12/18/11

St. Augustine Church Justice & Peace CARES Committee

 

 

Justice and Peace

The J&P CARES (Community, Advocacy, Service, Education & Justice) page has information regarding the Justice and Peace committee, so please check it out! 

Children's Clothing Closet will be closed on the holiday weekend Saturdays when the Food Pantry is closed. It will not be open on Dec. 24, 27, and 31. We are still in need of children's winter clothing.

Washing Machine for parishioner needed.

Downsizing? Beds for Kids will accept twin size beds, bed frames, clean mattresses and linens for children in need. Call 804-302-4227 or visit http://www.bedsforkids.us (a 501(c)3 organization) for further information.

Clothes Cottage Information (updated 10/8/11): 
Clothes Cottage Information in English
Clothes Cottage Information in Spanish

The Food Pantry is in need of $5 gift cards from area grocery stores, pancake syrup, corn muffin mix, boxed mashed potatoes, dry beans, chicken noodle soup and pampers (all sizes), cake mixes and frosting.  Please consider donating one item every week per person in your household to help those who find themselves in need. Thank you for your generosity.  
Bring something each Sunday for the shopping cart.
The Food pantry is in need of several bilingual volunteers. Call or email Carolyn Coleman at 678-9161 or Carolyn.Coleman@comcast.net.

Outreach Center News - Remember to bring items for the outreach center. The collection wagons are in the vestibule and commons. We are collecting children's clothes sizes 5 to 16. 

Links
Virginia Catholic Conference http://www.vacatholic.org
Justice for Immigrants
http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org
Network
http://www.networklobby.org

Fighting Poverty with Faith  
Points to Ponder Concerning Immigration  - a ten part series - 
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Click here to read the latest article

 

 

Chair of the Outreach Center Planning Committee:  MaryLou Marple  275-7962.
 

• HOPEFULLY WE’VE JUST BEGUN WHETTING YOUR APPETITE – frequent the web site more often and come to the Justice & Peace: CARES page… here’s a few things the future holds:

• LET’S START WITH A LITTLE TRIVIA
  • Who is the current J&P Committee chairperson?
  • Who is the staff person?
  • What does the acronym CCHASM stand for?
  • Who are they and what do they do?
  • How about HELP?
  • Have you ever heard of them?
  • Who are they affiliated with and what do they do?

  If you can answer all these questions correctly, a $5 Food Lion card is yours. Send responses to: katharineand@hotmail.com.  First one to respond with all the correct answers wins.  Members of staff and their families, Parish Pastoral Council members and their families and Finance Council members and their families may not play this trivia game. You know too much.

• DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ST. AUGUSTINE’S OUTREACH CENTER? 
  It’s all very exciting. Come by to visit; volunteer - there are many opportunities to serve.

• We’ll be updating you about the following J&P Ministries in the coming weeks.
  • Adopt a Highway
  • Prison Ministry
  • CARITAS (How do we pull that week off any way?)
  • FOOD PANTRY
    • Who does the shopping?
    • Who speaks Spanish well enough to help people who don’t speak English?
    • How many people do we feed on Saturday?
    • What happens when someone just drops in?
    • When we have an Outreach Center, what will happen to the Food Pantry?

   

   

   

   

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