Serving Those in Need & Working
for Peace & Justice
The Social Concens Committee is involved with community ministries, organizations and other area churches to collectively help meet the needs of the poor, the hurting and the vulnerable in our community. The committe also helps keep the parish aware of issues related to the dignity of the human person and the care of God's creation and creatures.
The Giving Tree Ministry is a yearly event whereby gifts are purchased by St. Albert families to support locations within Kentucky as they tend to less fortunate children and adults.
Christmas trees with ornaments for this ministry are displayed in the Gathering Space in November and available for volunteers to pick up and shop (receiver's name and their desired items/gifts are printed on back of ornaments).
For more information, please contact givingtree@stalbert.org or Linda Blackman at 502-974-5371.
EACM is a distribution center for Dare to Care and USDA resources and assists local families to place food on their tables by offering a Food Pantry. EACM offers multicultural community services and integration of our multicultural neighbors with English classes, case management, and preparation for citizenship. EACM also offers a home delivery meal program for those interested.
The Environmental Concerns Committee is dedicated to helping our parish and our community “to protect and preserve” the earth by reducing our impact on the environment. We emphasize the need to reduce, to reuse, and to recycle as much as possible. We work with our parishioners and other committees to provide opportunities to do just that. We actively recycle at parish events, such as the Lenten fish fries and the summer picnic.
Through our spokesman, Environmental Ernie, we educate parishioners about environmental issues, and provide ideas to help them help the environment.
We believe in the need to expand our outreach, and seek to work with other organizations and parishes to broaden our scope. In following Pope Francis’s call to action in Laudato Si’, we strive to indeed “care for our common home,” and do all we can to preserve and protect the environment for our children and grandchildren.
If you would like to join in this service of protecting and preserving the earth, now’s the time to act. The Environmental Concerns Committee of St. Albert the Great parish invites you to join us in our mission. Please contact Mark Wehrley for more information (502) 741-3216 call or text, (502) 456-5176 (call).
Appalachian Collection
Catholic Charities Collection
Hand in Hand Epiphany Collection
Catholic Charities works with refugees and immigrants to find affordable housing for them when they first arrive to Louisville. Since the housing placements normally involve non-furnished apartments, Associated Catholic Charities is in constant need of providing furnishings of these apartments. St. Albert provides a yearly drive in the Autumn so that parishioners can donate apartment items and clothing to assist these immigrants and refugees. Associated Catholic Charities provides a truck for donations to be placed in. Needs vary from year to year and Associated Catholic Charities provides St. Albert with a list of items needed ( and not needed) each year. Items usually include small furniture, chairs, small tables, lamps, kitchen utensils and supplies, brooms and mops, pictures and decorations for walls, bicycles, cleaning supplies, and usually coats and warm clothing. (Several refugees arrive from places with warmer climates than Louisville).
We are thankful for the generosity of the St. Albert the Great parishioners who are dedicated to serving the community in Appalachia. The items collected over the two weekends during Epiphany will help the 100 families that our Auxier Center pantry serves each month. We are thankful for the continued support of St. Albert the Great parish.
The Lenten Tree Ministry is an annual gift-giving event which presents the parish with the opportunity of expressing our appreciation to our retired religious for their service and commitment to the Catholic Church.
St. Albert the Great Parish families purchase small gifts which are given to show our love to over 400 religious from various organizations, including the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph in Owensboro, KY, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth through Nazareth Home, Nazareth Home-Clifton, and the Little Sisters of the Poor.
For more information please contact the parish office
at (502) 425-1804.
Red Cross Blood Drives are held at St. Albert the Great on a quarterly basis in the Parish Life Center. This ministry helps to provide much needed aid to those in emergency medical situations.
For dates of upcoming Blood Drives contact the Parish Office at (502) 495-3940.
For more information about the Drive itself or to volunteer, contact Mary Jo Bird at (502) 552-2093.
Sunday, February 1st | 8am-1pm
The Social Concerns Team are sponsoring our quarterly Red Cross blood drive in the Parish Life Complex on Sunday 2/1/26 from 8am until 1pm.
Appointments are recommended but not required. For appointments, please call Mary Jo Bird at (502) 552-2093 or email kybirdsnest@aol.com.
Appointments can also be made directly with the Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS or online at www.Redcrossblood.org. Donors who register are also encouraged to fill out the “Rapid Pass” online within 24 hours of their donation to expedite the donation process.
Baby Bottle Boomerang
Mother's Day Card Sale
The Respect Life Committee coordinates efforts to promote and pray for the sacredness of life at all stages including the unborn, children in poverty, the elderly, the disabled & neglected, and those living in refugee camps, war zones and prison.
The committee sponsors the Baby Bottle Boomerang and Mother's Day Card Sale in support of Little Way Pregnancy Center.
Hildegard House, part of our Respect Life Committee, is seeking volunteers to help provide compassionate end-of-life care. Hildegard House is Kentucky’s first and only comfort care home, offering a loving home and dignity to those who have no one to care for them in their final days.
If you feel called to serve, please contact Karen Cassidy at kcassidy@hildegardhouse.org for more information.
For over 40 years, Little Way has served the women and families in this community - offering free medical services, love, and support for those facing unexpected pregnancies, parenting classes, baby closet items, and support groups for single mothers and fathers, as well as help for those in need of healing from a past abortion.
