BROOK HAPPENINGS and COMMUNITY LIFE
Ministry of Bereavement
H.O.P.E.
(A Support
Group for Widows and Widowers)
"Helping Others Providing Encouragement"
Meeting dates are contained
in the Bulletin under the heading Brook Happenings. The direct link to the
Bulletin can be found on the main page of this site.
Since H.O.P.E. is an open support group, we encourage you to invite and/or bring a family member or friend who is recently widowed.
Lord, be thou
within me, to strengthen me;
Without me, to keep me;
Above me to
protect me;
Beneath me, to uphold me;
Before me, to direct me;
Behind me, to keep me from straying;
Round about me, to defend me.
Lancelot Andrewes
COMMUNITY LIFE
Service Opportunity
A Hearty Meal for Lakeview Shelter
Sponsored by the Human Concerns Commission
Meals were provided and served on the first Friday of each
month from October 6, 2006 to April 6, 2007 for our friends at the Lakeview
Shelter in Wrigleyville. Sign up sheets for the 2007 - 2008 term
will be in the social area in the Social Area beginning in September. On behalf of the Human Concerns Commission and
the homeless at Lakeview Shelter, we thank you for your time and
effort!
God Bless!
Judi Ronan, 847.559.8511
Join us for Dinner at Hilda's Place
Hilda's Place, in Evanston, provides overnight shelter with
support services
for adult men and women. Our Lady of the Brook is committed to
serving
dinner on the fourth and fifth Tuesday every month. We need a
minimum of 4
volunteers to prepare and serve dinner as well as prepare some
of the dinner
in advance. Details are available by the sign up sheets in the
Social
Area. Please call Mary Vollkommer,
847.272.5964.
Meet the Bread Brigade!
(Every Monday Night)
On Monday nights Karen (Susala) and Bill Hayworth deliver the bread from Panera on Waukegan Road in Deerfield. If they are unavailable, one of the packers makes arrangements to be there before closing to get the daily leftovers. Richard Werner, Susan Vaickauski, Mariette Fine, Brigitte Fine, James Fine, Henk Lamberts, Christal Lamberts, Debbie Gordon along with her brother and Susan Eimerman meet at OLB to spend a half hour packing the bread into single family servings.
They leave some for St. Martin's on their designated weeks. Karen delivers some bread to "Wings," Judi and Mark Ronan deliver some to Hilda's Place for their intake program participants, they leave some for Little Mexico which Rudy delivers on his way home, Mark Spina sometimes takes some to Catholic Charities and Susan takes a load to the New Life Shelter. (Although after mid October, Judi Ronan may add that delivery to her Hilda's Place treck.) Occasionally, Joanne and Jim Futrell run the delivery to New Life Shelter as well.
Jean Borin and the knitters of OLB sometimes leave us supplies for New Life. In the past they have provided new pillows and food, along with their home stitched products.
Interested in joining the Bread Brigade? Call the rectory and we will put you in touch with the group.
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