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Please enter keyword(s) or click a link below. Parish Support Organizations Adopt-A-Student - Contact: A fund set up to provide assistance to Parishioners of our church who are experiencing financial difficulties and need help with tuition costs at our parish school. This program depends solely on contributions from Parishioners or friends of the school for its funding. AIDS Ministry - Contact: This is a non-denominational support group for families and friends of persons with HIV/AIDS. This support froup for HIV-affected individuals provides: comfort, assistance, support, open sharing, problem solving, and confidentiality. Archives - Contact: Elaine Caldwell [email protected]  Organize and maintain parish historical information for preservation and research. Baby Sitting - Contact: 713-667-9111 voicemail 702 Babysitting for special events is available with fee and required 48-hour advance reservation.  Always call in cancellations. Blessed Mother Guild - Contact:  Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month. The main focus is the sewing of layettes. These are donated to the San Jose Clinic to be distributed to clients who are in need of items for their new babies. Blood Drive - Contact:  St Vincent started blood drives as a convenient way for parishioners to donate blood to the community. There are 5 blood drives per year. Cancare - Contact: Sr Virginia O'Donnell [email protected] Cancare is an interfaith non-profit cancer support network providing one-on-one long term emotional support to cancer patients and their families. Catholic Daughters - Contact: Give parties to St. Dominics Home & Veterans Hospital; help support Basilian Mission, Convent House, Casa de Esperanza Guatemalan Mission, Magnificat House, Morality of Media, Richmond State School, Water for Life, Well Springs & Seafarers Christmas Boxes Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) - Contact: Cathy Goolsby - [email protected] Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) The mission of Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) is to serve the poor, hungry, homebound, disabled and otherwise needy while respecting their religious, ethnic or cultural differences. CCSC is a non-profit coalition of 36 churches in southwest Houston. The programs of CCSC include: Emergency Services, Job Net, Back to School & Jingle Bell Express to name a few. For more information contact CCSC at 713-961-3993 or visit our website at www.ccschouston.com  --Teresa Hagstrom, SVDP Church Representative to CCSC CUPS (Communidades Unidas Pro Salud) - Contact: Short term (6 days) mission trips to Northeastern Mexico; building schools, medical clinics Family Guilds - Contact: A Family Guild is a group of up to 12 families that meet monthly for spiritual support, social activities and/or service activities. Fun Fest - Contact: Provides fellowship and fundraising for entire parish. Guayaquil Mission - Contact: Sr Virginia O'Donnell [email protected] Gets people involved in ministry to the very poor people in Padre Pedro's parishes in Guayaquil Mission Group - Contact: Sr Virginia O'Donnell [email protected] Helping Father Riasco in Guayaguil, who pastors a very poor church in Ecuador, with expenses. Knights of Columbus Council #10390 Married in the Catholic Church (MICC) - Contact: Maria Gibbs [email protected] Helps prepare engaged couples for the sacrament of marriage Newcomers - Contact: Welcomes new parishioners Nurse Ministry - Contact: Sr Virginia, 713-663-3546 Nurse parishioners volunteer to use their skills and knowledge to help other parishioners with health or medical needs. The ministry has included: blood pressure screenings, presentations by medical professionals of various health topics, and manage the first-aid booth during the annual Parish bazzar. Nursery - Contact: Joyce Evans [email protected] Provides babysitting at the 9 and 11 a.m. masses for children under 2 years; free childcare Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Guild - Contact: Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Guild promotes devotion to our Blessed Mother by making and distributing rosaries. Our members make rosaries which we provide to schools, missions, hospitals, and other individuals or groups who request them. Our members are encouraged to pray for other Guild members as well as those who receive the beads. In turn, we are blessed by the appreciation and prayers of the recipients. Our rosaries have been used in our Parish and neighborhood and far beyond, to places throughout the world. We believe the rosary is a powerful way to deepen our faith, convert our hearts, and strengthen our will to follow Christ. By joining in prayer with His Blessed Mother, we hope that we, and those with whom we share these prayers, will know His love and be in union with Him. We have no meetings, the supplies are provided without cost, and we can pickup and deliver to our members homes, if needed. We invite you to join our group. Our Lady, Queen of Angels Workshop - Contact: The craft workshop works under the patronage of the Blessed Mother and meets every Thursday. Anyone interested in doing needle work or crafts is welcome Our main fundraiser is our Christmas Mini Bazaar in November each year. We also make baby puffed quilts which are sold all the time. I also make prayer quilts (time permitting) which are distributed in the nursing homes. These are made from materials given to us. Parish Library - Contact: Sr Virginia O'Donnell [email protected] "Adult men and women book-lovers