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The program aims to support parents to: • Understand the relationship between their children’s emotions and their behaviour • Support their children to manage strong emotions and deal with conflict • Gain awareness and learn to regulate their own emotions • Develop skills to assist children to verbally label their emotions • Guide children’s behaviour […]

From June 2020, all aged care assessment and delivery services now have access to free sign language and interpreting services to support older Australians who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing to access or engage with Australian Government funded aged care services. Face-to-face sign language interpreting and Video Remote Interpreting services are available to […]

From the time of his arrival in 2000, Fr John has supported, encouraged, loved and cared for our community. He learnt Auslan to be able to guide Deaf people, their families and the JPC staff, in spiritual development. We thank you Fr John, you will be sorely missed.   From The Chaplains Desk: (this message […]

You are invited to a special Fundraiser Luncheon at Jasons’ Restaurant. Sunday 7th April 2019 / 12 noon – 4pm See full details on the attached – JPC Frundraiser Luncheon (click here for PDF) Your involvement in this event will allow JPC to maintain connections with Deaf people and their families, individuals, children, parents and seniors […]

And please feel free to share around to those who may benefit from our pastoral services. Click the video below to learn about the only Deaf Catholic Centre in VIC – the John Pierce Centre – where Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families are supported and connected. With community activities and Mass […]

We thank the Melbourne Catholic Magazine for taking an interest in our Christmas Mass and Rally on Sunday 9th December. We are grateful that we can share the news of the friendship and the spirit of the community in which we live! Click here to read the full article: https://melbournecatholic.org.au/News/christmas-rally-attracts-the-victorian-deaf-community-far-and-wide

In 2017, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, through the Bishops’ Commission for Pastoral Life released a document providing Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with People with Disability. Prepared in collaboration with the Australian Catholic Disability Council, the guidelines draw upon the Church’s rituals and experience in ministering to or with people with a […]

Come and join us for this annual celebration. Ephpheta Sunday Flyer 2018 Watch the video here from Gail Finn, to tell you more. Here is Gail to tell you about Ephpheta Sunday Mass at JPC. Hope to see you there. Posted by John Pierce Centre on Tuesday, 10 July 2018  

Reena’s Rainbow Auslan Translation by JPC Family Support Worker Melissa Thompson, met children’s author Dee White and illustrator Tracie Grimwood at the launch of their picture book ‘Reena’s Rainbow’. The main character in this picture book is a little girl, Reena, who is Deaf. The story showcases her strong visual skills, and describes her befriending […]

In May each year, we make our annual Ephpheta Appeal where donations go a long way to helping us improve our service to the community. We do not receive any government funding so your gift will be a lifeline that ensures JPC’s Pastoral Care and Family Support Service can instantly reach even the most isolated Deaf […]