In accordance with the teaching of Jesus, to act as both a catalyst and a participant, and to collaborate with both local and national communities, we will affect short-term and long-term solutions to build a just society that reflects the Kingdom of God
Click here for information on our Lenten
season activities:
Carbon Fast
and our seasonal listing of prayers and activities:
Winter 2010
Calendar of Events
First Monday of the Month - Volunteering at Northwest Children's Outreach. For more information please visit www.northwestchildrensoutreach.org
April 24th - Rebuilding Together
Ongoing Opportunities
Needs of our Neighbors - Contact: Barb Upson,
bbupson at verizon.net or 503-617-6534
Weekly food collection - Please bring dry goods to Saturday and Sunday masses. The will be donated to the St. Matthew’s St. Vincent DePaul.
Monthly Battery Recycling - You can also bring in batteries for recycling on the second Sunday of the month.
Faith Café – Faith Café is now in its 5th year of serving a free hot meal every Sunday at 6:00pm, and also serves a hot meal on the last Thursday of the month at 6:00pm. Volunteer opportunities are available. For more information please visit www.FaithCafeOR.org.
Resources
Faith Café – Offering a free, hot, home style meal every Sunday at 6:00 pm. http://www.faithcafeor.org/
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Provides high quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary healthcare to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farm workers and others with barriers to receiving health care. http://www.virginiagarcia.org/
Mary & Martha Ministries – For information about a Catholic hospice that St. Juan Diego Parish is supporting. http://www.marthamaryministries.org/history.html
A Butterfly’s Touch – A non-profit Christian organization providing support to parents whose lives have been impacted by the loss of a child to early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or newborn death. http://www.abutterflystouch.org
House of Ruth – Maternity home providing abortion alternatives to young women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy – residential services available through full-term. http://www.thehouseofruth.org/
Metro recycling information - http://www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1383
For the Archdiocese Office of Justice
and Peace/Respect Life website click here
http://www.archdpdx.org/jprespect/
Your Social Justice Committee and Ministry supports four Subcommittees: Migrant Ministries, Needs of our Neighbors, Sustainability and Consistent Life Ethic.
Ross Barker Maureen Barnhart
Bill Callies Linda Callies
Matt Cato Lisa Cato
Barb Upson Donna Cruz-Moreno
Karen David Ken David
Mary Davidson Johna Gorma
Terry Hintz Mary Johnson
Jackie Keil John Kingery
Father John Kerns Marcy Magill
Lynn Asbury Bob Moore
Catherine Moore Kathy Yee
Cleo Reilly Alicia Schubert
If you’re interested in joining the Social Justice committee
please contact Karen and Ken David at TheDavidFam at gmail.com.
All are welcome. We
meet six times a year.
