Get Involved in Social Justice

Children and Women

• Aid for Women of Northern Lake County: to give hope to women who are pregnant,explain the risks in abortion, and offer life affirming alternatives such as parenting or adoption. Carol Walsh 847-249-2700
• Bed Ministry: St. Joseph Libertyville and Sleep in Heavenly Peace is always eager to help families in need, particularly ones whose kids have uncomfortable sleeping arrangements https://www.shpbeds.org Contact: Dan Harris 847-722-5345
• Care for Creation: our mission is to raise awareness of Laudato Si on caring for the environment and to provide practical suggestions on living out the teachings. contact Louise Przywara 847-340-5033 for information on the parish ministry.
• Feed My Starving Children: new permanent site in Libertyville to volunteer and make meals to feed God's children. Sign up on line at FMSC.org. Contact:  847-984-3846.
  Feed My Starving Children is a Christian, hunger-relief organization whose goal is to provide nutritious, specially formulated meals to starving children around the world, through engaging the hearts of donors and volunteers who feel called to partner with us in this compassionate mission.
• Giving Tree Projects (Advent and Lent): Gifts, coats, diapers, socks, toiletries and other needed items are provide to families and agencies at Christmas and Easter through the generosity of the parishioners. Tags with needed items are hung on ribbons in the Narthex and returned before distribution day in the gym. 
  Mary Causey 847-990-1213. 
• Haven: Kate Ceithaml kate@lakecountyhaven.org  847-680-1901 http://www.lakecountyhaven.org. To empower homeless women and their children to achieve permanent, independent living. It is our vision that no one who enters our program will ever be homeless again.
• PADS: Providing Advocacy Dignity and Shelter :provides meals and shelter for persons who are homeless in Lake County. contact ministry lead 847-367-5627 Nancy Knight or  http://www.padslakecounty.org  PADS: 847-689-4357
• Respect Life Ministry: as Catholics we are deeply committed to a Culture of Life where every human being is valued and protected from the moment of conception until natural death.
  Joann Seal  847-367-8478 sealjoann@comcast.net.
  Patty Keegan 847-367-8726  PLK718@aol.com.
• Waukegan Soup Kitchen: Friday and Saturday nights teams of parishioners serve meals at the Waukegan Soup Kitchen. Chris Muender 847-362-4089. Mike Lynn 847-975-2692
• Waukegan to College: is a targeted program that helps disadvantaged students prepare for, achieve admission, and succeed in college. There are many opportunities for mentoring or tutoring a child. Laura Rios, laura.rios@waukegantocollege.org or 224-522-2844

Seniors

• Catholic Charities Parish Outreach: Our parish supports Catholic Charities financially and through volunteers in the Meals on Wheels Program and other outreach services. 847-782-4000 http://www.catholiccharities.net Meals on Wheels 847-546-5733.
• Elder Care:  Volunteers are needed to provide grocery shopping, transportation to doctor appointments and visits to the elderly in Lake County. Jackie Lynn 847-406-4683 
  ElderCARE’s mission is to help homebound older adults (65+) with limited resources to remain as healthy and independent as possible. Located in Waukegan, IL, we provide free transportation to medical appointments, shopping, and home visits to the older adults of northern Lake County, Illinois. ElderCARE is the only free door-through-door medical transportation service in northern Lake County.http://www.eldercarelakecounty.org
• Rosary Makers:is a group of parishioners who come together in prayer and make Rosaries to be distributed to others at the parish. Contact Rhoda 847-362-5659

Unemployed

• Employment Ministry: continues outreach, networking and providing speakers and resources to the unemployed and the underemployed every first and third Wednesday of the month. John Jennings 847-680-3213. jfjennings@comcast.net.
• Community Center: contact   847-775-0858. Catholic Charities – The Community Center
• 914 8^th Street Waukegan, IL 60085
  847-775-0858
  www.catholiccharities.net
  Find us on Facebook and Instagram:  El Centro Comunitario
   