maintain and staff the Parish Library/Media Center. The Library serves adults, teenagers and children registered in the parish. The parish library has a good selection of Catholic books, video tapes and audio tapes. Library is open on Sunday after Mass and during the weekdays. Volunteers manage check-ins and check-outs, classify and choose subjects for all new items, enter all new items in the computer and make labels, cards, etc., write "thank you" letters and make donor slips to place in items donated, check and prepare items for shelving, filing, prepare entries for the Memorial Book. The number of people using the library each day varies. From April, 2004 until March, 2005, 944 items were checked out - a very good number for a small library." Respect Life/Project Gabriel - Contact: The active arm of St Vincent's pro-life committee was established in late 1992. Our mission is to give any maternal assistance plus counseling references to help any pregnant mother in crisis and save her baby. We collect baby clothes and equipment (mainly from our Annual Baby Shower), purchase of diapers, crib mattresses, etc, plus giving transportation and financial aid in emergencies. Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Contact: 713-664-5350 An international Catholic organization established in 1833 of lay persons who seek to help those who are suffering. Venetians seek through prayer, meditation of the scriptures, the teachings of the church, through their daily lives to bear witness to the love of Christ. Sponsor Couples - Contact: Maria Gibbs [email protected] We pair engaged couples with married couples to complete a marriage prep program; they meet 4 to 5 times working with the "For Better For Ever" workbook. St Catherine of Siena Guild - St Catherine of Siena Guild (formerly, St Gerard Guild) After twenty years as women friends supporting each other spiritually and socially, St. Gerard's Guild has become St. Catherine of Siena Guild. We hope to grow spiritually by seeking out Catholic community spiritual resources in the Houston area. We invite the parish and all interested persons to join us. St. Catherine's continues to support the Senior Appreciation Luncheon and other works of hospitality, as well as Guadalupe House and Project Gabriel. Like St. Catherine, we will respond to God's love by loving our neighbor. St Mary Guild - Contact: Meets on the second Tuesday of the month at a member's home. Each month a member or a guest presents a program that encourages spiritual growth. St. Anne's Society - Contact: The St. Anne's Society is a group of women and mothers who share and participate in a vision of spiritual growth, service and social activities within our parish open to mothers of all ages. The SAS welcomes women who strive to nourish themselves and their children and families to a closer, more intimate relationship with God. St. Gerard Guild - Contact: Plans and executes Sr. Virginia's Senior Appreciation Brunch each Spring St. Jude League - Contact: Helen Weidemann [email protected] Attends 6:45 Tues AM Mass year round and pray to St. Jude, the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes SVDP Mission Council - Contact: Reviews mission opportunities for SVDP members The Legion of Mary - Contact: We and a priest do Sacred Heart Enthronement. We pray the rosary on First Saturdays at the church at 9 a.m. We visit the sick and homebound and bring the Blessed Lady statue to them. Vocations Committee - Contact: Elaine Caldwell [email protected] The St Vincent de Paul committee for Vocations is dedicated to raising awareness of God's call in life, particularly in discernment for any form of religious life. Goals: To raise interest in St Vincent de Paul Parish toward fostering vocations. To provide materials useful for discernment, including people to contact. To provide prayer and other support to those in discernment. Worship Related Organizations Altar Servers - Contact: Boys and girls assist the priests at weekend and weekday Masses. This is a wonderful way to learn about the Catholic Church and enhance their faith. Altar Society - Contact: The Altar Society takes care of anything used to conduct the Liturgy. Linens, Vestments, Albs, Candles. One crew changes the Vigil candles daily. The linens are particularly important because each Mass needs fresh linens to keep the purification of the Chalice. They also help with the Flowers at times and also plan the Christmas decorations. Each group works out its own work schedule. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Contact: Eucharistic Ministers Extraordinary Ministers assist the priests and deacons in distributing Holy Communion as needed for Masses on weekdays and/or weekends. Some Extraordinary Ministers take Communion to homebound parishioners. Minimum requirements for becoming an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist are that you be a Catholic in good standing and a registered parishioner of St. Vincent de Paul parish. Training is required following which Extraordinary Ministers are commissioned by the Bishop. For more information, contact Alan and Rina Vennix at [email protected] Lectors/Ministers of the Word - Contact: Reads scripture on Sunday Music Ministry - Contact: Daryel Nance [email protected] St. Vincent's Music Ministry is built upon five music ensembles and a team Sacristans - Contact: Responsible for setting the altar for all Masses. Ushers - Contact: Greet the parishioners at each set of glass entry doors; assist in seating; two HMs help get people out of pews for Eucharistic Ministers and Priests