Parish Life

Volunteer team members meet weekly and prepare the church for Masses. Activities include replacing votive candles and holy water, organizing the sacristy, children’s room (cry room), reconciliation room and the church.
This program provides a structured way for inactive Catholics to explore their options to again become active Catholics. It provides a forum to discuss current issues and feelings about the Church and Faith.
Cum Christo is a “short course in Christianity” to help Catholics/Christians further develop their faith through a three-day weekend retreat-type experience.
This group tends the church, school and rectory grounds. Activities include planting and maintaining existing trees and plantings. The committee also works on both short and long term landscape design plans.
This ministry has healthcare professionals who seek to serve the Lord and who assist in meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the parish community.
On Fridays in Lent we offer the parish and the community-at-large a great Fish Fry experience. This event funds an annual school trip and a lot of volunteers are needed to make it happen. Please join us!
M.A.S.T. (Mature Active Singles Together) is a ministry for single/widowed/divorced persons age 45+ and provides fellowship and support through a variety of social activities.
This spectacular once-a-year activity is also the major fundraiser for the parish!! There is a myriad of volunteer opportunities from being part of the organizing group or as a volunteer during the festival itself. Join us!
Volunteers are occasionally needed to assist the parish office staff with office activities and parish projects. And we enjoy having our parishioners working with us in the office!
Parishioners who knit and crochet create prayer shawls for the homebound, grieving, and ill. Members join in as the meeting times work for them or work on their own at home.
The SCRIP Program offers gift cards and certificates to many local and national retailers. The goal of SCRIP is to offer parish families two ways to help reduce their tuition/fees either through their own earned rebates and or by applying for aid from the Tuition Assistance Fund.
As a social organization for 55 and older parishioners, seniors gather once a month for group activities such as meetings, lunches, local tours, and presentations. Often the organization assists at parish functions or activities.
Our mission is to enhance the celebration of the Eucharist through thoughtful planning and execution of decorating the Church and Gathering Space to reflect the liturgical seasons. We seek members at all levels of expertise and talent willing to give of their time to enhance our beautiful worship space.
While the bulk of our work comes during holiday seasons, during which we are all busy with our personal lives, it is even more important that we have helping hands during those times in order to lighten the load for everyone. Men and women of the parish, won’t you please join us? For questions or more information,
St Brendan parishioners donate gifts for local families and social service agencies. Volunteers sort and prepare the gifts for distribution to families. This project covers just a few weeks and requires very little time, but we do need volunteers to assist with the tree preparation and the gift sorting.