Card Outreach
The name of a nursing home or homebound parishioner is supplied to persons sending cards. Each person is contacted by phone, card and/or letter or visited to extend the parish family greetings. A monthly contact is recommended.
Ministry to the Sick
Trained extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist are assigned to bring the Sacrament on a regular basis to nursing homes, homebound and hospitalized parishioners.
Funeral Dinners
St. Agnes Cathedral offers a bereavement dinner in the dining room for the family of the deceased. Volunteers assist with shopping, preparation and serving of the meal. Bereavement cards are sent to the grieving families.
Resources
Beginning Experience
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Birthright
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Center City Christian Outreach
The members of St. Agnes can take pride in the success of the Center City Christian Outreach, Inc (CCCO). It is an ecumenical endeavor involving nine Christian churches who “collaborate to witness God’s love by embracing all works of charity and justice, and make no distinction toward those served, because in them we see the face of Christ.” You probably know it by the name of its food pantry, the Well of Life.
The Well of Life Resource Center, located 418 S. Kimbrough Ave , is a project of the CCCO. Its hours are 10-2 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The phone number is 869-2865. Volunteers are welcome.
LOVE In Action … Catholic Response to Homelessness
The “Love in Action” campaign is aimed at raising awareness of homelessness, reducing stigma and encouraging community involvement in support of those without stable housing. By highlighting personal stories, dispelling myths and providing clear pathways for people to take action, the campaign seeks to foster empathy and inspire collective action.
Go to www.ccsomo.org/loveinaction for more information
The Kitchen
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Society of St. Francis de Sales
Voice for Life
Voice for Life is a diocesan-wide lay organization dedicated to living the Catholic faith to the fullest and utilizing the teachings to promote the sanctity of life and combat the immoral forces that threaten it.
The purpose of Voice for Life is to serve the Catholic community in the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and unite it with all pro-life organizations, Christian churches, and others in an effort to secure civil protection of all life from conception to natural death.
Voice for Life encourages the Catholic laity to respond to the call from Vatican II, to take their rightful place in the fostering, developing and defense of the faith and the sanctity of life in collaboration with the bishop, clergy and religious.