Welcome to ICDA Local Chapter 46
Hedie Iovito
May she rest in Peace...
Hedie Iovito (75) has passed away on January 21, 2025.
She was a great Treasurer for our ICDA Chapter 46 for 4 years.
She and her late husband, Ricky, have always shown up for our activities for years and helped many things.
Rest in Peace, Hedie!
Hedie's funeral will be on January 29th.
She was a great Treasurer for our ICDA Chapter 46 for 4 years.
She and her late husband, Ricky, have always shown up for our activities for years and helped many things.
Rest in Peace, Hedie!
Hedie's funeral will be on January 29th.
Deaf Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet and ICDA-US Chapter #46 will host our new 2025 DEAF RETREAT on March 8 - 9, 2025, at the Carmelite Spiritual Center in Darien, IL.
It is ASL-only Retreat (no voice/asl interpreter). We have the options to either
spend the night there or commute. Fr. Christopher Klusman will be our guest speaker who will present a very interesting topic for us to listen and engage in varies of activities throughout the day.
Please sign up and spend the Lenten weekend with us!
It is ASL-only Retreat (no voice/asl interpreter). We have the options to either
spend the night there or commute. Fr. Christopher Klusman will be our guest speaker who will present a very interesting topic for us to listen and engage in varies of activities throughout the day.
Please sign up and spend the Lenten weekend with us!
Happy and peaceful New Year to one and all!
Let us praise and thank the Lord for all the Blessings that He bestowed on our Deaf Community since 2022. As you know, I just started officially as your unworthy Chaplain last November 1st, 2023 (Feast of All Saints). Let us thank God also for giving us Renata Cichowicz as our Angel. If not for her, we will still be wandering elsewhere.
Our dream for a long time to have our Deaf community re-establish in our Diocese happened because of Renata's efforts. It’s a great sign that God heard our prayers. I think Fr. Mark has been praying for us in heaven too. I have not seen Fr. Mark in person. But I believe Fr. Mark loves you so much that even in heaven he never stops thinking and praying for his Deaf brothers and sisters, especially in the Diocese of Joliet. If Fr. Mark loves you way back during his earthly course then all the more he will love us all by becoming our Guardian Angel up there 24/7.
Let us also thank God for our exuberant interpreters Gail Partridge Harvanek, Mary Holden, Laura Kostomiris, Kyla Fris, and Julie Rueb for sharing their time to be with us when we needed them. And of course to Jeanne McDonald for her enormous patience in helping me familiarize some religious signs.
Let us continue to pray and support each other for the good of our Deaf community. Again, Happy New Year!
Let us praise and thank the Lord for all the Blessings that He bestowed on our Deaf Community since 2022. As you know, I just started officially as your unworthy Chaplain last November 1st, 2023 (Feast of All Saints). Let us thank God also for giving us Renata Cichowicz as our Angel. If not for her, we will still be wandering elsewhere.
Our dream for a long time to have our Deaf community re-establish in our Diocese happened because of Renata's efforts. It’s a great sign that God heard our prayers. I think Fr. Mark has been praying for us in heaven too. I have not seen Fr. Mark in person. But I believe Fr. Mark loves you so much that even in heaven he never stops thinking and praying for his Deaf brothers and sisters, especially in the Diocese of Joliet. If Fr. Mark loves you way back during his earthly course then all the more he will love us all by becoming our Guardian Angel up there 24/7.
Let us also thank God for our exuberant interpreters Gail Partridge Harvanek, Mary Holden, Laura Kostomiris, Kyla Fris, and Julie Rueb for sharing their time to be with us when we needed them. And of course to Jeanne McDonald for her enormous patience in helping me familiarize some religious signs.
Let us continue to pray and support each other for the good of our Deaf community. Again, Happy New Year!
Fr. John Maria G. Abulag, OP Miss.
Parochial Vicar
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
OS233 Church Street
Winfield, IL 60190
Parochial Vicar
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
OS233 Church Street
Winfield, IL 60190
Your opinion matters to us -- take a few minutes to share your thoughts!
Please take this survey to let us know how our Deaf Ministry is working out for you.
Please take this survey to let us know how our Deaf Ministry is working out for you.
ICDA Local Chapter 46
