St. Mary's Parish and St. Lawrence Mission have food banks to assist transients and the working poor.  Both are run by volunteers.  Volunteers shelve the food received, meet and welcome those who come and distribute food according to need. 

St. Mary's Parish food bank is located at 121 Park Avenue (Old Town Chapel).  It is open Mondays and Thursdays from Noon until Five.

St. Lawrence Food Bank is located at St. Lawrence Church.  It is open on Sundays after the 11:15 Mass.

The Bereavement and Pastoral Care committee assists parishioners at moments of great sadness or serious personal need.  The dignified and tender celebration of the Funeral Rites of the Church require the encompassing arms not only of the Church's priests and deacons but also the loving embrace of the people.  The Bereavement Committee assists in the planning and celebrating of the Funeral Rites as well as the welcoming hospitality and refreshment of those who grieve.

This same group assists those with serious needs, especially the seriously ill and the elderly.

The welcome our guests and visitors receive as they enter our churches finds continued expression not only in the celebration of our Liturgy but also afterrwards when there is time to visit, meet and share our lives.  A cup of coffee and a fresh donut on a cold Sunday morning makes that happen.  So does a cup of cider and a bite of cheese on a cracker. So it is that Coffee and Donuts are de riguer after the 8:00 Am and 9:30 Masses. Cider and Cheese are the weekly fare at our Saturday evening Mass.  Parishioiners who volunteer to make all that happen find themselves caught up in the wondrous minisitry of feeding the angels.