University)
in Denver many moons
ago. We are both
charter members of the
Knights of Columbus
"Sign of the Cross"
Council # 11254, which
was the first council in
the world established
primarily for deaf and
hard-of-hearing Catholic
men.
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Madrid, August 16-21, 2011 |
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NCODWR 2010
Report |
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Introduction
On May 20,
2010, I received a formal letter from the
NCOD President about my selection as Western
Region Representative for a term of three
years. Two weeks later, I sent word to St.
Benedict's Parish webmaster about creating a
website for NCOD as a tool for
collaboration. The website whose thread is
www.ncodwr.org
is up and running since July 2, 2010. It
has: brief Mission Statement, History of the
Western region, Succession of
Representatives, Map of the Western Region,
Directory and Resources.
Since my
selection, I emailed priests, religious and
pastoral workers in the Western region, some
of whom I have already met or knew ---
informing them about my selection as their
new representative. The Western Region has
33 Arch/dioceses (30 Western rite and 3
Eastern rite) recognized by the United State
Conference of Catholic Bishops. So far, I
have received feedback from the Archdiocese
of Santa Fe, Archdiocese of Portland in
Oregon, the Diocese of Sacramento, the
Diocese of Phoenix and the Diocese of
Fresno. Some Deaf Catholics in the Bay Area
who reside within the boundaries of the
Diocese of Sacramento, the Diocese of
Oakland, the Diocese of San Jose and the
Diocese of Santa Rosa. The major goal this
year or in two to three years time is to
have a ministry development workshop for
members from the Western Region.
Click here for the full report |
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