Contact: Chris Ashburn (781) 826-4324
The Comfort Food Ministry was established to bring food and comfort to those who are recuperating from an illness, returning home from the hospital, or are in need help with their meals for a short period of time.
How it works: Comfort Food Coordinators send out an email request to the team of volunteers requesting meals on specific dates. Volunteers choose a date that works for them, cook a meal, and then deliver it. Pick the date that works for you or skip it until the next request is made - it’s that flexible!
Hanover: Ruth Lynch (617) 543-1086
Food drives are held throughout the year in our parish to collect food for the Hanover, Norwell, and Pembroke Food Pantries to help those in our community. Volunteers are needed for each step of this process. Please contact the main office at (781) 826-4303 to volunteer.
Contact: Ministry Leader needed - please contact the Parish office at (781) 826-4303
The mission of the Fresh Start Ministry is to collect and distribute basic household items to families transitioning from the Rehoboth House homeless shelter in Norwell to independent housing. Basic necessities are requested and organized into "Take Home Boxes" for transitioning families.
Your assistance and donations of the following NEW items: (we cannot accept used items-thank you)
Bed and Bath items needed include: sheets, blankets, pillows, (no King size, please)and towels
Basic kitchen items: dishes, glassware, utensils, cooking knives, and cookware is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for all that you do to help our neighbors get a Fresh Start!
Contact: Marjorie Mahoney (781) 659-4189 or Leeann Kelly (781) 659-7456
The Helping Hands ministry offers assistance to parishioners who may have an illness or injury that leaves them in need of help of any kind. Examples include providing a meal or giving a ride to a doctor's appointment. Please call one of the ministry heads to discuss how we might be able to help.
Contact: Ellen McDonough (781) 826-4303
Sometimes injury, illness, or frailty causes a loved one to miss Mass. We can help!
We are always seeking compassionate, dependable people of faith to participate in Jesus’ healing ministry by bringing Holy Communion to the sick, homebound and those residing in nursing facilities or assisted living settings in Hanover, Norwell and Pembroke. Homebound visits are typically once a week while nursing home visits are typically once per month to 3 area nursing homes.
Fall 2022 Training
If you would like to be trained as an Extraordinary Minister to the Sick and Homebound or have a family member who would like a visit from an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, please contact Ellen McDonough or Patty Cockey at the number above. We are hosting three Monday Training Sessions on September 19, September 26, and October 3 at St. Mary's Parish Center. You are invited to attend either the 10 a.m. or 6:30 p.m. session. Please RSVP to [email protected] with your name, phone, or email and what time you can attend. Thank you!
Bringing Jesus to the Sick, Homebound, Nursing Home
We are always seeking compassionate, dependable people of faith to participate in Jesus’ healing ministry by bringing Holy Communion to the sick, homebound and those residing in nursing facilities or assisted living settings in Hanover, Norwell and Pembroke. Please prayerfully consider your call to this lifegiving ministry and contact the Parish Office at (781) 826-4303 for more details or to set up a time
to be trained.
Contact: Clare Noonan
Parishioners of Our Lady of the Angels formed the Mercy Sews ministry in response to Pope Francis’ call to action in the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Our mission statement is simple but far-reaching: to answer Christ’s call to be merciful by providing new clothing to children in the poorest countries of the world. We sew simple dresses for girls, Polar Fleece blankets for newborns, and provide tee shirts for boys. You need not sew to help!
Please visit MercySews.org for more information and inspiration as we affirm the dignity of these children and show them they are loved.
Prayer Shawl Contact: Leader needed
Baptismal Blanket Contact: Theresa Quinn (617) 513-7624
Prayer Shawl and Baptismal Blanket Ministry members create beautifully unique shawls, lap robes, and throws for those in need of comfort as well as baptismal blankets for our newest members of the parish family.
Approximate dimensions for knitted or crocheted items are:
Baptismal Blankets - size should be 22'" x 22" or 24" x 24" (colors: white, pink & blue). We are currently short on blue blankets!
Comfort Prayer Shawls - 20" x 70" (any color)
Lap blankets (for wheelchair bound) - 30" x 40" (any color)
Donations can be dropped off at the Paish Offices (392 Hanover St, Hanover) during normal business hours.
Contact: Mory Thompson (781) 363-1567
Mission Statement:
The Respect Life Group mission is to promote the Dignity of the Human Person and the common Good. We will work to develop areas where the Disciples of Christ can participate in the building of the Culture of Life and the Kingdom here on Earth.
Join thousands of Catholics nationwide praying the annual 9 Days for Life novena, January 19-27.
Sign up today at 9daysforlife.com!
A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer. Pope Saint John Paul II from Evangelium vitae
Contact: Don Buckley (781) 826-4303
Please keep in mind the members of our parish community who may be unemployed and in need of assistance to keep warm and keep food on the table. Donations of any size and/or gift certificates to local grocery stores or home goods stores will help parishioners in their time of need. Any support you can give would be much appreciated!
Hanover Food Pantry
Norwell Food Pantry
Pembroke Food Pantry
Hanson Food Pantry