Helping Hands

Helping Hands Ministry is a group of loving and caring men and women from St. Julie’s who offer their time and assistance to those in need of help.

Helping Hands Ministry was begun over 20 years ago under the guidance of parishioner Sally Kutcher. What began as a handful of volunteers has grown to over 170 volunteers who answer the calls of service to parishioners who need help or assistance.

Here are some of the services provided by Helping Hands Ministry.

• Helping Hands ministers visit the homebound and often provide meals for those who are unable to care for themselves.

• Others give parishioners a ride to the doctor’s office or support new mothers during those first nervous days with a newborn.

• Still others provide comfort for families in grief and serve as hosts at a Celebration of Life Reception following the funeral mass. Pamphlets of encouragement are sent to the family in grief. They are also remembered on the anniversary date of their loved one’s death. Grief support classes are offered twice a year as well.

• Flowers which have been at the altar or at funeral masses are delivered to the homebound by Helping Hands ministers.

All Helping Hands ministers are called upon weekly to pray for friends or family who are sick, in the hospital, or have lost a loved one.

Meetings are called only when they are needed and occur several times a year.