Would you like to volunteer and join fellow parishioners as we help and feed the hungry in our area? Here are some of the many ways to volunteer:
In 2012, eight Highland area churches combined their volunteers to support the Highland Blessing Dinner, 520 Olive Street.
5 Catholic churches help to supply the shower areas at the Hope Connections where 35-50 homeless people take showers daily. At this time, they are no longer a day shelter. The shower area, washer/dryer and client mail services are still open. They continue to need hand sanitizer, along with body wash, body lotion, razors, shaving cream, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
The Shreveport-Bossier Catholic community has supported Christian Service since Sr. Margaret and Fr. Murray Clayton began serving people in need in 1970. In 2017, this ministry moved to Hope Connections on Levy Street and is now in our parish boundaries. Christian Service continues to serve two hot meals a day, breakfast from 8:00 am – 10:00 am and lunch from 12 pm to 2:00 pm in TO-GO boxes. They are in need of stryofoam to-go boxes, bottled water and individually packaged plasticware. Click here to learn more about their services and volunteer opportunities to donate time, funds and food.
This ministry helps the needy and elderly of the parish and also provides greeters for funerals at the Cathedral. Would you like to join our Guild? Call the Office for information.
This special group offers meals for families of the parish who have recently lost a loved one. Volunteers are needed! Call the Office for more information.
Meals on Wheels is a service designed to help seniors, over the age of 60 and home-bound, maintain their independence as they face financial, physical, or emotional hardships. We are one of many drop-off points for the meals prepared by the Caddo Council On Aging. Volunteers have a one-hour route to deliver the meals Monday-Thursday mornings. For more information, contact Donna.
Volunteers prepare and deliver a meal to Cathedral families with newborns. To learn more about volunteering, please contact Dotye Stanford at 221-5296.
Mary’s House is a nonprofit pregnancy care center serving women in Shreveport and North Louisiana since 2015. We provide free pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and early prenatal care in a caring, peaceful setting. To learn more about volunteering, contact Mary’s House directly at 318.220.8009 or maryshouse.sport@gmail.com.
Please contact our Director of Outreach, Greg Laroux, at either (318) 221-5296 ext. 106 or glaroux@sjbcathedral.org to learn more about our Outreach Ministries.