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~ CATECHISTS ~Corporal Works of Mercy –Shelter the Homeless
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TRAINING VIDEOS
This is in addition to regular PADS training.
2021 Training Video - Site Specific - See Below
https://youtu.be/jCVaQQAtHjY
(Download the PDF of documents so you have a copy and you can follow in the video)
PDF training documents
Please contact a director to volunteer - and arrange training.
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Sign Up to Volunteer - Click Below
PADS Saturday Night Cooking Teams Needed: As of 12/30/2024
- February 22, 2025
- March 1, 2025
- March 29, 2025
Cooking Teams & SERVERS are needed – Please sign up here for your night: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D44AEAC23A6FE3-stalphonsus#/
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Corporal Works of Mercy
The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities.242
Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently.
The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead.243
Among all these, giving alms to the poor is one of the chief witnesses to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God:244
If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?247
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PADS - Public Action to Deliver Shelter
Saint Alphonsus is a Saturday Evening PADS Site
October 5, 2024 - April 26, 2025Our doors have been opened since 1990, Fr. Greg Wojcik, Pastor
There are multiple shifts of volunteers who donate their time and love to keep this shelter open.
This is an overnight shelter for our local homeless community. Every Saturday night during these time, we provide a hot dinner, a warm place to sleep, plus breakfast and a lunch for the following day. All guests are vetted (for safety reasons) through JOURNEYS.- Set-Up Shift - please plan and pre-arrange through the director weeks ahead of time.
- Cook Dinner - please contact Wendy at 224-402-1968
- 1st shift: 7:00pm - 9:00pm/11:00pm (check in)
- 2nd shift: 11:00pm - 3:00am (after dinner, late arrivals, make lunches)
- 3rd shift: 3:00am - 7:00am (Be available, prepare for continental breakfast)
- Clean-up shift: 6:00am - 7:00/7:30am
Volunteers: Contact Frank Mattison, 1-224-402-1964, [email protected]
** Cooking Teams - Contact Wendy Mattison, [email protected] -
JOURNEY's Headquarters
Located in Palatine, Illinois
(across from Arlington Stadium) (possible future home of the Bears)
Volunteers (from all faiths and parishes) are always needed.
We volunteer in many shifts throughout the night; including opportunities for FAMILIES to volunteer together.
PADS activity is also covered under the Illinois Good Samaritan Act since the food is given away to those in need free of charge.