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Pastoral Ministry with the Deaf
Office of Faith Formation
PO Box
9023
Rockville Centre, New York 11571-9023 Director: 516 678-1624 (tty) 516 536-3473 (fax) 516 678-5800 ext 205 (v) Chaplains for the Deaf Rev. Thomas Costa St. Patrick's Church 235 Glen Street Glen Cove, NY 11542 516 676-0276 (v) Rev. Joseph Mirro Immaculate Conception Church 580 Main Road P.O. Box 1227 Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 631 288-1423 (v) Rev. Martin Hall St. Bernard Church 31 Salem Lane Levittown, NY 11756 516 731-4220 (v) Activities: Signed and Interpreted Masses Pastoral Services: Preparation for reception of the sacraments for Deaf adults Interpreting for wakes and funerals Visits to homes and hospitals Cursillo for the Deaf Marriage Encounter for Deaf and Hard of Hearing couples Religious education for Deaf children Pre-cana for engaged couples Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville
Centre
Office for Persons with Disabilities
147
Schleigel Blvd.
Amityville, New York 11701-1165 Program Administrator: 631 789-5219 (v/tty) 631 789-3844 (fax) Services: Deaf Club meets weekly in Wantagh, NY Advocacy on local, state and federal levels Hearing Aid Bank for residents of Long Island Parish Advocates for the Disabled in each Long Island parish Housing -- Thea Bowman Residence Education work with Cleary School for the Deaf and Mill Neck School for the Deaf Other services for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Persons on Long Island: SHHH - Self Help for Hard of Hearing People - This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at the Oceanside Public Library at 7:30 pm. Each month an excellent speaker presents a topic of interest to hearing impaired people. Assistive listening system and real-time captioning are provided. SHHH also operates a demonstration center of devices helpful to the hearing impaired at the Library. Consultations at the center are by appointment only. Call 516 763-SHHH. Deaf Senior Citizens meet weekly on Thursdays in the Msgr Smigelski Room at St. Frances de Chantal Parish, Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. St. Patrick's Young Adult Social - Social meets the third Saturday of each month in St. Patrick's Convent Basement (use ramp entrance), Huntington, from 8:00 - 10:00 pm. For more information call Joe Rice at 631 549-8528 (v/tty) or John Audia at 516 798-0731 (v) or Karl Frederick at 631 421-6043 (tty). Sign Language Classes at Northport High School - Classes in the Adult Education Program begin in September. For more information and registration, call 631 266-6650. Hear Us Long Island is an organization of parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. The group meets monthly at the K. of C., 1869 Wantagh Ave. Wantagh, to share information and to support one another. For more information, please contact Laura Miller at hearuslongisland@aol.com or 516 794-5268(v). A sign language interpreter is available on request. |
