Christian Service Commission

The mission of the Christian Service Commission is to enable the parish community to put into practice the social teaching of the Church. The Commission creates or promotes—both at the local level and in the broader community of city, state, nation and world—programs which respond to human needs and work for justice. It is in loving our neighbor that we show our love for the Lord.

Harvest Sunday 2012

October 12, 2012

Harvest Sunday 2012

November 4 Part 1 – Distributing Flyers for Food Drive 2:00 – 4:00 PM
November 11 Part 2 – Collecting Food Donations 1:00 – 4:30 PM approx.

ALL ARE WELCOME – COME AND HELP US TO FEED THE HUNGRY

WHAT IS IT?

St. Elizabeth Seton joins with five other parishes in the area to collect food for local and Chicago area food pantries. St. Elizabeth Seton typically covers the largest geographic area. Our effort involves over 1,000 people of the parish, more than 50% of whom are teens who work both weekends to promote the event and collect, and sort the food. We need help with unloading, sorting, packing, loading trucks, registration, refreshments and many other tasks. We need willing hands and smiling faces!

PLEASE HELP US!

Please call the R. E. Office: 630-416-1992 and let us know how you would like to help. This is the largest single undertaking at St. Elizabeth Seton and it is exhilarating to be a part of it. Come and experience it. All are welcome!

WHEN IS IT?

FLIER DELIVERY: NOV 4, 2:00PM-4:00PM
Teens in Grades 8, 9 and 10
Come to the WORSHIP SPACE at 2:00PM
Absence from Flier Delivery requires 2 service hours as make up

Drivers come to the LOWER LEVEL at 1:45PM
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FOOD COLLECTION NOV 11 1:00PM- 4:30PM
Teens in Grades 8, 9 and 10

Come to the WORSHIP SPACE at 1:00PM
Absence from Food Collection requires 3 service hours as make up

Drivers Come to the LOWER LEVEL at 12:45 PM

QUESTIONS??

Phone the RE office 630-416-1992 or email Sheila Stevenson or Jason Novak

The forms can be downloaded and printed from the following links. Please fill them out and return them to the Religious Education Office.

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Thank you for volunteering!

Completed permission forms should be returned to RE Office ASAP.

Ministers of Care and Alden Nursing Center Ministry Training

June 29, 2012

Wednesday, August 29 7:30pm in Church Lower Level

“For I was… ill and you cared for me.” Additional ministers are needed for both ministries, bringing Holy Communion to the sick.

Ministers of Care bring Holy Communion to the Catholic patients at Edwards Hospital on Wednesdays, on a rotating basis, with each minister visiting once every four to six weeks.
Alden Nursing Center Ministers visit Alden Nursing Center on Thursday mornings. They arrive at Alden Nursing Center at 10am and have a Mass or Communion service, pray the rosary, and then distribute Holy Communion to the Catholic patients in their rooms.

Both of these ministries are in need of more volunteers. If you are interested in joining either ministry, there will be a training session on Wednesday, August 29 at 7:30pm in the lower level of the church.

If you would like more information about the Ministers of Care Ministry, please call Linda Hill.

If you would like more information about the Alden Nursing Center Ministry, please call Betty Torson.

Please let Linda Hill know if you are planning on attending the training session.

St. Vincent de Paul Society Clothing Drive – 6/3

May 22, 2012

Our parish is holding a clothing drive for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. We are in need of all types of clothing, shoes, linens, blankets, coats, kitchen items and all varieties of household items.

As of January 1st – for your convenience – we are now accepting all computer equipment, monitors, fax machines, radios and televisions for recycling.

Our volunteers handed out heavy duty white donation bags after all the Masses last weekend – please return them on

June 2 & 3. The St. Vincent de Paul truck will be in our parking lot that weekend to collect your generous donations.
Our SVdP volunteers will also be there to help load your many items onto the truck. Please pack all fragile items carefully to avoid breakage.

For furniture pick up, please call 630-231-4658, the Society will send a truck to your home for large items. Receipts are always gladly given.

Thank You for Helping Us to Help People

Alden Nursing Center Ministry

May 13, 2012

Mass or a Communion Service is celebrated each Thursday, at 10am. Also the rosary is prayed by those who wish to gather.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is administered twice each year and when the need is observed or requested.

Contact: Betty Torson

“Own Your Interview” – March 21 at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish

March 3, 2012

Learn how to ace your next job interview during March 21 program at St. Thomas the Apostle

Psst! You there! Yeah, you – the job seeker with a hand full of resumes and a heart full of hope that your next interview will result in employment. What if I invited you to a two-hour session that would give you the tools you need to ace any job interview until the day you retire?

Then you’d better mark 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, on your calendar and come hear Lauren Milligan explain how to “Own Your Interview” in the gymnasium of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. Milligan is head resume expert and job coach at ResuMAYDAY, a one-stop-shop for career management and career development.

Milligan’s presentation will help prepare you for the toughest interview scenarios. Her clients have actually said they can’t wait for their next interview!

