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CRSS Volunteers Needed PDF Print E-mail

Cardinal Ritter Senior Services is in need of clerical volunteers at its Shrewsbury Campus (7601 Watson Rd).

Volunteers are needed
1. To help with filing and data entry once or twice a week (number of hours is flexible) for the Housing Department.

2. To help one half day a week with filing and general office work for the Mary Queen and Mother Center administrative office.

3. To help with general clerical duties like filing and data entry approximately 3 hours per week for the Property Maintenance Department.

4. To help with filing on a monthly basis (about 8 hours per month) for the Billing Department.

For more details, please contact Kelly Ethington at 314-961-8000 x347, or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

or visit www.cardinalritterseniorservices.org

 
7th Annual St. Patrick Center Pot O' Gold Kettle Drive PDF Print E-mail

 St. Patrick Center to collect cash and change to help build permanent, positive change for the homeless

7th Annual St. Patrick Center Pot O’ Gold Kettle Drive

Friday, March 12 & Saturday, March 13, 2010

St. Louis area Schnucks locations


St. Patrick Center volunteer "leprechauns" will collect donations in special Pot O’ Gold rainbow kettles and distribute St. Patrick's Day beads to benefit homeless and poor men, women and their families.

Despite difficult economic times, the 6th Annual Pot O’ Gold Kettle Drive raised a record $52,000 in 2009. This year,St. Patrick Center hopes to top that number, bringing in more money than ever to help build permanent, positive change for the homeless. St. Patrick Center is the largest provider of homeless services in Missouri with 28 housing, employment and mental health programs, assisting more than 9,000 individuals each year.

For More Information This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Senior Director of Communications 

 
Lenten Message-Pope Benedict XVI PDF Print E-mail

 Pope Benedict XVI's message for Lent 2010 is a reflection on "The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ." (Rm 3:21-22). He reflects on the "profound link between faith in God who 'lifts the needy from the ash heap' (Ps 113, 7) and justice towards one's neighbor."

 

To assist your reflection on these themes, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has an entire page of Lenten resources. The USCCB has also created an Examination of Conscience based on the Seven Principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
 
Disaster in Chile PDF Print E-mail

 How to help the victims of the Chilean earthquake

Rev. Larry Snyder, President of Catholic Charities USA, extends heartfelt prayers and concerns to all of the individuals and families so tragically impacted by this disaster. CCUSA encourages support of Catholic Relief Services, the Church’s agency for international response, and other agencies who are immediately responding to this tragedy, and we stand ready to assist their efforts.

 

Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ international relief and development agency, is accepting donations by phone at 1-800-736-3467; online at www.crs.org ; or by mail to CRS, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203-7090.

*Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images



 
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