And The Journey Begins

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Synopsis

This life story of deafblind priest, Father Cyril Axelrod, makes compelling reading. A man of such spirituality, humanity, gentleness, compassion, humour, leadership and vision, he has worked tirelessly for others throughout his life and has become a worldwide ambassador for deaf and deafblind people.

He gives a remarkably poignant and tender account of his childhood as the profoundly Deaf child of an orthodox Jewish family in South Africa. He describes the wrenching spiritual journey that follows in his twenties and led him eventually to become a Catholic priest in order to serve deaf people. He tells too of his own painful transition from deafness to deafblindess as his sight deteriorates in middle age as a result of Usher syndrome.

Despite this, his remarkable pastoral work continues, using over eight different indigenous sign languages, in countries as varied as South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Australia, USA, China, Singapore, Macau, Ireland, and finally Britain. His work and his love for deaf and deafblind people transcends colour, creed and faith and has been recognised throughout the world.

This is the story of a remarkable man.

Copyright:
2005

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
232 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780946252558
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Cyril Axelrod
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Sue Mangis
Proofread By:
Amber W
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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