The Good Samaritan League seeks to bring the coporal works of mercy to life with the parish. It serves as an umbrella organization for the charitable outreach of Holy Rosary. One of its primary functions is to help coordinate the collection and distribution of food to needy members of the parish as well as families that live within the parish boundaries.
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Holy Rosary St. Vincent DePaul Society responds to the needs of those in the community, particularly within parish boundaries, without regard to race, color or creed. It endeavors to meet whatever short term needs exist, such as food, utilities, rent, and medicines. The Society sponsors a Thanksgiving and a Christmas Food Drive along with an Angel Tree which provides gifts for children of each family being given a Christmas Food Basket. The Angel Tree also provides gifts for persons living at St. Peter Villa. St. Vincent DePaul of Holy Rosary has an ongoing collection of non-perishable foods which is distributed to needy families seeking our assistance.
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Holy Rosary parishioners volunteer to work to help build affordable housing for those in need through Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, a nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in the city of Memphis and surrounding areas, and to make decent housing a matter of conscience and action. Habitat works in partnership with families in need of adequate shelter to build simple, decent homes.
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The Parish Health Ministry promotes health awareness for parishioners of all ages though the sponsorship of seminars, the distribution of information, blood pressure screening and workshops on a variety of topics. Doctors, nurses, and dentists are needed to volunteer their services to promote good health in the Parish Family. Special attention is given to those parishioners who are homebound.
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Mrs. Judy Werner@ 682-1731
Dr. Bobby Gardino@ 757-9015.
Ministry to the Sick
At present, we have about 30 home-bound and nursing home parishioners. We take them Communion once a week. At Christmas, we take them a poinsettia and at Easter they get a fruit basket. This is to let them know they are not forgotten and also for them to see a priest at least a couple of times a year.
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767-6949
LifeBlood Donor
LifeBlood is the regional blood bank. Holy Rosary has a special plan that provides blood for all parishioners based on a minimum number of pints of blood donated by parishioners each year. An annual Blood Drive Sunday is conducted every spring when the LifeBlood Mobile Unit visits Holy Rosary for several hours. In addition to donations collected on Blood Drive Sunday, parishioners who are at least 18-years-old are encouraged to make regular donations of their blood at area LifeBlood offices and have their donations credited to the “Holy Rosary Blood Plan.”
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Mrs. Judy Werner or 682-1731
Prison Ministry
Provides an opportunity for Church members to make cookies for the local Kairos Community for distribution during their retreats for the men and women in the local prisons. The cookies are given to each prisoner and guard in the facility. Up to 5000 dozen cookies are provided each weekend.
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The Ministry to the Disabled assists those with physical and mental challenges by providing special services to those individuals and groups and bringing the liturgy to life for them, e.g. the “signing” of the 10:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday. Volunteers are needed to make home visits to those unable to participate in parish liturgies, to train those able to participate in liturgies as altar servers, lectors, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and to assist with monthly social activities for the disabled.
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Lawyers of the parish extend their services to the poor by offering pro-bono legal assistance. The kind of assistance that is offered includes counsel, resolution, and intervention work.
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Respect Life Commitee click "Pro-Life" to link to our page
Making a stand for life through prayer. Weekly rosary on Saturday mornings outside all three abortion locations, numbering from 5 to 17 parishioners. Monthly meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Parlor.
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Provides assistance to the families of deceased parishioners including hospitality arrangements. Contact: Parish Office, 767-6949. Receptions are provided by volunteers for families and friends following a funeral. Volunteer guidelines for receptions provided by our parish community are as follows:
We welcome all parishioners to sign up to provide a dish for the reception and/or volunteer to set up, serve, and/or clean up after.
We would like set up 5 or 6 teams of 20 reception volunteers who would provide an item for the table, a donation toward expenses, or time to serve. This would also require two individuals willing to serve as co-chairmen of each team.
When planning a funeral, let the parish staff know you would like a reception at the church following the funeral. You will receive a call from one of the coordinators to assess your particular needs, explain how everything is handled, and answer any questions you may have.
For futher information please contact:
Mrs, Nita-Re Corbitt@ 794-0432
Sunday Van Driver
Holy Rosary Parish has a passenger bus that picks up parishioners who are able to assist at Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass, but have no means of transportation. The service is provided by Parish Volunteers rotated on a monthly schedule whereby each driver is responsible for driving the bus one Sunday each month.
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Rainbows is a support group for children which provides to children who are grieving a death, significant loss or divorce, an opportunity to share their feelings in an accepting environment supported by trained, caring adults. The group meets during School Days, Monday-Friday. Contact theSchool Guidance Counselor below.
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