Little Way Pregnancy Center offers a beautiful tribute to mothers for Mother's Day; the gift of a Holy Mass Offering.
A spiritual bouquet is offered through a donation made "in memory of" or "in honor of" the Mother's name. The mothers are then included in a Mass offered by The Most Reverend Shelton Joseph Fabre, the Archbishop of Louisville.
Beautiful Mother's Day cards are then provided which can be given to the recipient on Mother's Day. Cards and crayons are provided for children.
Support of Little Way helps provide life saving ministries, including:
Free ultrasounds with pregnancy services & support
Parenting education & baby closet supplies
Journey of hope for post- abortion healing
Abortion pill reversal for those with a change of heart
Food Pantry > Contact Mary Jo Burke at burkejmj@bellsouth.net for information
School Supplies Backpack Collection > Contact Heidi McQuillen at mcfamily97@hotmail.com or Karen Thompson at kthomps4@bhsi.com for information
Volunteer > See below contacts for additional information
Donate > Contact Mary Jo Burke at burkejmj@bellsouth.net for information
The Loaves & Fishes collects food ten months a year for the following food pantries:
Sr. Visitor Center
Contact Person: Ray Schmitt
2235 West Market Street
Open Monday - Friday 10am - 2:30pm
St. Vincent de Paul
Contact Person: Lou Ann West
1026 S Jackson Street
Open Tuesday & Thursday from 9am - 12pm
St. Ignatius Helping Hand
Contact Person:
1818 Rangeland Road
Open Tuesday & Friday 10am - 1pm
Eastern Area Community Ministry (EACM)
Contact Person: Dennix Roux
9104 Westport Road
Open Monday - Thursday 10am - 2pm
Schuhmann Center
Contact Person: Berndette Cooper
730 East Gray Street
Open Wednesday & Thursday 9am - 11:45am
Each organization receives two deliveries per year.
Weekend of February 1st
Our next Loaves & Fishes Collection will benefit St. Vincent dePaul.
Canned foods: soups, stews, chili, fruits, vegetables, beans. Dried goods: pancake mix, tea bags, rice, packaged pasta, cereal, granola bars, packaged crackers.
In addition to non-perishable food items they are always in need of personal care items, paper towels & toilet paper, and cleaning supplies.
Heidi McQuillen & Karen Thompson
Contact Gary Lange at garyelange@gmail.com for information
St John Center, located at 700 East Muhammad Ali Blvd., Louisville, KY 40202 at Clay Street, works with homeless men to create opportunities for self -sufficiency and renewal through the hard work and dedication of their Staff , Volunteers and Community Support.
Thank you St Albert the Great Church Parishioners for sharing your treasure. The SJC goal is to help these men leave homelessness for good.
St. John Center located at 700 East Muhammad Ali Louisville KY. 40202 at Clay St. helps Homeless Men address barriers to self-suffiency and housing so that they may leave homelessness for good. The Day Center is open 7 Days a Week with Social Services; Social Security Applications and Benefits, Driver License ID , VA Benefits, Mail Address. Housing Counseling and planning to Move Home.
Shelter Hours 8AM - 4 PM Every Day All Year. Please Note Wednesday is 8AM – 12PM.
Volunteer Shifts are Two (2) Hours Each. Basic Services include Hot Coffee , Donuts, Showers with Supplies, Phone, Front Desk Check In, Mailroom. Variety and Flexibility to help and serve.
Donations of supplies may be made at the rear of Church in or near the basket. Needed items will be listed under The Station of the Cross 11 (Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross).
Thank you for your generosity! Contact Gary Lange (502) 551- 3413, text or leave a message.
St. Vincent de Paul's Open Hand Soup Kitchen
The mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is to respond to calls from the needy for temporary assistance. The ultimate goal of providing help with food, rent, and utility bills is to empower the needy to be able to help themselves.
Collections for St. Albert’s SVDP conference are taken up on all fifth Sundays throughout the year. If you wish to donate to SVDP, please fill out any checks to “SVDP Conference of St. Albert the Great, Inc". Donations can also be made via Online Giving.
For more information about St. Albert’s SVDP conference contact LuAnn West.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, we find that Jesus “… went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.”
Through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to proclaim the good news of the kingdom to the poor by assisting families in our local community with utility and rent bills. When making donations by check, please make checks payable to St. Albert SVDP Conference (rather than the parish). This helps funds reach those in need more quickly.
The St. Vincent dePaul Open Hand Kitchen is another opportunity in our community to help those in need. The SVDP Open Hand Kitchen serves free meals 365 days a year to shelter clients as well as the poor and working poor in our community.
For more information about SVDP Open Hand Kitchen, please contact Lori Duvall.
WaterStep is a locally-based organization that collects gently used shoes and sells them to exporters. WaterStep uses the profits from selling these shoes to provide water treatment facilities to areas desperately needing clean water throughout the world.
At the beginning of each school year, the Social Concerns Committee of St. Albert parish organizes a gently used shoe collection to support the efforts that WaterStep is making to help people around the world get the clean water they need. Clean water is essential to life and we are thankful to have this opportunity to help those in need.