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The Catholic Deaf Association was established in 1970. Before 1970 there were already services for Deaf people in a few of the Dioceses in England and in Ireland; however, these services relied on the goodness and charity of certain people who offered their time freely. It was Canon William Hayward, who began the seminal development of diocesan Service to Deaf people, and later Canon Charles Hollywood who helped to established the CDA.

Baptism is birth into the new life in Christ. In accordance with the Lord’s will, it is necessary for salvation, as is the Church herself, which we enter by Baptism. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1277). Through baptism, God calls us to a life of holiness and to be active Christians.

In 1998 a document ‘Valuing Difference’ was published by the Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales. The foreword by the late Cardinal Hume said, ‘The dignity of the human person is at the heart of Catholic teaching. Each and every person is to be valued as God’s creation. The Church’s vision is firmly rooted in the example of Jesus who turned no-one away, but made himself available to all.’

‘Valuing Difference’ explains very clearly that ... more