The calling is clear: each Catholic bears the responsibility of responding in Faith to Jesus’ command to “Love the Lord, your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself”.  This directive drives the lay apostolate of Pope St. Pius X Church to continue pouring themselves out for others and sharing their God-given gifts of time, talent or treasure in diverse and beautiful ways.  Fueled by their love of God and nourished by His Body and Blood at weekly Mass, parishioners set out and serve their neighbor in a myriad of ways.

In additional to offering corporal works for mercy through that myriad of ways (see the "other corporal works of mercy" page), Pope St. Pius X has several Missions through which parishioners live out their lives in Christ.  These Missions generally are defined as such because in them you'll find parishioners:

• Responding to Jesus' mandate to serve those in need,
• Setting out personally beyond parish walls,
• Sharing Christ in the mystery of His Church,
• Engaging the poor in acts of direct service and friendship, and
• Experiencing Jesus in one another.

See below to read more about our various Missions.

 

The St. Pius X Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul 

The Pope St. Pius Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in the Fall of 2017 and has really hit the ground running.  All the legal bylaws and paperwork and our 501 c 3 status are on the books, logistical practices are all now well established, and our Vincentians spend each week taking calls and visiting those in need in their homes or wherever the need demands.  Well supplied by the food pantry, personal care products drives and financial support of parishioners, Vincentians exercise the call of the lay apostolate doing these “home visits” or one of the many jobs needed to support those visits. 

Our legacy "outreach" programs including food pantry and the collection and distribution of personal care products are still going strong thanks to the generosity of our parishioners and are a part of our SSVDP conference.

Contact: John Hollister at 208-626-2968.
 

Union de Amor, our Honduras Mission 

Pope St. Pius X Church continues to support the families of Consolacion, Honduras.  Over the last two years, we’ve built a Kindergarten, supplied their school, delivered Christmas food and gifts, secured surgeries for kids and celebrated a number of local festivals and events with the 82 families in the village.  We’ll finish the 2018-19 program year this July with a follow-up visit checking the progress chapel renovations, doing the annual resupply of the school and continuing to deepen our relationship with Jesus and these Christian brothers and sisters of ours.  A highlight of our visit this year will be Father Flores and Deacon Chris celebrating sacraments (primarily Baptism and First Communion) with the kids.

Contact:  Deacon Chris (cstewart@stpiuscda.org) or Luisa Becker (luisabecker@gmail.com)

 

St. Pius X Health & Wellness Ministry 

Health ministry in a faith community is an approach to wholeness and health that builds on strengths of the parish community. It stresses wellness, health promotion and disease prevention by encompassing parish community resources and partnerships. An example would be blood pressure screenings after each mass. Health Ministry focuses on body, mind, and spirit for the health and healing of the community. A health ministry supports the idea that one’s faith and outlook are integral to the healing and health of the body. Clearly, the parables of Jesus’s healing ministry reveal this relationship.

You can be a participant in this health ministry. We invite health care providers, nurses, social workers, therapists, nonmedical parishioners, health advocates and any one interested in serving our parish in the care of ourselves and others. Together we are able to walk with others through transitions of life, encourage spiritual growth and find a language of hope through the healing power of Jesus.

Contact:  Diane Rutherford (dianerutherford59@gmail.com), Anne Shahrabani (annes@dmselec.com) or Peggy Hodge (meowzer55@hotmail.com)

 

Prayer Chain 

The Pope St. Pius X Prayer Chain is a network of parishioners who are prayer warriors praying for the needs and intentions of parishioners, family members, and friends in need of prayers. Requests are emailed to prayer warriors on a weekly basis. Both are monitored. Requests for prayers are emailed to you weekly. Information is confidential and will not be distributed at any time. God always answers Knee-Mail!  Text PIUS PRAYER to 84576 to become a prayer warrior today!

Contact: Marge Mladjan, 208-691-2701, margemladjan@gmail.com