This is a replay of episode #096 from March 23, 2020. For the original episode and show notes, click here.
This was part 1 of a 2-part series on deaf ministry. For Part 2 (Episode #097, Deaf Culture and Music Ministry, part 2), click here.
Today we’re replaying an episode from March 2020 entitled “Deaf Culture and Music Ministry”. As September is National Deaf Awareness Month, we honor those who experience the liturgy in a profoundly physical way- including music.
Now, just to be clear: I’ve worked with the deaf community for 7 years, and the terms “deaf person” and “deaf people” are not negative. But the term “disabled person” or “disability” hold more tension than the former, and we’ll get into that today.
This week we begin by speaking to a priest who dedicated his priesthood to both a hearing and deaf community. We hear how he started in this ministry, and what we need to know about deaf culture, as a hearing people.
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Fr. Walt Rydzon has been a priest in the Diocese of Pittsburgh for almost 40 years. He has served the hearing and deaf communities at both St. Justin Parish and Saint Mary of the Mount Parish until he retired in 2016. Fr. Walt currently lives in Ormond Beach, Florida and volunteers in the deaf ministry at a local Florida parish.
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