Deaf Ministry

Ministry to the deaf provides occasional retreat opportunities and sign language interpretation at select Catholic events, helping ensure full inclusion

Our core initiative

Sign language interpretation for Catholic events

Whenever members of the Catholic deaf community would like to participate fully in archdiocesan events, they can request the provision of sign language interpreters. To arrange for interpretation, please contact the Pastoral Care & Outreach office listed at the bottom of this page..

Children, both deaf and hearing, “signed” the responsorial psalm during a recent Mass at St. Patrick Church in Seattle, held in conjunction with a five-day conference of the National Catholic Office for the Deaf. Deaf ministry has been part of the Seattle parish since the 1980s. NWC ICYMI April 2018

Deaf Ministry lead

Jennifer Huxtable is the ministry lead for Deaf Ministry. She is a member of our Catholic deaf community who spearheads supplemental programming for the Catholic deaf and deaf-blind community in Western Washington. Jennifer is deaf and uses American Sign Language. Her hope is to to expand the ministry with more opportunities for the deaf community.