From Fr. MD’s Desk : Dear Friends, I hope you are enjoying this summer. Thanks to the vaccine, it seems that my daily routine has returned to almost normal like pre-COVID days. I am grateful for Fr. Ken to be able to cover my Masses when I serve other Deaf Catholic communities that do not have a signing priest.
From Fr. MD’s Desk : Dear Members of Detroit Catholic Deaf Community, I hope this letter finds all of you safe and well. Although many of us received COVID vaccinations, we still have to remain cautious. I know of someone who became ill a few weeks after being vaccinated...
From Fr. MD’s Desk: Hello to All of You! The month of May has arrived! The Church traditionally honors two great saints in the month of May. Who are they? Mary and Joseph. Many Catholics probably already know that May is the month of Mary...
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Friends in Christ, By the time you are reading this newsletter, Easter will be a few days away. I pray that all of us will have a joyous Easter! In fact, the Church has seven weeks to celebrate Easter season...
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Friends, I hope you are doing well. It is hard to believe that we have begun Lent and before we all realize it, Easter will be here! Not only that, it was exactly one year ago that our lives changed entirely due to the pandemic...
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Friends, Happy February to all of you! You probably already know that Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17. Below is Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule:
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Friends, Happy New Year to all of you! When we celebrated the arrival of 2020 last year, most, if not all of us never foresaw that it would be one of the worst years in our lives. The pandemic had paralyzed most aspects of our life...
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Friends, I can imagine this time of the year is very challenging for all of us due to the pandemic. I have to keep reminding myself that God’s plan is always perfect. I do not believe that He had put COVID-19 on the earth...
From Fr. Mike's Desk: Dear Catholic Deaf Community, I hope this letter will find all of you safe and well. The Catholic Church celebrates All Saints’ Day on November 1. It is one of my favorite holy days. “Why?” you might wonder. First, we need to look at the word “saint”. It means a person....
From Fr. MD's desk: It has been quite a long time since I last wrote for SJDC / OLL newsletter. The parish council recently encouraged us to start the newsletter again so that the community can stay connected with each other...
Dear Members of Detroit Catholic Deaf Community: The 2020 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) is now underway! Due to the pandemic, the appeal had been postponed to this month. In the past, we normally started in May to ask people to make contributions to CSA.