Join us in helping children improve their literacy skills and acquire a love of reading! St. Raphael Catholic Church serves as one of the largest Read & Feed sites in Wake County, offering a free meal and an hour of tutoring/literacy games to children from Kindergarten through Grade 5. We meet every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:00 pm throughout the school year, starting September 25. We need additional tutors – no experience necessary, but you must (1) be at least 18 years old, (2) complete Safe Environment training (required by the Diocese), and (3) attend Read & Feed orientation. For more information, please email Barbara Rutledge or email Linda Lenzmeier.
There are several ways to be involved in our children's faith formation program, from serving as a Catechist to the essential "behind the scenes" roles that keep our program running. Click here to learn more about the opportunities available with Children's Faith Formation.
Would you like to help in our office? Do you like helping people? Have a knack for databases or website management? We need you! Click here to learn more about ways you can help keep our office running smoothly.
The office of liturgy and music for St. Raphael is in need of one or more volunteers to assist with weekly administrative tasks and desktop publishing including creating the weekend worship aid, preparing liturgical scripts, and scheduling. Much of the work could be done outside of the office at one's home, after business hours. We're looking for volunteers at ease working with computers. Knowledge of Google Docs is especially helpful.
If you're interested, please click here to contact Jeff Rice, Pastoral Associate for Liturgy & Music.
The St. Raphael Safe Environment Team is seeking volunteers with medical, social work, or public service background to join our team of trainers. As part of the Diocesan program, each parish is required to assist volunteers and staff who work with our children and youth in understanding the process of recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect. Please consider sharing your gifts to help equip our adult ministers with the tools needed to protect the children and youth of our parish and schools.
If you are interested in learning more about this program click here to contact Mickey McGoldrick.
We're in need of structural and mechanical engineers and construction general contractors to assist in providing conditional assessment of our buildings.
If you are interested or for more information, please click here to contact Mickey McGoldrick.
The Catholic Coalition in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity Wake will begin to build home #10 on August 24 in the Crosstown Subdivision, Raleigh. They will build a 5 bedroom home for a family from Congo. Visit the Catholic Coalition web page for more information about the build.
Construction experience or heavy physical labor is not required. There is always something for everyone - whether it be praying for our success, donations to the Coalition, providing lunches for the workers or construction tasks. Regular Coalition workdays are Saturdays, however, volunteers are also needed on Thursdays and Fridays.
To volunteer at the build site please go to the Habitat Wake website to register for a workday, Be sure to register under St. Raphael. We've been asked to provide 15 volunteers for 9/21 and 11/2 but you are free to register and work as many days as you like. Register early as the calendar opens to individuals outside the Coalition 3 weeks prior to the work dates.
If you are interested in providing lunches for workers on a Saturday or have any questions, please click here to contact Beverly Simmons.