Chairperson…Francis Keefe (942-5624)

Crop Walk
Choose either to help organize IC's participation in the Durham area CROP Walk, help at our Rest Stop on Duke's East Campus, or be a walker with pledge support. Time Commitment: About 4 hours on the day of the walk (helping to recruit pledges after Sunday Masses is about 30 minutes/Sunday).

Contact: Mary Jane Wiethe

Phone: 682-3785

Duke Cancer Patient Support
Be a compassionate presence for cancer patients (& family) and help to make their visit (diagnosis, treatment, and after-care) less stressful. Answer non-medical related questions. Time Commitment: Participants choose daY (Mon.-Fri.), AM or PM, 4 hours a week

Contact: Larry De Carolis

Phone: 682-3449, x256

Durham Economic Resource Center
Contact: Maryann Crea, x270

Familias Saludables
Contact: Katushka Olave, x290

Food Drives
Support and organize food drives for agencies that serve the needy and transport food to local pantries. Time Commitment: 2 hours per month

Contact: Maryann Crea (682-3449, x270) or Katushka Olave (682-3449, x290)

Habitat for Humanity
As a hands-on volunteer, work side by side with the new home owner and help them to accomplish the dream of home ownership, pride and self-esteem. Time Commitment: a few hours on a Saturday morning when house is under construction

Contact: Bob Wiethe

Phone: 682-3785

Interfaith Hospitality Network
Provide emergency housing and meals for homeless families at local Durham churches. Durham Interfaith Hospitality Network is a not-for-profit, non-denominational association of 30+ Durham area congregations which uses church volunteers and facilities to feed and provide shelter for homeless families. Its mission is to address the needs of homeless families by mobilizing churches, synagogues, and people of faith to move toward residential stability. Time commitment: prepare and serve dinner, or spend the night at a church, once every ten weeks

Contact: Catherine Pleil

Phone: 383-9681

Los Padres Latinos (Latina Mothers' Playgroup)
The Latina Mothers' Playgroups serve Spanish-speaking mothers with children ages 0-3yrs. Each group meets once a week for 1½ hours for fellowship, music, sharing ideas, developing nurturing parenting skills, information sharing and providing referrals to community resources.

Contact: Katushka Olave

Phone: 682-3449, x290

Meals for the Homeless
Join in either preparing and/or serving one meal a month to our hungry and homeless sisters and brothers at the Community Kitchen of Urban Ministries of Durham. Time Commitment: About one hour per month.

Contact: John Hughes at 286-1731 or Patrick Bohmer at 572-0156

Prison Ministry
Help those incarcerated to discover forgiveness, reconciliation and God's love through visits, letters, prayers, advocating, etc.

Contact: Larry DeCarolis

Phone: 682-3449, x256

Spanish Tax Preparation
Help members of the Latino community prepare state and federal income tax documents. Half-day training and translators provided. Work one Saturday or several. Time Commitment: a few hours on Saturday mornings from Feb. 1st through April 15th.

Contact: Kirk Wagenseller (489-6981) or Katushka Olave (682-3449, x290)

Bread for the World (Pan para el Mundo)
Bread for the World helps Christians translate the Gospel call for justice into effective policies on hunger/poverty issues through prayer, study, and action. Time Commitment: Local group meets monthly for 1 hour to write letters to national legislators.

Contact: Lloyd Schmeidler

Phone: 682-0538
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Ecumenical Advocacy Days
This is an annual interdenominational training and advocacy program in Washington, D.C. Receive two days of legislative advocacy training in tracks including Global Security, Africa, Asia, Eco-justice, Domestic, Latin America, Immigration, Middle East and Jubilee and Economic Justice. Then on Monday meet with our North Carolina Senators and local Representatives to put your advocacy skills into practice. Time Commitment: Four days in March

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Respect Life
This ministry seeks to foster understanding of and action around a spectrum of issues related to respect for human life. This ministry upholds a consistent ethic of life that is concerned for the unborn and their mothers, the terminally ill, the disabled, refugees, all victims of violence and abuse and promoting an end to the death penalty. Please click here for advocacy links from the Respect Life Ministry.

