15th Sunday (C)
Fr. Michael Depcik offers us a reflection of our Lord’s words to us on the 15th Sunday of Ordinary time year C in American Sign Language. The Archdiocese of Washington gives us the readings in ASL.
Tags: Access, ASL, Deaf Church, Deaf Ministry, OC Deaf Church, Sign Language14th Sunday OT (C)
Fr. Michael Depcik gives us a ‘ferverino’ on Jesus’ words to us. Christopher at ASL Catholic Media, and ADW provide all Catholic Deaf Ministries with the readings for the 14th Sunday OT (C).
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OCDeafChurch results from failing to separate three distinct words. Why is this? The Diocese of Orange in California strongly supports our community. We gather weekly at the church to study, learn, and follow Jesus Christ. Our meetings and services are in American Sign Language (ASL). Even our religious education program is in sign language. Our community with culturally diverse yet ever one in Christ. To find out more about our OC Deaf Church, connect with us. For those wanting a mainstream experience be assured we have a dedicated team of ASL interpreters. Check out our ministry videos and sermons, but most of all visit us in-person.
OCDeafChurch
OCDeafChurch offers a suitable First Holy Communion and Confirmation program. We have many Deaf parishioners from OC and beyond coming to our weekly services. Our current location is in a safe environment within Orange County. Anyone who is Christian is welcome to attend our services. Mindful that to receive the Most Holy Eucharist one has to be a practicing Catholic.
Receiving the sacraments is one thing and belonging to our overall community adds a whole different experience. We value and respect each member as brothers and sisters in Christ. Each of us has our own history and story to tell. We want to listen and foster a faith sharing community with you part of it. Come join us!
Deaf Church
Welcome to our Deaf Church. We are Catholic and we are one. Our OC Deaf Church is vibrant and a dynamic faith filled community. Our Lord allows our congregation to continue thriving. Why? Because we follow the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. The tradition of the Church and Holy Scripture aid us on our endeavor to know God. Our community wants to know God. We strive to be open to experience his love. Moreover, receiving the sacraments of the church that our alone Lord gives, truly satisfies our soul. Our Deaf assembly is welcoming to all cultures while maintaining the Catholic tradition and teachings. Every year we participate in the California Deaf Conference in Anaheim. Our interpreters are available to anyone who wants to attend the religious education conference. Want more religious education? Join our Catholic Orange County Deaf Church.
Our Deaf Church
Our community welcomes sojourners of other faith traditions. We walk and engage them to know of Jesus better. We do so by articulating what our faith teaches us through tradition backed by scripture. With open arms we welcome those who come from a Deaf Baptist Church tradition. We also welcome those from other non-denominational Deaf churches out there.
Join us!
Leave you current non-religious Deaf assembly and join our Catholic OC Deaf Church. Hungry for theology? We got you! We attend the California Deaf Conference, which is open to all in Anaheim. Our interpreters are there for you. Our Deaf church is easy to connect with. Our community is inclusive and values Deaf cultural norms.
We have a mixed cultural ethnic makeup and it’s makes us quite dynamic. Our potluck socials have delicious food. Vietnamese egg rolls, Mexican Carne Asada, Filipino Pad Thai, great tasting salads and deserts…etc. The great tasting earthly food is nothing in comparison to the spiritual food of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
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OC Deaf Ministry in Orange County California is home at Christ Our Savior Catholic Parish in Santa Ana. You are able to find on our platform Catholic Churches doing California Deaf ministry. You can find such churches on the Mass and Confessions page. OC Deaf and hard of hearing ministry is growing. Deaf Christians are returning to the true Church of Christ. We are glad. Subsequently, we are taking up the mantle to offer sacramental preparation to suit the needs of the faithful. However, we are still searching on behalf of Christ for more souls. Deaf Outreach is best done when Deaf reach Deaf. In a few years time considering the growth rate we see we will be the biggest California Deaf Church.
