Parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker are invited to become actively involved members of our community by volunteering their time in service of our parish through ministries or by supporting those in need in our community through outreach initiatives. Below is a brief description of our outreach initiatives. Volunteers are always welcome and needed. If you are interested in participating in any of these outreach initiatives and would like more information, please contact the initiative coordinator or the parish office.
The Transcona Food Bank
Winnipeg Harvest and its partner organizations, like the Transcona Food Bank, are front line responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. With schools and businesses closing, job and wages losses, vulnerable and isolated adults, the demand for food in local communities across the province is steadily increasing, and the capacity to respond is decreasing. The Transcona Food Bank is continuing to operate as best as possible to ensure our neighbours have enough food to eat at this time. They need your support more than ever to stay open and keep food flowing.
If you would like to drop off food or monetary donations for the Transcona Food Bank, our church is currently open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Saturdays from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and Sundays from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Transcona Food Bank (an outlet of Winnipeg Harvest) serves families in need in the Transcona area. If you are in need of the Transcona Food Bank, please call Winnipeg Harvest 204-982-3660 and register for the next opening! Our parish serves as a collection centre for donations made to the Transcona Food Bank. If you would like to donate, please leave nonperishable food donations in our food bank collection bins located at the parking lot entrance and narthex entrance to our building. Any monetary donations can be left with the parish office. If you are unsure what to donate, consider Winnipeg Harvest's "Most Wanted Items" list:
If you would like to drop off food or monetary donations for the Transcona Food Bank, our church is currently open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Saturdays from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and Sundays from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Transcona Food Bank (an outlet of Winnipeg Harvest) serves families in need in the Transcona area. If you are in need of the Transcona Food Bank, please call Winnipeg Harvest 204-982-3660 and register for the next opening! Our parish serves as a collection centre for donations made to the Transcona Food Bank. If you would like to donate, please leave nonperishable food donations in our food bank collection bins located at the parking lot entrance and narthex entrance to our building. Any monetary donations can be left with the parish office. If you are unsure what to donate, consider Winnipeg Harvest's "Most Wanted Items" list:
- Baby food formula - iron-enriched formula; baby food jars of vegetables, fruit or meat, infant cereal such as oatmeal, barley or rice
- Canned fish and poultry — chicken or turkey; tuna or salmon packed in water
- Canned fruit and vegetables - packed in own juice
- Canned stew, chili, or brown beans
- Peanut butter -light
- Dry pasta
- Rice — plain, brown, converted or parboiled
- Canned spaghetti sauce
- Cereal - plain, fiber, non-sugar coated
- Canned soup - vegetable, tomato, lentil, pea
Baby Layette Love
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Baby Layette Love works to provide new mothers with clothing, blankets, toys, etc. through the Crisis Pregnancy Centre. What is a layette? Essentially, it is a baby shower in a bag! It contains the basic items needed for baby for the first few months of life. Once these items have been donated and received at our parish, Baby Layette Love will pick them up, sort them, put them into bags of 50-55 layette items and deliver them with love and prayers to a new family. For more information, click here or search for Baby Layette Love and etc. on Facebook to visit the Baby Layette Love Facebook page.
Our collection weekends were February 15/16, 2020 and February 22/23, 2020. Thank you for your generosity! |
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Prepare the Way Christmas Hampers
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Prepare the Way Hamper Day was Saturday, December 21, 2019! Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered to help make Prepare the Way Hamper Day a big success. We were able to provide 19 hampers to families in need in our community!
During the season of Advent the Saint Joseph the Worker community works with the Christmas Cheer Board to prepare hampers for those in need both within our community and in neighbouring areas, helping Prepare the Way for people to encounter our loving God during difficult times. Working together as a community, we prepare and deliver hampers in the weeks leading up to Christmas. There are many ways to get involved, Donate - Monetary donations are needed to purchase perishables and may be put in the Sunday collection in an envelope clearly marked HAMPERS or dropped off at the parish office. Tags listing food and household items are in the Narthex (Brewster entrance) of the church and the parking lot entrance. Gift tags will be available at a later date. Please bring the new unwrapped gifts in the following week. When bringing items in, please put them in the Narthex area near the baptismal font. Do not place them in the food bank bins (these bins are for Transcona Food Bank donations only). Volunteer - There are many tasks to complete for Prepare the Way Hamper Day: sorting food, wrapping gifts, picking up the perishable items, assembling the hampers, making lunch for the volunteers, packing the fresh groceries, organising the hampers for delivery, and delivering the completed hampers. |
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Visiting the Sick
Volunteers regularly visit members of our community who are sick, hospitalized, or otherwise home bound, and are unable to join us for our Weekend Liturgy. This ensures an ongoing connection to our parish community. These volunteers may also bring the Eucharist. Click here to learn more about our Sick Visiting Ministry.
