{"id":210527,"date":"2019-04-18T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=210527"},"modified":"2019-04-18T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:39:46","slug":"manila-cathedral-to-tap-sign-language-interpreter-for-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/18\/manila-cathedral-to-tap-sign-language-interpreter-for-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila Cathedral to tap sign language interpreter for Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_210528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210528\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Manila-Cathedral-mass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-210528\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Manila-Cathedral-mass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Manila-Cathedral-mass.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Manila-Cathedral-mass-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Manila-Cathedral-mass-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cA simultaneous interpreter will also be present in the cathedral in all our liturgical celebrations,\u201d the Manila Cathedral said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/themanilacathedral\/photos\/a.2382973355314279\/2382974041980877\/?type=3&amp;theater\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/themanilacathedral\/\">The Manila Cathedral\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) will now be able to fully participate in all liturgical celebrations at the Manila Cathedral, which will soon have a sign language interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA simultaneous interpreter will also be present in the cathedral in all our liturgical celebrations,\u201d the Manila Cathedral said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of an interpreter in Masses, which will be done with the help of the Archdiocesan Ministry on Persons with Disabilities, would allow the active participation of PWDs.<\/p>\n<p>The Cathedral, under the Archdiocese of Manila, assured PWDs that the church is always open to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear brothers and sisters from the PWD community, you are very welcome to our Mother Church, our home,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from providing an interpreter during Mass, the cathedral noted that TV Maria, a national Catholic television channel broadcasting in the country, will likewise have its own interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo facilitate full and active participation of everyone, TV Maria, through the help of the Archdiocesan Ministry on Persons with Disabilities, will now include a sign language interpreter on their social media live streaming,\u201d the Cathedral said.<\/p>\n<p>The private channel, owned by TV Maria Foundation Philippines and airs 24 hours a day, can be seen on major and provincial cable operators, and via online live streaming.<\/p>\n<p>According to Republic Act 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, PWDs are defined as &#8220;those suffering from restriction of different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical or sensory impairment, to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) will now be able to fully participate in all liturgical celebrations at the Manila Cathedral, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":210528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210529,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210527\/revisions\/210529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}