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For additional information on any of the ministries listed or to volunteer for a ministry, please call or email
Sister Marietta Umlor at 708-873-4634.
Service Ministry witnesses to the reality of Jesus' desire for us to love our neighbor. Through Baptism we have been called personally by God to minister as He did. We depend, not on ourselves alone, but on the Spirit for the power to do this. Jesus said, "I come to serve, not to be served." Service Ministry is the organized effort within St. Michael parish through which God's people can directly carry out the Corporal Works of Mercy.
Communion Visitors
Women and men participate in a six-week training program which certifies them to take Communion to the homebound who are unable to attend mass.

Compassionate Ministry
A ministry to the bereaved, those who are mourning the loss of a loved one through death.

Elizabeth Ministry
Women minister to other women in their childbearing years.

Divorced or Separated (Crossroads)
A support program that provides speakers, programs, activities and opportunities for discussion for those who are divorced or separated.

Hospital Visitors
Women and men, trained and certified, who visit the sick in our surrounding hospitals.

Joseph Ministry
Provides help with simple repairs or errands for the homebound or disabled.

Kitchen Table Ministry
A support group for parents of young children; meetings are planned on a regular basis to offer activities for the children and an opportunity for parents to mingle and talk together.

Martha Ministry
Involves meal preparation for those who are experiencing temporary difficulties or illness in their lives which prevents them from preparing their own meals for their families.

Nursing Home Visitors
Women and men, trained and certified, who visit and take communion to our people who are confined to Nursing Homes. The Lexington Nursing Home on Humphrey Drive is within our parish boundaries so we also provide rosary services every week for the residents, as well as Mass every month.

Parish Nurse Ministry
Promotes health and wellness for members of Saint Michael Parish and our community. The parish nurse ministry team collaborates with pastoral staff, other ministries, and community organizations to enact its mission to foster whole person health of body, mind and spirit. The mission of the parish nurse ministry is to nurture the human spirit through health education, spiritual support and linking the needs of the whole person to resources within the parish, community, and the health care system.

Social Concerns Ministry
Studies, plans, and implements programs to increase parish awareness of social justice issues. This ministry is responsible for our Christmas sharing, Lenten sharing, Tree of Life collection for infants, food pantry collections and CROP hunger walk.

Other ministries that are a part of Social Concerns:
Shepherd's Table
A soup kitchen in Joliet where a number of our people go to prepare meals on a monthly basis
Marillac House
Shelter for homeless. Our people tutor young children there on a monthly basis.
St. Vincent de Paul Society
An international Catholic organization of lay persons who seek, in a spirit of justice and charity and by person-to-person involvement, to help those who are in need.
Self-help Groups: Alanon; Alcoholic Anonymous; Serenity in my Adult Children.

Transitions
An organization for younger widows and widowers who are moving on through their grief and are ready to begin socializing again as individuals and as families.

Widows or Widowers (WOW)
Support group offering social, psychological, and religious support to each other.
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