Outreach
Be a neighbor.
Bread, a bag of groceries, a lunch, a visit, an hour with a child. We would like to know what you are able to give, and we welcome all levels of participation.
Not sure where you fit?
Call the parish office and tell us how much time you have and what you enjoy doing. We will help you look.
Working with children or teens?
Everyone who works or volunteers with minors first completes an application, a background check and training.
Once a month
Monthly Food Drive (Brown Bags)
Pick up a bag after Mass on the first Sunday of the month, and return it filled on the second Sunday. The food goes to charitable organizations.
Joe Meighan: 201-891-4909 · Joenmary6@aol.com
In its season
Holiday Food Drive
Boxes of Love and Bundles of Hope: Easter and Thanksgiving meals for local food pantries and families in need.
Bobby Hart: 201-519-0880 · rhart2426@gmail.com
Marian Torrisi: 201-280-4246 · marian.torrisi@gmail.comAdvent Giving Tree
Brings Christmas to people in need in neighboring communities. This year, choose a gift online through the Giving Tree link, or call Laurie and Dan Kocher. Drop gifts at the rectory garage on Saturday, December 5, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, or Sunday, December 6, 8:00 AM–noon.
Laurie Kocher: 201-788-8980 · lauriekocher4stes@gmail.com
Dan Kocher: 201-788-5913 · djkocher274@gmail.com
Also listed: 201-670-8038Coats for Kids
$26 buys a new winter coat for a child in need in northern New Jersey. Give at kofc13678.org, or by check payable to Saint Elizabeth K of C, sent to the Parish Center.
Gene Gallagher, Chair: 201-264-2256
Food Packathon
For Holy Name Haiti Health Promise, in the St. Elizabeth gym. Friday, November 13, 6:30–8:30 PM, and Saturday, November 14, 12:00–2:30 PM. All are welcome.
Ray Corbett: 201-675-4057
Time with someone
Good Samaritan Ministry
Bring food to an elderly person who is homebound, and stay for a visit.
Mary Gallagher: 201-446-6956 · Mcgallagher310@verizon.net
Ministry to the Sick and Homebound
Bring the Eucharist to parishioners who cannot come to Mass, at home and at the Christian Health Care Center. How it works
Mary Ann Musto: 201-891-1122 ext. 212 · MMusto@saintelizabeths.org
Bereavement Ministry
Facilitators who have suffered their own losses support others through grief. Groups and times
On the streets
Bridges Run
Teams of volunteers prepare lunches and hand them out on the streets of Newark and Irvington. A good opportunity for teens. The next Bridges Packathon is Friday, March 12, 2027, 7:00–8:30 PM, in the Youth Room.
Elizabeth Warren: 201-891-1122 ext. 227 · Ewarren@saintelizabeths.org
Our sister school
Sacred Heart School Volunteers
Travel to Sacred Heart School in Jersey City while school is in session. Music, art, computers, Spanish, tutoring in a specific subject, or office work: tell us what you know, and it will be put to use.
Mary Carpentieri: 201-679-7935 · patcNJ@verizon.net
Angel Fund
Help raise $50,000 each year for Sacred Heart School.
Dan McHugh: 201-891-1122 ext. 202 · DanM@saintelizabeths.org
Respect for life
Respect Life Committee
Makes the community more aware of the Church’s teaching on pro-life issues through various projects and activities.
Jenn Ragucci: 201-891-1122 ext. 260 · JennR@saintelizabeths.org
For the next St. Martin Soup Kitchen date, please see the bulletin or ask the parish office: 201-891-1122.