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Oxford Inn
The Oxford Street Inn located on Midland Avenue is a homeless men’s shelter run by Catholic Charities. There are 110 – 120 men seeking shelter at the Inn from 5PM to 7AM, 365 days a year. We provide numerous weekly, monthly and seasonal ministries that address some of the basic needs of those who find themselves homeless. We also provide a ministry of presence in which individuals visit the men, help identify specific needs that we may be able to assist. This ministry provides the potential of building trust and relationships that can help promote change in their lives.
For three years we have marked Holy Week at the shelter with Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday. Priests, seminarians and parishioners from various churches participate in this very moving and sacred ministry. Churches and organizations that have collaborated with St. James in providing and supporting these and many more ministries are: Holy Cross Church and School, Immaculate Conception Church, Holy Family Church, St. Anthony’s Church, St. Lucy’s, Our Lady of Lourdes, Onondaga Valley Presbyterian Church, St. Paul’s Methodist Church and Onondaga Community College.
How can you help?
Monthly at the OX:
• Facilitate scripture sharing and prayer, assist the hairdressers by sweeping the floor in between haircuts, fill and empty basins during foot care, serve donuts and coffee on holiday mornings
Monthly at church:
• Assist in sandwich making or hot meal preparation, organize donations
Monthly at home:
• Bake cookies; launder towels and washcloths from foot care
Seasonal at the OX:
• Help the men write and address holiday greeting cards, distribute items of need, assist at fall cookout
Loaves & Fishes Ministry
A newly developing ministry with the help of a McDevitt Parish Grant Award for Food Pantry/Food Bank needs which St. James received June 15, 2011 from the Diocese of Syracuse. This ministry will help supplement the grocery needs of men from the Oxford Street Inn, who have recently been placed in Catholic Charities housing. Often government food stamps and assistance does not provide enough for food to get these men through to the end of the month. We will develop a process in which particularly needy men will be identified to receive a bag of groceries every month.
How can you help?
• Assist in shopping for and bagging of groceries on a monthly basis
Dorthy Day House
Dorothy Day House is a women's shelter run by Catholic Charities. St. James Church
collects personal and seasonal items for the shelter and its residents throughout the year. Haircuts are made available for any woman or child in crisis once a month. Women and children are also included in our parish Christmas Project campaign. Donuts are delivered holiday mornings during the year.
How can you help?
• Assist the hairdressers by sweeping the floor in between haircuts
• Deliver donuts on holiday mornings
• Deliver items collected once every month
Bishop Foery Foundation
The Bishop Foery Foundation is a family support service under Catholic Charities that provides recreational youth development activities, after school tutoring and mentoring for children ages 5-12. Once a month at the Foundation, the CNY Food Bank Fresh Food Giveaway distributes free food to over eighty families from the neighborhood. We provide a light meal to the families while they are waiting. We also feed the children that attend the after school program that day.
How can you help?
• Assist in making soup or salad and serving on the third Tuesday of every other month
End of Month Meals for St. Lucy’s
The End of the Month Meal Ministry for St. Lucy's was developed to augment
the St. Lucy’s Bread of Life Soup Kitchen on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Three to four hundred meals are served at St. Lucy’s every week. We also help with their Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinners. Freshly baked rolls are provided by our Bread Ministry
How can you help?
• Provide a pan of food every other month on the fourth Wednesday, which will be delivered to St. Lucy’s at 10AM. Commonly prepared foods include: soups, goulash, baked beans and franks, chili, ziti, macaroni or fruit salads.
Southside Outreach
Throughout the year we have opportunities to reach out to neighborhoods on the South Side, while developing relationships through dialogue and service. Understanding their needs allows us to better serve while bringing the presence of Christ to others. These avenues of outreach include free hot dog cookouts and distributing popsicles to inner city children. During the winter months we bring coffee, soup, socks, hats and gloves to homeless people living in camps and under bridges. Many of these outreach efforts are done in collaboration with parishioners from Holy Cross Church in Dewitt, St. Lucy’s, St. Anthony’s, Our Lady of Lourdes in Syracuse and Onondaga Valley Presbyterian Church.
How can you help?
• Assist with serving food at cookouts and coffee runs
Northside Outreach
Butternut Police Community Center
The Butternut Police Community Center provides an after school program for approximately twenty children including tutoring, arts and crafts, structured activities and socialization on the North Side. Parishioners from Holy Cross provide a hearty soup for the children twice a month.
How can you help?
• Provide soup or cookies on a Tuesday once a month
Procession for Peace: June 29th, July 13th, July 27th, July 28th and July 29th
Holy Family Church will be hosting BBQ’s at Assumption Church on North Salina Street. The purpose is to bring the presence of Christ, His peace to the poor and needy of the North Side. There will be two preliminary BBQ’s June 29 and July 13 to develop a presence and relationship with our brothers and sisters of the North Side. This will culminate in a three evening event of food and guest speakers to nourish the body and soul. The last evening will conclude with a Eucharistic Procession along the neighboring streets returning to Assumption Church for Benediction; an evening to share the love of God as we know it within the practices of our Catholic Faith. All events begin at 6PM.
How can you help?
• Assist with food and beverage service, children’s tables, set up and breakdown
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