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

The Donation Clearing House collects furniture and household goods to help families and individuals leaving shelters and transitional housing. The DCH is also committed to helping people on fixed incomes and those who have suffered from fire or flood, victims of domestic violence, and the elderly.
Items desperately needed are: lamps, dressers and bureaus, kitchen tables and chairs, night stands, end tables, mattress sets (twin, full and queen only).
We are not accepting: bed frames or headboards/footboards (unless accompanied by mattress/box spring sets), home décor items, clothing or toys.
If you have items too large or too heavy please call 774-243-3805 and arrange a pick up.

Residents of the Interfaith Hospitality House on June St. in Worcester are counting on St. George Parishioners!  
Our Annual Parish Service Week at IHN Family Shelter is June 25 till July 2.  Needs are posted at each church exit. Please join in supporting this essential ministry. Your prayers are greatly needed during this time.

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.

    
Here's our young parishioner who put a note on his neighbors' doors asking for socks for the needy. Within a few days he had collected hundreds of pairs!  They will be greatly appreciated by the men and women of the Mustard Seed as well as the children whose families search for clothing at St. John's/Ascension Campus.  Thank you for your creative and kind work for the poor!
Many thanks to Nicole B. who spent several hours delivering the St. George Food Drive donations to the Mustard Seed and filling the shelves to overflowing!