Upcoming Service Opportunities
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Saint Clement offers periodic and ongoing opportunities for parishioners to live their call to stewardship and justice by generously sharing their time, gifts, and talents in service with and for others. Please see below for upcoming opportunities!
For more information, or to sign up for any of these opportunities, please contact the staff member listed.
Sign up for our monthly Service Opportunities e-newsletter here. See past issues of this newsletter here.
Friday Sack Lunches & Hospitality
For many years, Saint Clement parishioners have generously prepared sack lunches for the hungry, which are distributed from the parish every Friday morning.
Before we distribute the lunches, we provide breakfast and hospitality to our brothers and sisters in need as they wait in line.
Volunteers Needed for St. Nick's Bazzar
Help make our festive St. Nick’s Bazaar a success by giving a little of your time in service to our community! Whether you want to help with the brunch buffet or assist with games, activities, and photos with Santa, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Can't help the day of the event? Consider helping with set-up the day before! See registration form for details. Your time and spirit will make all the difference -- thank you! Register here to volunteer.
Monthly Food Drive
Help feed the hungry in our community! Saint Clement will continue its monthly food drive on the last weekend of every month. Donations of nonperishable food items can be placed in the labeled bin in the parish office during open hours. Donations will be distributed to local food pantries in need. Thank you for your support!
NOVEMBER FOOD DRIVE — Thank you to all who participated in our Thanksgiving Food Drive!
Please note, in place of our monthly Food Drive during the month of November, we invited all to participate in our Thanksgiving Food Bags Drive.
Thank you to all of you who enthusiastically donated to the Thanksgiving Food Drive. We collected well over 250 bags of generous donations for Mission of Our Lady of Angels from the parish. Thank you as well to the drivers that helped to deliver 10 carloads to MOLA. Our school is still in the process of wrapping up their drive. MOLA will pair our donations with turkeys to give to the families that come through their pantry next week.
DECEMBER FOOD DRIVE — Dec. 28/29
Our donations for the month of December will go to our sharing parish, Our Lady of Mercy.
Lincoln Park Community Services
Twice a month, Saint Clement volunteers serve dinner for the Guests at LPCS! Volunteers can participate by cooking onsite at LPCS or by preparing part of a meal at home and dropping it off. Contact Christa Kingsley to sign up!
Please note, the upcoming dates are covered. The listings below are the next available date. Thank you!
1521 N. Sedgwick location
DATE: Monday, January 13
TIME: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SIGN UP: sign up form found here
600 W. Fullerton location
DATE: Friday, January 17
TIME: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen
On the 3rd Friday of the month, Saint Clement volunteers assist Holy Name Cathedral's sponsored Supper Service Meal Ministry at Catholic Charities. They serve over 200 individuals and need help packaging meals and serving dine-in guests. Your service is greatly appreciated and has a strong impact on our neighbors in need of a meal and fellowship. Volunteers are to report to Catholic Charities (721 N. La Salle) by 3:30 p.m., will begin serving at 5:00 p.m., and be wrapping up by 6:30 at the latest. Contact Christa Kingsley to sign up!
Dates: Fridays, January 17 and February 21
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Catholic Charities, 721 N. LaSalle (between Huron & Superior)
Parking: Free on site
Become a Clement Navigator!
Adult parishioners are invited to become Saint Clement Navigators.
What is the the Navigator Program?
It is a parish-wide initiative to match new parishioners to an established parishioner who will:
Provide a personal face of welcome.
Get to know the new parishioner and their hopes/desires for engagement with the parish and for discipleship in the parish.
Provide guidance, navigation, and invitations to parish events over the newcomer’s first 6 months as a parishioner.
Love Your Neighbor Ministry
Love Your Neighbor is a ministry created especially for our parish family. We strive to fulfill the spiritual and material needs of our community and foster a sense of family support. We invite all members of our community to join us in growing together as a parish family. Opportunities include Ministry of Care and more.
