Social Concerns & Outreach Ministry

Resurrection’s outreach ministry provides many opportunities to have hands-on involvement in programs that provide for the needs of our neighbors. Practicing our faith is essential to being a person of faith. Virtus training required.

ADOPT-A-PARK

The Church of the Resurrection joins the Rochester Park & Recreation Department in supporting the safety and beauty of our city.
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FOOD FOR FRIENDS MINISTRY

In partnership with Channel One and Ben Franklin School, pack food bags for children in need.
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DOROTHY DAY HOUSE

Provides supper meal and hospitality once a month at the Dorothy Day House, always on the second Saturday of the month.
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FAMILY PROMISE

Assists with providing food items/eating with families/ helping with homework/or providing night security as families seek jobs and/or a place to live.
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SUNDAY LUNCH PROGRAM MINISTRY

A Very Hands-On Way of One of the Corporal Works of Mercy Feeding the Hungry.
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OPERATION ONE MORE – HOLIDAY FOOD BASKETS

Filling the community with holiday cheer, from our parishes to your homes.
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OPERATION HOMETOWN GRATITUDE

This is a ministry where a Rochester Public School program supports our local troops who have been deployed.
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ST. JAMES COFFEE VOLUNTEER

A space for non-Catholics and Catholics alike to come to know Christ and His Church. St. James Coffee is an apostolate of Rochester area Catholics. Parish volunteers assist in serving coffee and food items and provide hospitality.
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that helps the poor and those with temporary needs. It is not a social service agency. The Society is a person-to-person Christian ministry that sees the face of Christ in the faces of those who are suffering.
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