Social Concerns Column for Sunday, March 25, 2012

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts, be with you as you claim! Hate evil and love good… -- Amos 5:14-15

Training for English Language Tutors: Saturday, April 21. 
St. Michael parish has partnered with the Livermore Public Library’s excellent and popular program to help adult parishioners improve their English skills.  If you speak English, you have all the skills you need to tutor a fellow St. Michael parishioner.  By helping an adult become fluent in English, you will equip them to prosper in our society.  The time commitment is about two hours per week.  You do NOT have to be bilingual.  Interested?  Call Joanne Angvick, 443-1422.

The Stations of the Cross Around the World with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). 

Station 7 Jesus falls the second time.  Schools in Vietnam often lack resources to serve students with disabilities. As a result, these students are often unable to reach their potential, and they fall beneath the cross of poverty.  CRS supports inclusive education for people with disabilities in schools and vocational colleges around the country.   

Catholic Social Teaching: Dignity of the Human Person.  All humanity has been made in the image of God. Through our actions we must express that each person is precious and that the lives and welfare of all people are priorities. – Courtesy of CRS, http://tinyurl.com/Stations2012

Open Heart Kitchen 
http://www.openheartkitchen.org, 925-580-1619 
Go to them for help, or volunteer with them to help others.  Schedule: Weekday hot meals: Monday (Crosswinds Church, Dublin), Tuesday & Wednesday (Asbury United Methodist), Thursday (Vineyard Christian Fellowship), Friday (Trinity Lutheran, Pleasanton).  Senior hot meals: Ridgeview Commons Senior Center, Pleasanton.  Weekend box lunch for children.

Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley 
http://www.ssptv.org, (925) 931 – 5379 
Go to them for help, or volunteer to help others.  Provide case management, family caregiver support, alcohol/drug program, friendly visits, transportation, exercise and nutrition program, health screening.

Would you like to pursue a social justice project?
The St. Michael Parish Social Concerns Ministry would like to help you to help others!  Call Joanne Angvick, 443-1422.

The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty. -- Luke 1:55