SMA Friendly Visitors

PURPOSE: To foster friendships between parishioners and individuals that are homebound, feeling isolated from our parish community, or going through a difficult time by serving with love and compassion.

MISSION: A SMA Friendly Visitor is matched up with an individual that lives within our parish boundaries (individual home or living in an assisted living home). We will bring the love of Christ to them as we foster friendship through monthly contact (letters, cards, phone calls, & personal visits).

We make a special delivery of poinsettias during Advent & Easter Lillies during the Easter season.

Requirements & Overview of the Program (Click Here)

Ideas and Resouces for Friendly Visitors

• Greeting cards, saint holy cards, medals & small gifts 
• Don't forget the power of prayer... pray for your individual daily, or pray a rosary for them.
• Drop off gift bag or flowers 
• Make a personal visit

If you are interested in being a Friendly Visitor or know someone that might like to have a Friendly Visitor contact, Mary Connor, Care & Outreach Coordinator for more information.
 

Holy Eucharist to the Sick & Homebound

The Church strives to provide a heart of service inclined to those who may be unable to provide for themselves, including time with Jesus. Each Sunday our Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist to the Sick & Homebound - take Holy Communion to homebound parishioners and those Catholics who are in nursing homes and assisted living facilities within our boundaries.

We offer special training a few times each year. If you have ever felt called to assist in bringing Jesus to our Homebound parishioners, please contact Mary Connor for more information.

"Wisdom of the Heart means being with our brothers and sisters. Time spent with the sick is holy time. It is a way of praising God who conforms us to the image of His Son, who [...] himself said: 'I am among you as the one who serves' (Lk 22:27)"

   -Pope Francis, 2015 World Day of the Sick