Share your unique talent - baking, teaching, sewing, mending, gardening, welcoming newcomers, simple carpentry , landscaping, washing and ironing, computer skills, knitting, and crocheting are a few of the skills needed. The possibilities are endless. Just call with an idea!
 
Donate items such as food, clothing, used linens or towels, toiletries, baked goods, stationery, pens and pencils, disposable razors, school supplies, cleaning products or paper products. There is a great need for all of these items and more! Holiday Food Drives, Winter collections of coats, hats, gloves and scarves and “Giving Tree Gifts” at Christmas are a few of the ways we work together to donate items to those in need.
 
Volunteer to serve or host. Assistance is needed serving bereaved families at post-funeral receptions, 150+ guests at the Mustard Seed, and families with children at the Interfaith Family Shelter. Our Pastor would like to get to know the friends and neighbors in our parish. We invite you to consider hosting a gathering of “neighbors” in your home. At times our parishioners are in need of a meal or a dessert during times of illness or injury.
 
Serving is our privilege.
Volunteer opportunities may take only a few minutes or a few hours. Let’s work together to match your skills, talents and gifts with needs in our community and neighborhoods. 

For more detailed information and the most current and pressing needs contact Annie Doyle – Parish Outreach Coordinator
508-853-0183 Ext. 11

Members of Saints Francis & Therese Catholic Worker will be here on the weekend of February 2 and 3, 2019 with homemade baked goods. The sale of their wholesome bread and muffins, made with organic ingredients, is the main source of income which supports their ministries. Catholic Worker works to provide shelter homeless men and women, and  work for justice and peace. There is no set price for the bread as they prefer to depend on our generosity to carry on the works of mercy.

You are invited to join the new St. George Parish “Food Donation Team.” Together we hope to increase our nonperishable food donations for the hungry. If you are open to receiving a weekly email with information from Dave Jarry on local sales of items that are needed in our local food pantries then consider yourself part of the team!
For more detailed information or to share your own thoughts and to join the team, just email Dave at DavewithFDT@gmail.com.
All non-perishable food items are welcome!

FOOD NEEDED! Our local food pantry and the Mustard Seed pantry are in need of non-perishable food items, especially peanut butter and cereal. Paper products are also needed. Please leave donations in the Outreach Collection area.

Our next MUSTARD SEED MEAL will take place on January 18.   Please watch the bulletin and bulletin boards at the church doors so you can contribute.  

Our Sunday Morning Coffee Shop is in need of adult men and women volunteers every Sunday morning , Call Jim at 508-852-0293.

“Loaves and Fishes” Food Pantry– 90 Holden St. can use help to stock groceries. Contact Betsy at Betsy.wood226@gmail.com for details & dates

Many thanks to our parishioners who regularly donate food for the hungry! We share food with several food pantries through out the year.  Depending on how much is donated, the food collected during the holidays typically goes to Our Lady of Providence on Lincoln St. and Catholic Charities.  We also regularly give to our local food pantry which is held at the Unitarian Church on the corner of Shore Drive and Brattle Street and is called "Loaves and Fishes." St. George church and several other churches on Brattle Street help to run this food pantry- which is also supported through the Worcester County Food Bank.  Food is delivered by a parish family and setup is usually scheduled for the third Friday evening of the month at about 6PM  and distributed  the third Saturday morning of the month at about 9AM till 11 AM. We also donate, as needed, to the Mustard Seed on Piedmont Street in Worcester. This food is shared with about 25 neighboring families in need. Every other month and more frequently during the summer, our parish donates food, purchases, prepares, and serves approximately 200 guests at the Mustard Seed. 
Thank you for your interest, Annie Doyle

Click here to read details of the what and where
you can donate to those in need.  
Spring & Summer cleaning time is the perfect time to support
those in our area who are in need.  

HERE ARE SOME THINGS ALL PARISHIONERS CAN DO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE OUR PARISH VISION A REALITY!

 WELCOME ALL

• Come to Mass a little early and introduce yourself to the head usher.
• Offer to greet parishioners coming to Mass or to assist with the Offertory Collection.
• Consider sitting in a different place at Mass. Reach out and introduce yourself to a pew mate. Learn the name of someone you don’t know.
• Come down to the Coffee Shop after a Sunday Mass. Introduce yourself to a stranger.    Invite someone to sit with you. Pay for the coffee of the person behind you.
• Introduce yourself to a Coffee Shop volunteer. Offer to join a Coffee Shop Team                    or to just help out as needed.
• Invite a neighbor, friend, or family member to join you at Mass some Sunday.

 BUILD CONNECTIONS TO CHRIST AND ONE ANOTHER

• Intentionally pray for the needs in the Mary Chapel Basket.  
• Read the daily Scripture each morning.
• Join a Parish Faith Sharing Group or the Prayer Shawl Ministry.
• Volunteer to teach or assist with a Religious Education class.
• Join the Parish Choir.
• Volunteer to read at the Children’s Liturgy of the Word.
• Attend a Marriage Encounter Weekend.
• Consider receiving a Sacrament you might have missed.

• Reach out to a friend and share the story of your faith.
• Say “yes” the next time someone asks for your help.
• Read something new about the Catholic Faith.
• Prayerfully ask yourself, “What is God calling me to?” Listen and respond to the answer.
• Donate to the “Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry” every month, pray passionately for the poor and suffering, make dessert for the next Mustard Seed Meal, volunteer for the next service week at the Interfaith Hospitality Network, visit the Adoration Chapel and listen for God’s call.
• Call Annie Doyle at our parish office today to have a conversation about how to grow as a disciple within the community of St. George.