Upcoming Service Opportunities
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Saint Clement offers periodic and ongoing opportunities for parishioners to live their call to stewardship and justice by generously sharing their time, gifts, and talents in service with and for others. Please see below for upcoming opportunities!
For more information, or to sign up for any of these opportunities, please contact the staff member listed.
Sign up for our monthly Service Opportunities e-newsletter here. See past issues of this newsletter here.
Friday Sack Lunches & Hospitality
For many years, Saint Clement parishioners have generously prepared sack lunches for the hungry, which are distributed from the parish every Friday morning.
Before we distribute the lunches, we provide breakfast and hospitality to our brothers and sisters in need as they wait in line.
Please note, we have expanded our sack lunch opportunities! In addition to our usual Friday sack lunch distribution, we are committing to providing lunch once a week to each of the homeless shelters run by Lincoln Park Community Services (LPCS). We value your dedication to those in need by preparing sack lunches regularly.
Save the Date for Fall Service Day - Sept. 19!
We're excited to announce that our next parish-wide Fall Service Day will take place on Saturday, September 19!
After an incredible Spring Service Day—when nearly 400 volunteers served at 25 organizations across Chicagoland—we're looking forward to another opportunity to put our faith into action together.
Volunteer opportunities will be available throughout the day at a variety of local organizations. You'll have the opportunity to select your preferred service sites or indicate that you're happy to serve wherever help is most needed.
Registration and additional details will be available soon. We hope you'll mark your calendar now and plan to join us for another meaningful day of serving our neighbors together.
Want to see what Spring Service Day was like? Read the recap and view photos here!
Monthly Collections in Support of Our Neighbors in Need
Caring for our neighbors is part of who we are at Saint Clement. Each month, we host a special outreach collection—typically on the last weekend of the month, unless otherwise noted—responding to the specific needs of our partner organizations. The requested items will change from month to month and will be announced in advance, along with instructions on whether donations should be made directly with the organization or brought to the parish. We appreciate your generosity and support!
July - Two Opportunities to Help Those In Need
July 25/26: Drive for Lincoln Park Community Services. They are in need of the following items:
electrolyte drink mixes, especially boxes of single packs
powdered drink mixes
flatware (new or gently used forks, knives, spoons)
new underwear (both men's & women's in all sizes; no bras).
Please place your donations in the collection bins in the church vestibule the weekend of July 25/26.
July 25-Aug 9: Back to School Drive for Our Lady of Mercy’s Religious Education Program. We invite you to support our sharing parish, OLM, through our annual School Supply Drive. Your donations will support families facing financial hardship and be distributed to students in OLM’s extensive religious education program.
Needed supplies include: • Pencils & erasable pens • Printer/copy paper • Notebooks, pocket folders, & sketch books • Scissors • Highlighters • Dry-erase markers • Markers • Glue sticks & Elmer's glue • Index cards (3x5) & post it notes (3x3) • Headphones/earbuds • Cleaning supplies (e.g.) disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer
Please place your donations in the collection bins in the church vestibule beginning July 25.
Thank you for your consideration and generosity!
Be the Reason Someone Feels Welcome This Summer
Summer is in full swing at Saint Clement, and our community events are buzzing with life! From coffee and donuts after Mass to wine on Wednesday nights, these gatherings thrive because of volunteers like you.
Whether you’re new or a longtime parishioner, lending a hand is a joyful, easy way to build community and make a difference.
Here’s how you can get involved:
☕ Sunday Morning Coffee & Donuts
After the 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:15 a.m. Masses, the plaza comes alive with coffee, donuts, and conversation. Help us create a warm, welcoming space.
🍷 Wine Down Wednesday
These midweek gatherings wouldn’t be the same without the friendly faces behind the scenes! From setting up and greeting guests to pouring wine and cleaning up, your help makes the evening special.
🧀 Saturday Wine + Cheese
Held after 5:00 p.m. Saturday Mass, this monthly gathering is a simple way to help others connect and feel at home at Saint Clement. We’re looking for volunteers to help with light set-up, hospitality, and clean-up. On the form, please select the “Saturday Wine & Cheese” date you’d like to help with (July 11, & August 8); you may need to scroll to find it among other opportunities.
Serve with joy. Build community. Make this summer one to remember. We can’t wait to serve alongside you!
Service Week for Young Adults (20s & 30s) in August!
Did you know that this year's summer Theology on Tap series includes a Service Week?
From August 3–8, young adults in their 20s and 30s are invited to serve with local organizations throughout the week. Click the registration form below to choose the service opportunity, date, and time that works best for you and join us in making a difference in our community.
Visit the Theology on Tap page to learn more about the series, or click the registration form below to learn more about the August Service Week!
Learn more about the service opportunities via this registration form
Lincoln Park Community Services
Three times a month, Saint Clement volunteers serve dinner for the Guests at LPCS! Volunteers can participate by cooking onsite at LPCS or by preparing part of a meal at home and dropping it off. Contact Christa Kingsley to sign up!
