The responsibility of the Christian Service Commission is to respond to Catholic Social Teaching through direct services of human need in the St. Clare parish community and beyond. Our focus is on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching:
The CSC creates, promotes and co-ordinates programs and activities that address some or all of these seven themes. Christian Service oversees many events and initiatives throughout the year:
There are several ways to serve on the Christian Service Commission which meets one day a month. There are opportunites to serve as a support source by assisting in the execution of programs (no meetings required).
The Christian Service Commission exists as a model and resource of Catholic Social Teaching to enable the entire parish communion to put the social teaching of the Church into action.
The Commission empowers the members of the parish to fulfill the Church's mission of love, justice, freedom and peace by communally responding, in an organized way, to societal and individual needs.
The Commission creates and/or promotes programs which strive to address human needs and achieve justice whether locally or in the broader communities of Vicariate, Archdiocese, State, Nation and World.