In the News: A New Deaf Priest
Saturday June 16, 2007
A deaf man, Paul Zirimenya, has just been ordained a Catholic priest. Originally from Uganda, he lost his hearing as a young child. Interestingly, he is not the only deaf seminarian at the seminary. According to the article, the church is trying to increase the numbers of deaf priests.
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On the Baptist side of things, there’s a number of deaf pastors out there. Louisville, KY, has the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary out there. I met a few of their deaf students when I was still living there.
http://www.sbts.edu/
They’ve got a hill out there that’s popular with the sledders during the winter.