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The National Catholic Office for the Deaf Winter 2020 There is a St. Corona?! Page 2 Message from NCOD ~Fr. Christopher Klusman, Director of the Deaf Apostolate, Archdiocese of Milwaukee http://www.archmil.org/ArchMil/Resources/Deaf-Apostolate/Hand-n-Hand-Newsletter-Summer-2020.pdf Page 3 PW 2021: Workers for Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic What is interesting is that, due to the the Harvest caused many changes in our lives since COVID-19 pandemic, there was a new March 2020, we have learned about sudden growth of high and renewed Page 5 the ASL sign for “COVID-19” and interest in this saint named Corona, Be Opened! “Coronavirus,” as well as to learn who was nearly forgotten for many The Catholic Church more about the virus itself, which has centuries! How many of us knew there & Deaf Culture a crown-like structure. The Latin is a St. Corona? Page 6 word, “corona,” means “crown.” The Video Series from St. word “coronae” means “crowns.” This We know that she is a female martyr. Andrew Parish Deaf was how the name “Coronavirus” But what about her name? She was Ministry came about. named “Corona” because of the “crown” she received at her Page 8 I still won’t forget learning about martyrdom and for her faith, which Dia Duit, Fr. Joe something else too from one of my tells us that her name has been McNulty priest “housemates” who told me that replaced or lost. This reminded me of Page 10 there is a St. Corona! St. Roman, whose parish that I had Sacramental Formation served several years ago in Milwaukee, Program Released in WI. St. Roman is not his real name but ASL may have been part of his name. St. [Unknown Name] the Roman Soldier Page 12 overtime became St. Roman. One Fr. Anthony Russo, thing we know about St. Corona is C.Ss.R. that she wasn’t named because of a Page 14 Learning Our Faith A Pastoral Service for Persons who are Deaf or Volume 39/Number 4 Hard of Hearing Continued—page 3 NCOD Board of Directors Have you ever prayed for patience? Prayed to be more generous with your time, talents, and/or treasure? Prayed that you will have the heart of Episcopal Moderator Christ to serve others? Prayed for missionaries to bring the Gospel to others? Most Rev. Steven J. Raica Prayed that you could evangelize and share the message of salvation? Well, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama 2020 was an answer to our prayers. It provided us opportunities time and time again to exercise patience with others (and with ourselves!), share Christ’s love by helping others that experienced financial or domestic needs, and help others Region I—The West find strength and encouragement in the truth of the Gospel. Secretary Nancy Lopez—Orange, CA Many of us could relate to St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians (2 Cor: [email protected] 12:8-10) where he prayed three times for a thorn to be removed. God replied, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” St. Region II—The South Paul states, “Therefore, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, David Casanova—Fort Worth, TX persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak, then [email protected] I am strong.” Our Catholic faith gives us the grace to know that we are not always in control. In allowing our trust in God’s providence to develop and Region III—The Midwest grow, we receive a sense of freedom. This gives us hope. We are a people of Joan Macy—Lenexa, KS hope! It is our duty to share that hope with a world that desperately needs it. [email protected] As we have learned to create new ways to meet the ministerial needs of our community, we have been given a wonderful opportunity to share this hope Region IV—Great Lakes in a new way—a virtual Pastoral Week 2021. The schedule of speakers and Minette Sternke—Peoria, IL [email protected] events can be found on page 3. The best news is that your NCOD membership includes access to PW 2021: Workers for the Region V—The Northeast Harvest! No additional costs to attend a lineup of national speakers and Rick Johnston—Marlborough, MA time to network with other pastoral workers. You will also have access to the [email protected] NCOD webinar series. This is the year to encourage as many as possible to join NCOD so they can also benefit from this chance to grow in their faith. Region VI—Southeast Atlantic Start 2021 with the gift of spending time with Christ and with the Stephen Eubanks—Fayetteville, GA deaf Catholic community. Allow yourself to be fed and strengthened so you can [email protected] join St. Paul in bringing others to Jesus through the gift of our Catholic faith. Region VII-Mid Atlantic Be courageous in bringing people to Christ. Pray for religious vocations! 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Shawn Carey 7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST / 5:00 pm MST / 4:00 pm PST Friday, January 8 Deaf Leadership & Vocation in Deaf Catholic History Lana Portolano 7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST / 5:00 pm MST / 4:00 pm PST Saturday, January 9 A Bridge for the Deaf Fr. Sean Loomis 2:00 pm EST / 1:00 pm CST / 12:00 pm MST / 11:00 am PST Member Forum 4:00 pm EST / 3:00 pm CST / 2:00 MST / 1:00 pm PST Sunday, January 10 FOCUS: Fellowship of Catholic University Students Todd Honas 3:00 pm EST / 2:00 CST / 1:00 pm MST / 12:00 pm PST This year Pastoral Week is FREE with 2021 Membership but you must register for each session. Details at: Pastoral Week 2021: Workers for the Harvest 3 Continued from page 1 pandemic. What made sense was that she is a patron saint of lumberjacks, since Sadly, as is common with the she was torn apart between two early martyrs, not much is palm trees. known about her. She was a young woman who was killed Over time, people also came to for her Catholic faith in the believe that St. Corona could be a second century A.D. “The German Catholic news patron saint for treasure hunters, as agency KNA reports the church’s martyr records put the word “coronae” (crowns) was the year of her death at 177 A.D. It is not certain where also the name associated with coins. Because the she lived.” COVID-19 pandemic had caused problems with the Crux, “Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona.” economy, people thought about calling for her March 28, 2020. intercession for help. Which leads us to another question: Do we have her relics? The answer is yes. It is According to the Rhode Island Catholic article (from at the Aachen Cathedral. The Aachen Cathedral is a April 24, 2020): mighty 9thcentury cathedral in western Germany. It has many fascinating facts. It is the burial place of The earliest reliable English source about [St.] Corona that Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, who I could locate was a 1916 edition of “The Roman died in 814 A.D. This place is where many German Martyrology,” [Elizabeth] Harper explains. The kings and queens were crowned. It is still one of the Martyrology is the official catalogue of saints recognized by most-visited churches today. the global Church; the 1916 printing identifies May 14 as the Feast Day of Saints Victor and Corona. There is a fascinating story about her relics in the Aachen Cathedral and her presence in the nearby areas. The entry is remarkably brief: it states that Victor was a I found it best to quote the passage from the CRUX Roman soldier in Syria who was martyred for his Christian article from March 28, 2020: faith during the persecutions organized by Emperor Antoninus Pius. Corona was in the crowd at the public [St. Corona] is above all execution, where she experienced a vision of two crowns revered in Germany’s descending from heaven — one for Victor, and another for southern state of Bavaria some other individual who was about to die for Christ. and in Austria, KNA When she described the revelation to those around her, she reports. A chapel is was accused of also being a Christian and was martyred by dedicated to her in being “torn to pieces between two trees” (apparently meaning Sauerlach, near Munich. In the Bavarian Diocese of Passau, that she was tied to the ends of two palm trees which had two churches recall her name, while in the province of Lower been bent down, and was then torn apart when the trees were Austria and outside of Vienna there are two towns named released)… She is not the only saint whose name derives “Sankt Corona.” In the cathedral of Munster in from their receiving the“crown of martyrdom.” The name of northwestern Germany, there is a St.