Outreach

Through the St. Patrick Casserole Program, volunteers from across St. Louis provide daily hot meals to the homeless. St. Patrick Center supplies recipes (one for each day of the month) and 12" x 10" aluminum casserole pans to the volunteers, who purchase ingredients, assemble the recipes and freeze the casseroles. Volunteer drivers deliver the frozen casseroles to St. Patrick Center, where they are heated and served piping hot with salad, bread, fruit and desserts. These procedures ensure that health-and-safety standards are met. The casseroles are served for lunch in St. Patrick Center’s Shamrock Club and dinner at St. Patrick Center’s transitional living center, its Women’s Night Program and at its evening relapse-prevention meetings.

Ministry Contact:
Andrea Brockmann [email protected] 314-576-5366 x27

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Volunteers support two nursing homes in our parish boundaries: Westchester Place on Tuesdays at 10:30am and Brooking Park on Thursdays at 10:30am.

• On the first week of the month on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30am, Incarnate Word priests celebrate Mass for the residents. Volunteers bring residents from their room to Mass, assist with the music during Mass, and socialize with the residents.
• During the rest of the month, Incarnate Word volunteers lead a weekly Eucharist Service and Rosary every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30. Volunteers assist with these events by participating and socializing with the residents.

Ministry Contact:
Roger Cagle 314 -308-9246 / [email protected]

The primary mission of these volunteers is to educate on life issues, to encourage prayerful witness, to collect donations and raise funds for local pro-life organizations, and to encourage involvement in pro-life legislation. Visit the main page of our website to see upcoming events and activities.

The Incarnate Word Pro-Life Committee is devoted to furthering respect for all human life from conception to natural death. The Bishop's Pastoral Plan states that it is the responsibility of all Christians to work to end the atrocities of abortion and euthanasia. We invite you to become an active member of our Incarnate Word Pro-Life Committee and welcome your suggestions and support. We thank all members of the Incarnate Word Parish for their support of the mission of our organization.
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The funeral luncheon is a wonderful service to family and friends grieving the loss of a loved one. It provides a beautiful, loving environment for sharing pictures and memories while enjoying a delicious meal with homemade desserts.
When a family requests a luncheon after a funeral in the church at Incarnate Word, members of the Funeral Luncheon Committee volunteer to help host this event in one of two ways:

• Multiple volunteers are needed for 2 hours or less on the day of the luncheon to help with setting up the room in the lower church, arranging the food on serving platters and placing on buffet table, greeting guests, refilling food and drinks, or cleaning up afterward. 
• Many volunteers are also needed to bake a dessert to be served at the luncheon. A dessert of your choice is prepared and dropped off at the parish office the day before the luncheon, or in the lower church hall on the morning of the luncheon.

Volunteers receive an email approximately one week prior to the funeral luncheon with specific information about serving and baking help needed. If you are available, then click on the sign-up form in the email. If you are not available, no problem, you will be on the list for each funeral luncheon and you are just asked to serve whenever it is convenient for your schedule.