ST. MARK
Updates for the St Mark Conference for Jan – Feb 2026:
- St Mark assisted 100 clients and family members this reporting period
- Completed 6 home visits and 4 Distribution Center requests
- Collected furniture and household items from parishioners and friends to assist with need requests
- Hosted Coffee and Donuts after 2 Masses to promote SVdP and recruit more members
- Paid 21 utility bills
GOOD SHEPHERD
Good Shepherd Report December -January
- During the months of December 2025 – January 2026 Good Shepherd Conference received 92 requests for assistance from neighbors.
- Good Shepherd Conference made 43 Home visits serving 160 neighbors.
- Good Shepherd Conference telephoned 21 neighbors assisting 28 people.
- 35 neighbor requests were No show, canceled or denied.
- 111 hours and 931 miles were required to help our neighbors.
- Good Shepherd Conference held a parish Blanket Sunday Drive. 85 items were collected and delivered to the Distribution Center.
ST. JUDE
During December and January the St. Jude Conference accomplished the following:
- Our Conference helped a total of 118 Neighbors in 41 Households.
- We made a total of 25 Home Visits which assisted 88 Neighbors.
- We provided rent or utility assistance to 16 Families. made up of 38 Neighbors.
- Our monetary assistance including rent, utilities and gift cards totalled $5,898.
- We worked with our Parish and Catholic Charities to provide Christmas help to 33 families.
- We delivered two van loads of excess food donations to the Love Your Neighbor Food Pantry.
- We also provided the food served at Beggars for the Poor Downtown on two Saturdays.
HOLY ROSARY
These are our numbers for Dec 2025 and Jan 2026.
- 11 families sent to warehouse forFurniture and clothing .
- Purchased 2 washers, 1 stove and 1 bed
- Paid 3 nights in a hotel $183
- Paid total of $2991.95 in utilities to assist 12 familiesMade 2
- food deliveries
- Paid $1676 for rents to help 3 families
- Gas cards for 3 neighbors
ST. ROCH
December 2025 and January 2026
- The St. Roch Conference continues weekly volunteer work at the Distribution Center, Food Pantry, and LYNC.
- In December, we were able to assist 18 families with gift cards for Christmas in addition to the 10 families served at the Christmas Store.
- Our group prepared 100 Christmas hygiene bags that were distributed at the Homeless Ministry Christmas morning breakfast.
- Our working group also finished and submitted our SVDP Vision III Service Delivery & Encounter template to SVDP Council.
- Our Spiritual monthly meetings continue along with our receiving and answering several monthly referrals with warehouse needs and utility assistance.
NATIVITY
Nativity Conference Report – December 2025–January 2026
- During these two months we received requests for assistance from 29 households and were able to assist 25 of them.
- In December, we distributed gifts from the Catholic Charities Christmas Store to 23 of the families that we assisted during 2025.
- We also distributed $1,500 in Christmas gift cards to 14 additional neighbors in need.
- During the last quarter of 2025, Nativity parishioners contributed a record $20,121 to the work of our conference.
- We are now supporting the Good Shepherd conference with 10% of our monthly contributions.
HOLY NAME
December 2025 – January 2026
- Continuing to provide financial help for utilities.
- Conducting home visits and making referrals to the warehouse.
- Providing financial help for food assistance.
- Providing a list of agencies where help can be requested if we do not have the funds to help.
- Volunteering hours in answering help line calls.
- Volunteering at the Love Your Neighbor Center as well as providing supplies upon request.
CLOSING PRAYER
Wayne led the closing prayer.
