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MINISTRIES OF CHARITY UPDATE #2024 – 8
April 23, 2024
Dear Friends in Christ,
We are half way through our Easter Season. We hope the grace of this blessed season fills you with joy. We invite you to please join your MOC Team as we plan events in which our parishioners can participate by serving the poor, homeless and needy in many different ways. You can read about all of our activities in the parish bulletin, on the parish website, and here is your next MOC Update #2024 -8.
MILLION MEALS 2024:
Again this year the Deacons of our diocese will support Million Meals 2024 as an annual Diocesan-wide Diaconate Event. It is scheduled to occur on the
Weekend of June 8th and 9th at Cathedral Catholic High School.
Please join Deacon Adam and Deacon Jim who will be leading MME Team Ascension to help package 1.5 million meals. We would like to bring a team of 100 parishioners to work on this event. Stop by our MOC table in the vestibule of the church. Pick up information regarding this event. Use the provided QR code to both sign up and donate to this very worthy cause. You can also go directly to the Diocesan Website and use the MME link, to both sign up and donate to support MME 2024. This is a fun event for all parishioners, families and children! Come and join us.
The cost of the ingredients for one and one-half million meals is $375,000. This is just $.25 per meal. Please, help support our fundraising effort to make this event successful. You can find MME envelopes in the pews, or by using the link in the Diocesan Website. Every dollar helps.
God Bless, Deacon Adam and Deacon Jim
CARING FOR THE WHOLE PERSON:
Caring for the Whole Person Ministry (CWP) is an opportunity for you, as a faithful disciple of Jesus, to take a step deeper into the Gospel of Life. CWP is primarily a ministry of presence. We want to seek out and get to know our parishioners who are elderly, struggling with illness, alone, or dying. We want to be present to them. We want to listen and journey with them and their families during these difficult times.
Our next CWP meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 30th, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in the Pavilion.
If you feel the Holy Spirit prompting you, please join us. We invite you to be part of this new ministry. We invite you help us serve those in our parish who have the most need, who are the most vulnerable, and who need us the most. Please contact Deacon Jim and Mattie Scull (858) 279-2735
Rachel’s Shelter Monthly Dinner Service:
Next date: Tuesday May 21st
Please join Ann Galbraith in cooking side dishes in the JP2 kitchen at 2:30 PM. No culinary skills needed.
Or, please drop off beverages, desserts, purchased or donated food of any kind, or your own dishes prepared at home.
Rachel’s Shelter is located downtown near Father Joe’s facilities. It's operated by Catholic Charities and provides supportive, safe, short & mid-term shelter for 35 women. Our parish community provides one meal per month, on the third Tuesday. Ann typically cooks and prepares side dishes in the JP2 kitchen prior to departing for Rachel’s at 4:30 PM.
If you’d like to help, please contact her at anngalbraith1@gmail.com or 206-931-5379.
Many thanks to the volunteers who helped with April's dinner, including Mary, Shaun, Julie, Alexandra, and Terry!
Future Meeting Schedule:
Rachel’s Dinner Service: Tuesday, May 21st at 2:30 pm in the JP2 Kitchen
Ministries of Charity (MOC): Thursday, May 23rd at 7pm in the Pavilion
Caring for the Whole Person (CWP): Tuesday, April 30th 1:30pm in the Pavilion
