Prepare meals (mostly lunch) during the week, on an assigned day, for the residents (and staff) of the Abode Homeless Shelter.
Our Deanery sponsors a non-denominational bereavement group, which meets for the spiritual and emotional support of individuals who have suffered a life-changing event.
Contact Jeff Van der Sluis at 510-456-4970
We set up and take down the Christmas Creche. Due to the nature of construction and equipment, volunteers are adults.
We provide an opportunity for the public to drive, bike or walk to the designated (exterior) station to request prayers for their personal intentions.
We trim and maintain all shrubs around the parish; water and maintain the landscape around the Parish Center area.
A Catholic fraternal organization dedicated to charitable service, spiritual development and financial protection.
We knit and crochet items to donate to Share Christmas and other charitable organizations, while sale proceeds benefit Holy Spirit School Scholarship Fund.
We lend out spiritual books, CDs and DVDs on the Bible, the Catechism, Marian apparitions, spirituality, and so much more.
The priest along with volunteers care for the spiritual needs of the senior community by celebrating Mass in the nursing home and visiting with senior patients.
Promote the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death through education, communication, & prayer.
A Christian marriage program, Catholic in origin, that helps married couples facing difficult challenges in their relationship.
We gather for fellowship and to make rosaries for the Faith Formation students.
We distribute gifts to underprivileged shut-ins, individuals in convalescent hospitals and other groups in need.
Coordinate annual series of nine-day (Novena) of Masses beginning on December 16 through December 24; participate in liturgy and/or breakfast fellowship.
Contact Amy Wilhelm at 510-742-5295.
We are pen pals to men mainly on death row; provide kinship, spiritual support, and unconditional love through letter-writing and visitations.
Rooted in Catholic Social Teachings, this ministry aims to educate parishioners on the tenets of our faith, provide “hands-on” opportunities for action and coordinate special parish social initiatives.
A youth-driven prayer and service ministry to aid the poor, needy and vulnerable as St. Queen Isabel did on earth.
Provide assistance to those in need through person-to-person contact and collective action guided by Vincentian principles of fellowship and individual spiritual growth.
Provide prayerful and loving assistance to parishioners who mourn the loss of a loved one; provide hospitality; and assist with funeral rites and liturgy planning so as to ensure that the liturgy is carried out with reverence.
We serve a nutritious meal to any homeless or needy person in our community every Saturday morning in the Peace center.
Women deepen their spirituality and faith through fellowship and service.