Conference of Pastoral Workers with Catholic Deaf People in Asia 7-14 October, 2005 Today was the last day of the official conference and started with a mass in the parish church near the conference center.  (I have no photos from this mass because I was the presider, but I hope to get some from others with cameras).  After mass we went back to the conference center and discussed the option of future conferences, gave out awards to pastoral workers, and then presented certificates to all the participants.  In the afternoon, there was a visit to the local Catholic deaf club, and then those members came to the conference center for some cultural performances.

13 October Asian Deaf Conference, Day 7 Sri Lanka finally got a chance to give their report today.  It was in the luggage which was lost by the airline and was only returned last night! Ten pastoral workers received Sr. Angela Fernando Awards for their service to Catholic deaf people in Asia.  Sr. Angela Garavaglia, shown here, worked in Singapore for many years.   Fr. Cyril said goodbye to all the participants before he headed back to London.   Fr. Cyril Axelrod and Fr. Charlie Dittmeier, friends from their days together in Hong Kong and Macau. When the Rome deaf club came to our final afternoon, groups from Sri Lanka and Malaysia displayed some of their cultural dances.  This is the group from Sabah. The different groups presented their national flags to the organizers to be kept for the next conference.  Each group was given an Italian and a Vatican flag to take home.  Here Sri Lanka presents their flag.

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