Our Lady of the Angels
Our Lady of the Angels is located in the Humboldt Park area of the city providing resources to those who are materially poor and sharing the Gospel with those they encounter. Right now, Our Lady of the Angels is needing volunteers on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays. Volunteer opportunities include working in the food pantries and after school programs. At this time, they are only allowing for adult volunteers. Please visit their volunteer page to sign-up!
St. Mary of the Lake service opportunity
Saint Mary of the Lake in Uptown runs a weekly soup kitchen on Wednesday nights. With the growing number of refugees from South and Central America, the needs of the pantry continue to grow. As a part of this program, volunteers also provide sack lunches to the guests at the soup kitchen. These sack lunches ensure each guest who comes to the soup kitchen for dinner may also have a meal to-go. Volunteers may signup to provide 5 sack lunches by emailing Darlene Kelly.
House of Good Shepherd - Welcome Desk Volunteer(s) Needed
House of the Good Shepherd is currently looking for volunteers to serve as front welcoming desk support at House of Good Shepherd. The schedule for this volunteer role would be the following: Tuesday - Friday 12:00 -1:00pm.
They will train any volunteers interested and of course welcome volunteers for 1, several, or each day, or multiple volunteers across the days. Please contact Brittany McGhee 312-282-5104 if interested.
The mission of the House of the Good Shepherd is to serve with love and compassion any women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational, and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a better future. This is also one of Saint Clement Parish's partner organizations that we support through our Clement Commits program.
Interested in running the 2025 Chicago Marathon and supporting one of our Clement Commits partner organizations at the same time?
See below for opportunities to support two of Saint Clement Parish's partner organizations that we support through our Clement Commits program: Franciscan Outreach and Mission of Our Lady of the Angels!
Franciscan Outreach
Join Team Franciscan Outreach as a charity runner and go the distance to end homelessness!
Register at: https://haku.ly/5e07a7f530
Joining their team as an EARLY BIRD (before November 22 for the most benefits):
By-pass the stressful lottery for a GUARANTEED RACE ENTRY!
Secure a lower fundraising minimum! ($1,500 until Nov 21. Goes up to $2,100 on Nov 22)
Receive free bonus Franciscan Outreach gear!
Support an important cause, helping to end homelessness!
Questions? email us at carolina@franoutreach.org
By running with Franciscan Outreach, you are supporting one of Chicago’s largest homeless services providers supporting our city’s most under-resourced and vulnerable residents. With over 60 years of experience, Franciscan Outreach operates a system of support for people currently experiencing, or at risk of homelessness in Chicago. Grounded in the Franciscan tradition of joy, gratitude, and care for the disadvantaged, each person who walks through their doors is considered a guest of Franciscan Outreach and is treated with dignity and respect. Today, Franciscan Outreach operates three emergency shelters and a day program, bringing services to nearly 2,800 guests, serving more than 260,000 meals, providing nearly 100,000 nights of shelter, and helping nearly 200 guests move into stable, permanent homes of their own! Learn more at www.franoutreach.org
TEAM OLA 2025 - Chicago Marathon
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels (via the Franciscans of the Eucharist) provides hope to the poor on the west side of Chicago via food pantries supporting 4000 families a month, afterschool programs, seniors programs, community meals, and much more. Consider running to support Mission OLA in the….
BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON (Oct 12, 2025). WE HAVE A LIMITED # of GUARANTEED ENTRIES- SIGN UP TODAY!
*Fundraising minimum before 11/21 is $1500 - lowest fundraising minimum out there!*
Benefits of joining:
Guaranteed entries into the race!
T-shirts, pre-race Mass & dinner, race weekend accommodations, and more…
Sr. Stephanie (2:53 marathoner, NCAA D1 cross-country and track athlete, as featured in Runner’s World) can write a training plan for you
Each team member will be paired with a member of the prayer team to pray for them!
Please see missionola.com/marathon.html for details