Serve the Community
Serve Struggling Families
Mary's Cradle
Mary’s Cradle helps struggling families by furnishing diapers, wipes, formula, clothing and community resource information.
Hours are:
Thursday 2:30-5:30 p.m. & Friday 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Get Involved: Volunteers are needed. Training required.
Contact:
Kathleen Jones
kathleen.jonesph.d@gmail.com
Serve Our Friends in the Nursing Home
Nursing Home Ministry
This rewarding ministry allows the residents in the nursing home, many of whom do not have family or friends and may feel isolated, to participate in our faith community. On Sundays, a team of EMHC's will have a communion service at our local nursing homes. Once trained you will find that this is not a huge commitment but very rewarding.
Contact
Carol Hoglund
Bring Jesus to Those Who Cannot Attend Mass
Extraordinary Ministers, who discern this special calling, carry Jesus Christ into the community with the message of God’s love. It is an extension of the Eucharistic celebration at Mass. It is a beautiful and most rewarding ministry. Volunteers remark that they receive more from the patients than what they feel they provide to them. There are assigned visiting days once a month, and at a convenient time of day.
Contact
Paula Neufeld
neufeldpj@gmail.com
Serve Local Families in Need
Windsor Food Pantry
Our goal as a parish family is to help the Windsor Food Pantry to fulfill its goals in feeding individuals and families in need.
There is a tub in the entryway of the parish hall where donations of dry goods, toiletries, etc. are always accepted.
OLV is assigned the months of May and November for volunteers to help load the boxes, clean the food pantry area and to help distribute the boxes to the needy.
Contact
Parish Office
office@ourladyofthevalley.net
Serve at the Cold Weather Shelter
Cold Weather Shelter
Located in Greeley. Shelter runs from November-April. Volunteers provide supper by cooking the meal, taking the meal to the shelter, and serving the meal to the homeless
Contact
Patty Pike
pikesfam@aol.com
Serve the Homeless
Guadalupe Homeless Shelter
Parishioners volunteer to provide meals to those in need and assistance for other services that the Center provides.
Contact
Dr. Mike Carey
mcareymd@aol.com
Serve Local Families in Need
Windsor Food Pantry
Our goal as a parish family is to help the Windsor Food Pantry to fulfill its goals in feeding individuals and families in need.
There is a tub in the entryway of the parish hall where donations of dry goods, toiletries, etc. are always accepted.
OLV is assigned the months of May and November for volunteers to help load the boxes, clean the food pantry area and to help distribute the boxes to the needy.
Contact
Parish Office
office@ourladyofthevalley.net
Serve at the Cold Weather Shelter
Cold Weather Shelter
Located in Greeley. Shelter runs from November-April. Volunteers provide supper by cooking the meal, taking the meal to the shelter, and serving the meal to the homeless
Contact
Patty Pike
pikesfam@aol.com
Serve the Homeless
Guadalupe Homeless Shelter
Parishioners volunteer to provide meals to those in need and assistance for other services that the Center provides.
Contact
Dr. Mike Carey
mcareymd@aol.com
Serve the Homebound
Homebound Ministry
Take Holy Communion to those who are homebound, some temporarily and some permanently.
Contact
Kim Sauer
kim@ourladyofthevalley.net
Serve Those Experiencing Loss
Stephen Ministry
Stephen Ministry leaders are trained to offer one-on-one quality Christian care. You will help those who are experiencing loss of some type, i.e. grief, divorce, job loss, chronic or terminal illness. Once trained as a Stephen Minister, you will meet with a person assigned to you once a week as long as needed.
Contact
Jean Thompson
ejeant@q.com
Home Meals Ministry
Volunteers who provide meals to families in our parish that are experiencing a death, illness, surgery, new baby, etc. The coordinator will arrange volunteers to prepare meals, and deliver them to those in need. Families having these circumstances should call the parish office to request meals, or if you would like to volunteer with the Home Meals Ministry.
Contact
Beth Moses
beth-moses@comcast.net
Respect Life
To be Catholic is to be pro-life.
We are the visible active body of the community whose purpose is to promote respect for human life from conception to natural death as specified by the Magisterium of the Church through four paths: Spiritual, Educational, Legislative/Advocacy, and Outreach to the parish and community.
Contact
Elaine Giersch
elainejgiersch@hotmail.com
Faith in Action
To promote greater understanding among the parishioners of the depth of Catholic social teachings and how these should be lived out in our community. New members are always welcomed.
Contact
Patty Pike
pikesfam@aol.com
Love to Stitch
A gathering of parish women who enjoy friendship and fellowship, centered around quilting activities.
Contact
Denise Meilinger
deeceem@comcast.net