Care Ministry
Care Ministries
Our parish care ministries are comprised of Bereavement Ministry, Funeral Luncheon, C3M (Corpus Christi Card Ministry), Homebound Ministry, and Prayer Chain.
Bereavement Ministry
When life brings terrible storms our direction, we may react with anger, fear, depression, sadness, disappointment, and/or disbelief. The object of our grief may be the loss of a loved one, of a job, of a relationship or loss of security. Healthy grief comes to a solution or acceptance, unhealthy grief is unresolved and may appear either as a psychological or physical illness. This ministry reaches out at the time of death and in the months following a death in the family.
Contact: Cheryl Heimerman
Phone Number: 618-604-8625
Funeral Luncheon
The Funeral Luncheon Ministry helps make a very difficult day a little easier for family and friends following the death of a loved one.
Through the generosity of the many volunteers of the parish, we are able to provide a meal following a funeral in the parish center. We are continually looking for cooks to donate a side dish, salad or dessert, as well as people to set up, work, and clean up the luncheon. If you would like to be added to our list of volunteers, please call the parish office at 618-632-7614 or email ymshilohcc@gmail.com.
Contact: Kaye Ruppel 618-977-6903; Janet Martin 618-210-4724
C3M (Corpus Christi Card Ministry)
Seeks to provide programs to maintain contact with our college students, deployed military, sick and homebound plus the Diocese of Belleville's seminarians via mail, email, and the parish website. The group makes homemade cards for birthdays and holidays as well as exam goodies for students & seminarians. Besides the parish's college students, the program now reaches out to students from McKendree University that participate in the Joseph House.
Contact: Cheryl Heimerman
Phone Number: 618-604-8625
Homebound Ministry
Seeks to provide programs to our homebound parishioners with mailing of bulletins, devotionals, and birthday cards as well as visits.
Contact: Cheryl Heimerman
Phone Number: 618-604-8625
Prayer Chain
Corpus Christi Prayer Chain has members eager to pray for those in need. We pray, each in our own way for you, as an act of Christian charity to share your burden by petitioning Our Lord with your requests. You need not be a parishioner to participate and need not be a member of our church to be added to the prayer chain.
For more information or to be added to the prayer list please contact our parish office at (618) 632-7614 or email the parish office at corpuschristi1@sbcglobal.net.
If you would like to be added as a member to the prayer chain, contact Cheryl Heimerman at heimercc@sbcglobal.net.
Contact: Cheryl Heimerman
Phone Number: 618-604-8625
