Getting Personal with God at the Catholic Mass

“You don’t really have a relationship with God if you don’t hear the sermon,” she said.:  (Source:  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052299/Churches-showing-the-way-for-hearing-impaired.html?pg=all)

How Catholics can help their relationship with God:  
http://catholicphilly.com/2014/02/think-tank/archbishop-chaput-column/ten-ways-to-deepen-our-relationship-with-god/

Get Personal with God:  http://catholicherald.com/stories/Establish-a-personal-relationship-with-God,26685

Having effective communication access like CART (real time captioning), qualified/certified oral  interpreter, sign language interpreter and audio induction loops or FM system/Assistive

Listening devices help the diverse hearing impaired population to connect to the Mass and deepen their relationship with God, and worship experiencing sharing with the community.

"That’s why the Church allowed for the native language {in real time} — to promote a full, conscious, and active participation of the faithful in all the prayers, hymns, and responses of the Mass all over the world. Since Vatican II, Catholics have been asked — and are strongly encouraged — to participate fully in the Mass, not just to physically attend.” (Source:  http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/celebrating-catholic-mass-in-the-local-language.html)

Real time Captioning (like CC you see on the live news on TV) or CART is real time verbatim of English for the deaf and hard of hearing so they can participate at the Mass.  Connecting is important. It deepens your relationship with God with real time
'listening' with the community via translation of CART from
spoken to verbatim in real time.

"When an event needs to be made inclusive, projecting the CART display for the benefit of the entire room can be the best way to provide universal access for Deaf, late deafened, and hard of hearing people, as well as people who might have some degree of hearing loss but who don’t self-identify as hard of hearing or deaf. CART is also useful for English language learners and people with dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, or ADHD. When the CART display is available to every audience member, no one has to feel singled out or as if they’re demanding special privileges. Everyone benefits."

  (Source:  http://composition.al/blog/2014/05/31/your-next-conference-should-have-real-time-captioning/)

What is active participation?:  http://www.stjeromewaco.org/documents/17%20-%20Active%20Participation%20in%20the%20Holy%20Mass%20(L).pdf

Connecting to the Homily during the Sacred Liturgy:  http://buildingontheword.org/homilies/the-catholic-approach-to-preaching/

US Bishops wrote:

"It is essential that all forms of the liturgy be 

completely accessible to people with 

disabilities, since these forms are the essence 

of 

the spiritual tie that binds the Christian 

community together." 

(Source:  http://www.disabilityawarenesstraining.com/component/content/article/3/40)




Hearing Impairment is more widespread then you think.

"The parish is the door to participation for individuals with disabilities, and it is the responsibility of the pastor and lay leaders to make sure this door is always open')" 

 (Source:  http://www.disabilityawarenesstraining.com/component/content/article/3/40

This is an interesting article how churches could provide better access for the deaf and hard of hearing:  

Losing My Religion? : http://origin.misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/7c11713b-7af4-45b3-86b6-2026d9ce54e4.pdf