Evangelizing in Silence

Allow me to begin, however, if I may, with what should be for all devoted Catholics a very disturbing statistic. Multiple studies suggest that 96 percent of deaf people, including those who are baptized Catholics, do not go to any church due to very limited services available to them in their own language (in the United States, American Sign Language or ASL).  Indeed, fewer than 5 percent of churches in the U.S. offer outreach to the deaf.