Transportation: take parishioners to doctor, hospital and other appointments.

Visitation: some will visit our parishioners in the hospital, nursing homes, and the homebound.

Eucharistic Ministers to the sick: we have trained Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick who will bring the Eucharist to the ill or home-bound on weekends or weekdays and visit for a short time.

Bereavements: this ministry is to provide comfort for a family when there is a death. We arrange with the family for times they need volunteers as house-sitters during the hours of the wake and/or funeral. The time spent by the volunteer is usually 1 to 1-l/2 hours.

Ministry of Praise: this is a group of people who receive a monthly letter containing spiritual readings and reflections for those willing to pray for the Parish and its needs. It is done in their homes at their convenience.

Office Staff: Our secretaries perform a variety of clerical duties including answering the phone once a week for 2 to 3 hrs. We have about 30 office staff including substitutes. They address cards once a month to our nursing home parishioners. At Christmas and Easter, they also address cards to over 100 homebound parishioners. We have various volunteers who come regularly to the office to sort and pack clothing and household items for the many agencies we assist such as City Mission, Harvest House, the Psychiatric Center, Erie County Home, and the migrant workers in Niagara County. We also pack summer clothing, towels, linens, shoes and various items for the people of Nicaragua. For this project, we have drivers that take the boxes to Ann Marie Zon on Transit Road in East Amherst where they are transferred to containers to be shipped to Nicaragua. Calls for food are directed to our St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Everyone is always welcome to stop in the office, have a cup of tea or coffee and visit. Some volunteers stop in and help out by trimming our cancelled stamps that are collected for the missions. They also cut circles from used greeting cards to be made into placemats for the holidays (Easter and Christmas) to be delivered to our homebound and nursing home patients. We almost always have some kind of project that we're working on.

As you're searching the web and want to do something that really makes you feel good, consider stopping in to 210 St. Amelia Drive at the Outreach office and see what we're about. We are always in need of more volunteers to help us to do God's work which is never ending.

Our winter office hours are Mondays and Fridays 9:00 a.m. until Noon; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Summer hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon.

For more information call Outreach at 832-2542 and speak with Judy. We'll be looking for you or waiting for your call