Opportunities for Community Involvement

Individuals joining this group do so in the hope of working through the pain and loss of a loved one. Participants pray briefly with one another, receive a short input at the beginning of each meeting and spend the majority of their time together sharing their experiences.

In order to participate, each person must agree to hold everything shared in confidence and respect the experience of others.

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas strives to embrace the principle of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality, and the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all.

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas complete selected projects that assist in working with the Church and the community to promote good works by reaching out and making a difference in the lives of those who are suffering.

Some of the activities in which this organization is involved include support for Bridge Over Troubled Water, support for the archdiocese’ pro-life endeavors, informing membership of topics that coincide with The Catholic Daughters of the Americas’ mission statement by sponsoring speakers, etc.

Collect Pennies for the Unborn

Promotion of the coffee social after the Sunday 9:00 Mass is directed at building community among parish members. Individuals or organizations host the social on a rotating/volunteer basis.
Responsibilities include: setting up, cleaning up and providing the baked goods that are served. The parish provides coffee, tea, sugar, paper goods and juice.

At home alone or in a “sewing circle”, parishioners knit shawls for distribution to those whom are in need of the prayers of the community. As the knitters/crocheters are work, they pray for the person who will receive the shawl, e.g. persons who are ill, women who are experiencing a difficult pregnancy, those who are grieving, those who are separated from loved ones, and the homebound.

To provide women and men of the parish with an opportunity to attain true love of God through prayer, charity and zeal for souls. The members hope to lead others to Christ in genuine Catholic devotion in their daily lives and promote greater respect for the sanctity of all human life from birth to natural death.

This society assists the needy of the parish and the community through the provision of food vouchers, monthly food baskets, utility and rent assistance and vouchers for filling prescriptions.

This committee serves as an umbrella committee planning a calendar of 6-8 events for the year. Each member is responsible for chairing one of those events during the year and cultivating a diversity of people who will share the responsibility of planning and carrying out one of the events. At the end of the year, this committee evaluates the past year.

The Committee meets about four times a year, often after the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass.

Additional meeting may be needed for the event you coordinate depending on the nature of the event.

Members hope to lead others to Christ in genuine:

Dedication to Mary, the Mother of God, through the praying of the rosary and consecrating themselves to Mary, Queen, Patroness and Advocate.

Catholic devotion in their daily lives and promote a greater respect for the sanctity of all human life from birth to natural death.

Praying for deceased members; praying for unity; praying for respect for life.

In addition to gathering for prayer, the Sodality enjoys a guest speaker several times during the year, has a Christmas and end of year banquet.

To provide transportation to/from weekend Masses for parishioners who would be unable to attend Mass. Transportation is offered by volunteer drivers on a regular/occasional basis.

This group gathers for the sole purpose of having an opportunity for some peer interaction (for children and for moms.) There is no formal agenda at the gatherings. It simply provides mothers with an opportunity to get to know other mothers.

Children play with one another under parent supervision and mothers enjoy conversation with one another. Mothers take turns bringing simple snacks.