SERVING OUR SENIORS
(SOS MINISTRY)
Serving Our Seniors
St. Paul of the Cross' Serving Our Seniors (SOS) ministry has been created to walk alongside the older adults in our parish and community. Inspired by Christ’s call to care for one another, especially the aging, this ministry offers compassionate, practical, and spiritual support to those in their later years of life.
Our mission is to develop a volunteer-based team to provide outreach through fellowship and build resources to support our senior/elderly parishioners.
SOS Ministry’s goal is to serve in three key areas:
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Health and Wellness
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Local Resource Guidance
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Spiritual Wellness
The Archdiocese of Chicago recently highlighted our SOS ministry on their website. You can click here to read the article.
Serving our Seniors Resource Guide
Our Serving Our Seniors Ministry has put together a resource guide that highlights many of the available local services that support our senior community in Park Ridge and the neighboring towns. Click here to access our Serving Our Seniors (SOS) Ministry's Resource Guide.
Currently we are seeking individuals who can assist in the following way:
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Those with knowledge or expertise in health awareness/prevention to educate seniors or their family members in the form of presentations, workshop, or bulletin write-ups.
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Those with expertise or experience on elder issues/needs who can assist to build resources in the community and provide a referral platform for our parishioners of available services.
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Those with a compassionate heart who would like to assist with senior specific liturgies, or partner with Ministry of Care for home communion.
If you have a heart for our senior community, your gifts of time, talent, and ideas are welcomed as we serve those valuable parishioners who served before us.
For more information or to express interest in volunteering, please contact Leni at
leniduffy@spc-church.org or at 847-692-6767.