For people with hearing defects a disk with a sign-language recording of the Liturgy was prepared in Lviv

In Lviv a DVD-disk was prepared by which the Divine Liturgy became more accessible for persons with hearing defects. On the disk the Liturgy with sign language translation is presented. Also the disk contained a dictionary of theological terms in sign language. Over a two-year period with the cooperation of different specialists this disk was created. Involved in the work were theologians, sign-language translators, and persons with hearing defects. The presentation of the disk will take place on February 4 at the Ukrainian Catholic University. In addition, the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission of the UGCC and the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute of UCU are presenting other new printed and multimedia materials which recently came out thanks to cooperation with the publishing house Svichado and multimedia studio Svichado. In particular, the Ukrainian translation of «The Catechism of the Catholic Church: Compendium», the DVD «Paul, from Tarsus to the world», the DVD “The Holy Sacraments of Christian initiation,» and the CD «Song of the heart-2008.» Addition The program of the presentation: 1. Sister Luiza Ciupa, SSMI, director of the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute, will open the event with a short presentation of each edition. 2. Fr. Taras Barschevskyj, assistant director of the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute, participant of the working group which carried out the verification of the translation and theological editing, will present the Ukrainian translation of «The Catechism of the Catholic Church: Compendium». 3. Oksana Boyko, co-coordinator of programs of catechism for the deaf and mute, co-coordinator of work on the disk, will present the DVD “Divine Liturgy with sign language translation and dictionary of theological terms in sign language.” 4. Paul Skovronskyj, director of the Multimedia studio Svichado, will talk about the newest projects of the studio. 

We sincerely invite all those interested and representatives of the mass-media!

Information Department of the UGCC