Ministry Spotlight
The Helen Wright Center for Women has provided food, genuine care, and safe shelter to women without children for years. Through intensive case management services, the Center offers its guests an opportunity to break the cycle of homelessness and achieve self-sufficiency.
The Franciscan Community garden is in front of LaVerna, the log cabin house, down the stairs across from the chapel, and is truly a community experience. The many parish volunteers who come out every Saturday make the space come alive and are responsible for the success and expansion over the
Co-coordinator Kristen Holt describes the Brown Bag Ministry as a service ministry that works at “meeting the face of Jesus by being called to serve the least among us.” On their service Saturdays, volunteers work in groups, each making 50 lunches for residents in the Morehead Hills or JJ Henderson
As with the EM Ministry to the Homebound, the celebration and reception of the Eucharist are fundamental as a sacrament in the Catholic faith. Sometimes, we can find ourselves unable to attend Mass and receive the body and blood of Christ due to illness or injury. In the spirit of
The Oak City Cares ministry at St. Francis couldn’t assist in a more aptly named cause. Oak City Cares is a community organization named after the City of Raleigh’s nickname, and what it does is care for those in need. As St. Francis of Assisi Oak City Cares ministry volunteer
Michael and Julie Ducatte are Mass Coordinators (MCs) at St. Francis. Their ministry consists of those who assist the presiders to make sure the Masses have the decorum and elegance befitting the weekly celebration of the Eucharist. “First and foremost, we want to make masses as beautiful as possible,” says
St. Francis of Assisi Parish has been at the forefront of the expectation that we are all God’s children. As Tim Hackett, coordinator of the LGBTQ+ ministry here, says, “The most important inclusive Catholic teaching is that we are all to love Jesus and to love one another.” Tim spoke
For anyone who grew up in the Catholic Church, you knew about the ‘ushers.’ The ushers were usually a group of older dads and other men who pointed out seats to those attending Mass and gathered up the collection at the offertory. It was often an ‘exclusive group’ whose culture
The celebration and reception of the Eucharist are fundamental as a sacrament in the Catholic faith. We often take for granted the ability to attend Mass and receive the body and blood of Christ; some are less fortunate. That is why the Catholic Community of St. Francis has eucharistic ministers