UPDATED GUIDELINES

After a year of discernment and discussion, the Board has completed updating our two foundational guidelines:  Guidelines for Deaf Ministry and Guidelines for the Use of Interpreters in Religious Settings.   The Guidelines for Deaf Ministry have been updated to include specific canon law references for priest chaplains for Deaf apostolates.  Information about the role of pastoral ministers has also been updated.  The Guidelines for the use of Interpreters has been updated to reflect the more current Code of Professional Conduct established by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.  The goal of both of these documents is to provide information to dioceses and parishes about appropriate standards and roles in pastoral ministry with the Deaf and hard of hearing.  Feel free to contact us at info@ncod.org if you have questions or comments on these changes.  

Click on the image above to go to video of our Community Mass at The Grotto, Portland, OR during Pastoral Week.  Due to technical issues when creating the video, there is no audio for the prayer after Communion or the closing benediction.  Our apologies - we are trying to get this fixed.