Duties: Take home used linens, altar cloths, purificators and towels to clean/press.
Time: Rotating schedule approximately 3 hours once a month.
Skills: A caring eye for detail; knowledge concerning laundering, pressing, and folding.
Coordinator: Bea Agamaite, 301-862-3992, jbaggie039@yahoo.com
Duties: Assist the priest during Mass by holding the Missal, helping at presentation of the gifts, carrying the crucifix when needed, etc.
Time: Rotating schedule (arrive 20 minutes early), plus initial training and on-going formation sessions.
Skills: An ability to be graceful, attentive and reverent at Mass; dependable.
Coordinator: Julián Ortiz, 301-863-8144, julian@ihmrcc.org
Duties: Work with the pastor to decorate the church for special events and liturgical seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter). Care for the plants inside the church.
Time: Depend on duties accepted, usually a few hours at the beginning of each season.
Skills: An eye for appropriate church decoration, ability to work under deadline (often there is little time to change the seasonal decorations).
Coordinator: Damaritza Ortiz, 301-863-8144, damaritza@ihmrcc.org
Duties: Assist with distribution of the Eucharist at Mass, to the sick and homebound, and to residents of Chesapeake Shores nursing home.
Time: Participants are assigned on a rotating schedule, initial training and on-going formation sessions are provided. The Archbishop’s designation is for a renewable term of three years.
Skills: Love and reverence for the Eucharist; ease in public settings; Catholic in good standing who has received the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist).
Coordinator: Deacon Mike Crowe, 240-542-8369, deaconmike@ihmrcc.org
Duties: Welcome and seat parishioners and visitors with special attention to visitors; help families carry gifts at offertory procession; pass collection baskets; ensure orderly flow at communion time; distribute bulletins after Mass.
Time: Rotating schedule (arrive 30 minutes early), initial training and an annual formation session.
Skills: A love of order; an ability to graciously welcome people.
Coordinator: Adam Miller, 619-820-8467, adam.r.miller74@gmail.com