Ministries

Get Involved!

St. Frances Cabrini Parish has many ways you can get involved with the Church through the following ministries:

• Alpha Ministry – To evangelize by creating welcoming spaces where people encounter Jesus, explore the Christian faith, and grow as missionary disciples of Christ within and beyond the Church.
• Altar Server Ministry – Altar servers assist our priests at the celebration of the Eucharist. The commitment involves serving at the Altar of God at weekend Masses and/or some weekday Masses, Holy Days of Obligation, funerals, and weddings.
• Bible Study – The ministry meets to read, reflect, and share the word of God. The ministry meets on Tuesday mornings from 10:45 AM. to 12:00 PM in the Parish Center.
• Building and Maintenance – This ministry advises and assists the pastor in all matters pertaining to the upkeep, repair, replacement, and maintenance of all parish facilities and property.
• Catechetical – Share the Catholic Faith as a teacher and become a Catechist.
• Children’s Ministry – This ministry helps in leading the parish Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW). This ministry organizes and leads the parish’s weekly children liturgy at the 10:00 AM Mass on Sundays.
• Church Art & Environment – This ministry creates an atmosphere within the liturgical and worship space that invites and inspires everyone in the church to participate actively and fully.
• Counting Ministry – Ensures that offertory collections are properly safeguarded, counted, deposited, and recorded. All collections are processed and deposited following the procedures mandated by the Diocese of San Jose.
• Eucharistic “Lay” Ministry – These parishioners assist at Mass with distributing the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass. They also help to bring Communion to our homebound. Training is required
• Evangelization Ministry – This ministry helps each parishioner fully embrace and live out the parish’s mission: to worship God, love others, make disciples, and educate the young. The ministry also explores and implements different programs to help each parishioner become a missionary disciple.
• Funerals – We help family members plan a liturgical celebration in our Church that will be a commemoration of the loved one’s earthly life and a proclamation of their entrance into eternal life.
• Funeral and Grief Ministry – This ministry provides  care, comfort, and support to individuals and families who are hurting from the passing of a loved one or the loss of someone very important to them.
• History and Archives – The mission of this ministry is to identify, collect, preserve, organize, and share rich historical records of our parish to promote the legacy of faith and Christian witnesses through the years.
• Hospital and Homebound Ministry – This ministry takes care of the pastoral and sacramental care of our sick, homebound, and hospitalized parishioners. It offers spiritual support and visitation by bringing Holy Communion to our parish family who are sick and homebound and unable to join us in the Eucharistic celebration especially on Sunday.
• Hospitality Ministry  – The mission of this ministry is to provide and promote a welcoming environment of love, acceptance, support, and comfort within the parish community, hosting periodic events to create opportunities for parishioners to share fellowship and socialize after Mass and other occasions.
• Information & Technology (IT) – The mission of this ministry is to make the missionary disciples of Christ through proper communication and available technology to create a written and audio- visual presence in the parish liturgical celebrations and other parish gatherings.
• Intercessory Prayer Group Ministry – The members of this ministry meet together to pray for the individual intentions of the parishioners and parish.
• Ladies League Ministry  – The mission of this ministry is to support all women in the parish and school communities to grow in faith and to witness the love of God through ministry, social activities, community service projects, funding activities, and faith formation programs.The Ladies League meets every fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in Kelley Hall.
• Lector Ministry – This ministry encourages parishioners to participate in proclaiming the Word of God at all regular and special Masses. The lector proclaims the readings from Sacred Scripture, with the exception of the Gospel, and announces the intentions for the Prayer of the Faithful and the opening and closing announcements.
• Liturgy Ministry – This ministry plans liturgies that are spirit-filled, which promote the active and full participation of the parishioners in the liturgical celebrations. The members discuss, plan, prepare, and evaluate the liturgies of SFC.
• Maddalena Ministry – This ministry seeks to help individuals with disabilities and their families integrate more fully into the parish’s spiritual life. We are looking to form a committee of volunteers passionate about supporting this important community within our parish.
• Marriage Enrichment / Date Night – Date Night is a ministry for Engaged and Married Couples at SFC offering monthly opportunities for Fellowship, Formation and Enrichment.
• Men’s Club Ministry – This ministry seeks to develop a men’s community within the Parish by providing opportunities for spiritual and personal growth, social interaction, and service outreach to SFC community. The Men’s Club meets year-round on second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in Essig Hall.
• Mental Health & Spiritual Wellness Ministry – This new ministry is a welcoming, faith‑rooted space where parishioners can pause, be heard, and receive support.
• Music and Choir Ministry – This ministry encourages the parishioners to use their talents of singing and playing musical instruments to create an uplifting worship space during liturgical celebrations.
• Prayer & Devotion – To foster and promote a culture of prayer and devotion that leads individuals into a deeper encounter with Christ and active participation in the life and mission of the parish.
• Sacristy Ministry – This ministry takes care of our sacristy. including the liturgical books, sacred vessels, and liturgical vestments. The ministry works with the priests to ensure that everything needed for the parish liturgical celebration is well-prepared and ready for each celebration.
• Social and Outreach Ministry – The mission of this ministry is faith in action by promoting ministries to persons who are in need and following in the footsteps of St. Frances Cabrini, the parish patroness. The ministry manages the SFC Food Pantry, which serves SFC parishioners and local families in our Cambrian area. Box of groceries are distributed every Wednesday from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM at the Camden entrance.
• Stewardship Ministry – The mission of this ministry is to foster and promote stewardship as a way of life for all parishioners by sharing their gifts of time, talent, and treasure as missionary disciples of Christ.
• Ushers and Greeters – This ministry is a key aspect of hospitality at our parish. Ushers & Greeters greet people before Mass, help them find seating, take up the Offertory Collection, and distribute bulletins after Mass.
• Vocation Ministry – To promote a culture of vocations by encouraging and supporting individuals in discerning God’s call to the priesthood, religious life, and the diaconate through prayer, formation, and accompaniment.
• Young Adult Ministry – Our SFC young adult faith-sharing program for all college-aged, young professionals, singles, engaged and newly married couples meet every other Friday at 7:00 PM starting September 12, 2025 in the Parish Center living room.
• Youth Ministry – Youth ministry is a group for high school teens and their friends to come for fellowship and to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Our goal is to empower the youth of our parish to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today.