California Deaf Ministry
California is a big state. There are a lot of churches in California. Though not many have an extensive Deaf program. In California there are a number of churches that have a full scale religious program tailored for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
In the archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Paul Z. is pastor at St. Benedict’s parish. He has been pastor for more than a decade serving the Deaf there. He is a Deaf pastor leading the Deaf. In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at Holy Angels parish Fr. Tom S. leads the Deaf flock. Deaf outreach in Los Angeles really strong because at Holy Angels it is a personal parish for the Deaf and Hard of hearing.
The Diocese of Orange is shepherded by a number of priests. A couple of them know enough sign language to hear confessions, preach, communicate in ASL. The other priests have been attached with the Deaf community for decades now. They are faithful in their service to satisfy the spiritual needs of many.
OC Ministry
The OC Deaf and hard of hearing ministry has it’s own Facebook page and this website to promote our presence in the Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino, and San Diego area. Over the years each Deaf parish in all of these areas have frequently met and done retreats together to foster greater unity amongst leaders and the faithful.
We are proud to announce that we have the only ASL mass finder in the nation, maybe even the world. You are able to find for example, the mass times our Deaf community by clicking our location on the map. And if you know of any other parishes that need to be on the map contact us.
Religious Education
The Diocese of Orange in California offers religious education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Our Sacramental religious preparation program is in American Sign Language. Our parishioners are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of hearing, and hearing. We support those with disabilities who know American Sign Language. Our community supports those who have family members who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. We offer ASL and deaf culture classes as needed.
The demographic population in California is ethnically mixed, but this truly enriches our faith community. We respect and honor ethnic cultural traditions all the while advocating for Jesus Christ and His Church. Our approach to education is to assess each person to see which kind of instructional method will most likely work. For some it is strictly 1:1, for others it is in a group setting. We create individual education plans upon request or need. Everyone is different and has different aptitudes for learning. We get it.
Program
Our program meets weekly on Sunday before or after mass. Our schedule is posted and given to parents, sponsors, and those participating usually in the fall. We committed to the teachings of the church and follow a lengthy process of formation. Why so long? Because, to withstand and deter evil in this world takes time, training, and discernment. Discipleship is life-long. There is no end. A few initial years in our eviternal existence is nothing in comparison to the big picture.
Be assured that we will cover pressing dogmatic and moral theological questions. Yes, we methodically answer the tough themes, questions, and objections that the devil would like all of us to believe. The difficulty, opportunity, and treasure is to know why all of the Catholic Churches teachings promise happiness, joy and fulfillment. Contrary to popular and sinful rationale of our time does the Church offer answers to make us happy, or happy again.
Join
Join our community by registering. We keep in contact with email, newsletters, and blog/vlog posts. Retreats are frequently requested because we seek the Lord and vice-versa. We have retreat offerings for only men and only women and coed as they appear.
Our bread and butter program deals with sacramental preparation. We offer First Communion, Confirmation 1 & 2, RCIA, and baptism classes for parents and Godparents.
Church
Why come to church at all? Going to church is a safe harbor for our soul. God overshadows the church to allow us to rest in him. It is a place and time to be one together. Outside the church is disunity and chaos. God our creator, protector, and shepherd soothes our being. He gives us exactly what we need, Him!
We are created to know, and our intellect never stops inquiring about things, let alone God. Our religious education program aims to reveal God’s saving plan for all of us and prepares souls to receive him via the sacraments.
Visit our community in-person and subscribe to our social media channels.
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Catholic ASL Deaf Church Community in the Diocese of Orange, California. We follow Jesus Christ which makes us Christian. Followers of Christ all over the world is summed up with being universal followers. We are Catholic because the word itself means ‘universal.’ Christianity is predominantly Catholic even though there are many denominations. Our Catholic-Christian Deaf ministry is centered on the Eucharist. Our efforts here for brothers and sisters in Christ to seek to receive the sacraments especially the Eucharist.
