Helping Hands 

The Helping Hands Committee responds to the needs of those within our parish, and surrounding community by facilitating parish-wide collections and drives.  We do our work in order to follow the example of Christ, who lived His life in the service of others.

​About Helping Hands Ministry:
Helping Hands gives parishioners the opportunity to participate in a Parish Ministry.
Volunteer as much as your schedule permits:

• 5 meetings (September thru May)  No summer meetings
• Many events are collections 20 minutes before and after Mass
• Be a participant or Co-chair a project
• Meet parishioners who share your desire to follow Christ’s example to serve others  

Contact Jerri La Roche or Sheila Pacholski at parishoffice@sfaorland.org if you are interested in this ministry. 
 
Calendar of Events:

• Christmas Outreach Project:  Coordinate gift collection for families of our sharing parish, St. Agatha.  450 individual gifts for 100 families are donated each year.
• Food Drives:  3 during the year - Thanksgiving, Spring and Summer
• Quarterly Blood Drives (four during the year) Register and host donors for the Heartland Blood drives.
• Fall Coat Drive which benefits the Women's Crisis Center in Tinley Park and Chicago Homeless Veterans.
• Courage Baby shower in February and Baby Bottle spare change collection in May, which assists new mothers and pro-life programs.
• Easter Baskets  are assembled with toiletries and personal items and given to parishioner shut-ins and residents at Holy Family Villa.
• Cooks’ Manor Suppers – 3 suppers are prepared during the year and served to area Veterans.
• Project Linus – New and homemade blankets are accepted all year and distributed to local hospitals and fire departments for ill and traumatized children.
• Ronald McDonald House – Toiletries for parents and children are collected during the year and given to Children’s Memorial Hospital.
• We also collect pop tabs and labels that benefit Cardinal Bernardin School and baby coupons to assist pro-life programs.
• Our School supply drive, coordinated with the RE students, collects school supplies for the children at St. Agatha.

 
Parishioner Involvement: 
All parishioners are welcome to assist in these events.  We are always looking for individuals to co-chair the event, assist in the collection of items before and after masses, cook a dish for the suppers,  or help with the event.

Christmas Outreach 2019

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Courage Baby Shower

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Easter Baskets