Right in the midst of your busy life, Experience the inner
joy of a true Christian
Do it yourself or join a group. Pick any one of these works
of mercy, and do it for at least one hour every week
St. Peters Church, Bandra,
Mumbai
| I. CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY
| 1. Talk to
beggars and lepers
2. Visit an
Orphanage
3. Visit the
sick in Hospital
4. Do chores
for the elderly
5. Visit a
Home for destitutes
6. Visit a
home for street children
7. Visit a
home for the terminally ill
8. Visit a
home for addicts
| 9. Tidy up a
municipal garbage bin
10. Operate
the Telephone of a Charitable Institution
11. Visit a
Home for elderly Priests
12. Be a
Secretary of the Housing Society
13. Provide a
cooked meal to a needy family
14. Supervise
the cleanliness of a public toilet
15. Help
direct traffic at a busy junction
16. Offer to
prepare snacks for Sunday School Children
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| II. SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY
| 1. Read the
Bible to the elderly
2. Tutor a
weak student
3. Talk to
an alcoholic
4. Baby-sit
for a single mother
5. Take an
old person to the park
6. Lead a
Prayer Meeting during Office Lunch Break
7. Organise
party games in a Home for the Aged
8. Work as a
Volunteer in a Municipal Hospital
9. Take a
sick person for a film
| 10. Play with
a handicapped child
11. Tutor a
poor child in music
12. Conduct
free cooking classes at home
13. Visit a
mental asylum
14. Provide
free legal consultancy
15. Conduct
hobby classes for poor children
16. Use your
home computer to make
a poor youth computer literate
17. Book-Keeping
for a charitable institution
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| III. PARISH CELLS
| 1. SCC
Animators, who organize the SCCs
2. Liturgy
Team, which coordinates lectors, cantors, Eucharistic ministers & other acolytes
3. Sunday
School Team which organizes Faith
Formation of children
4. Adult
Faith Formation which organizes catechesis of adults
5. Pre-Baptism
Team which prepares Parents for the Baptism of their children
6. Bible
Cell which promotes the study of the Bible
7. Family
Cell which organizes programmes of family enrichment
8. Parish
Youth Animation Team which coordinates programmes for Youth
9. Health
Cell which organizes health awareness programmes
10. Centre for
Community Organization which coordinates social outreach and legal advice
11. Civic
& Political Cell which handles parish newsletters and banners
12. Inter-Religious
Dialogue Cell which promotes contact with people of other faiths
13. Women’s
Cell which creates awareness of issues affecting women in society
14. Any
other ………………………………..
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| IV. ECCLESIAL MOVEMENTS
| 1. Catholic
Charismatic Renewal which organizes the Prayer Groups
2. Catholic
Medical Guild of St Luke which promotes the participation of doctors
3. Catholic
Nurses’ Guild which promotes the participation of Nurses
4. Christian
Life Communities which promotes Ignatian Spirituality for Laity
5. Young
Christian Workers which animates youth entering the working world
6. Christian
Workers’ Movement which organizes programmes for senior workers
7. Couples
for Christ which provides community life for couples
8. Focolare
Movement which provides enrichment of Christian life to youth and adults
| 9. Fraternity
of the Resurrection which brings together senior widows
10. Hope and
Life Movement which assembles young widows
11. Legion of
Mary which provides adults spiritual formation and service opportunities
12. Neo
Catechumenal Way which provides deeper spiritual formation
13. Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration which fosters adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
14. Society of
St Vincent de Paul which provides opportunity to serve the poor
15. The Mumbai
House workers’ Solidarity which assembles house workers
16. Prison
Ministry Team, which cares for prisoners
17. Any other
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| V. Parish Groups
| 1. Faith
Formation planning
2. Faith
Celebration planning
3. Family
Outreach planning
4. Social
Outreach planning
5. Civic
Involvement planning
6. Bombay
Catholic Sabha
7. Charismatic
Groups
8. Senior
Citizens
9. Hope
& Life Movement
10. Jesus Club
Sunday School
11. Altar
Servers’ League
12. Lectors
13. Pre
Baptism Catechesis
14. Choirs
15. Eucharistic
Ministers
| 16. Society of
St Vincent de Paul
17. Legion of
Mary
18. Ladies
Sodality
19. Inter
Faith Group
20. Book Stall
21. Medical
Centre
22. Legal Cell
23. Event
Management
24. R.C.I.A.
(Adult catechesis in Hindi)
25. Church
decoration
26. Making
power point presentations as needed
27. Seeing to
our web page
28. Helping to
design banners / posters on computer
29. Helping
with the garden
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(Please drop in the Parish Priest Letter box)
Dear Fr Gerard,
Date
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I would like to join the Cell/Movement indicated below:
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Email address: …………………….…………………………………………………….
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