Outreach
GIVING TREE
| Mission | To provide gifts at Christmas to families experiencing economic hardship. |
| Activities | Saturday prior to Thanksgiving collect names of children, make ornaments for for tree and collect gifts to be distributed the Saturday prior to Christmas |
| Leader | Jane Biondi, Mary Thompson |
HOMELESS OUTREACH
| Mission | Collect clothing, personal hygiene items for the client service program for Catholic charities |
| Activities | Collect and transport items donated by parishioners to Catholic Charities. |
| Leader | Dick and Evelyn Koprowski |
MARIAN HOUSE SOUP KITCHEN
| Mission | To provide daily meals and services to people in need for enhancing the value and dignity of human life |
| Activities | Work from 7am to 1:30pm at soup kitchen, 14 W. Bijou, to cook beans; prepare and serve nutritional casseroles, chili, soup; collect donated food from local grocery stores; serve approx. 650-700 meals daily; organize volunteers to cook and serve. TO VOLUNTEER AT HOME: cook beans for chili (dry beans may be picked up in the church foyer, cooked, then dropped off at the soup kitchen Thursday morning). |
| Meetings | Every last Thursday of the month and 5th Saturdays of the month |
| Leader | Dick and Evelyn Koprowski |
RESPECT LIFE
| Mission | Organizes and promotes events that foster a greater understanding of the Church’s teachings to respect life in all of its phases. |
| Activities | Pro-life Masses and witness at abortion facility, documentary showings, community education and awareness events, educational seminars for youth. |
| Meetings | Every Friday 9:00am for Mass and Rosary; other events as required. |
| Leader | Matt Niedzielski |
SCOUTS
| Mission | Provide leadership training for boys in a fun and safe atmosphere |
| Activities | Camping, merit badge training, community service |
| Meetings | Cub Scouts: Tuesdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm; Boy Scouts: Tuesdays 6:30pm to 8:00pm |
| Leader | Mike Bartusek |
SENIOR DINNERS
| Mission | To provide food and fellowship for seniors throughout Colorado Springs. |
| Activities | Prepare meals, including soliciting dishes from parishioners. |
| Meetings | Generally lunch is the third Sunday of the month from October through May at 1:00pm |
| Leader | Mike Bartusek |
SHARE
| Mission | To provide food and substance to those experiencing the hardship of providing for their families. |
| Activities | Collect and manage funds for provisions of SHARE. Pick up and distribute food for approx. 100-150 families several times a year for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. |
| Meetings | Distributions on Saturday mornings several times yearly. |
| Leader | Jane and Vince Biondi; Larry and Mary Thompson |