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PARISH SUPPORT
MAILING
TEAM:
This team gathers when extra hands are needed
to stuff envelopes, fold letters, mail schedules or brochures during the
liturgical year of the community. This
ministry needs extra hands on board any time you can give help.
Please consider offering some time to this group. Click here: For more information
PARISH
LIFE
ADULT
YOUTH TEAM:
Each year an attempt is continued to
develop youth ministry for our young people. The adult teams help the Youth
Ministry Coordinator in planning and detailing various activities for our youth.
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE: A CORE team of men and women who plan the
major “fun” raisers for the
Parish. The goal is to provide safe, family oriented social events that deepen
the sense of Parish Family as well as help raise additional revenue for
parish/school expenses. The Development Team is also charged with improving our
public relations within the community by spreading the word of our many
ministries. FINANCE
COUNCIL:
This
group helps the Pastor to develop a working budget for the Parish and help
prioritize financial issues. An
accounting, banking and/or business background is desired.
Contact the Pastor, if interested. PASTORAL
COUNCIL:
This
group of elected and chosen members seeks to promote a dialogue between the
laity and their priests and to foster greater ability to reach clearer decisions
regarding spiritual and organizational matters of the parish. The group is advisory in nature but also takes on a variety
of tasks in committee work. Standing
committees include: School
Activities, Religious Ed, Pastoral Care Ministry, and Stewardship Team.
Eligibility requirements include registered membership in the parish,
Eucharistic participation and activity in parish life.
The council meets monthly except in the summer months. STEWARDSHIP
COMMITTEE:
This ministry helps to develop threefold
aspect of time, talent and treasure to the parish community.
We are all called upon through our Baptism, to share our gifts with one
another so that the vineyard may be rich in its harvest. PARISH OUTREACH
CONSOLATION
COMMITTEE:
This ministry strives to meet the needs of the
bereaved. Members are lay people
who call and visit the family immediately following their loss.
They assist the family in organizing the funeral liturgy.. MOM’S GROUP: Mothers
from the Parish with -school children meet weekly on Wednesday mornings after
the E HEALTH
CARE MINISTRY:
The Health Care Ministry is committed
to the healing ministry of the church. Through health counseling, education,
home visits and prayer, the Health Care ministry promotes the physical,
emotional and spiritual well being of the St. Francis Xavier Parish community.
The Team is composed of healthcare professionals and other caregivers.
The ministry offers education, blood pressure screening, referral services,
health counseling, advocacy, home visits, transportation for shopping, hospital
and physician visits. HOSPITALITY
TEAM: The Hospitality Team provides refreshments to
the parish following selected parish functions, whether they are liturgical or
social. Volunteers setup and wait
tables. Even the homebound may be involved by baking at home and calling another
team member to have the item picked up. The Team also organizes the outreach to
the community after the 8AM Sunday Mass from September through Palm
Sunday.
This is an excellent opportunity to meet and welcome new people and connect with
old friends. ST.
VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY:
The Society exists to serve people in need of
food and clothing. In extreme cases, such as unexpected unemployment, they may
assist in helping to meet some costs for essential services such as utility
bills for a brief period of time. At
Thanksgiving and Christmas time, they gather and distribute food baskets to
needy families. The Society may
also offer spiritual help if needed. The
Saint Vincent de Paul Society operates under the jurisdiction of the parish as
its own organization, with a formal affiliation through
district, state and
national councils. WEEKEND
LITURGIES
ALTAR
SERVERS:
Altar servers minister for liturgical events
in the parish. Any student, boy or
girl from the fourth grade and up are invited to join.
Experienced altar servers fully train newcomers.
Training involves weekly practice sessions for about four weeks.
Schedules are flexible to meet family needs. EXTRA-ORDINARY
MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST:
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist are
lay people or religious who are selected by the pastor for this role of service.
These individuals attend an orientation session and are commissioned by
the Diocese to serve in their parish. Eucharistic
Ministers distribute the Eucharist at Mass as assistants to the priest when
other ordained ministers are not readily available.
In addition to serving at Mass, some of these ministers may bring the
Eucharist to the sick or shut-ins. LECTORS:
Parish readers help the presence of God to
become alive through the proclamation of the Words. With practice and training, readers will grow in prayerful
appreciation of God’s Word. The
Word, thereby challenging others as they proclaim God’s Word, will challenge
readers. Readers assist at the
weekend liturgies, holy days, funerals and other liturgical
celebrations. USHERS:
This ministry of hospitality includes greeting
and welcoming as well as seating and taking up the collections.
Handicapped access by means of an elevator is also a responsibility of
this group of volunteers. Meetings are rarely held and any adult can join by checking
“usher” on the involvement card.
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WE SERVE TO LIVE AND WE LIVE TO SERVE This website was updated on 01/31/2008
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