Administrative Aides

Volunteers are always needed, whether in the school or church, to help with miscellaneous activities. The activities include, but are not limited to:

• counting money for special events
• helping in the office by assisting with filing, typing answering phones
• assisting with the quarterly newsletter
• cleaning and putting items away in SAH
• bulk mailings
• sacramental hospitality

Cemetery Board

The Cemetery Board is responsible for the maintenance of the parish cemetery and for assisting families in choosing cemetery plots when requested.

Funeral Dinner Committee

The Funeral Dinner Committee has been active in the parish for over twenty years. The Funeral Dinner Committee coordinates, prepares and serves a funeral dinner for the families and friends of the deceased following the funeral service. This allows the family and friends of the deceased to share a time of reflection after the funeral service. The funeral dinner menu usually consists of ham, potatoes, gravy, salad, green beans, deviled eggs, rolls, bread, coffee, tea, milk and lemonade. Parish members are called to assist in preparing/providing a dessert item.

Knights of Columbus

The objective of the Knights of Columbus is to call Catholic men together to help remain steadfast in their faith through mutual encouragement and shared faith experiences. The programs promoted by the council are directed to church, family and community. If you are interested in being present and attentive to the social and spiritual needs of others, we invite you to explore the possibility of becoming a Knights of Columbus member.

SCRIP

A fundraising effort in which supporter purchase gift certificates at face value while the participating retailers sell them to the parish at a discounted rate. Individuals are needed to process the information, sort and distribute the certificates and solicit local retailers to participate.

Tellers

Individuals and teams are needed to count and deposit our Sunday collections. This is either done on Sunday morning or Monday morning. Envelopes are opened by the team, amounts recorded on the envelopes and funds deposited. Recording of the envelopes is done by a volunteer later in the week.

Garden Club

St. Augustine’s Garden Club met and formed as a group on July 15, 2003. This group has a mission to beautify St. Augustine Parish grounds and to add to the Welcome and Worship experience of those attending functions at our Church, at our School or at our annex buildings.

We are responsible for the care of current plants and flowers, scheduling and assisting in clean up of the Parish property, and assisting in the planning and recommendations for future landscaping projects.

We schedule clean up days both in the Spring and the Fall, at which times there will be a need for additional help from parishioners who can spend a few hours to support the effort to spruce up our parish grounds so they always look their best.

The Garden Club is always looking for a few more interested persons to plant, prune, weed and water. Please join us.

Prayer Chain

The prayer chain consists of groups of individuals that pray for the church and its members. There are several teams and each team has its own captain. When a person has a prayer request they contact the prayer chain chairperson. The chairperson then contacts all the team captains with the prayer request. It is then the duty of the team captain to forward the prayer to the next person on their team (or chain). When the last person on the team is notified, they must contact their captain to inform them the chain is complete. It is appropriate to request prayers for strength, comfort, guidance, illness, deaths, surgery or specific needs of an individual or the church. All prayer requests are strictly confidential. Prayer is a vital part of our faith and spirituality. Miracles are possible with the power of prayer.

St. Vincent de Paul Society

The St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Augustine Conference, was founded in 1957. Through these years, we have provided for the needs of the less fortunate in Henry County. We presently have nine ongoing programs:

1. Government Food Pantry
2. Seniorpak
3. Food Cupboard
4. Holiday Care
5. Clothes room
6. Voucher Assistance
7. Travelers’ Aid
8. Tutoring (pilot study)
9. Operation Stork (newly formed)

Our Society is always looking for volunteers. We have twenty active workers some who work one hour per month. Remember our motto: “Please help us to help others!”

Catholic Corrections Ministers of Northwest Ohio

The Catholic Corrections Ministers of Northwest Ohio is a group of forty (40) Catholic volunteers and nine priests from Fulton, Henry, Defiance, Williams and Lucas County who provide five religious services each Thursday evening to the incarcerated at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) located in Stryker, Ohio.

There are seven teams of volunteers who conduct these services on a scheduled basis and there is a mass approximately once a month.

These volunteers also mentor the men and women on a one-on-one basis; hold two all day retreats each year; teach Laubach; work in the library and assist CCNO with special functions during the year.

At Christmas, they sing carols and give teddy bears to offenders’ children.

There is also an Aftercare Committee that helps released people obtain jobs, find housing, bus transportation back home, obtain clothing and assist with many other needs.

This is a wonderful ministry in which we as Catholic Christians receive the opportunity to fulfill the Scripture: “I was in prison and you visited me” Matthew 25:36.

Bloodmobile

St. Augustine Parish sponsors several blood drives per year in order to assist the American Red Cross in obtaining the necessary blood supplies that they need. Donations of blood are obtained not only from parishioners but also from the surrounding community volunteers.

Holiday Giving

Total community involvement celebrating and giving thanks for everything we have. Thanksgiving Dinner for the community is prepared and served on Thanksgiving Day.

The Giving Tree, an Advent project of providing Christmas gifts and assistance provided by various community agencies and churches for the area families in need.

Individuals, who are organized, detailed and/or enjoy serving behind the scenes by doing practical and necessary tasks are needed. We would really appreciate your time and talents in helping make life a little happier for someone else.

Golden Age Luncheon Association (GALA)

GALA (home delivered meals) is an organization within the community which delivers hot meals to sick and/or homebound people. St. Augustine’s volunteers deliver meals approximately seven weeks throughout the year with various other churches taking their turns. The meals are prepared at the Senior Center then picked up and delivered to people in need of a hot nourishing meal.

Relay For Life

St. Augustine Parish participates in the annual Relay for Life project by forming a relay team and participating in various activities that promote Relay for Life.

Right to Life

Right to Life deals with the promotion and education of the parish and community in the ethics of respecting life according to the teachings of our Church. We are looking for parishioners who are compassionate, patient, and committed to taking a strong stand for Pro-Life. Join us in protecting the sanctity of all human life.

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