Faith Formation & Sacraments

Explore these Faith formation resources that bring faith formation into the home:

Hands of Grace: The Catholic Sacraments in American Sign Language is an innovative program from Ascension Press that features video presentations by Father Séan Loomis;  all specifically designed with a visual emphasis to provide a better, dynamic learning experience for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. 

ASL YOUCAT - a translation of the Youth Catechism (YOUCAT) into American Sign Language (ASL) in order to help evangelize our Deaf brothers and sisters in Christ.

Deaf Catholic Mom includes YouTube videos posted by a catholic mom of 7 or 8 children from Kansas.  It includes videos of prayers & spiritual reflections in ASL.   

My First Euchartist from NCOD is an online program that you can add into your Religious Education Program for the Deaf. This online resource consists of six lesson plans to incorporate your First Eucharist curriculum for Deaf children, the hearing children will also benefit from it as they can be exposed to ASL and Deafness

First Reconciliation program in ASL from NCOD 

Confirmation program in ASL from NCOD 
*Also available in Spanish*

Other Resources: 
Fr. Shawn Carey explains the steps in making a good confession, including the Act of Contrition

Father MD's Kitchen Table is a website by Father Mike Depcik : includes homilies, saints information, prayers: Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Chaplet of Divine Mercy all in ASL 

Religious Signs for Families is an app from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is a delightful and engaging way to learn ASL using religious words that are not often found in other ASL apps. The goal of the app is to help families with young Deaf children and Deaf couples with young children to foster prayer in the home.