Respect Life
The Parish Respect Life Group aims to build an awareness of current issues concerning the unborn, persons with disabilities, the elderly and other life issues. For more information click on this link. Respect Life
St. Vincent De Paul Society The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish Conference was formed in 2006, by our parishioners who join together to grow spiritually, by offering person to person service to those who are need and suffering. St Vincent De Paul info
Parish Youth Ministry (PYM)
The Saint Robert Bellarmine “Parish Youth Ministry” (PYM) Program is committed to the reality that young people are an important and integral part of our parish community. The PYM Program seeks to foster the maturing faith of our youth and the surrounding community. Contact Fr. Matthew Tralies, 215.343.0315 Director High School Barbara Palo
Helping Hands Ministry
The Help Your Neighbor Program has a few dedicated volunteers who assist in coordinating such parish activities as the annual Christmas Giving Tree, the annual Good Friday Poor Man’s Supper and general assistance to our sister parish, St. Cyprian, Philadelphia, Pa. upon request. Gifts donated at Christmas are distributed confidentially to local parish families, to Neshaminy Manor Nursing home residents, our sister parish, St. Cyprian’s, located in Philadelphia, Pa. and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Poor Man’s Supper consists of a simple meal shared in the church hall immediately following the Passion of Our Lord on Good Friday. St. Robert’s has very generously donated school supplies to the children of St. Cyprian’s parish school. In an ongoing effort to support their community outreach program, non-perishable food items are collected on a monthly basis and delivered to St. Cyprian’s food pantry. All these things are made possible through the continued generosity of the parishioners of St. Robert’s. Contact: Rosemary Abecasis, 215.343.8113 or Sallie Theis 215.343.4067
Bereavement and Healing Ministry
The goal of this ministry is to comfort the newly bereaved in our parish family by letting them know that that the parish priests and parishioners are available to the family not only at the time of death but for as long as needed. Members of this ministry are adult volunteers with good listening skills and a genuine desire to assist those who have lost a loved one. The group also assists with the annual Memorial Mass (for all those parishioners who have died in the last year) and also with the annual Healing Mass in April (for those parishioners who wish to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick). Contact: Mary Williams, 215.343.7159
St. John’s Hospice Trays
Each month members of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish provide food for St. John’s Hospice for Men in Center City, Philadelphia. The Hospice provides meals and other services to the poor of the city. Between 45-55 trays of food are donated monthly. Frozen trays are brought to the kitchen freezer in our Church Hall. This program gives parishioners the opportunity to perform one of the Corporal Works of Mercy—to feed the hungry. Parishioners interested in this program can pick up trays in the Narthex. The Hospice picks up the trays on the third Tuesday of each month. Please watch the bulletin for dates and information. Saint John’s Hospice
Christ’s Housekeepers
This is an energetic group of parishioners who volunteer to clean the church every Monday after the 7:00AM Mass. Their goal is to maintain a welcoming and beautiful space for all who come to worship. More volunteers are always needed! Contact: Eleanor Crowley, 215.675.8955
Picnic for the Physically Challenged
This annual event was started by the late Fr. John Nees over 40 years ago. Each July this picnic brings together physically challenged people from as far away as Boston. They share food, games and social interaction with our parish volunteers. It takes place in July and all parishioners are welcome to volunteer. Contact: Brian and Joann Paris, 215.674.8952
Bloodmobile
Twice a year the parish provides parishioners with the opportunity to donate blood through the American Red Cross program. Each year in the spring and fall the Bloodmobile comes to St. Robert’s. Parish volunteers help in coordinating the program by calling past donors and arranging appointments and schedules. Parishioners can assist with the Bloodmobile Drive both as phone volunteers and donors. The times and dates are announced in advance in the parish bulletin. Contact: Carolyn and John Heary, 215.675.8156
Mass at Neshaminy Manor
On the second Monday of each month, members of St. Robert Bellarmine parish community gather to celebrate Mass with the residents of Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home in Warrington. Anyone from the parish is welcome to join in this celebration where we join in fellowship and prayer with the residents. We are in need of volunteers to assist in bringing the residents from their rooms to the worship space. If interested please call Joan Fitzpatrick, 215. 343.0315
St. Francis Inn Program
The St. Francis Inn is a Franciscan community located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The community is composed of religious and lay people called to live and minister among the poor and homeless. The poor and homeless are served by means of a soup kitchen, a thrift shop and a women’s day center. St. Robert Bellarmine Parish holds a collection once a month on the following items need at the Inn: plastic bags (from the supermarket) and toiletry items (shampoo, shaving cream, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, etc, especially hotel size). Volunteers are need to assist in gathering and delivering this collection. Contact: Mike Mullen, 215.343.7587
Afghan Guild
This group supplies afghans for the homeless and needy. The completed afghans are supplied to St. John’s Hospice, St. Francis Inn, other hospices and homes for unwed mothers. Members meet once a month. Those who cannot attend crochet or knit at home. Material donations are always welcome. All who knit or crochet, or have a desire to learn, are welcome to join. Contact: Mary Mc Devitt, 215.343.2938
Garden Club
This club strives to enhance the exterior of our parish buildings by planting and maintaining flowers and shrubs around the church, parish hall and rectory. Needed are those who have the ability to help with initial plantings in the Spring and periodic maintenance (weeding and watering)) during the Summer and Fall. This is a wonderful parish activity, especially for families with children! Contact: Joanne Galganski, 215.343.4173
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