Lenten Outreach

Lenten Outreach Opportunities

• Casserole Drop-off & Delivery Dates: March 10 & April 14 | 8:15am | Front Plaza
• Community Casserole Making: March 30 | immediately following the 9:15am Mass | Parish Center

• On the following weekends, we will be collecting the four most in-need food items for the GEDCO CARES food pantry.
  • March 15 & 16
  • March 22 & 23
  • March 29 & 30
  • April 5 & 6
• The items needed will be communicated in advance of weekends and posted on drop-boxes in the narthex.
• In addition to the most in-need items, CARES collects donations of non-perishable food items year-round.
• Collection baskets will be available in the narthex for contributions.

• Loaves & Fishes Meal Preparation & Distribution Ministry Dates: March 23
• Prepare a Blessing Bag with essential items to be distributed to those in need in Downtown Baltimore by the Loaves & Fishes ministry.
• Bags will be distributed after Masses or available for pickup at the Parish Center beginning the weekend of March 8 & 9.
• There will be drop-off boxes located in the narthex for completed bags.
• Bags must be completed and dropped off by noon on Sunday, March 23

• Help us support the important life-saving work that the Center for Pregnancy Concerns does at 328 Howard Street, Baltimore.
• Donations can be made through the following mediums:
  • Baby Bottles
    Pick up a baby bottle from the narthex on the weekend of March 15 & 16 to fill with loose change, cash, or a check. Return your filled baby bottle to drop boxes in the narthex on the weekend of April 5 & 6
  • Pink Center for Pregnancy Concerns Envelopes
    CPC envelopes for cash and / or checks will be available at the entrances to the cathedral on the weekend of March 15 & 16. Envelopes can be dropped in the collection basket or dropped off to the Cathedral Parish Center.
  • Online
    Donations can be made online using the QR code attached to the baby bottles or via the website (www.cpcforhelp.org/Cathedral)
• Baby bottles must be returned to boxes in the narthex the weekend of April 5 & 6. However, contributions may be made by cash, check, or online donation until Monday, April 21st.

Lenten Outreach & Service Events

• High school students are invited to work together to prepare casseroles for the Our Daily Bread ministry and to attend Stations of the Cross to offer up those we serve and one another in prayer.
• This event counts for service hours.

• Parishioners of all ages are invited to come together to prepare casseroles for the Our Daily Bread ministry.

• Parishioners of all ages are invited to paint ceramic bowls to be donated to the St. Vincent de Paul Empty Bowls event for auction. Proceeds will go to St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore serving those in need in Baltimore City.

Ministry Opportunities at the Cathedral