Seeds of Hope Dinner and Auction!  Reserve your seats by  Friday, October 11th.

Dear Friends for Seeds of Hope,

Please join us for the October 18th Seeds of Hope Dinner and Auction!

Make sure to reserve your seats soon, reservations end this coming Friday, Oct 11th.

The evening will begin with a reception at 6 PM at the Wyndham Hotel in Southbury. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, dinner, cocktails, silent and live auctions, and entertainment. To reserve your seats online, please visit www.seedsofhopehaiti.org. For more information, contact Bruce Palmatier at brucep@seedsofhopehaiti.org or call: 203-206-3312. Bring your friends and join us for a night filled with joy, fellowship, and the opportunity to support a truly great cause. We can’t wait to see you there!

Please help the Knights Support our Food Banks this September!

The Southbury and Middlebury Knights of Columbus will sponsor a food drive for the Southbury and Middlebury Food Banks. Persistently high food prices are putting  an extraordinary strain on our food banks. Therefore, we are asking for donations of grocery store gift cards for both food banks to purchase their critical food needs and provide support now and for the forthcoming holiday season. Additionally, gift cards provide food banks with the flexibility to precisely target the greatest need. The Knights will place blue collection boxes for gift cards throughout September, one in St John of The Cross and one in Sacred Heart.

K of C Council #5066 Annual Golf Tournament

Once again, the Knights of Columbus council # 5066 is hosting our annual Golf Tournament. The event will take place on September 16th at the Silo Point Golf Course in Southbury, which adjoins Heritage Village. This charity event benefits the Council’s Charities and Scholarship Fund. The entry fee is $147.00, which includes 18 holes of golf, cart cost, lunch, dinner and the opportunity to win various prizes. Information and availability to print registration and sponsorships forms can be assessed at our website address, www.knightsofcolumbusgolf.com. Please mail the completed forms and payments to P.O. Box 582, Southbury, CT 06488. Please make sure your checks are made payable to “K of C Council 5066”.  For additional information, email our tournament coordinator, Bob Pcolka, at pcolkabob@hotmail.com. Thank you.

HomeFront Day, May 4th

Volunteers are needed on for HomeFront Inc. to help a family in Southbury who needs many hands to do repairs around their home. Repairs include replacing the entire bathroom, new kitchen floor, window repair, etc. Lunch will be provided by our great crew from the Knights of Columbus. If have any questions, please contact:   Jim Brooks – (203) 509-6726.

The Deacon Chuck Dietsch Memorial 5K Run & Walk 

The Deacon Chuck Dietsch Memorial 5K Run & Walk will be live again this year at the Sacred Heart Campus Saturday April 27th, starting with the kids fun run at 8:30 AM.  The 5K Run/Walk begins at 9:00 AM. We hope an enthusiastic crowd of runners, walkers, and donors will help us achieve our goal of $30,000 to help support our education and health programs for our sisters and brothers in Grand Boulage, Haiti. We are a bit more than halfway there.

Despite Haiti’s severe challenges, the clinic and the school in Grand Boulage have reopened, so we are resuming disbursements through Outreach to Haiti and Medicines for Humanity. We remain steadfast in our commitment to the people of Grand Boulage and Our Lady of Sorrows and to the covenant we made with them almost 15 years ago. Together, we are planting seeds of hope for Haiti. 

For more information, to register, or to donate, please go to: https://runsignup.com/haiti5k

St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen February Food Drive

Many Thanks from The Knights of Columbus!!
Your generosity provided more than $4200 for the St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen of Waterbury!  This past month, the Knights of Columbus from Middlebury and Southbury conducted a virtual food drive for the St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen of Waterbury, collecting $4,265 in grocery store gift cards.  The Knights would like to send a special thanks to you, the many generous parishioners of Midd-South Catholic, who made this drive such a success.  You helped us exceed our $2,000 goal by more than 113%!  As St. Vincent DePaul’s Executive Director, Gary Beaulieu, noted, gift cards allow the Soup Kitchen to purchase its most critical food needs for a growing number of patrons during these challenging economic times.

Southbury Food Bank
Donations

The next delivery of food donations is Saturday, March 9th. We support the canned meat supply through the SFB Adopt-A-Shelf program. Canned meats including Spam, corned beef hash, chili and chicken are currently critical need items at the food bank. Please consider donating for our monthly delivery which happens on the 2nd Saturday each month. Canned goods and food supplies can be left in the Food Bank box in the Atrium at Sacred Heart before/after all Masses or any time weekdays from 9 AM to 4 PM until 10:30AM, March 10th. Thank you for your continued support. Please contact Susan Salcito at susansalcito@yahoo.com for more info about this ministry.