In her discussion, Milligan will cover preparing for the interview, keeping focused during the interview, and following up properly once the interview is concluded. She will explain the psychology behind certain questions and staying on track no matter how much an interviewer tries to throw you off your game. Behavioral techniques, a method that most employers are now incorporating into their interview process, also will be thoroughly examined.

A well-known speaker on career-related topics, Milligan has contributed to hundreds of seminars, workshops and tutorials. She also has been a frequent guest on Chicago television and radio where her quick-witted, no-nonsense approach resulted in her own online radio show.

Milligan’s background in recruiting and management is what led her to discover how much she enjoys helping people land the perfect job. Additional information about her approach is on the web site www.ResuMAYDAY.com .

“Own Your Interview” is a free program being sponsored by the St. Thomas the Apostle Job Ministry. For more information about this presentation or the Job Ministry, contact Ben Willingham at (630) 222-5732 or at benwillingham11@gmail.com.

Lenten Giving Project

February 25, 2012

This past year St. Elizabeth Seton opened its doors to the St. Vincent de Paul Society and was at once embraced by a number of parishioners who volunteered to be trained on proper interviews and visitations for those who sought help with financial needs. The success of the program has been overwhelming. We applaud the team for providing compassionate support during difficult times.

As such, St. Elizabeth Seton’s Lenten Giving project will benefit St. Vincent de Paul’s local, national and international projects. In weeks to come we will be enumerating on these projects. Your generosity will go a long way.

Our custom in the past was to present you with a visual reminder of our Lenten Giving Project. We are again distributing a paper bag with the Giving Project logo as well as including additional information in it regarding the work of the St. Vincent DePaul Society. Below is a response given to our St. Vincent DePaul Team from one of their clients.

“With this letter I would like to express my highest gratitude and thank you to Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth Seton.

I can’t thank you enough for what you have done for me and my family. I am starting new chapter in my life as a single parent and was in need of furniture. I found out about Society of St. Vincent de Paul through Naperville Cares nonprofit organization, they gave me your phone number and said that I can call and that I might get help from you. I was truly surprised how fast you contacted me and pulled out all the resources to help us out, all the phone calls that you made and all the information that you gathered and all the time that was spent.

I don’t want to sound like one of those polished thank you statements from different websites. I hope you can really feel my heart reading it.

I felt very shy and embarrassed to ask for help, I felt it would be admitting that I am weak and I am failing somewhere somehow in my life, also letting others know that I need help was very hard for me too. I just want to say that you made me feel like the part of the family, thank you for understanding and giving the warmth and comfort not judging me and doing everything you can to help us out. Thank you for your kindness, time, support, great hearts, you are the nicest people I have met. You made a difference in this hard time that I am going through and for that I will be always grateful.”

Clothing Drive 10/29-30

October 22, 2011

Clothing Drive by The Society of St Vincent de Paul

In anticipation of The St. Vincent de Paul clothing drive on October 29 & 30, we will hand out plastic bags after Masses October 22-23. Please take one (or more!) home, fill it (or any other box or bag) with usable clothing and small household items, and return it October 29-30 to the St Vincent de Paul truck in our parking lot.

Your donation of gently used clothing and household goods go to the poor and needy and also help support St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores which fund charitable programs that help the poor. Some of our Society’s expenses are reimbursed from thrift store proceeds. If you have a large donation you can arrange a pick up by calling 630-231-4658.

Since our inception in May the SES chapter has distributed $6349.61 to the needy within our parish boundaries!!

Whatsoever you do to the least of my people that you do unto me.”
(Matthew 25:40)

St. Vincent dePaul Ministry

September 30, 2011

The SES conference of the St. Vincent dePaul Society is an autonomous group of parish volunteers who provide emergency financial assistance for those within our parish boundaries who are in need. Our trained volunteers do face to face interviews and provide compassionate support during difficult times.

If you would like to request such assistance, please call 630-416-3325 x432 and leave a message. Your call will be returned within 24 hours and your contact will be kept in confidence.

Contact: Palma Aikins

SES SVdP: 630-416-3325 x 432

AN INTRODUCTION AND INVITATION

“There are many sufferings to heal. Christ stumbles through our streets in the person of so many poor who are hungry, thrown out of their miserable lodgings because of sickness and destitution. Christ has no home! And we who have the good fortune to have one and have food to satisfy our hunger, what are we doing about it?”

St. Alberto Hurtado, SJ

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To enable SES.SVdP to continue to do God’s work for those in crisis within our parish boundaries, please consider making a financial contribution by contacting SES.SVdP at 630-416-3325 x 432. Your tax deductible gift will help a neighboring family in need.

SVdP Fundraiser “takes the cake”

September 18, 2011

LAST WEEKEND TO ORDER

SES St. Vincent de Paul Conference
Unique Fundraiser that
“Takes the Cake”

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Walk for Friends of the Poor 9/24

September 13, 2011

The parish St Vincent dePaul Society is hosting a Walk for Friends of the Poor followed by lunch on Saturday, Sept 24, in concert with SVdP conferences all over the country.

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