Social Ministry

SOCIAL MINISTRY NEWS

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Feed the Hungry at Christ House
Donations of food are needed to help teens prepare and serve the evening meal at Christ House the first Thursday of each month.
Lent 2019
Virginia March for Life
40 Days 40 Items
Pick up a blue bag and a donation list in the Commons. Add a grocery item to your bag each day as you say a prayer for those in need. Donations collected throughout Lent.

Operation Rice Bowl
​(Catholic Relief Services)
Pick up a Rice Bowl at the Information Counter and visit crsricebowl.org for ideas on how to prepare simple meals during Lent and share the savings with CRS.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
8:15am Bus leaves from Knights of Columbus Hall 
11am Rally at the State Capitol - Capitol Square, Richmond VA
12pm March for Life around Capitol Square.
Share your  commitment to protecting life from conception to natural death.  More info 
Sign up to ride the Good Shepherd/St. Louis/Knights of Columbus bus:
“Loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves.”

At Good Shepherd, we value the need to serve and stand with the poor and vulnerable, to advocate for justice, and to learn and live the seven core themes of Catholic Social Teaching.

Social Ministry work has been a hallmark of the parish since its early years. Indeed, Good Shepherd has helped launch two independent nonprofit agencies that are pivotal in serving the Alexandria, Virginia community: Good Shepherd Housing, and Progreso Literacy and Citizenship Center. We are also a founding church member of VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement in Northern Virginia), an interfaith social justice advocacy initiative.

Social Ministry at Good Shepherd includes more than 40 ongoing programs based on faith in action - programs of charity, advocacy, and education for all ages plus ministries of healing, comfort, and support. Furthermore, the Social Justice Ministry oversees an ongoing Emergency Assistance program and the annual Shepherd’s Gate Grant program.

For more information or to learn how to get involved, contact our Director of Social Ministry.
Learn more about our programs and 
opportunities to serve below: