{"id":2031,"date":"2017-04-07T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2017-04-05T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T19:45:37","slug":"palm-sunday-april-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2017\/04\/07\/palm-sunday-april-9-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday; April 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sharelife2-e1488475651250.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sharelife2-e1488475651250.jpg?resize=100%2C117&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sharelifesmall\" width=\"100\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Living the Gospel by supporting the Deaf community\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taavi wasn&#8217;t engaged at his school or in extracurricular sports and as a Deaf person, he faced obstacles trying to join his hearing peers. 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