Service & Justice

Below are more projects our Service and Justice Committee are working on. 

Committee for the Disabled                                                                                                 This committee is concerned with issues that directly affect the disabled of the parish. It also sponsors a Mass for the Disabled once a year, usually held in the fall, and seeks to make parishioners aware of the special needs of the disabled.

Parish Health Ministry                                                                                                            This committee promotes health and wellness.  They are active in community health screenings at the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen and Blessed Sacrament’s bingo sessions. 

Blood Drive                                                                                                                            Once a year, volunteers from Blessed Sacrament aid the Red Cross when they use our church as a donor site.  Volunteers provide snacks and atmosphere for blood donors.

St. Vincent de Paul                                                                                                     Volunteers of this group provide food and other necessities to the less fortunate of our community.  Volunteers work daily to deliver food staples and also work in the soup kitchen once a month, usually on the third Thursday, cooking and serving a hot meal.  During the holiday season they provide Christmas and Easter food baskets to over 100 families in cooperation with the Salvation Army.

Christmas in July                                                                                                         During the busy summer months, the local service agencies are in need of our help.  They provide the parish with “wish lists” of items they need, and parishioners select a card from the “tree,” purchase the items, wrap them, and place them back under the tree. The committee then delivers them to each of the agencies.

Nursery                                                                                                                            This service is available during the Sunday morning liturgies.  A “Co-op” approach is used to provide adequate staffing.

Transportation Committee                                                                                                This committee provides transportation services to persons who cannot drive.  Local agencies depend on this community service.  Time commitments to volunteer for this ministry can be as little as once a year.

Charity Fund Committee                                                                                                     Blessed Sacrament Parish tithes its weekly income, setting aside 5% for works of charity.  This committee reviews requests for financial assistance and award grants made from funds accumulated as a result of this parish tithe.

Respect Life Activities                                                                                                  Members of Blessed Sacrament Church strive to persuade others through example, education and prayer, that human life is a gift from God over which we have no authority.  From the moment life is given at conception until its natural end we must work to protect it.

Foreign Mission Support                                                                                                   Blessed Sacrament Parish seeks to develop awareness and support for the Church’s home and foreign missions through programs of awareness and through financial support.

Relay For Life                                                                                                             Blessed Sacrament parishioners participate in this yearly fun event sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  Fund raising activities go on throughout the year.  In May many parishioners walk the twenty four hour relay as a parish team.

Family Soup Kitchen                                                                                                     Families of the parish come together one Saturday per month to cook and serve at the St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen in Warren.  This outreach helps those in need in Trumbull County.