The listings below are the next available dates.
New to this ministry? Fill out the interest form here.
Thank you!
1521 N. Sedgwick location (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.)
Upcoming dates currently full
600 W. Fullerton location (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.)
Wed., July 15 - SIGN UP HERE - currently full
Thurs., July 16 - SIGN UP HERE
Fri., July 31 - SIGN UP HERE - currently full
Fri., Aug. 14 - SIGN UP HERE
Fri., Aug 28 - SIGN UP HERE
Help keep our 40 year partnership with LPCS strong by getting involved with this ministry: Sign up HERE
See photos from our Feb 2025 soup gathering celebrating LPCS’ 40 years of faith in action here.
Volunteer at St. Teresa of Avila's Food Pantry!
1950 N. Kenmore in Lincoln Park
St. Teresa of Avila's parish Food Pantry is a welcoming, dependable source of nutritious food, respect and social contact to the food insecure of our community. Most of the food is supplied from the from the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD). However, we do supplement with donations from parishioners and purchase needed items.
Please consider volunteering at their Saturday Food Pantry Distributions from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. They're so grateful for the Saturday Food Pantry volunteers—please take a moment to review these important guidelines and reminders to help everything run smoothly.
Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen
On the 3rd Friday of the month, Saint Clement volunteers assist Holy Name Cathedral's sponsored Supper Service Meal Ministry at Catholic Charities.They serveover200 individuals and need help packaging meals and serving dine-in guests. Your service is greatly appreciated and has a strong impact on our neighbors in need of a meal and fellowship. Volunteers are to report to Catholic Charities (721 N. La Salle) by 3:30 p.m., will begin serving at 5:00 p.m., and be wrapping up by 6:30 at the latest. Contact Christa Kingsley to sign up!
Dates: Friday, July 17 | Friday, August 21
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Catholic Charities, 721 N. LaSalle (between Huron & Superior)
Parking: Free on site
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels
Our Lady of the Angels is located in the Humboldt Park area of the city providing resources to those who are materially poor and sharing the Gospel with those they encounter. Volunteer opportunities include working in the food pantries and after school programs. All volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
If you have never volunteered at MOLA before, please sign up on the new volunteer form HERE first.
Please visit their volunteer page to learn more about ways to help!
Gabriel’s Light Shares Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month
Gabriel's Light — one of the organizations we support through our Clement Commits program — shares free resources so that you, too, can be aware and raise awareness in your community: How to Address Bullying; Navigating a Mental Health Crisis; Suicide Loss Survivors; Suicide Education and Prevention. These resources are available in English and Spanish:
For information on ways to support Gabriel’s Light and their upcoming events — such as this summer’s Drive for Hope fundraiser—visit www.gabrielslight.org
Get involved at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls by Participating in a Networking Lunch!
Wednesdays, July 15, 22, 29, from Noon to 1 p.m. at our West Loop Campus, 1140 W. Jackson Blvd.
Mercy Home’s youth Networking Lunches provide young people (ages 14-18) with the opportunity to practice professional relationship‑building and engage in informal networking over a shared meal. The experience helps youth build confidence, practice communication skills such as handshakes and elevator pitches, and learn directly from professionals about career paths and workplace expectations. These lunches reinforce career exposure and help prepare youth for future internships, employment, and post‑secondary opportunities.
Networking Lunches are an opportunity for you to:
Engage in one‑on‑one conversations with youth: Professionals participate in a hosted lunch at Mercy Home where they meet individually with youth to practice professional conversation, relationship‑building, and workplace etiquette in a supported setting.
Share your story: Talk about your career path, role, and experiences to help youth learn about different industries and envision future possibilities.
Make an impact: Your participation helps youth build confidence, expand their networks, and prepare for future internships, employment, and post‑secondary success.
Confirm your company’s involvement with Jim Marrese jimmar@mercyhome.org.
Together for Our Immigrant Neighbors
Encountering Christ in Our Immigrant Neighbors — How You Can Help
[Added 12/11/2025] - Immigrant families in our community continue to face hardship, and the need for support and prayer is great. Recently, young adults from Iskali, a Catholic organization empowering young Latinos from immigrant families in Chicago, spent Thanksgiving visiting families affected by detention and loss—bringing groceries, prayers, and presence.
Our parishioner Manuel Gomez joined the volunteers and was deeply moved by the courage and faith he witnessed. These encounters remind us all of the call to respond with compassion. We invite you to read about this experience here.
At Saint Clement, we are proud to partner with Iskali in this mission. Representatives recently spoke at our Immigrant Support Resource Night, and through Clement Commits, we donated $15,000 to help fund emergency food assistance for immigrant families.
We invite you to learn more about Iskali and explore ways to get involved—whether through volunteering, prayer, or supporting their vital work. Encountering Christ in our neighbors calls us all to act. For more information, visit Iskali Website or contact Vicente Del Real vicente@iskali.org.
Together, let us stand with our immigrant brothers and sisters with compassion and hope.
