Parish Social Ministry
Parish Social Ministry is here to help you serve. Parish Social Ministry is here to serve you if you are a member of our parish or live whithin our parish boundaries and in need. Jesus' command "to love and to serve one another " is clear. By caring daily for our families and friends, we live out the gospel call; but our Lord wants us to extend that service even further, to all those who are in pain and in need of help. We have all experienced brokenness and have been through struggles that cannot be handled alone. Our ministry empowers the parish to discern gospel values, build community and address social and community needs through direct service and social action. |
INREACH
Ministry to Our Parish Community
CARE MINISTRY
A care minister is available to walk with those persons/families in need and help identify and coordinate parish and community resources.
ANGEL FOOD MINISTRY
Provides meals for families or individuals who have had babies, surgery , or who are just too ill to prepare their own meals. The Ministry works with the Bereavement Ministry to provide food for families after a funeral.
BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY
Provides the bereaved with spiritual and emotional support and will walk with the bereaved, if requested, through the funeral preparations and after funeral activities. They will coordinate the food for the reception following the funeral. An Annual Remembrance Mass and Fellowship takes place in November.
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DISABILITIES MINISTRY
Coordinates Diocesan yearly social at our Parish and advocates for the needs of persons with disabilities.
HANDY PERSON MINISTRY
Provides minor repairs at home for those in need.
HEALTH MINISTRY
Provides health and wellness education, and medical resource Information. Opportunities for selected inoculations and health screenings are offered periodically.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK
Visits the sick at home, hospitals or the nursing homes. Eucharist is brought to those who request communion.
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PRAYER CHAIN
Members pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of parishioners, families, friends and those unknowns who need our prayers. Commitment to this ministry is 10 minutes of focused prayer a day.
TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY
Provides transportation for Mass, medical appointments and other needs. Our Parish Van is utilized, not only in bringing parishioners to Mass on Sunday, but to provide rides for volunteers to different service areas.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Are a vital part of ParIsh Social Ministry. They vary as need and interest are expressed.
WELCOMING MINISTRY
Welcoming ministry extends personal contact with all parishioners. This ministry also provides Greeters at all weekend masses.
OUTREACH
Ministry to the Larger Community
CHARITIES COMMITTEE
As the direct service arm of social ministry, this committee evaluates needs and distributes funds raised in the parish to the wider community.
K.I.C.S. - Kids Involved in Community Service
It's a new and exciting, one-of-a-kind, program started at our very own Church of the Holy Spirit as a result of the Engagement Team for Children.
K.I.C.S. (pronounced "kicks") purpose is to involve the entire family in parish and community volunteer service projects. K.I.C.S works together with Holy Spirit's Parish Social Ministries and community organizations such as Volunteer Memphis/Hands on Memphis to provide volunteer opportunities in which the entire family can take part. We are also hoping that extended families (kids with their grandparents, aunts, uncles or neighbors) will join us.
Your family can make a difference, even if you can only participate in one project a year. Getting a child involved early in volunteering just might make it a way of life for that same child as an adult. As parents, is anything more important then teaching our children that giving to others allows God to work through them in order to give others hope?
Please contact Tami Salvaggio for more information or to be included in future email volunteer opportunities at 624-1171 or at MyKICS@excite.com.
PSM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The PSM Advisory committe is a consultative body with the role of advising and assisting the Parish Social Ministry Director in areas needed to fulfill the mission.
- Committee Members
- Chair, Susan Prince
- Genie Ashworth
- Christy Cassat
- Richard Griffith
- Sarah Hernandez
- Barbara Hitzhusen
- Joanne Jenkins
- Agnes Kovacs
- Tom Lewis
- Bill & Diane Markee
- Cynthia Messier
- Fr. Mathew Panakachira
- Cathy Schanzer
- Tom Scherer
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Operates as an ecumenical group whose ministry is to build homes for the poor on a no-interest loan basis.
HAITI MEDICAL MISSION OF MEMPHIS
Health care workers from our parish, concerned about the deplorable medical conditions in Haiti, established this global outreach in 1997. With the support of the Holy Spirit parish annual fund raising event, the multi-faceted "24-Hour tour D'Esprit", a permanent medical clinic has been constructed, located on the grounds of the St. Charles Seminary in Croix deBouquet, Haiti. The clinic is now fully operational. Technical, medical and medical support groups travel to Haiti on a regular basis to maintain the clinic and provide on-site medical care to Haitians in other impoverished areas of the country.
HISPANIC MINISTRY
Provides resources, both spiritual and physical, for the needs of the Spanish speaking people in the Hispanic community.
HOLY NAMES/HOLY SPIRIT TWINNING
Formalizes the experience of connecting with a parish in a different ethnic and economic culture. This program offers opportunities to our parishioners to facilitate our outreach efforts by providing material assistance as well as hands on personal contact. Holy Spirit parishioners support the Holy Names Clothes Closet, Food Pantry , Soup Kitchen and other programs in the Holy Names community. Holy SpirIt funds the part time position of a Social and Health Coordinator to work with the people of the community. It is our hope that this "twinning' will involve us in a relationship that honors the gifts and opportunities for growth, for Holy Spirit and Holy Names.
JAIL MINISTRY
The Jail MinIstry conducts prayer services the second, fourth and fifth Saturday of each month at the Shelby County Jail. The ministry works closely with the Chaplain's Office in providing bibles, reading glasses, toilet articles, etc., to the inmates.
REFUGEE MINISTRY
In cooperation with Catholic Charities Refugee Services, our volunteers work with the Refugees who have made Memphis their home. Camp Friendship, a day camp to promote cultural awareness, is held at our parish each summer.
SOCIAL ACTION
PEACE AND JUSTICE
This ministry implements the social justice teachings of the church.
SHELBY COUNTY INTERFAITH
SCI is a city wide organization which brings together diverse peoples to debate issues, make plans and take action.
