Upcoming events
World Refugee Day
✅ Host a refugee welcome drive for home goods or gift cards
✅ Learn a greeting in another language and share it at Mass or school
✅ Pray for peace and safety for displaced persons
📘 Book: Outcasts United by Warren St. John
🍽️ Family Idea: Prepare a meal from a refugee-represented culture and pray before eating
🎥 Bonus: Watch The Swimmers (based on a true refugee story) and reflect
National Volunteer Week
✅ Volunteer to pack hygiene or clothing kits
✅ Volunteer in a food pantry
✅ Join the RSVP program for those over the age of 55
Safer Internet Day
✅ Host a parish or home event on healthy digital habits
✅ Create a “no phones” night with games and intentional connection
National Marriage Week
✅ Sponsor a counseling session for a struggling family
✅ Share a meal or check in on a family going through hardship
📘 Book: Love and Responsibility by St. John Paul II
Human Trafficking Prevention Day
✅ Donate food or grocery gift cards to help families
✅ Support transitional housing for trafficking survivors
Poverty Awareness Month
✅ Donate food or grocery gift cards to help families
✅ Volunteer to mentor a participant in our Thrive Life Skills class in need of guidance
📘 Book: The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú
🏡 Family Idea: Assemble “Kindness Kits” with hygiene and snack items to deliver to a shelter or Catholic Charities office
🙏 Prayer Practice: Read and reflect on the Beatitudes together
World Day of the Poor
✅ Donate items to your local food pantry
✅ Create cold weather kits (hats, gloves, socks, blankets) and donate them to a shelter or hand them out to the homeless
Book: “The Boy Who Met Jesus” by Immaculée Ilibagiza (based on a true Rwandan story)
Family Idea: Fill a “gratitude jar” all month and give it to your favorite charity
National Adoption Month
✅ Pray for adoptive families and children praying for a loving family