Service Opportunities

Service Opportunities

As Christians, we are called to “be doers of the word, not merely hearers…being not hearers who forget but doers who act”   As St. James also explained it:

“What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.” (Jas 2:14-26)

Service is a facet of what we do as Christians. Join fellow students at the Alibrandi Catholic Center in the following service ministries:

Sandwich Ministry

Sandwich Ministry

Twice a month on specified Sundays, students gather at 11:30 am (after the 10:30 am Mass) at the Alibrandi Catholic Center to make sandwiches.  The 300 -400 sandwiches are taken down to The Assumption Food Pantry and are given out to those in need in the inner city of Syracuse.

The dates for the Spring Semester 2011 are:

January 30th                                     March 27th

February 13th                                   April 10th

March 6th                                          May 1st

Giving Tree

Every year, the Alibrandi Catholic Community donates  needed essential items to families in the Syracuse area.   Gift tags are taken from the Giving Tree by students, the gifts are purchased and then wrapped and returned to the Tree.   Through the generosity of the students and parishioners of St. Thomas More, we bring needed winter clothing  and thoughtful  support for those in need.

Samaritan Center – Serving the homeless and needy

Each Tuesday, a group of students heads down to the Samaritan Center to serve dinner.  The Samaritan Center is located in the heart of the city of Syracuse and feeds 200 homeless men, women and children each day.  Transportation down and back is provided for all who volunteer.  Fr. Linus leaves from the Alibrandi Catholic Center at 3:15pm and returns back by 5pm.  Please contact Fr. Linus if you would like to join our weekly ministry.

Katrina Mission Trip

Katrina Mission Volunteers with the Bishop

Each January, for a week during the Christmas break,  a group of our students journey  to the New Orleans area to help those who lost everything because of  Hurricane Katrina.   In 2010 our students worked with the St. Bernard Project, helping low and moderate income families to rebuild their homes following a devastating loss of nearly all of their property in that storm of 2005. In helping to rebuild homes, our students help to rebuild lives.   Each young adult is forever changed by this experience.

Planting cyprus trees

For many more Service Opportunities, please click here for our Volunteer Opportunities Brochure.