  The mission of Catholic Charities fulfills the Church’s role in the mission of charity to anyone in need by providing compassionate, competent and professional services that strengthen and support individuals, families and communities based on the value and dignity of human life.
  The Community Center in Waukegan is a place where families connect with others in their community for information, activities, and support.  The Community Center works to reduce isolation, support families, and build community.  We work in promoting wellness, enhancing literacy and learning, advocacy, and providing social services resources.  Volunteering needs include instructors to teach English-as-Second Language classes, Citizenship classes, Computer classes, after-school homework help, and perform general office tasks.  Additionally, volunteers are able to assist with tax preparation services in partnership with Ladder Up during tax season.  We encourage anyone interested in volunteering to contact us.
   
  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Sue Fowler at sfowler@catholiccharities.net or 847-782-4126.

Feed the Hungry

• Knights Of Columbus: members show love for their neighbors through charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. Contact: Vince Laughlin vgldulac82@gmail.com
• Food Pantry: Food Pantry:
  St. Joseph’s food pantry,112 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville is open 6 days a week to provide for people in need.  Monday and Thursday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  Everyone can available of our food pantry which is ran by a great team of volunteers.
  Information on Food Pantry, call Dan Love: 847-961-0206
  Volunteer & more information: www.stjoseph-libertyville.org/food-pantry

Soup Kitchen

• Franciscan Outreach in Chicago: 257 bed shelter to men and women  who are homeless at the shelter in Chicago ministry lead: Randy Nipper 847-573-1762 or http://www.franoutreach.org to get involved.
• Waukegan Soup Kitchen: Friday and Saturday nights teams of parishioners serve meals at the Waukegan Soup Kitchen. Chris Muender 847-362-4089. Mike Lynn 847-975-2692
• PADS: Providing Advocacy Dignity and Shelter: provides meals and shelter for persons who are homeless in Lake County. Ministry lead Nancy Knight 847-367-5627  http://www.padslakecounty.org PADS 847-689-4357
• Catholic Charities Parish Outreach: Our parish supports Catholic Charities financially and through volunteers in the Meals on Wheels Program and other outreach services. 847-782-4000. Meals on wheels 847-546-5733 (intake)

Education

• The mission and purpose of Most Blessed Trinity Parish and our Community Social Service (CSS) programs is visible in the daily activities of our more than 50 parish ministries who serve the spiritual enrichment needs of our parish community. Our mission and purpose is also seen in the work of our four CSS programs as they assist in providing daily nutritional needs as well as provide basic educational programs, support and tools which are a major driving force to improve our client’s self-confidence and eventually self-reliance. Our ministry and Community Social Service efforts follow the guiding principal or our parish mission of “Serving the people of God with a preferential option for the poor”.http://www.mostblessedtrinityparish.org/Fr.php
• Waukegan to College: is a targeted program that helps disadvantaged students prepare for, achieve admission, and succeed in college. There are many opportunities for mentoring or tutoring a child. Laura Rios, laura.rios@waukegantocollege.org or 224-522-2844

Fundraising and drives

• Giving Tree Projects (Advent and Lent): Gifts, coats, diapers, socks, toiletries and other needed items are provide to families and agencies at Christmas and Easter through the generosity of the parishioners. Tags with needed items are hung on ribbons in the Narthex and returned before distribution day in the gym. 
  Mary Causey 847-990-1213

Housing Haven: Kate Ceithaml kate@lakecountyhaven.org    847-680-1901.To empower homeless women and their children to achieve permanent, independent living. It is our vision that no one who enters our program will ever be homeless again.
Mary and Joseph Shelter Soup Kitchen in Chicago:   St. Joseph parishioners serve sandwiches to the men and women who are homelass at the shelter in Chicago three Sunday evenings per month. Randy Nipper 847-573-1762

• PADS: Providing Advocacy Dignity and Shelter:  provides meals and shelter for persons who are homeless in Lake County. Ministry lead Nancy Knight 847- http://www.padslakecounty.org

Volunteer at PADS

• PADS: Providing Advocacy Dignity and Shelter: provides meals and shelter for persons who are homeless in Lake County. Ministry lead: Nancy Knight: 847-367-5627. Tuesday/Wednesday Nights First Presbyterian Church: Dave Marsden 847-362-2174.

