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• Able-bodied helpers are needed to be “snow angels” to shovel for neighborhood seniors. To help, please contact Shoreline Interfaith, an outreach ministry to adults in the North Shore, 414-962-9950.
• Adult drivers are needed to give rides to seniors for doctor appointments during daytime hours. To help, please contact Shoreline Interfaith at 414-962-9950.
• Telephone Reassurance Program. Do you know a frail or elderly citizen who lives alone and could benefit from a daily morning telephone call to help them stay connected to the community while they remain living on their own? This free program is offered by Interfaith Older Adult Programs’ Telephone Reassurance volunteers who make daily calls to people over the age of 60 to ask how they are doing and remind them to eat and take their medications if necessary. The person getting the call must have three contacts that can be called daily if we cannot reach them. Please call Lynn Friedman at 414-220-8651 to make a referral or for more information.
Thanks to everyone who made the Christmas Dinner an enjoyable event!
--The Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated communally at 9:00 am on a Friday this fall, in church. Following Mass will be a breakfast reception in the rectory adjacent to church.
--Mass (or a Liturgy of the Word and Distribution of Communion) is celebrated at River Park Court in Shorewood on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 10:30 am.
--Communion Calls and Hospital Visits. If you know someone who is homebound or in a hospital or rehabilitation center and would like Communion or the Anointing of the Sick, please contact the Parish Office, 332-1164.
...is an outreach ministry to adults in the North Shore area. Please consider representing St. Robert Parish by serving on the Board of Directors for Shoreline Interfaith. Meetings are held once a month during the daytime. Contact Lorraine via email or at 414-962-9950 if you are interested. Shoreline is also looking for adults to give rides to seniors to doctor appointments or to the grocery store. To help, please contact Anne Bina.
WRP is a non-profit organization that collects used wheelchairs and other medical equipment, refurbishes the equipment to like-new condition, and then makes the equipment available at low cost to people in need. For information on donating or finding equipment, please contact WRP at 414-313-1303 or 2711 W. Wells St. in Milwaukee between 10:00am and 4:30pm or by appointment. Visit Wheelchair Recycling Program.
Anyone who is taking care of a loved one knows what it means to get a welcome break--no matter how dedicated they are. Respite serves the caregiver as much as the person receiving the care. Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ann Center offers 24-hour overnight respite care (1-20 days) to frail elderly and adults with disabilities. Caregivers have an opportunity to take a few days off, a needed vacation or maybe a hospital stay of their own that can be worry free. Our overnight respite bedrooms have a warm, "bed and breakfast" appeal. St. Ann’s address is 2801 E. Morgan Ave. in Milwaukee. For more information about this and St. Ann Center’s adult day care service, contact Ron Zeilinger at (414) 977-5064 or Ron.
For more information about this ministry, please contact:
Claire Anderson
Pastoral Associate
414-332-1164 ext. 3022
