National Pastoral Care Week

This is National Pastoral Care Week (Oct. 24-30) which takes time out to recognize and thank pastoral caregivers. We serve in the streets, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, mental health facilities and prisons, etc. In this day and age, not all chaplains are ordained clergy.

St. Anthony's Bread Mission Apostolate realizes and appreciates this better than most others. Established 23 years ago as a private clerical association, we later encompassed the laity into our common suffering ministry as "pastoral associates". Together we evolved into an interfaith covenant community gathered from the streets, hospitals and prisons.

So in appreciation of those who reached out to serve you and your loved ones during painful times of hardship, please consider developing your own spiritual gifts and perspectives in a variety of functions such as preaching, teaching, leadership, management, pastoral care and perhaps pastoral counseling and sharing them with others. The Church needs YOU.