{"id":22236,"date":"2025-02-23T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/?p=22236"},"modified":"2025-02-23T08:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:09:49","slug":"st-mary-of-the-assumption-outreach-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/st-mary-of-the-assumption-outreach-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary of the Assumption OUTREACH MINISTRIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/BSM-Arms-email.png?resize=90%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"143\" \/><strong>OUTREACH MINISTRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In John 20:21, Jesus tells us, \u201cAs the Father has sent me, so I send you.\u201d<br \/>\nBut what\u00a0does God send us to do?<\/p>\n<p>Monsignor Eilerman answers this question in the Ministries and Activities Booklet for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption Church (St. Mary), which is soon to be released. He states that the Lord desires for us, as His Church, to:<\/p>\n<p>1. Proclaim the Word of God to others (evangelize);<br \/>\n2. Celebrate the Sacraments (worship); and<br \/>\n3. Exercise the ministry of charity (help those in need).<\/p>\n<p>The Outreach Ministries of St. Mary provide a means for us to be faithful to the Lord by helping those who are in need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What are the Outreach Ministries of St. Mary of the Assumption?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our parish supports a number of ministries aimed at helping those who are in need.<br \/>\nThese ministries include:<br \/>\n1. The St. Mary Food Pantry<br \/>\n2. Bridges Ministry<br \/>\n3. Crisis Assistance<br \/>\n4. Connection West Breakfast Ministry\/Homeless Outreach<br \/>\n5. Sandwich Saturdays<br \/>\n6. Foundation Dinners<br \/>\n7. Bereavement Ministries<br \/>\n8. St. Vincent de Paul Society<br \/>\n9. Knights of Columbus #15447 and Knights of Columbus #1016<br \/>\n10. Culture of Life Ministries<br \/>\n11. Bottoms Up Diaper Ministry<br \/>\n12. Jail\/Prison Ministry<br \/>\n13. Giving Trees<br \/>\n14. KC 15447 Medical Equipment Ministry<\/p>\n<p>Periodically, an Outreach Ministry Update will be included in parish communications ( bulletin, Saturday email, website) to help keep you informed of opportunities to help those who are in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUTREACH MINISTRIES In John 20:21, Jesus tells us, \u201cAs the Father has sent me, so I send you.\u201d But what\u00a0does God send us to do? Monsignor Eilerman answers this question in the Ministries and Activities Booklet for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption Church (St. Mary), which is soon to be released. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parish-news","category-things-catholic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22238,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22236\/revisions\/22238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}