CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Located at 3940 Lewis Speedway, #2102, this organization needs volunteers for many different kinds of work. For example: assistance with the pantry, organizing clothing, respite care, office work (so the social workers can do their work), etc. Work as much or as little as you like, when you like. They need all the help they can get.
Please call them at (904) 829-6300 for more information.
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA
Court 23 is primarily a spiritual society, tending carefully to our Catholic heritage. They take care of the older nuns, priests and maintain spiritual and moral values. They meet the 1st Thursday of each month at noon at CDA on King Street.
Contact Mary Baker at (904) 829-2357.
DEAF AND BLIND MINISTRY
This ministry provides religious education to the students at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind on San Marco Ave. We always welcome volunteers in the office and classroom, and signers for the 9:00 am Mass at the Cathedral.
For more information contact Susan Donlon at San Sebastian Catholic Church at (904) 824-6625 or susan@sansebastiancatholicchurch.com
OUR LADY OF HOPE COMMUNITY FARM
Comunità Cenacolo America is part of the international Community of the Cenacle, founded in Italy in 1983 by a dynamic, vibrant faith-filled religious sister named Elvira Petrozzi. Mother Elvira felt certain that God was calling her to serve the poor of the modern world: disillusioned young men and women who live in desperation or hopelessness, convinced that their life has no meaning or value. Unable to find peace or joy in their lives, they seek to fill the emptiness with the illusory pleasures of the world, only to find themselves steeped in an intense interior isolation. Trusting unwaveringly in the direction of the Holy Spirit, Mother Elivra proclaims to all those who live in darkness that only Jesus Christ can heal and transform their shattered lives, changing despair into hope, sadness into joy, hatred into forgiveness, and death into life.
Visit us at www.hopereborn.org. Contact Albino Aragno at (904) 471-8453 or by email: info@hopereborn.org.
PRISON MINISTRY
Through this ministry we reach out to prisoners at the St. Johns County Jail.
Contact Father Tom Walsh at (904) 824-6625 for information.
NORTH FLORIDA CATHOLIC CEMETERIES
This includes San Lorenzo Cemetery in Saint Augustine and Saint Mary Cemetery in Korona. Our ministry is one of service. The cemetery is a sacred place, and burying the dead is a Corporal Work of Mercy. Here the relatives and friends of our deceased loved ones come to pray and find peace and serenity in this reverent setting. We want the cemeteries to continue to be holy places where religious ceremonies are held to pray in a special way for all those buried in its sacred ground.
Contact Susan Grossholz for special events or service possibilities at (904) 824-6680 or email susan@nflcemetaries.org.
ST. FRANCIS HOUSE, SOUP KITCHEN
Make sandwiches, serve meals, drive and procure food from donors. Spend time listening to the guests and their many stories. 70 Washington Street.
Call (904) 829-8937 to volunteer.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
This is a ministry that provides direct assistance, including, but not limited to, clothes, furniture, and rent or utility assistance for the needy.
Contact Deborah Saboli at Client Services - 2200 North Ponce de Leon Blvd, Suite 12 or at (904) 824-3333 or email STVDPSTAUGMARIE@HOTMAIL.COM.
The Thrift Store, Located at 19 McMillian Street provides funding for our services to the needed. Donations of gently used furniture, appliances, clothing, household goods are requested. Drop items off or call for pickup.
Contact Joe Patrone, Manager at (904) 824-3337.
ST. GERARD HOUSE
This is a pro-life ministry providing help to pregnant women in crisis situations. Medical and educational benefits are provided. There is an on campus accredited High School, residential licensed program and Licensed Day Care. Outreach programs are offered to furnish pregnancy testing, counseling, food, baby clothes, sonograms, transportation, Lamaze classes, parent and couple counseling and adoption services. Fund raising activities include a Fashion Show, Run for Life, Banquet/Dance and Golf Tournament. Help is requested with events, office work or donations.
Contact Carol Wolfe at (904) 829-5516.
NORTHEAST FLORIDA COMMUNITY HOSPICE
Help improve the quality of life for people in St. Johns County as a Community Hospice Volunteer. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, established in 1979, is the only locally based, nonprofit hospice provider serving patients of St. Johns, Baker, Clay, Duval and Nassau counties. Community Hospice is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients with advanced illness and their families, and to being the compassionate guide for end of life care in our community.
Volunteer opportunities include direct patient care as a patient/family support, clerical opportunities, pet therapy opportunities, spiritual care support, bereavement and educational outreach, veterans outreach and more.
To become involved, visit our website: http://communityhospice.com and click on the “For Donors and Volunteers” tab or call 904-407-7064 for additional information. Training is provided. Enrich your life. Join the Community Hospice volunteer team and make a difference!