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Outreach news
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We are sponsoring our annual drive to provide Christmas food boxes for 75 families in need in our community. Food donations can be brought to the church or the rectory during parish office hours through Tuesday, December 5. Click for full details!Read More -
Our next delivery date for Our Daily Bread is Wednesday, January 17. Frozen casseroles can be dropped off at the Parish Office during normal business hours. Pick up pans with recipes at the Parish Office or in the rear of the church.Read More
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Christmas Giving Tree Outreach
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Each year, the members of St. Charles band together to reach out to the less fortunate in our community at Christmas time through our Giving Tree outreach. Click here for full details and instructions for how to participate! Our Giving Tree helps the needy through many local ministries, including:
- Autumn Lake Healthcare at Pikesville (our neighbor on Sudbrook Lane)
- Pregnancy Center West / Women's Center West (in Catonsville)
- Marian House (in Baltimore City)
- Breaking Bread with the Hungry at St. Vincent's (Fr. Ray's Parish)
- And we help various other ministries that ask for our assistance!
Every item and every dollar is put to good use, and it takes many "special angels" to help make this wonderful project a success each year. We look forward to your participation in 2023!
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For more details
Ruthanne Otto
Giving Tree chair
410-655-7437
ruthanne_otto@yahoo.com
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Food Pantry Project
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The parish of St. Charles Borromeo has helped to feed many families in our local community with your generously donated items.
Any food items that you can contribute will help to keep our parish food pantry well-stocked to meet the continuing need in our community.
Items may be dropped off at the Parish Office or placed in the shopping carts in the church vestibule. Thank you for your support!Please check expiration dates — we cannot distribute expired or opened items.
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Food items most needed at this time
A list of the most needed items for our food pantry is updated each week:
Current Food Pantry Needs (click here)
Typical items include:
Jelly • Peanut butter • Beef stew • Vienna sausage • Canned meats • Hot cereal • Chef Boyardee • Rice/Rice-a-Roni • Stuffing • Instant potatoes • Gravy • Crackers • Evaporated milk • Ramen noodles • Mac and cheese • Spaghetti and boxed pasta • Applesauce • Jello
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For more information
Lori Mooney
foodpantry@ourstcharles.org
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Our Daily Bread Casserole Program
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St. Charles delivers casseroles to Our Daily Bread every other month on the third Wednesday of odd-numbered months (January, March, May, etc.). Frozen casseroles can be dropped off at the parish office during normal business hours. We need to have at least 40 per month. For your convenience, you can deliver frozen casseroles to the rectory at any time up to the Tuesday before the third Wednesday of the odd-numbered months.
Pans with the recipe may be picked up at the Parish Office or in the rear of the church. If you cannot freeze your casseroles for some reason, we will freeze them. As always, we will be at the Rectory Garage between 8:00 — 9:00 AM on the third Wednesday.
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For a charitable deduction
If you would like to deduct this charitable contribution, we will help with that. All you have to do is sign up to make casseroles and we will check off each time you deliver one. At the end of the year we will give you an accounting of your donations and a fair value for them. You feed the hungry and get credit for it also — if you sign up. This is a non-binding agreement.
You deliver a casserole when you can. When you deliver the casserole we will give you a new pan for the next month. To sign up, just deliver your casserole with a note giving your name and that you would like to sign up. Each month or so, deliver your casserole with your name on it and we will do the rest.
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Recipe: Texas Hash Casserole
- 2 lbs Ground beef
- 3 large onions, chopped
- 1 large green pepper, chopped
- 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes in puree
- 4 cups cooked rice
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbls chili powder
In a large skillet cook and stir meat, onions, and green pepper until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain off fat. Add salt, pepper, and chili powder. In a separate bowl mix tomatoes and rice. Add the two mixtures together in the casserole pan. Cover with aluminum foil and freeze.
Please note: there are stickers on the pans for you to put your name and the date.
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Store-bought party-sized (90+ oz.) lasagna and mac & cheese casseroles are also gratefully accepted.
Our Daily Bread also has a regular "wish list" of items which include:- Sugar
- Coffee
- Creamer
- Gallon-Size Tea Bags
- Salt and Pepper
- 25lb. Bags of Rice
- Ketchup/Mustard/Mayonnaise
- Salad Dressing
- Cooking Spray
We are happy to store these items at the rectory if you would like to make a donation.
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For more information
Please contact the Parish Office for more details and updates about the Our Daily Bread outreach.
Links:
Our Daily Bread in Baltimore
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Pastoral Care to the Sick and Homebound
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Please contact the Parish Office when a parishioner is homebound, in the hospital, or in a healthcare facility and wishes to receive a visit or any of the Sacraments. Whenever possible, please make arrangements for Anointing of the Sick before surgery or hospital admission.
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Respect Life
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"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." — Jeremiah 1:5
We invite you to join with us in praying for the sanctity of all human life from natural conception to natural death by promoting the teaching of the Catholic Church through education, outreach, and prayer!
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Project Rachel
Project Rachel is a ministry offering post-abortion counseling, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Please call 410-625-8491 or click here for the Project Rachel Baltimore website. You can also visit the national Project Rachel website which offers compassionate advice, articles, resources, prayers, and much more.
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Life-affirming reproductive care
Mary Ann Sorra, M.D., OB/GYN stopped prescribing artificial contraception and adopted the use of natural family planning in her medical practice in 2009. (Read the Catholic Review article about her.) She then partnered with Saint Agnes to start Natural Fertility Care. She believes she became a better doctor after making that transition — better able to care for the whole human person, body and soul. She trained at the Pope Paul VI Institute and became a Medical Consultant for NaPro technology in 2011. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Association of Pro-life Ob/Gyns. If you are looking for quality, life-affirming, reproductive medical care, then click here to read more about Dr. Sorra and contact her team.
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Adoption and counseling
Maternity Counseling / Adoption Services
These services are offered by Catholic Charities in Baltimore. They offer the support needed to make the best decision for you and your baby.
You can reach their Center for Family Services at 667-600-2400, or call 410-659-4050 or 1-800-CARE-002.
Pregnant, need help? Call 1-800-ANGEL-OK.
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For more information
For Respect Life activities at St. Charles:
Jeanette Pearl
jeanette.pearl.pn@gmail.com
Or contact the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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