Fr Joseph Thermadam is the first Indian priest who is completely deaf and mute. A the age of 38, he is the second Asian priest who is deaf and mute, and the 26th world-wide. He belongs to the Congregation of the Holy Cross. In India there are 60 million persons with this condition. Fr Joseph studied in Mumbai where he graduated Bachelor of Science before he entered the seminary, where he studied in the USA, with the Missionary Dominicans dedicated to the apostolate of the deaf. His vocation and mission will be to care for those Indians who are deaf and mute, by administering the Sacraments by using sign-language.
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