Did you know that the SFB currently serves 166 households in our community? That is 166 households who depend on the generous community support to get them by. Our parish provides support through the Adopt-A-Shelf program, keeping their meat shelves generously stocked for those in need. The next delivery of food donations to the Southbury Food Bank is Saturday, October 14th.  Help us continue our strong support for this important ministry and fill the shelf with canned meat. (corned beef hash and chili are currently in short supply in addition to our usual need for tuna, chicken and stew) Donations can be left in the Food Bank box in the Atrium at Sacred Heart Church before or after all Masses or any time weekdays from 9 AM to 4:00 PM and up until 10:30 AM on October 14th. Thank you for your continued support. For information, you may contact Susan Salcito at susansalcito@yahoo.com.

The next delivery of food donations to the Southbury Food Bank is Saturday, Aug 12th.

Our parish provides support to the Southbury Food Bank through their Adopt-A-Shelf program, keeping their meat shelf generously stocked for those in need. Help us continue our strong support for this important ministry and fill the shelf with canned meat (corned beef hash, canned chicken, chili, beef stew, tuna)!

Summer is challenging due to increased needs in the community.

Our meat shelf could use your help!  Donations can be left in the Food Bank box in the Atrium at Sacred Heart before or after all Masses or any time weekdays from 9 AM to 4:00 PM up until 10:30 AM on August 12th. Thank you for your continued support.  For information, you may contact Susan Salcito at susansalcito@yahoo.com.

Any items dropped off at St. John of the Cross campus will go to the Middlebury Food Bank.

St. Vincent DePaul
Sandwich Ministry

Sacred Heart Campus:  Next drop off: April 23 & May 7th, 7:30am – 4pm
Please make sure you pick up your new schedule from the Church kitchen. If you have questions, please contact Bill Hahn at bhahn23@sbcglobal.net. Please take the necessary steps to make and deliver the sandwiches with safety and prevention guidelines in mind. Sandwiches should be left in the large refrigerator inside the Church. We are in need granola bars, chips, crackers. Thank you for all you do. For more information, please contact Bill Hahn: bhahn23@sbcglobal.net.

St. John of the Cross Campus: Sandwich Team 1, Week of 4/21
Teams meet weekly in Fr. Fanning Hall to make sandwiches. Tuna, mayo and sandwich bags are provided. Each team donates bread and eggs for egg salad. Teams meet in the morning and deliver the sandwiches to the shelter before lunch. For additional information or to join a team, call Jackie Desmarais at  203-509-6502.

The Sandwich Ministry will be collecting cooked spiral-type hams to donate to the St. Vincent DePaul Mission. These are unheated, packaged hams that will be given out to households or prepared at the Shelter and Soup Kitchen. Please deliver them with or without sandwiches on Monday and Tuesday, December 18 and 19 for pick-up on Wednesday, December 20. Thank you in advance for your support. If you have questions, please contact Bill Hahn at 203-233-3729.

Sacred Heart Campus
Next drop off:  Dec. 19th & Jan. 9th, 7:30am – 4:00pm

Please take necessary steps to make and deliver the sandwiches with safety and prevention guidelines in mind. If you are feeling well, feel free to volunteer. Sandwiches should be left in the large refrigerator inside the Church. We are in need granola bars, chips, crackers. Thank you for all you do. For more information, please contact Bill Hahn: bhahn23@sbcglobal.net.

St. John of the Cross Sandwich Team 6
Week of 12/10
SJCC teams meet weekly in Father Fanning Hall to make sandwiches for the St. Vincent DePaul Shelter each week. We currently have 6 teams. Tuna, Mayo and sandwich bags are provided. Bread and eggs for egg salad are donated by each team. Teams meet and deliver the sandwiches to the shelter before lunch. For more info, please call Jackie Desmarais:  203-509-6502.

