Pastoral Care Commission

The Pastoral Care Commission promotes the health of the parish by ministering to the community in times of physical, emotional and spiritual stress, in the caring compassionate manner of Christ. St. Ann's offers a variety of ministries to help you cope in difficult and demanding times.

The ministries that fall under this commission are:

• Loss & Re-Membering is a 6-week grief seminar which provides peer support with trained facilitators for people who have lost a loved one.
  Participants have the opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings in an environment of understanding and empathy. 
  Contact the Parish Office if you are interested. 

• Funeral Receptions - St. Ann's Bereavement/Funeral Receptions Ministry. Sponsored by St. Ann's CCW, and everyone is invited to help. We need parish wide help from anyone who can help with funeral receptions by providing food donations such as, salads, desserts or other treats, on a rotation basis.
  If you are able to help with food donations, please contact Gail at (386) 775-4022.

• Ministry to the Sick/Homebound - Extraordinary Ministers of Communion (MTS) who serve the Body of Christ to the sick and homebound.
  Call the Parish Office if you are baptized Catholic and are homebound and need communion brought to your home in the Orange City/DeBary area only. 

• Prayer Shawl Ministry - Do you know someone who is homebound, in a nursing home or hospital? Prayers shawls provide a warm hug along with a feeling of comfort.  These shawls have been prayed over while being lovingly hand-made, blessed by the priests, and have a rosary in the pocket.  They are available in the Parish Office, shawls are free, but donations are accepted to purchase more yarn.
   
  

        The prayer shawls are an ongoing parish ministry, if you are interested in making one, please call the Parish Office (386) 668-8270 for more information.

• Respite Ministry - Trained volunteers assist family members that are caring for loved ones at home by offering short-term relief and renewal to the primary caregiver.  All information is held in strict confidence.  Call the Parish Office for more information.

• Wellness Ministry - more information to come