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SERVICE

Micro Pantry and Food Drives-  donate items from your home pantry or make a specific shopping trip to add a little to the Micro Pantry.  We also host a yearly Thanksgiving food drive.  A little difference can be made for someone else through small actions on our part.  Click for more.

Daybreak/Shepherd's Table- 
Prepare and/or serve a meal at Catholic Charities Daybreak Center or prepare something at home to be donated.  Financial donations can be made to specifically sponsor a meal as well.  Direct service at Daybreak requires parental supervision and is probably not suitable for younger kids.  Click for more.

Special Parish Work Events- Watch the parish calendar  or bulletin for specific events, but there are clean-up days and special projects from time to time and when students have a need for service hours- we can sign the forms.

Church Decorations- Some of the church decorating throughout the year requires ladders and lifts and tools, but there are smaller more manageable ways families with younger kids can help out- watering, cleaning plants, setting out the smaller items.  Kids especially feel a sense of inclusion seeing their work in church.

St. Vincent DePaul- St. Raymond's has it's own chapter of this International service society.  There are clothing drives and special efforts that take place at the parish, and there is always a need for help sorting and cleaning at the SVDP thrift store on Jefferson.  Click for more.

Habitat for Humanity- This organization has active worksites in the area and needs volunteers for a variety of tasks.  Some will have age requirements, but adults need not be skilled in the specific trades as site professionals will guide the work.

Ornamental Gardening- Help to beautify and maintain the cathedral property by watering, weeding, and doing general maintenance.  Families and individuals can adopt a specific area or come in for a one-time project. Click for more.

Seasonal Collections- More than just an opportunity to collect and donate money for a cause, special collections throughout the year also offer an opportunity for some focused action or prayer and learning about a specific topic.  Examples are an Advent prayer and action calendar, CRS Rice Bowls during Lent, or participating in the Pro-Life Baby Shower.

Gift Collections- The yearly Pro-Life Shower and Christmas Giving Tree are moments to donate specifically requested items like toys and clothing for families in need.

Produce Gardening- adopt a plot as a family, or come in for a smaller specific project to help keep the gardens clean, tidy and harvested.  All produce is donated to local food pantries and soup kitchen.  No need to be have a green thumb- we coach.  Click for more.

PRAYER

Mass- Go to Church!  Mass times are always listed on the home page of this website.  Click and scroll down.  See you there.

Adoration- Jesus is present always and everywhere, but in the Blessed Sacrament, we experience the presence of Jesus in a very unique and special way.  Adoration is offered every second Tuesday of the month from 5pm-7pm in the Cathedral.  It is a beautifully peaceful time to come in for ten minutes, or an hour- however long, and be quiet and consider what it means to be in His presence. 

 
Pet Blessing- In October, around the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, we offer a pet blessing.  Come as a family to have these companions of ours blessed.  Watch the parish calendar.  

Pray for the Sick- The St. Peregrine Devotion is held on the third Monday of each month at 7pm in the Cathedral.  It is a very traditional prayer style which includes exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as an opportunity to pray for those who are suffering with cancer and other diseases.