Hallmarks of the Catholic faith is the hierarchy. We have the vicar of Christ on earth, the pope. We also have cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons, religious brothers and sisters, and the lay faithful. This body of faith in unique and diverse that it cultivates life as we have grace within us. Our prayer is that we all are united in Jesus Christ. That we confess to one faith, one church, and one Lord of all.
Catholic
An interesting fact about the Catholic faith is that you can go anywhere in the world and the service is the same. The mass, the unbloody sacrifice is offered unto God the Father just as on Calvary. It is not a new and separate sacrifice aside from Christ’s it is the same. Our notion of time thinks that it is impossible to do, say, and believe such a thought.
Time is a creation of God that we humans know and experience. However, with God it is not the case. He is outside of time. He gives us his one eternal sacrifice throughout all time. The scriptures attest that the lamb was already slain from the foundations of the world.
Mass
We Catholics take Jesus’ words really seriously even more so than Baptists, Adventists, Methodists, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, and all others. Our Lord’s words are placed in the proper context. A sure way to be sure to stand behind such teachings and decrees of the Church is to look at all the councils, synods, and responses to heresies. They all attest to the same truth that the Church proclaims.
Eucharist
John 6:53-58
53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. 54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
We truly believe that Jesus’ body, blood, soul and divinity is present in the Catholic mass.
ASL
Our ministry exists to proclaim and hand down the faith in American Sign Language to Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing, disabled, and those with special needs. ASL Ministry is fulfilling and so come join us on Sundays.
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Ministry in the Deaf Catholic-Christian world is wanting. You do not have to be an ordained minister to be someone of leadership. Approach your pastor and work out a pastoral plan. Fluency or competency in American Sign Language is a must because language is sacred.
Proclaiming Jesus Christ in (ASL) Sign Language is a way to heaven. Connecting with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community is an open market. Awareness of the lack of Deaf leadership leading other to Christ is one thing. Doing something about it is another. Hand yourself over to our Lord. His bride the church needs more workers in the vineyard.
You can support others spiritually. Attending mass, bible studies, and church events broadens your education. So, free your calendar and go to a ministry event. Sketch together a program with your pastor and see to it that it is on the parish calendar. “Build it and they will come” is an outreach motto. Today, ministry is live, online, and in-person. Whatever it takes to win a soul for Christ is mission at-hand.
Ministry
Seeing the field as it were involves getting out and knowing the community. ASL socials, potlucks, or meetups is required. This is the social fabric of the Deaf community. Other event listings involve Deaf expo’s and conferences. These are key because it reveals what people are flocking toward.
People come out of the wood-work to see and experience what they feel they want. Sadly, what they are looking for is Jesus. Time and time again we humans are disappointed when we turn toward something material to satisfy a spiritual craving. The harvest is here. IT is time to form small and large groups to discuss life with God.
Smell like the sheep
The best Catholic-Christian solution to experience God is in the mass. All of salvation history is revealed in the mass. It is all there. Doubt this? Every action and word spoken or signed within the mass ties to a past, present, and future reality. The mass is an unbloody Calvary, an unbloody sacrifice.
In your present or future ministry small group when you spend much of your time talking about the mass, you are almost there. Moreover, when your flock is so interested and want to know more and more about the mass, you are doing something right. Why? because they are being fed on how to receive grace. They are being filled with knowledge and love that God wants to give them. You are being you and an interpreter of sorts.
Our Lord in his sovereign plan to gather all unto him bestows gifts to us so that we can be his instruments. Being a minister formally or informally is part of his pastoral plan. Consult your diocesan and parish pastor to come up with a way forward. Pastoral plans today involves working together with leadership to suit the faithful and the said minister.
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Orange County Deaf Church
Orange County Deaf Church in the Catholic-Christian tradition was founded years before 1976. This is because before the Diocese of Orange was erected, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles covered all of Orange County. Once our diocese was officially launched the Deaf attended the same churches but under a different bishop. The faith, community, and ministry all being the same. We continue handing down the faith tradition from one generation to the next in American Sign Language (ASL). Our faith community is a beacon in California and in the United States. We continue to thrive despite all odds and adversities thrown at us.