Contact: Kathy Siemer

Phone: (336)562-5452

Durham CAN
Work with a diverse group of area community leaders from different religious, denominational and ethnic backgrounds to identify neighborhood and citywide issues and to develop area support and implement solutions. Time Commitment: Flexible
Please click here to read the minutes from the September 13th Internal Assembly meeting.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Immigration Concerns
Click here to participate in the USCCB's campaign to urge Congress to pass reform legislation.

Contact: Fr. Bill McIntyre

Phone: 682-3449, x258

Latino Coalition

Contact: Cruz Cabrera

Phone: 286-6761

Religious Coalition for a Non-Violent Durham
Founded in 1992, the mission of the Religious Coalition is to act to prevent and rectify the injustice of violence in Durham. Activities include public prayer vigils to honor and publicly recognize the dignity and worth of homicide victims, to comfort family and friends and to sanctify and bring healing to the site where the violence occurred, a Reconciliation and Reentry Ministry connecting men and women returning from prison with a congregational faith team, monthly community lunches and roundtable discussions and the Hands Without Guns art education project. Time Commitment: Flexible

Contact: Anna Lee Sabella-Mosley

Phone: 489-8592

Advent Alternative Gift Fair
This gift fair focuses on the education concerning global labor and economic conditions and provides an opportunity for parishioers to support fair trade. Time Commitment: Once a year event: organization of weekend fair, held after each Sunday Mass in early December.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Bridges of Hope
Our mission is to raise awareness of the plight of Christians in the Holy Land, provide educational scholarships to Palestinian children through the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation and support advocacy for a just and peaceful resolution to the conflict in the Middle East. Time Commitment: Flexible.

Contact: Margaret Johnston

Phone: 489-0439

Environmental Stewardship
This group supports parish activities that acknowlege the fragility and preciousness of God's creation, and incorporates this awareness into all aspects of the community life including: liturgy, Faith Formation, Immaculata School, building facilities, and stewardship. The committee sponsors educational workshops and a parish Earth Day Fair in April. Click here to read our newsletter, Green Spirit. Time commitment: Monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of each month from 7-8pm in the Music Room in the Olive Tree Building

Contact: Susan Concannon

Phone: 688-7409

IAF Training
Learn the art of community organizing and its connection to the gospel. Time Commitment: half-day to one week, depending on training

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Just Faith
A thirty-week program of study and reflection on Catholic Social Teaching in the context of our lives and community. Time Commitment: 2.5 hours of classtime per week, plus outside reading for 30 weeks.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Keepers of the Earth
Have you tried to integrate your interest in nature with your faith? Do you want to deepen your understanding of how our Christian tradition calls us to care for God's creation? Keepers of the Earth is an eight-week, adult faith formation course that explores the deep connection between ecology and the Catholic faith. For more information or to register for the course, see contact information below.

Contact: Sue Concannon

Phone: 688-7409
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Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities is a private, nonprofit social service agency serving the people of eastern North Carolina. For over 100 years, we have continued a rich tradition of providing a wide range of services. All programs are available to individuals and families regardless of race, creed, or ability to pay through seven regional offices. The mission of Catholic Charities is to assist the parishes, communities and Diocese of Raleigh in accomplishing the social mission of the church. In its roles as servant, advocate, facilitator and convener, Catholic Charities acts in the parish and community-at-large to heighten awareness of issues and, when appropriate, provides services to fulfill unmet needs. Catholic Charities serves people in need through advocating for social and economic justice as well as addressing immediate needs with emergency resources or direct services.

Contact: Theresa Hatzell Hoke

Phone: 880-8729

Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America
CITCA is a politically independent grassroots organization. We are people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. Our mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas. We accomplish this by challenging and working to change U.S. policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contact: Sarah Freedman

Phone: 493-5226

Clean Energy Durham
Clean Energy Durham is a non-profit organization that promotes and encourages energy savings, neighborhood by neighborhood. We do this by:
- creating effective and replicable neighborhood organizations to encourage and assist Durham households in saving energy;
- measuring and monitoring results;
- partnering with other local organizations and businesses to increase investment in local energy: saving and renewable energy projects; and
- training other communities in Durham's successful techniques.

