The ‘CROP Hunger Walk’ takes place every October in our area to support people struggling with hunger worldwide. These community-based fundraising events support Church World Service’s global mission to advance just and sustainable responses to hunger,…
“Ready to help save a life?” That is the tagline on the American Red Cross blood donation page, and it is no exaggeration. One of the easiest ways to be an everyday hero and impact…
Janine Costello, co-coordinator of the ‘Walking With Moms in Need’ ministry at St. Francis, describes how this ministry came into being at our parish. “The USCCB created this ministry, following the Dobbs Supreme Court decision…
The Wedding Planning Ministry is, as you might guess from the name, those ministers from the parish who make sure “getting hitched” comes off without a hitch. As Laura Cirone, one of the ministry volunteers,…
In the Catholic Community of St. Francis, our ministries serve our neighbors every day in many ways. One of these ministries is The Family Promise Ministry. Jim Packard, the coordinator of this ministry at our…
Technology plays a huge role in our lives, and it is not just in the secular world. Ever since the COVID pandemic, technology has played an even greater role in our faith lives, too. Like…
St. Francis of Assisi Parish is a community of service and ministry. No one exemplifies this mission more than the Knights of Columbus.
Bill Logallo, coordinator of the ‘ Medical Presence and Safety at Mass ministry ’, says, “The Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi is well known in the local community as being a place…
“We do everything they do in the ‘big church,’” explains Jackie Kelly, coordinator of the CLOW ministry. “CLOW mirrors what happens during Mass, but in a way that is focused on the children. The resources…
Laudato Si’ is Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical issued in 2015 on the care for the Earth and all creation as part of God’s plan for the world. As a follow-up to that letter, in 2021…
