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Note Date:  4/17/2018 - Brian Van Thyne, Treasurer for ICDA-US Section
Our member of ICDA Chapter 46, Brian Van Thyne, is an ICDA United States Section Treasurer. He wrote up about himself and his beautiful family in The Deaf Catholic magazine, Spring, 2018.
​Press this button to read his profile.  Congratulations, Brian!
Brian Van Thyne's Profile

Note Date:  4/4/2018 - Guideline for receiving our Lord in Holy Communion
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We all do believe that the Eucharist is the true Body and Blood of our Jesus Christ and that our sharing in the Eucharist is the sign of our unique Faith.   The Church invites you (Catholic) to receive Holy Communion. If you can not receive Communion, you can still come forward for a blessing... by using this approach, when you request for a blessing, simply cross your arms over your chest.


Note Date:  4/4/2018 - ICDA-US Chapter 46 Meeting
You are welcome to join with us to help our ICDA Chapter.
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​Next chapter meeting:  April 26, 2018
                                        7 PM to 9 PM

Where:  St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church         

             1500 Brookdale Road
             Naperville,  IL  60563
ICDA Local 46 Schedule
Pictures at the meeting

Note Date:  1/24/2018 - Deaf Catholic Community at Facebook
Note from Fr. Mike Depcik:

Dear Friends, 
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I am pleased to inform that, through the wonders of technology, we have started “livestreaming” our ASL Mass on Facebook
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We know that many dioceses are unable to provide a Mass in American Sign Language for Deaf Catholics.  In response we are making an ASL Mass available online to watch.  Every Sunday at 11:30 am we are livestreaming a Mass in ASL from Holy Innocent’s church in Roseville via Facebook.  

The Mass can also be viewed as a replay on Facebook anytime afterwards.  Attendees do not need to register on Facebook to “attend” this Mass, but it is a great platform for us to evangelize the gospel.
  

The Mass can be found at the following web address if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/deafmass.  Please share this news with the Deaf Catholic community in your area especially those who are not able to go to church due to health issues, etc. 
Because this is still a new project, we appreciate your patience and understanding with our mistakes and glitches in our videos or Facebook page.  We are trying to make improvements and we welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Thank you and God bless.

Fr. Michael A. Depcik, OSFS
www.frmd.org


Facebook (Deaf Catholic Community)

Note Date: 3/31/2016 - Rev. Mark Fracaro's History
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About me by Fr. Mark
Story about Fr. Mark
Obituary from Herald-News
Obituary from Chicago Tribune

Come and see what we are about and feel welcome to add your ideas and suggestions.  Your ideas can enhance and improve our spiritual and social union among deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholics throughout the seven counties of the Joliet Diocese.

Note Date: 5/31/2016 - Member Recognition - Chapter 46

An Article from The Deaf Catholic (Spring,2016)

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Note Date: 2/5/2016 - Check other tabs

There are couple of more events and retreats in Events/Retreats tab. Also, Check the Pictures Tab, too. 


Note Date:  1/30/2016 - Diana Stallings and Pamela Seymour Get Awards
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Note from President Ray:

Two officers of our non-profit ICDA Chapter No. 46: Diana Stallings (left) as the Secretary and Pamela Seymour (right) as the Treasurer receive awards.
 
The
Outstanding Achievement Award goes to Diana who had the capability to do job as writing, business correspondence, accumulation of historic records, arrangement in the proper order, accuracy and other responsibility. She did a great job through four years.
 
The
Thank You Award goes to Pamela who had been very good responsible to take care of all the finance records and money through four years.
 
The
Certification of Appreciation is awarded to Diana Stallings who had a great performance, spiritual ambition, leadership, encouraging cooperative effort and continuously energetic active. And had awesome creative artwork, design for the formal business letters, forms and also had an importance of skillful writing and other various skills.
 
Additionally Diana makes many announcements to send out to the members of the ICDA Chapter 46 by using electronic emails at Internet, she still continues and has a wonderful humbly patience; nevertheless, still enjoys job. If without her, it would never have been improved successfully.
 
The members and I are so deeply grateful to them for their four years of service and continued support our ICDA-US Chapter No. 46.  Many thanks! 
 


Note Date: 07/19/2014 - HIPPA Hospital Information Patient Protection Act

*******>>> HIPPA is a Federal Government law.<<< *******
This means that a hospital cannot give out ANY information about a patient in the hospital, without the patient’s permission. So, often, a visitor goes into the hospital, hospital won`t tell him/her what room your love one in.
After the patient leaves the hospital, he/she complains that no priest or no deacon came to visit them! Priests/ Deacons/Others did not come because the hospital never told them!

If you or a loved one is in the hospital and wants a priest/deacon/others visit,
PLEASE have someone in the family contact them at the church
or Fr. Mark immediately!

Note Date: 05/04/2014 - Great News... Two Popes became Saints!!!
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Pope Saint John XXIII was the one who started the Second Vatican Council (1962 to 1965). With this Second Vatican Council completed....
           
     - be able to use our own languages to understand the Mass (used to be just Latin).
     - disable person can became priest like Fr. Tom Coughlin, Fr. Mike Depcik, Fr. Paul Z. and many others.

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Pope Saint John Paul II was a great, beloved and respected Pope. One time, there was a nun who had Parkinson Disease, she was praying to Pope John Paul for healing... got surprised that she was healed. The Vatican declared him Saint.


Note Date: 07/02/2015 - New Concealed Gun Law!

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Since Illinois State Law is allowing people carry a concealed gun around.

Please do not bring guns to any churches or schools at all.
You have a right to tell them not to come in your home with gun.
State Police have a signed post you can post it on your doors.
https://ccl4illinois.com/ccw/Public/Signage.aspx



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God Bless You
and
Go in Peace!



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