Can you be the Hands of Jesus to the sick & elderly?

Did you know that…

• The Catholic Church has an ancient pastoral practice of visiting & ministering to the sick?
• Our parish has 14 nursing homes or residential care facilities within our boundaries that we minister to?
• Every week, your fellow parishioners minister to the residents in these facilities by bringing them the blessed Sacrament, sharing God’s word and praying with them? 

The Eucharist is the source and the summit of every Catholic’s life of faith. Many of our elderly or ill parishioners are unable to join us at Mass on the weekends. We, as a community of faith, are obliged to meet the spiritual needs of the faithful. We, as lay persons, can help our clergy in this ministry by bringing communion and praying with the homebound and those in residential care.

Can you find a few hours a week to join us in this ministry? Call Kim Palli at the parish office (553-9075), or email her (pothe@portlanddiocese.org) to see how you can get involved and how you can serve God by serving your neighbor.