Volunteers Welcome
St. Augustine Volunteers are the heartbeat of our parish community. Volunteerism is a wonderful way to offer your time, skills, and talents, to support the various activities and functions of the church. Volunteers play a pivotal role in bringing the church’s mission and vision to life, and embody teachings of Christ through selfless giving.
Current parish ministries and groups are listed here, and on the bulletin board at the entrance of the church. If you would like to join one of them, or if you have any particular skills that may fill a niche that is not listed, please share your gifts with us! We would like to know if you have smart serve, for example, or a food handlers’ certificate; or whether you work in a trade, or have connections, and could step in and offer an opinion – the possibilities are endless!
Please contact Karen Kiely.
I have been a parishioner at St. Augustine Parish for 41 years, along with my husband, Sean. I have volunteered for over 25 years as a cantor, and for many years, with Sean, in the marriage preparation ministry. I volunteered at St. Bernadette school for 18 years; much of that work was helping with school masses, school Mass choirs, and liaising with the parish.
Sean and I raised 5 children in Dundas, and have since welcomed 2 daughters-in-law, and 4 grandsons. As a recent retiree, I am anxious to spend more time with family, but also to further serve the parish in this new role. I sincerely look forward to working with all of the wonderful volunteers of our parish, who have faithfully given of themselves during years past, and for years to come!
St. Augustine Volunteer Ministries & Committees
Preparation and Helping During Liturgies and Masses
Altar Servers – at all Masses and Special Feasts, Funerals, Weddings
Baptism Assistant – help during Baptism ceremony
Extraordinary Ministers of the Word (lectors)
Extraordinary Ministers of Communion (during Masses)
Music Ministry – choirs/cantors at each Mass
Preparation of children’s worksheets for use during Mass
Sacristans – care of sacred vessels, vestments, linens, preparing church and altar for worship
Ushers – at all Masses and special Feasts, Funerals, Weddings
Education
Adult Catechesis
Catechetical Correspondence – for students outside our Parish schools receiving the Sacraments
Children – Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Youth – Youth Catechesis (Conquest/Challenge)
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) for older children and adults wishing to be baptized into the Catholic church, or to convert to Catholicism
Opportunities to Join in Worship and Fellowship
Adoration – Wednesdays in the church; volunteers spend an hour or two in the presence of the exposed Blessed Sacrament
Bible Study
Men’s Fellowship
Prayer Network
Social/Hospitality
Hospitality Ministry
Kitchen Maintenance/Catering
Church, Rectory, and Property Maintenance/Volunteers
Office Volunteers
Property Committee
Landscape and Prayer Garden Maintenance
Special Projects (currently, inventory of statues, relics, religious wares, etc.)
Outreach
Compassionate Care ministry:
- Telephone/card writing Ministry
- Visiting Eucharistic Ministry – to those who are unable to attend Mass
- Mental Health Ministry
Support for engaged and married couples – To Be Developed
Nursing Home Visiting Team – Monthly Mass at Wentworth Lodge
Refugee Committee
School Visiting Team
Parish Advisory Council
Pastoral Committee
Finance Committee
Media
Parish Photographer
AV and Technology
Global Organizations within our Parish Community
Catholic Women’s League
Development and Peace
Knights of Columbus
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Pro Life Ministry