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III. CHARITY & OUTREACH
MINISTRY AREA

ST. VINCENT
de PAUL SOCIETY

The OMOS Conference of The St. Vincent de Paul Society provides emergency food boxes and other aid to the less fortunate within our parish area. These services are available without regard to religion, ethnicity or citizenship status. In a single month the Society often provides much needed food to over 600 people, including 300 children! The Society relies solely on the generous support of our parishioners and other benefactors. Food Drive Weekends are held four times a year and food and monetary donations are accepted at any time. Especially helpful are non-perishables like pasta, canned vegetables, peanut butter and jelly and canned soups.  Food donations can be left in the Society's boxes in the church vestiblule at any time.  Volunteers are always welcome! Please join us in this special ministry any Monday through Saturday, 9 AM till Noon, in the SVdP Office (NW corner of Parish Hall). Meetings are held every other Monday evening, 7:15 PM.  Interested?  Please call the Parish Office at 747-1321 and leave a message on the St. Vincent de Paul voice mail.  We will return your call promptly.

The Society of St. Vincent dePaul  website

"For I was hungry and you gave me food."
                                     Mt 25:35

CASA MARIA OUTREACH

Casa Maria is one of 175 Catholic Worker communities around the world committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer and hospitality for the homeless. Brian Flagg has directed the Tucson Casa Maria's homeless shelter and Soup Kitchen for over two decades.

• The Ladies Guild Casa Maria Group gathers regularly in the OMOS Parish Hall Kitchen to make sandwiches for the Casa Maria Shelter.  Look for announcements in the bulletin about our next gathering.  Everyone is welcome to come and help!
   

• Each Tuesday during the school year one class at OMOS School is assigned to make lunches for Casa Maria. In addition to making lunches students pray for all those in need and learn about who the homeless are and what things contribute to people being homeless.
   

• School Supplies are collected for Casa Maria on the Sundays in August at the Social Outreach/Social Justice kiosk. The school supplies are given to needy children who come to Casa Maria and who otherwise would not have the supplies they need for school.
   

• Blankets, towels, and clothing for men, women and children are collected by the OMOS Confirmation students once a month from October through April to help those who rely on Casa Maria to meet their basic needs.

Casa Maria site
CatholicWorker.org site

"For I was  . . naked and you clothed me."
                                     Mt 25:36

THE PRIMAVERA
GROUP

The Primavera Group meets regularly to support the Tucson Primavera Foundation in supplying meals to the homeless. Volunteers are always needed and welcome.  Donations of peanut butter and jelly (commercial size) can be dropped off at the parish office at any time.  Look for announcements in the bulletin about our next gathering in the Parish Hall Kitchen for this important ministry. Thank you for your continued support!

Primavera.org site

"I was thirsty and you gave me drink"
  Mt 25:35

This Blessed Nuno Society is a Catholic prayer apostolate and mission society serving orphaned children. The Society promotes activities intended to foster the sanctification of its members, promotes prayers for orphaned children, and operates and maintains projects and facilities for orphaned children in Agua Prieta, Sonora and other locations in Mexico and the Caribbean. For more information, contact OMOS parishioner Tim Heinan at: admin@blessednuno.org

The Blessed Nuno Society

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
REGINA CLERI COUNCIL

Regina Cleri Council of the Knights of Columbus is a family orientated fraternal service organization consisting of Catholic men and their families grounded in four main principles: Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. The mission of this council of dedicated men is broad and multifaceted and encompasses all four areas of the CLC.  Some of their many community outreach activities include:  visits to the home bound and hospitalized, youth activities, feeding the poor and disadvantaged, Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets for the needy and activities that support "life" through its various stages from conception to natural death.   For more information, contact OMOS parishioner Eric Maugans.

Lean more about this international organization at their website:
 The Knights of Columbus