Social Action
"We should not be surprised if we find Catholic social teaching demanding. The Gospel is demanding... We know that, at times, in order to remain truly a community of Jesus' disciples, we will have to say "no" to certain aspects in our culture, to certain trends and ways of acting that are opposed to a life of faith, love, and justice."
- Economic Justice for All
NCCB 1996
Our parish Social Action Commission is one of the ways we as a parish respond to the human needs in our society. It includes not only charity, which is direct response to a need, but also justice, which is the remedy of social problems. Justice work can include changing structures, policies and institutions which cause social problems. Social action is an essential function of parish/community life and is the fruit of our belief in Jesus and his Gospel.
Some of the charity work the commission coordinates are:
- Giving Tree Project provides gifts and items to people in need of our community
- Food Baskets are given to parishioners at Thanksgiving
- Back Pack Project provides school supplies for children in the West Fargo School District
- Tithing Committee
- Daily Bread Project
- Lenten Project provides personal hygiene items to families of the parish, YWCA and the Perry Center
- Poor Fund working in connection with St. Vincent De Paul and Partners in Housing
- Meals for Churches United for the Homeless
- Collaboration with the Social Action groups in the diocese.
- Tours of the other agencies in the community who assist with human needs
The Commission meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.
For more information, please contact our parish office at 701-282-7217.
The Holy Cross Social
Action Committee is sponsoring 3 projects to help those in need in our
parish community.
Below you will find a listing of the
projects
so that you can read about them and
determine if you are able to provide your support.
“Milk” My
Day:
This project provides funds for students who
do not have funds available to purchase milk.
The “milk break” at school
is available for grades kindergarten through 3 grade.
The amount needed to provide milk
for a student for ½ the year $26.75 and $53.50
for the full year.
Food Baskets:
Holy Cross is going to be packing Holiday food baskets for needy
families. In order to make
this project a success we need your help.
Would
your family please consider sending food items needed to pack the food
baskets to the church before Sunday, Nov 14.
If your family would like to make a donation instead, please send
the money along with your student to faith formation and give it to
their teacher. You can also mark the envelope and place it in the Sunday
collection. We can use those funds to complete the food baskets with a
turkey, fresh bread, fruits and vegetables.
We would like to pack food for a family for at least 1 week in each
basket.
Below are
some suggestions of food items you may want to consider.
Canned fruits
Soup
Stuffing mix
Canned Vegetables
Cereal
Canned cranberries
Hamburger Helper
Macaroni & Cheese
Canned yams
Rice A Roni
Drink Mixes
Canned meats (tuna, chicken)
Pasta
Snacks / Crackers
Warm Their Hearts:
This project provides “NEW” or “Gently Used”
WINTERWEAR to students and children who would otherwise not have
appropriate winter wear. Donations can be placed in the basket by the
fireplace.
As you pull out last year’s items and
discover that they no longer fit anyone in your home we would appreciate
if you would consider donating them to our project. New items can also
be purchased if you would like to participate in this project.
We need Coats, Hats, Scarves, Gloves,
Snow pants and Boots!