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.

We have occasional activities that come up where a parent would like to attend, but obtaining child care makes things complicated. We are looking for caring people, who enjoy spending time and watching small children and would enjoy ministering to young families in this unique way. Both adults (18+) and teens are needed. Babysitting would be on site only.

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 11.

Our Giving Tree is an opportunity to share Christ's love with individuals and families in need during the Christmas season. Through your generosity, we can help provide gifts, hope and the reminder that they are loved and remembered by their parish community. Help is needed at each Mass for 2 weekends in December to move the donations from the tree to a different room on campus.

This group will provide healthy awareness and opportunities to our parish at large including: quarterly blood drives, speakers and health programs. A few times a year, we are in need of people to help set up, register, and help with some light clean up.

We want our seniors to know they are loved!  Help reach out to seniors via mail and/or friendly phone calls.  Each situation is adaptable to your gifts and time availability. To be put on a rotating call list, please email Ellen.

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 9:30 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.

Volunteers will assist with Advent and Christmas preparations with candles, cleaning the sanctuary and linens.

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

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 an Extraordinary Minister 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.

Volunteers will begin the first week of Lent preparing for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. Some projects may be taken home to work on: washing towels, cleaning and restocking the Easter Vigil candles, etc. Holy Wednesday - preparing for the Altar of Repose, washing of the feet, etc.
Great opportunities for families to become involved with Holy Week preparation.

Lectors are ordinary people who perform an extraordinary ministry of proclaiming the Word of God at Mass through the weekly Scripture readings for all to hear. Being a Lector requires a desire to meditate on the Scripture and prepare in advance of each reading. Must be a registered, confirmed parishioner. Arrival time is 15 minutes prior to Mass. Training is required. A Lector schedule is provided for 6 months in advance.

The role of the Sacristan is to arrive 30 minutes before Mass and prepare the altar for Liturgy. They are also responsible for asking two people to bring up the offertory gifts. The Sacristans, during the weekday liturgies, usually lector for the Daily Mass, but it is not necessary. Training is provided.

The Friday (or Saturday) 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 or on Saturday if the church is available.

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.