WOMEN INCREASING GOD'S LOVE GROUP (WIGL) [Resurrection Parish: Holy Name of Mary Site]- holds monthly gatherings in our cottage adjacent to Holy Name of Mary Church. This group makes prayer shawls/lap blankets for the sick in the parish and community and baptismal blankets for babies baptized in our parish. In addition, they do service projects throughout the year including collecting socks and underwear for the school kids, making bags for Eagle House Veterans at Christmas and sending Christmas Cards to parishioners who are homebound or in nursing homes. This group typically has special activities for Mother's Day and Father's Day and have helped in the past with coordinating a picnic after a Mass in the summer.

MOTHER TERESA OUTREACH [Our Lady of Mercy Parish] -  This ministry was started to fulfill a need for items other than food for people in need. Some items we provide are laundry detergent, dish soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet paper, paper towel and more.

"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person next to you. " - Mother Teresa

SHARE-A-YARN [St. Brigid Parish] -  Meets the first Monday of the month at 7pm in the Saint Brigid Parish Center from September through June. Knitters and crocheters use their skills to make a variety of items for charity. These include prayer shawls, baby blankets for Baptisms, infant caps for UMMC nursey, chemo caps, prayer squares, twiddlemuffs (sensory fun) for memory care residents, mittens and scaves for those in need, and more.  For more information contact Our Lady of Mercy & St. Brigid Parish Office (585) 768-6543.

THE LADIES OF CHARITY  [St. Brigid Parish] - The Ladies of Charity was founded in France in 1617 by St. Vincent de Paul with their mission to help the poor. In 1629 St. Louise de Marillac, our patroness, was appointed to work with the Ladies of Charity.  The first Ladies of Charity in the United States was founded in 1857 in St. Louis, MO.  The Buffalo Ladies of Charity began in 1941 and has over 600 members throughout parishes in the eight counties of the Diocese.  The Saint Brigid Bergen Ladies of Charity was formed as a group in 1937.  Today we are part of 150,000 volunteers in 53 countries across 5 continents. 

There are many different levels of participation,  you choose the level of involvement that is right for you. Meetings are held seven times a year on the second Monday of the month in the Saint Brigid parish center.  (Sept. Oct., Nov., Dec., April, May, and June)

 St. Brigid Ladies of Charity are involved in following:

• Support and collect for the back-pack program. Collecting food and purchasing back-packs when necessary.
• Plan and host the All Souls Day service at the cemetery.
• Host some of the Sunday coffee hours.
• Sell Advent candles, calendars and other religious articles in November. Although we make a little money this is mainly a parish service.
• Plan and sponsor the family Christmas party.
• Put together cookie plates and poinsettias for shut-ins and those who have lost loved ones in the past year. These are then delivered by our members.
• Gather information and provide tags for the Angel Tree. Wrap the gifts and delivering them.
• Plan and host sewing Saturday for the dress-a-girl project. We still call it that but have added purchased shorts and t-shirts for boys. We have added yarn dolls and match box cars to be sent along with the clothing.
• Plan and host the Soup Supper as a start to Lent.
• Provide a loaf of bread and a card to the first communicates.
• Host a coffee hour after the designated Mass for graduating high school seniors.
• We have done parish projects such as cleaning and organizing the kitchen and polishing and vacuuming pews.
• We have been involved with parish wide dinners both as fund raisers and strictly social events.
• We have members that are Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, and those involved with decorating the church for holiday celebrations.
• One of our members is a liaison to the Mother Teresa Outreach program which we support with monetary donations.
• Another member has gathered and donated over 500 pairs of new socks (and counting) to the Ladies of Charity thrift store.
• During Lent we collect socks and new underwear for the thrift store.
• A number of our members are also members of the Share-a-Yarn group where we donate our homemade knit/crocheted items.

Contact Jan Bausch for additional informational - email bauschjj@gmail.com

HART –  Home and  Apartment  Repair  Team -   (Through St. Brigid's Holy Name Society. ) [St. Brigid Parish]

Purpose: To aid parishioners who need handyman help with things like leaky faucets, sticking doors, caulking, weatherstripping, light electrical work, painting, and other necessary work to keep your house or apartment safe. We do not do heavy plumbing or electrical work nor do we work on roofs and gutters that require ladders. Meetings as needed, for more information contact Bob Capurso: rgcapurso@gmail.com