When Christiane started losing her hearing at 14, she felt scared, confused, vulnerable and alone.
Thanks to the support, friendship and hope she found through the Ephpheta Centre for deaf and hard of hearing people, Christiane has a place where she belongs and was inspired to be a social worker.
The Ephpheta Centre – one of the ministries jointly funded by the Parramatta Catholic Foundation – gives hope, compassion, connectivity and care to the deaf and hard of hearing.
Your gift will bridge barriers to communication, giving people who are vulnerable and isolated, a sense of belonging, independence, and a more inclusive spiritual life.
$25 Can provide fellowship and social support over a cuppa.
$50 Can fill our Chaplains’ petrol tank enabling more outreach visits to the secluded, sick, elderly, incapacitated or dying.
$75 Can provide counselling, advocacy or education support.
$100 Can provide spiritual and emotional care for those coping with challenging times, grief and loss.
$200 Can provide fellowship through accessible special interest groups.
$250 Can train Priests and Seminarians to use sign language or enable Auslan translation of religious formation and sacramental programs.
$500 Can support a mental health care or technology solutions workshop.
$1,000 Can ensure deaf youth can participate inclusivelyin social recreational activities including camps, surfing lessons, film and games nights.
$2,500 Can provide deaf people unable to afford technology with accessible fire alarms or iPads for the isolated.
$5,000 Can provide chaplaincy and pastoral care in homes, hospitals, prison and aged-care facilities to everyone who needs it.
Thank you for bringing hope to the deaf and hard of hearing, the vulnerable and isolated.
Lent is a time of reflection, intention, a time to deepen one’s faith. It’s also a time to share our blessings with those who feel vulnerable or alone.
Your gift will provide pastoral, sacramental and social support, enabling the deaf and hard of hearing, the vulnerable and isolated, to make meaningful connections and participate fully in their community, their faith and Catholic Church life. Thank you for your kind-hearted generosity.