International Experience

• International Sharing:http://www.mailisita.org  Parishioners have come together in supporting an education for the children of Moshi Tanzania.The Stella Maris School and Guesthouse are currently open and fulfill a self sustaining model for the future of the project. Parishioners continue to travel to Moshi and grow in a new understanding of another culture. St. Joseph Parish, school and Religious Education program support the community of Moshi and are in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in  Africa. Stan Taylor 847-344-0207 http://trip reports from africa
• El Nino Rey:    Kathleen O'Connor ocfam6@att.net    847-528-5873 
  El Niño Rey (www.elninorey.org) organizes dental missions to a poverty stricken area in central Mexico.  Over the past 10 years, many North Shore dentists, hygienists, and other volunteers have given their time and talents to provide free dental care to the very poor.  They also give scholarships to over 900 kids each year in order to help them stay in school longer and hopefully break the cycle of poverty.
• Nicaragua Ministry: Marjorie Conley-Gaitan   marjorieconley@aol.com  http://sharinginnicaragua@gmail.com 
  The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus are creating a soup kitchen in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, an impoverished port town located in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of the county. This soup kitchen is designed to feed an initial group of around 130 children and some elderly people one meal a day, five days a week. The International Sharing Ministry at St. Joseph's has committed to raising funds for the acquisition of the necessary eqyipment and installation costs for the soup kitchen's on-going daily operation.

Advocacy Work

• CASA:  Michael Knight    Michael@knightinvestmentplanning.com   847-367-5191 http://www.casaforchildren.org mission is central to fulfilling society’s most fundamental obligation by making sure qualified, compassionate adults will fight for and protect a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect, and to learn and grow in the security of a loving family. CASA’s vision is to transform lives and provide hope and healing for all abused and neglected children who are assigned a CASA volunteer. As advocates for these children, we do everything possible to ensure they receive expeditious placement in safe, permanent, and loving homes.
• Lake County United:  Advocates for human dignity and the common good in our community. Initiatives are around senior care such as the Winchester House, and affordable housing and mentoring/tutoring programs in support of education needs in Waukegan. Chuck Nozicka 847-561-5301
• Feed My Starving Children: new permanent site in Libertyville to volunteer and make meals to feed God's children. Sign up on line at FMSC.org. Feed My Starving Children is a Christian, hunger-relief organization whose goal is to provide nutritious, specially formulated meals to starving children around the world, through engaging the hearts of donors and volunteers who feel called to partner with us in this compassionate mission.
• Community Center:     847-775-0858 The mission and purpose of Most Blessed Trinity Parish and our Community Social Service (CSS) programs is visible in the daily activities of our more than 50 parish ministries who serve the spiritual enrichment needs of our parish community. Our mission and purpose is also seen in the work of our four CSS programs as they assist in providing daily nutritional needs as well as provide basic educational programs, support and tools which are a major driving force to improve our client’s self-confidence and eventually self-reliance. Our ministry and Community Social Service efforts follow the guiding principal or our parish mission of “Serving the people of God with a preferential option for the poor”.  
• Care for Creation: our mission is to raise awareness of Laudato Si on caring for the environment and to provide practical suggestions on living out the teachings. contact Louise Przywara 847-340-5033 for information on the parish ministry.
• St. Joseph's Simple Acts of Kindness: a parish wide ministry. the mission is to offer simple acts of kindness towards one another in our parish community. Parishioners will be invited to receive an act of kindness from other parishioners. contact Mary Causey 847-990-1213.