The Salt and Light Ministry offers adults of the parish short-term, hands-on volunteer outreach opportunities to aid the vulnerable, at-risk, hungry and homeless in our greater community. Our goal is to shine a light of hope and touch what is at the root of Christianity: Love, Faith, Compassion, Mercy, Service – to “Be the Face of Christ” for others.
While our primary goal is volunteer outreach, a secondary “fruit” has flourished – a sense of community among the participating parishioners.
We have served and delivered Thanksgiving meals, we adopted families for Christmas and two parishes in the flood-torn areas of NC, hosted a Christmas dinner for seniors at Cranford
Senior Housing, distributed food to 3 organizations through our Reverse Advent Calendar, worked the Community Food Bank, served at the St. Joseph’s Social Services Soup Kitchen, raised money for the Eddie Gray Camp, assembled and delivered lunches to St. Joseph’s, celebrated a Mass of Anointing for the Sick with a luncheon and our Crochet Connection is actively making lap blankets and beanies for the sick.
The appeal of the ministry is that there are no hard commitments, you volunteer when it fits into your schedule.
Some of the many programs that Salt and Light coordinate are :
-Feed My Lambs
-Loops of Love
-Soup Kitchen Ministry
-Lunch-Palooza
-Thanksgiving Meal Program
For more information or to become a part of the ministry contact Patti Conheeney at [email protected].