UPDATE:  We are pleased to announce that Bill Hahn has responded to the call to replace Claire Barlow in overseeing the Sacred Heart Sandwich Making Ministry. Bill and his family have been parishioners for over 15 years and he is looking forward to continuing the great work Claire did for several years overseeing the abundant food our parish provides the St. Vincent DePaul Shelter. This ministry supplies sandwiches and non-perishable food for the men, women and children who come and stay at the St. Vincent DePaul shelter, as well as others, who show up in need of food. Welcome, Bill, and thanks so much, Claire, for all you have done. Thanks also to the many parishioners who continue to support this ministry. Bill can be reached at 203-233-3729 or bhahn23@sbcglobal.net. 

For information about this and other Social Outreach ministries, please contact Bob Byrne at 203-267-7778 or rbyrne519@gmail.com.

Sacred Heart Campus
Next drop off:  Sept. 19th & Oct. 10th, 7:30am – 4:00pm

Please take necessary steps to make and deliver the sandwiches with safety and prevention guidelines in mind. If you are feeling well, feel free to volunteer. Sandwiches should be left in the large refrigerator inside the Church. We are in need granola bars, chips, crackers. Thank you for all you do. For more information, please contact Bill Hahn: bhahn23@sbcglobal.net.

St. John of the Cross Sandwich Team 6
Week of 9/17
SJCC teams meet weekly in Father Fanning Hall to make sandwiches for the St. Vincent DePaul Shelter each week. We currently have 6 teams. Tuna, Mayo and sandwich bags are provided. Bread and eggs for egg salad are donated by each team. Teams meet and deliver the sandwiches to the shelter before lunch. For more info, please call Jackie Desmarais:  203-509-6502.

St. Vincent DePaul
Meal Ministry

Meal Serving Opportunity
Our parish provides great support to the St Vincent DePaul Homeless Shelter. One way we help is by traveling to the shelter and serving the dinner meal. Each team of this ministry serves one night per month. We are in need of some new volunteers to serve on the third Thursday of each month. If you would like to join this team or want more information, please contact Bob Byrne at rbyrne519@gmail.com or 203-267-7778.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Team “D” will be serving Chicken Noodle Casserole and salad, cookies and dessert on Monday, April 8 at the St. Vincent DePaul Homeless Shelter on Benedict Street in Waterbury. Trays and lids will be available in the church kitchen this and the following weekends for the casserole only. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, we are always looking for new volunteers to make part of the meal. Please contact Jack Paret 203-267-3123 or j.paret@frontier.com if you have any questions.

Thank you for your continued support. The residents look forward to our meal and they appreciate it very much.

Team “C” has a new leader! Linda Shaw will be taking over organizational responsibilities from Sara Van Dorn starting with the November meal. Sara has been an integral part of the meal ministry since the very beginning. The success of this ministry is due in no small part to her dedication and leadership. We will miss Sara and we wish her well. Linda has been an active member of this ministry and is now transitioning into a leadership role. We thank Sara for her years of dedication and Linda for volunteering to help this wonderful team. Go team!

Team “B” will be serving chicken and rice casserole, salad, and cookies for dessert on Mon, Oct 2nd at the St. Vincent DePaul homeless center in Waterbury. To join our ministry, please contact Marlene Reel at marlenereel@gmail.com. Thank you for your continued support. 

K of C Council #5066 Annual Golf Tournament

The event will take place on September 25th, at the Silo Point Golf course in Southbury. The course adjoins Heritage Village. The entry fee of $140.00 includes golf and cart costs, lunch, dinner and the opportunity to win prizes. Information and printable forms for player registration and sponsorship can be found at our website address, www.knightsofcolumbusgolf.com. Please mail completed forms and payments to P.O. Box 582, Southbury CT, 06488. Checks payable to “K of C Council 5066”.  For additional information, please e-mail our tournament coordinator, Bob Pcolka at pcolkabob@hotmail.com.

Brian Bags Collection
March 25th & 26th

This Lent the parish family of Midd-South Catholic will be sponsoring a special way to help those in need.

Next weekend, March 25th & 26th, we will be collecting items for the Brian O’Connell Homeless Project. This program was formed in 2017 in memory of Brian by his sister after he died homeless in Waterbury, CT. The foundation is set up to assist those living without food supplies and other essentials not always available to them. The “Brian Bag” is created by filling a one-gallon zip-lock bag with food, snacks, water, socks, a $5 fast food gift card and a small first aid kit.

The “Brian Bag” is given to someone knowing they will have something to eat and you do not have to worry that they will  use a cash donation to purchase alcohol or illegal drugs.

At St. John of the Cross a basket will be in front of the Altar for donations and at Sacred Heart please place donations in the Atrium near the Lenten Cross. 

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