Ministries

Every Thursday morning following the 8:00 A.M. Mass.  Bible Study meets in the Msgr. Galic Room at the church.

Unite as a community praying the Rosary for the sanctity of all life from conception until natural death. Meditative hymns are sung, along with the recitation of the Rosary. No experience required. Mentors provided. If interested in any of these ministries please call the Rectory call 574-282-2317.

Advises the Pastor on financial matters of the parish and school. Responsible for monitoring all income and expenses, and approving the annual budgets.  Finance Council meets quarterly.

This Leadership Team is tasked with advising the Pastor on how best to achieve the Parish's mission to help families pursue the Truth and Live It!

Men and women volunteers who greet parishioner and visitors and assist people to their seat if necessary. They also take up the regular and special collections and assist the pastor when needed during the mass. To become an Usher please contact the church office 574-282-2317.

Contact: Abby Desmarais  231-8008

Holy Family Meal Ministry provides meals for Holy Family School families and parishioners in need of extra help during a time of transition such as the birth of a child, return from the hospital or some other short term need. Meals are provided by volunteers and are scheduled through the Take Them a Meal website. If you are interested in volunteering to provided meals or have a request for meals please contact the rectory at 282-2317. School call 289-7375 or the Meals coordinator Abby Desmarais 231-8008 or email abigailbuter@gmail.com. 

Boys and girls from grade 3 and above who assist the priest at the liturgy. Please contact rectory or  the School if you have a child interested.

Preparing parents for the formation of their child’s faith. Parents are ask to attend one evening class for Baptismal preparation. Please contact church rectory for more information  

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion who serve the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass and to the sick and homebound.

Volunteers who coordinate social activities and gatherings of parishioners during the year.

Volunteers who care for and beautify the grounds and church.

Parish volunteers who warmly welcome parishioners as they enter the Church for Mass.

Reader who proclaim the Scriptures at Mass and other services.

Responsible for the preparation and care of the altar linens. This includes the washing and ironing of purificators, corporals, and altar linens.

Rite of Christian Initiation – preparation of adult candidates for Catholic sacraments.  RCIA meets on Monday evenings following the 6:00 P.M. Mass in the Msgr. Galic Room. 

Religious Education Program -CCD 

Our mission is to teach and strengthen each child in their walk with Christ, as they learn their Catholic Faith and what is means to be a true child of God. This program is for the children who attend a non- Catholic school.

Call Mary Nyers, DRE at the rectory 

574-282-2317 to registure for the 2025-2026 CCD school year.

Duties include preparing the altar for Mass and cleaning the altar following Mass.

Provides food and non-perishables to those in need in our local area.

Contact: Kathy Heying 574-850-9388

The Altar and Rosary Society welcomes Catholic women who want to become more involved in parish activities. Members of the society assist with the following ministries: Sponsoring the Right to Life Flower Sale on Mother’s Day. 

 We clean the church on very second Saturday of the month after adoration at noon. The society meeting are being determind....  please  check the bulletin for schedule changes.

Our purpose: 

To foster a community of women in the Catholic Church to learn and grow in our faith so that we may grow faith in our families and take it out to others!

This women's group  have sponsored the "SHE shall be called Women", A program for women and young adults from Paradisus Dei, 

"Transforming Women and Their Families in God’s Love"  Our next SHE  program will be on  Saturday September 13, 2025 Starting at 9:00am in the School Cafteria.

We meet on the third Saturday of every month after 8:00 A.M. Mass, the Rosary, confression and adoration. Meetings start around 9:00 A.M. Meetings will be announced each month in the Bulletin.  

Contact Kathy Heying  at 

574-850-9388 for more information

"A stone which the buliders rejected 

Has become the chief cornerstone." -Psalm 118:22

This psalm refers to Jesus, who became the chief cornerstone in the  Kingdon of God.

We currently are opened to students in 4th-8th grade, but also will take high school students. We meet every Tuesday from 5:30pm-7:00pm. We begin each meeting with prayer, and then we have dinner (Pizza 99% of the time!). Every month we choose a new topic to learn about our Catholic faith, for an example prayer, the Eucharist, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, etc. Our lesson have a  game and/or crafts relating to the lesson. We try to have field trip as often as we can. These feild trips can be fun or faith based. For Example, on Good Friday, 2025, we took the children to see the Christ's Passions Shrine in St. John's, IN. At the shrine they were able to see life-size statues of each Stations of the Cross, as well as visit St. John's Church! We also had time to  visit another shrine, Our Lady of Guadalupe in the same location. In the fall, it has become a tradition to go the Thistleberry Farms a local pummkin patch which also offers fall theme games and rides and a themed corn maze.

Every last Saturday of the month,at the 5pm Vigil Mass, the Youth Group serves the Mass, and does the readings, announcements, ushering, for the Mass. After Mass, from 6:15-7:15, we have Eucharistic Adoration  with Praise and Worship music, with time for group and individual prayer.

Following, we have pizza, games in the cafateria of the school, and an open gym for those who want to play.

Cornerstone Youth Group is a place of encounter, with God, and with each other. Youth Group is a place where they can feel safe, find peace, and discover true joy, rooted in the truth of the gospel, specifically, the golden rule: "love thy neightbor as thyself."

We have volunteer opportunities also.

Every last Friday of the month, we take the children to help feed the Homeless at Hope Minustries in downtown  South Bend. "truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the lease of these brothers and sister of mine you did for me" Matthew 25:40

We also have a parent group chat on GroupMe where we send updates each week for the parents of the Youth Group children. We can add YOU!

Please calll Katherine at 574-300-3284 or Taylor 574-229-6675 for more information or questions.