Volunteer at St. Gertrude

Volunteers are Welcome!

St. Gertrude Parish is a caring, compassionate community whose mission is to serve others, seek to change social structures in conformity with the Good News we proclaim. We are committed to social action in the neighborhoods of the parish, the city, the Church and the wider world. St. Gertrude has many opportunities to volunteer your time and talents. Below you will find ways to get directly involved in our parish community.

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For more information about these groups, please email stgertrude1420@stgertrudechicago.org or call the Rectory at 773.743.6277.

Volunteers Needed to Help with Mass

Volunteer Roles

The Archdiocese has provided comprehensive guidelines for how parishes can move forward in once again celebrating mass together in church.

We need volunteers to manage each event (mass, baptism, funeral, reconciliation, marriage, private prayer, etc.) that will take place in church. The safety protocols will be in place for an extended time. As such, we are asking you to prayerfully consider joining our volunteer corps for this effort.

HERE is the archdiocese website for everything you could possibly want to know about volunteering.

We need many volunteers to fill teams for greeting/ushering, set-up, and clean-up. For more information on volunteer responsibilities please view the training webinar available at the above link. For safety reasons, volunteers should be between 18-64 years of age and not have conditions that would put them at risk for negative outcomes from COVID-19 infection (immunosuppressive therapy, heart or lung disease, cancer, etc.)

If you would like to participate on a team, please download this form and email it to Kevin Chears at kchears@stgertrudechicago.org and include your preferred e-mail and telephone number.

Thanks,

Joan Dowdle & Patrick Robinson

Click the image above for our downloadable volunteer form.

Heart to Heart/Senior Outreach

Care for Real

Liturgical Ministry Groups

Altar Servers
Art and Environment
Dance Troupe
Eucharistic Ministers
Greeter Ministry
Ministers of the Word
Music Ministry: Cantors, Instruments, Choir
Sacristans
St. Gertrude East
St. Gertrude Gym Mass
Ushers

Parish Advisory Groups

Parish Council
Finance Council
Building & Grounds Committee

Prayer & Spiritual Reflection Groups

Becoming a Catholic (RCIA) leaders
Helping Hands Ministry
Legion of Mary
Ministers of Care (Visits to the sick)
Ministers of Praise (for the home-bound)
Pax Christi
Spiritual Adoption Committee
Youth & Family Ministry
Religious Ed (teachers needed)

Social Groups at St. Gertrude

Marriage Encounter
Parish Play - “St. Gertrude Presents”
Knitting
Women’s Club

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