"Go and preach the Gospel to all...." (Mark 16:15)
"....including the Deaf." (Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi)
Gualandi Mission for the Deaf
The Congregation Piccola Missione per i Sordomuti (Little Mission for the Deaf) was founded in Bologna, Italy by Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi in 1872 and is presently working in Italy, Brazil, and the Philippines for the education and evangelization of the Deaf. The Religious Community of the Mission in the Philippines is popularly known as the Gualandi Mission for the Deaf.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
GUALANDI MISSION FOR THE DEAF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
5 EMERALD ST., ST. MICHAEL VILLAGE, BARANGAY KASAMBAGAN, CEBU CITY, PHILLIPPINES TEL. (+6332) 2312601 FAX (+6332) 2312118 EMAIL: gualandimission@yahoo.com
FR. RAUL G. RAGAY
Fr. Raul G. Ragay is the present Local Superior of the Gualandi Mission for the Deaf Community in Cebu City, Philippines.
MISSION CHRONOLOGY
June 9, 1826
Birth of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi in Bologna
December 23, 1848
Sacerdotal Ordination of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi
July 8, 1849
Beginning of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi’s vocation to serve the deaf
July 18, 1857
Pope Pius IX named St. Francis de Sales as Patron Saint of the Deaf
August 15, 1872
Approval of the Mission as “Pious Congregation of the Patriarch St. Joseph and St. Francis de Sales for the Instruction of the Deafmute”
May 1, 1903
Approval of the Mission as “Little Mission for the Abandoned Deafmute”
July 14, 1907
Death of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi in Bologna
May 26, 1984
Foundation of the Mission in Londrina, Brazil
October 28, 1988
Foundation of the Mission in Cebu City, Philippines
June 9, 1826
Birth of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi in Bologna
December 23, 1848
Sacerdotal Ordination of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi
July 8, 1849
Beginning of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi’s vocation to serve the deaf
July 18, 1857
Pope Pius IX named St. Francis de Sales as Patron Saint of the Deaf
August 15, 1872
Approval of the Mission as “Pious Congregation of the Patriarch St. Joseph and St. Francis de Sales for the Instruction of the Deafmute”
May 1, 1903
Approval of the Mission as “Little Mission for the Abandoned Deafmute”
July 14, 1907
Death of Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi in Bologna
May 26, 1984
Foundation of the Mission in Londrina, Brazil
October 28, 1988
Foundation of the Mission in Cebu City, Philippines
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