Deaf Catholics in the Population

278 million Deaf individuals worldwide 1.3 million Catholics

13 Deaf priests worldwide 14 American priests fluent in ASL 8 Deaf American Priests

History of NCOD
Deaf Culture and Catholic Church Roots stem from Abbe Charles LEppe

NCOD established in 1971, non-profit Enabled ministers in Deaf Community to share experiences and ideas

NCOD Headquarters

7202 Buchanan Street Landover Hills, MD 20784 www.ncod.org Voice: 301-577-1684

VP: 301-841-8209 info@ncod.org

NCOD Mission
Spread Gods Message through the support of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Pastoral Ministry so that we may be one in Christ!

NCOD Outreach
Acts as a resource to Catholic Bishops

to develop and/or support Deaf Ministry programs in their diocese Encourage Deaf and Hard of Hearing Members to be active in ministry Provide resources, pastoral training opportunities, networking

NCOD Outreach (cont.)

Develop and provide religious education

materials
Raise the national consciousness

concerning Deaf and Hard of Hearing peoples position within the Catholic Church by recognizing their language, culture and experiences

Pastoral Week
Annual NCOD Conference for: Rekindling friendships Networking Workshops Presentations January 16-20, 2015: San Diego, CA

National Deaf Cursillo Movement

An organization supported by the NCOD A short informal spiritual retreat by a group of Roman Catholics, organized mainly by lay people and originally developed in Spain Strengthens the faith of Deaf Catholics Encourages the catechizing of other Deaf individuals

Resources
DVD-Liturgical Prayers in ASL Catholic Mass are all frozen texts DVD maintains this style Educational resources Religious Education supplemental information DVDs, pamphlets, Quarterly Vision Magazine

NCOD Structure

Member-elected Board of Directors 1 representative from each of the 7 regions, 1 from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Pastoral Workers 1 from the International Catholic Deaf Association (United States) PA is in Region VII

Our Local NCOD Representative

Lareen Lynch-Ryan
Director of Religious Education with the Deaf, Archdiocese of Washington D.C. Landover Hills, MD Lynch-ryanl@adw.org

NCOD Episcopal Representative

Bishop Kevin Rhodes

Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN

Former Bishop of Harrisburg, PA

Msgr. Glenn Nelson, NCOD President

Recently traveled to Rome and met Pope Francis, and a DeafBlind Priest
Hosts Annual Religious ASL Week July13-18, 2014, for priests, deacons, seminarians, working interpreters, Deaf ASL lectors

Father Cyril Axelrod

Deaf-Blind Priest Native of South Africa Currently residing in London Fluent in many signed languages Published a book, And the Journey Begins

Deacon Graybill, NCOD Vice-President (Deaf)

Bachelors and Masters from Gallaudet National Theater for the Deaf for 10 years Translator of frozen texts, worked on Liturgical Prayers in ASL DVD

Dr. Edward Peters (Hearing)

NCOD Religious Sign Language Committee 2006-2011 Wrote several articles exploring Deaf Culture and Catholicism Collaborated on NCOD DVD

International Pilgrimage of Catholic Deaf Peoples, June 2008 International Catholic Deaf AssociationUSA Life story explores Deaf CultureCatholicism relationship

Terri Matenaeur (Deaf)

www.ncod.org

References

http://observer.rockforddiocese.org/article?id=386 www.shms.edu/content/dr-edward-peters www.rockforddiocese.org/deafapostolate/files/files/RASL%

20Week%20flyer%20with%20registration%202014.pdf www.thefreelibrary.com/Deaf+actor+finds+his+place+in+t he+church.-a070368519 www.icfdeafservice.org/documents/Terri%20Matenaer.pdf