SERENA NFP TRAINING COUPLES NEEDED

NFP TRAINING:  Are you a SERENA user couple who is interested in teaching other couples about this marriage-enriching method of natural family planning?  SERENA will be facilitating a three-day training course on Saturdays, June 9, September 8, and September 29 from 9:00am-4:00pm in Saskatoon.  Childcare, lunch and snacks will be provided.  Teacher Couples in Training must have been a SERENA user couple for at least 6 months.  As Teacher Couples teach the sympto-thermal method, they better understand their own fertility.  They are also channels for others to improve their marriage relationships.  Due to the growing demand of couples wanting to manage their fertility naturally, our need for Teacher Couples is also increasing.  For more information, contact SERENA at sask@serena.ca.  To talk to a Teacher Couple in Prince Albert, contact Claude and Michele at 764-9707; in North Battleford, contact Jim and Maureen at 937-7683; in Saskatoon, contact Kevin and Annette at 934-8223; in Regina, contact Brad and Wendy at 586-8208; for the Ukrainian Eparchy, contact Don and Deb at 373-9947.

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED

More than seventy students between the ages of 13 – 18 will be coming from France

session 1: July 4 - 30 and session 2: August 1 – 28

They have studied the English language for approximately 4 years and enjoy leisure and outdoor activities, as well as a family setting.  If you can provide a home, please contact Debbie at 545-0901 or 737-2054 or email debackerman@sasktel.net.  Financial assistance is provided to the host family (up to a maximum of $500.00 per session).  Bring a bit of French culture to your family this summer. 

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PORTERS  NEEDED!!

Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home is in urgent need of porters to assist in bringing our Residents to and from Mass/Services between 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

If you are able to assist in this ministry for our Residents, please contact Catherine Fox, Director of Pastoral Care at 766-7092 or email Catherine.fox@rqhealth.ca.

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Volunteers Needed for Circles of Support and Accountability

Circles of Support and Accountability South Saskatchewan (CoSA) are experiencing an increase in the number of sexual offenders requesting circles of support to assist them with their reintegration into our communities. One of our organization’s core beliefs is “No More Victims”. We promote this objective by providing support and accountability to sexual offenders through circles of friendship and support.

Our circles assist offenders to successfully reintegrate into communities by offering support, modeling and encouraging a law-abiding lifestyle, and holding each other accountable for our behaviour.  It is a fact that providing sexual offenders with circles of support allows the community to become engaged and participate in the process of assisting sexual offenders to reintegrate into a community that they have not always been welcomed into.

More and more, we are being asked to provide support to sexual offenders who are living in our communities.  Therefore, we are actively recruiting volunteers to assist us in this work. We are looking for volunteers from all walks of life—people who are able to join our organizations to assist in our circles. CoSA invites your organization to assist us in this work.

As coordinator of CoSA in South Saskatchewan, I welcome the opportunity to talk with you and members of your organization about this work.  I would like to provide you with an opportunity to join our Volunteer Basic Training to learn more of what Volunteers with our Organization do for our community. If anyone would like a presentation or more information on CoSA please feel free to contact us at 1(306) 949-2672 (office) 1(306) 537 -2672 (Amanda Richter Goddard – Coordinator) or email us at amanda.cosass@sasktel.net

Amanda Richter Goddard, BA. CoSA South Saskatchewan Program Coordinator 

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Volunteer Opportunities for Archdiocese of Regina Youth Ministry Program

Photography & Video: *There are many events over the course of a year which need to be captured for promotional or archival purposes. If you have some skill in the area of video recording or  photography, we can use those gifts!

Graphics and Posters: *If  you enjoy exercising your creativity in the area of creating posters and brochures, the youth office would love to chat with you! We have no shortage of events that need creative promotional materials.

Food Prep: * Wherever you have teens you need to have food! We are always in need of people willing to bake muffins/cookies baked, do grocery shopping, run kitchen for camps and retreats.

Misc. Expertise: * Depending on what project we have currently undertaken, we frequently find ourselves in need of folks who can share some expertise in the areas of sewing, carpentry and sound set-up.

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Many Hands Make Light Work!

Are you called to use your talents as a goal-oriented strategic thinker, communicator and social networker (introverts and extroverts welcome!) to share your passion for the work of the Roman Catholic Church? The Archdiocesan Annual Appeal Committee is seeking members from each Deanery to bring their fresh ideas to this year’s Appeal. Our (fun and dynamic) meetings take place approximately once every six weeks and a full role description is available for you to review before making a commitment. Please contact Christina Attard, Development Director at
cattard@archregina.sk.ca
or 306-352-1651 x220 for further information.

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CNIB Needs Volunteers

Two special volunteers are needed by the CNIB to help two people who have vision loss.

• A gentleman is needed to read a book aloud, (the task is finished when the book is done),
• A lady is needed to visit and have tea once or twice a week for a few months with a senior lady.

If you have some time to spare please call Patty at the CNIB at 565-5424. Your time will make a difference to these people.

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PAGER RELIEVERS NEEDED

The Archdiocese is seeking Pager Relievers to assist Roman Catholic Hospital Chaplains by carrying a pager when Chaplains are away from the hospital.

Education requirements:

One unit of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) or certificate of Pastoral Studies
Parish Home Ministry of Care course from the RQ Health Region and/or Stephen Ministry
Orientation at the hospital(s) where the Pager Reliever will serve
An honorarium is offered from the Archdiocese for this service.

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PASTORAL CARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home is in need of volunteers to assist the Pastoral Care Department by ministering in the following areas:

• Pastoral Care visiting;
• Communion Ministry;
• Portering Residents to and from the Chapel for Mass and other services

Requirements for Pastoral Care visiting include a course in either

"Basics of Spiritual Care Giving" by the RQ Health Region and/or Stephen Ministry.

"Ministry of Care" Sessions offered by the Archdiocese. 

For further information please contact: 
Catherine Fox, Director of Pastoral Care at 766-7092; 
email: Catherine.fox@rqhealth.ca