May is Foster Care Awareness Month. The SMA Foster Care Ministry is hosting a Summer Collection Drive for the children in the foster care community. Please prayerfully consider making a child's summer fun-filled with donating an item from the list provided.
Items may be dropped off at the Parish Hall in the Foster Care Ministry Bin, during the month of May, no later than Tuesday, May 31st.
Thank you so much for donation!
DONATE HERE

May is Foster Care Awareness Month. Please join us for an Informal Meeting on Monday, 5/23 at 7:00PM in the St. Gabriel Combo Room. The meeting is an opportunity to learn more about the foster care system, to ask questions and decide if the Foster Care Ministry is for you!

Caring for the orphan is a demand from the Gospel. We must open our hearts to these vulnerable children as OUR children. Our parish can live the corporal works of mercy through foster care - "feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless ... give alms to the poor" - by raising up more foster families and increasing our support to them. Even if you are not able to foster at this time, there are many other ways to help! 

Pleae contact, Maria Proctor at:mailto:maria_proctor@hotmail.com
 

Care Communities help bring about a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable children by:

• Recruiting & Equipping families to care for at-risk youth

• Serving foster & adoptive families, and biological families in crisis

• Ministering to families and meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs

• Advocating on behalf of families and vulnerable children

  For more information, please contact: Maria Proctor, Foster Care Ministry Chair at maria_proctor@hotmail.com or Desiree Greco at desiree.greco@stmichaelcp.org
  
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God our Father, through the loving sacrifice of your son, Jesus Christ, you have given a home to us and all the forsaken.   Give us the eyes of Christ to see the vulnerable children and families in our midst. Give us hearts that break for what breaks the heart of Jesus.  Encouraged by the example of St. Joseph, foster father of the Lord, enflame us with the compassion of your Holy Spirit to make our homes and parishes places of love, support and protection for kids in crisis and their families.