November 14, 2018 at 7:50 p.m.
ON NOV. 3, ABOUT 350 volunteers of all ages from Immaculate Conception parish in Glenville participated in their third morning of service. The event began with a prayer service led by pastor, Rev. Jerome Gingras.
About 200 volunteers traveled to 17 sites to visit with children, the elderly and veterans and to sort and organize materials, prepare meals, paint, wash windows, scrub cemetery markers, wipe down Catholic Charities vans and clean up grounds. At the parish center, another 200 volunteers made items such as baby blankets, fleece scarves, meals, pet toys, Christmas cards, holiday decorations, pages for memory books and plastic yarn for 10 organizations.
Many volunteers returned to the parish center for lunch, fellowship and reflection afterward. For more information, go to www.icglenville/2018-Morning-of-Service.
MORE NEWS STORIES
- Embers of fire ‘have now burned out’ at Ohio church but not ’embers of faith,’ pastor says
- Follow Jesus in the company of Mary, pope tells pilgrims
- Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes, Detroit native who led church in Guam, dies at 66
- In installation homily, Vancouver’s new archbishop says, ‘Our world needs Jesus Christ!’
- Pope asks priests to be signs of reconciliation in the church and world
- Picturesque Catholic village in Switzerland buried under landslide
- Cupich: If Illinois assisted-suicide bill becomes law, it could spur ‘suicide contagion’
- British Catholics warn of conflict over interference in confessions
- Washington Roundup: Elon Musk’s tenure ends, Biden makes first public remarks since cancer diagnosis
- Justices allow Trump to end deportation protections for 500,000 migrants
Comments:
You must login to comment.