Orange County Deaf Church
We value belonging in our faith community. Our communal relationship with one another is what matters. Moreover, our relationship with Jesus Christ is paramount. Being in a melting pot of cultures, we are a mixed cultural community yet with the same Lord and shepherd leading us. Jesus Christ holds us together as one people after his own heart. He gives us his welcome and fellowship. This is why we have and continue to have a stable and strong Deaf community.
Our focus on faith
Our faith in the Lord is second to none. We believe that the gift of faith is unique and must be preserved all our life long. No matter the external obstacles or persons who wish ill to try our faith, do we ever cling to our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Our Lord is good to reveal what happens to the good and just. He tells us that in psalm 34:19 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” RSV
We thank our bishops for supporting our Catholic Orange County Deaf Church. We salute them for funding this website through the pastoral services appeal. The pastoral services appeal raises money needed ministries and operations throughout the diocese. Without the generous benefactors throughout the diocese this new site would not have been able to happen.
With many people visiting our site and contacting us constantly we plan to address your questions, comments, and ideas for the future. The sky is the limit as to our Deaf outreach ministry. We are here to bring Jesus Christ to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in our diocese and beyond. If we are only able to introduce Jesus Christ in our online ministry to then lead others to their nearest Deaf church, mission accomplished.
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We are continuously in contact with California Deaf Ministries all over the state. California Deaf Worship centers are in high demand because generally a lot of people are turning back to God including the Deaf. Below you are able to find Southern California Deaf Ministries. We hope you find the right Southern California Deaf Church.
Find a Deaf Church in California
Los Angeles, CA
Holy Angels in Vernon: Sunday 8:30am ASL w/ (Spoken English translation) & 11am ASL w/ (Spoken Spanish)
Oakland, CA
St. Joseph Center for the Deaf
Orange County, CA
Christ Our Savior in Santa Ana: 12 noon ( in old worship space)
Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove Sundays 9:45am English (ASL interpreted-live) & 11:30am Spanish (ASL Interpreted)
Sacramento, CA
San Bernardino, CA
St. Catherine of Alexandria in Riverside: Sunday 10:15 am English (ASL interpreted) Catechetical class 8:45am
Our Lady of Hope in San Bernardino: Sunday 9:30am
St. Martha in Murrieta: Sunday 9:00am
Sacred Heart in Rancho Cucamonga: Sunday 10:00am
Sacred Heart in Palm Desert: Sunday 8:00am
Our Lady of the Desert in Apple Valley: Sunday 9:30am (Interpreter in Sign, Tactile/Tract, & Oral ((760-964-1089 (V/VRS)) or ((760-242-4427 (CRS/VRS))
San Diego, CA
St. Rose of Lima, Chula Vista Sunday 9:00am PST (ASL Interpreted)
St. Gregory the Great. San Diego Sunday 9:00am PST (ASL Interpreted)
San Francisco, CA
Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf @ St. Francis Xavier Church (, San Francisco Sunday 10:30am in ASL
San Jose, CA
Stockton, CA
Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Please let us know if you are aware of any other Deaf Churches in California by contacting us. If your Southern California Deaf Church is not listed on our map finder, let us know. Many wish to have a fresh list of Southern California Deaf Ministries available to choose from. California Deaf Worship locations sometimes change so please contact us if have any new input.
You can also find Deaf Events in Orange County and Los Angeles here.
ASL and Interpreting students are welcome in our congregation. We ask that if you are interested in being part of our community that you be a practicing Catholic. This condition being met enables you to interpret and assist in Deaf ministry if you are called to it. Livescan, fingerprinting, and a thorough background check is required for volunteers per diocesan policy. It is a lot of work to volunteer but it is worth it.