Contact: Susan Concannon

Phone: 688-7409

Durham Congregations in Action
DCIA is an interfaith, inter-racial organization of 58 congregations. In a spirit of reconciliation and with gratitude for the gift of diversity, DCIA seeks to engage and empower people of faith to create a community of justice and peace through our common prayers and acts of compassion; and with prophetic courage to act as advocates for the dignity and well-being of all persons, recognizing that behind every human face is the face of God.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Durham Nativity School
The mission of the Durham Nativity School (DNS) is based on the highly successful model of other Nativity Network and Nativity Miguel Schools across the country - to help break the cycle of poverty through a quality middle school education that will help empower each child to reach his or her full potential.

Contact: Joe Moylan

Phone: 403-5759

Eno River Association
The Eno River Association is a 501c3 non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to conserve and protect the natural, cultural and historic resources of the Eno River basin.

Contact: Susan Concannon

Phone: 688-7409

Love Fund Agencies and Recipients
Established in the 1980s as a special weekly collection at Immaculate Conception, this ministry provides support to individuals and families who need a "helping hand up" simply to get by. Families in need of assistance for a variety of reasons are recommended to us by local social service agencies.

Contact: Joyce Milko

Phone: 682-3449, x265

Meals on Wheels
Established in 1975, Meals on Wheels of Durham, Inc. delivers hot, nutritious meals to Durham County residents who are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. Since its inception, Meals on Wheels of Durham, Inc. has served more than one and a half million meals through the generous help and support of its staff, volunteers, donors, and sponsors.

Contact: Ann Carole Moylan

Phone: 403-5759

National Farm Worker Ministry
The National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) is an interfaith organization that supports farm workers as they organize for empowerment, justice, and equality.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light
North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light is an interfaith ministry devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith. We work with faith communities to address the causes and consequences of global climate change through education and public advocacy. Our goal is to help people of faith recognize and fulfill their responsibillity for the stewardship of creation. People of faith have an opportunity to put their faith into action and help reduce the devastating effects of global warming.

Contact: Susan Concannon

Phone: 688-7409

Our Children's Place
Our Children's Place is a residential initiative allowing young children (babies and preschoolers) to live with their mothers while the women serve out their sentences for nonviolent offenses. It is designed to break the intergenerational cycle of crime, poverty, substance abuse, and family violence and empower the child with the help of his/her mother to enhance his/her cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development.

Contact: Kathleen Shapley-Quinn

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
The mission of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449

Pregnancy Support Services
Pregnancy Support Services is a Christian ministry assisting individuals facing the challenge of an unplanned pregnancy, ministering to emotional and spiritual needs resulting from abortion or miscarriage and promoting sexual abstinence in the community.

Contact: Caroline Connor

Phone: 403-7823

Senior PharmAssist
Senior PharmAssist promotes healthier living for Durham seniors by helping them obtain and better manage needed medications and by providing health education, community referral, and advocacy.

Contact: Ann Carole Moylan

Phone: 403-5759

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
Student Action with Farmworkers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other's lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. SAF accomplishes its mission by working with farmworkers to address their concerns through documentation of human rights violations, grassroots education and mobilization, leadership development of young people, policy advocacy, and support of labor organizing.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270

Urban Ministries of Durham
At Urban Ministries of Durham, we believe that no one should be without food, clean clothing, or a safe place to sleep. We have created a welcoming, caring and compassionate environment where people can heal, find hope, and begin to rebuild their lives.

Contact: Executive Director Patrice Nelson 

Phone: 682-0538, x27

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Witness for Peace
Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP's mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing the U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contact: Sarah Freedman

Phone: 493-5226

YO: Durham
YO: Durham (Year of Opportunity for Durham Teens) is the newest initiative of Durham Congregations in Action. Based on a successful Boston, MA program, the program annually will serve 30-40 students for a 52-week period. The YO: Durham program includes a paid six-week Summer Career Academy, team mentoring for the entire year, and a paid job internship during the school year. Its goals are an increased rate of high school graduation, increased enrollment in post-secondary education, increased workplace preparedness and a decrease in the number of students appearing in the criminal justice system.

Contact: Maryann Crea

Phone: 682-3449, x270