Ministries of Service

The Adoration Chapel is cleaned on the 3rd and 4th Fridays of each month between the hours on Noon and 3 pm (cleaning usually takes about an hour). Supplies are provided. The cleaning consists of wiping down the pews, dusting the fixtures and floor. You would be on a
rotating team of volunteers and a six-month schedule is sent out.

Babysitters are needed to watch children Thursday mornings (from 10-11:30 am) during a women’s bible study group from October through May.

Our parish will be conducting a clothing collection, usually twice a year (fall and spring). We need volunteers to receive, sort and box items in preparation for delivery. Our next Clothing Drive is Saturday, October 5.

Special collections in December for organizations that put our generosity to good use. Help is needed with donation management, packaging and sorting. Tag writing takes place for an hour, one weekday evening in November.

This group will provide healthy awareness and opportunities to our parish at large including: quarterly blood drives, speakers, health programs, and blood pressure checks at the K of C breakfasts. We need health professional volunteers (current and retired) to help facilitate. We are also seeking a new Blood Drive Co-chairperson.

We want our seniors to know they are loved!  Help reach out to seniors via mail, phone calls, delivering a meal or porch visits.  Each situation is adaptable to your gifts and time availability. To be put on a rotating call list, please contact Kim.

Come and enjoy the fellowship while stuffing flyers in the Parish Bulletin!  Many hands make this load lighter. This ministry of service takes less than one hour to complete depending on the number of volunteers.  Your time commitment is based on your availability. The bulletins will generally be stuffed on the 1st Saturday of the month at
10:00 AM. Your name will be on our list and you will receive a reminder email (or a call if you don’t email) and a prayer prior to the stuffing date.  Children under middle school age must be accompanied by an adult. 

The important ministry of washing and ironing the linens used at the altar for Holy Mass. There is a special process when washing the linens that you will be given. There is a monthly rotating schedule. The linens are picked up 3 times during the week from the sacristy and returned before the weekend Masses.

Launder the server albs on an as needed basis.

Seeking individuals to wash up to a dozen tablecloths a couple times a year. Many hands make light work.

Acolytes are needed to assist the priest or deacon either at the exposition of the Eucharist or at Benediction. Time commitment is approximately 30 minutes on a rotating basis. Training will be provided.

4th graders and up, who have received their First Communion, assist the priest at Mass.

Prepare the supplies and assist Father with baptisms on the 1st and 3rd weekends of the month, at the 12:00 PM Mass. Rotating schedule.

The role of Extraordinary Ministers is to assist the priest in distributing both the Body and Precious Blood at each Mass. The Body of Jesus is always offered. The Precious Blood is offered if we have enough EMEs present and are signed in 15 minutes before Mass begins. Training is provided.

Proclaim the Scriptures at Mass. Must be registered, confirmed parishioner and have a mastery of public speaking.

The role of the Sacristan is one of supporting the priest and liturgy itself and arrives 30 minutes prior to Mass. Daily Mass and Weekend Masses vary in responsibility. The Sacristan for daily Mass will lector. Weekend Masses there is a lector scheduled. Among other things, the Sacristan is responsible for treating all holy materials with reverence & respect, preparing all the vessels and all materials used for the Mass, cleaning all the vessels and putting everything away in the sacristy. There is a monthly rotating schedule and training is provided.

The Friday Sacristan prepares and cleans the sanctuary & the sacristy for weekend Masses. The altar cloth is changed to the correct liturgical color. The Tabernacle is dusted. Holy water fonts are cleaned and fresh Holy Water is added into the fonts. Training is provided along with a rotating schedule. No prior experience is required. You may perform the ministry anytime on Friday before 2 pm.

Meet with engaged couples to plan their wedding liturgy. Be present at the rehearsal and on the wedding day to ensure that everything runs smoothly.