Letter from Christa Kingsley, Manager of Social Justice & Outreach
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Wednesday 11/12/25’s Mass of Solidarity and the Immigrant Support Resource Night. We hope you found meaningful ways to connect with the organizations doing vital work in neighborhoods across our city.
The evening was truly beautiful—full of energy, compassion, and a shared commitment to justice.
Each of the organizations that presented offers tangible ways to get involved, and I’d be glad to talk with you about how your interests and skills might align. Many of them are also in need of pro bono legal support, among other forms of engagement.
Please feel free to reach out directly using this list of key contacts for the organizations that participated:
National Immigrant Justice Center:
Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director
Iskali
Vicente Del Real, Founder
The Resurrection Project
Raul Raymundo, CEO and Co-Founder
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Rebekah A. Rashidfarokhi, Dir. Of Guardianship and Immigration Programs for Children
If you have any difficulty connecting with these contacts, feel free to reach out to me (Christa Kingsley)—I’m happy to provide additional connections. Thank you for your generous spirit and commitment to supporting our fellow Chicagoans.
The Shared Table at Catholic Charities
Saint Clement volunteers serve a hot meal and provide a high-quality, restaurant-style dining experience to 100+ individuals experiencing food insecurity. Your service is greatly appreciated and has a meaningful impact on our neighbors in need. This service experience is fast paced, high energy, with various roles. Participating in setup and cleanup is required. Volunteers should arrive to Catholic Charities (721 N. La Salle) by 4:30 p.m., will begin serving at 5:00 p.m., and wrap up by shortly after 6:00 p.m. Sign up online as an individual here or contact volunteer@catholiccharities.net to sign up as a group!
Date: Tuesdays, select Fridays
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Catholic Charities, 721 N. LaSalle (between Huron & Superior)
Parking: Free on site
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Catholic Charities accompanies and serves those on the margins, partnering with mission-driven organizations and individuals every day. Charities provide volunteers with the opportunity to encounter those in need, make meaningful impact in our community and live their faith in the world. Help combat food insecurity in Chicago by volunteering at weekly Shared Table community meals, the Loaves and Fishes sack sandwich ministry or food pantries. Empower and uplift mothers and families who are economically vulnerable or escaping violence by supporting residents in Charities domestic violence transitional houses or host a diaper drive.
Sign up for these and other volunteer opportunities HERE
Love Your Neighbor Ministry
Love Your Neighbor is a ministry created especially for our parish family. We strive to fulfill the spiritual and material needs of our community and foster a sense of family support. We invite all members of our community to join us in growing together as a parish family. Opportunities include Ministry of Care and more.
St. Mary of the Lake service opportunity
Saint Mary of the Lake in Uptown runs a weekly soup kitchen on Wednesday nights. With the growing number of refugees from South and Central America, the needs of the pantry continue to grow. As a part of this program, volunteers also provide sack lunches to the guests at the soup kitchen. These sack lunches ensure each guest who comes to the soup kitchen for dinner may also have a meal to-go. Volunteers may signup to provide 5 sack lunches by emailing Joe Henry or signing up on St Mary’s website HERE.
Ignatian Spirituality Project
205 W. Monroe, Suite 317, Chicago, IL 60606 | info@ispretreats.org | ispretreats.org
Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) offers experiences of hope, healing, and belonging to individuals recovering from homelessness and addiction. Our spiritual programs create the reflective space for people to make real, transformative life changes.
ISP has various types of service opportunities, ranging from pastoral to logistical. Learn more via their flyer here or visit ispretreats.org/joinus
Marillac St. Vincent (MSV) Harvest Hub Food Pantry - Volunteers Needed!
At Marillac St. Vincent, we understand that food insecurity is a pressing issue for many families in Chicago. Our Harvest Hub food pantries serve as a vital resource, providing essential nourishment to individuals and families facing financial hardships. Help support your neighbors in need! Volunteers are needed at both locations:
Lincoln Park @ St. Vincent DePaul Center, 2145 N. Halsted St
Tuesday 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Shop with Neighbors
Thursday 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Shop with Neighbors
Friday 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM Unload Truck & Stock Warehouse
East Garfield Park @ Foglia Family & Youth Center, 2859 W. Jackson Blvd
Monday 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Set-Up & Prep Home Delivery Food Boxes
Tuesday 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Set-Up & Prep Home Delivery Food Boxes
Tuesday 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Set-Up & Prep Store Shelves
Wednesday 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Set-Up & Prep Home Delivery Food Boxes
Wednesday 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Unload Trucks & Stock Warehouse
Wednesday 2:00 – 5:30 PM Shop with Neighbors
Thursday 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Set-Up & Prep Home Delivery Food Boxes
Thursday* 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM Older Adults Pantry: Shop with Neighbors
Friday 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Shop with Neighbors
* 1st & 3rd Thursdays every month
Ready to Volunteer? Click here to complete online Volunteer Application. Someone will be in touch with you soon!
Questions? Call (312) 278-4273 or email volunteers@msvchicago.orgor contact
Marillac Volunteer Manager Inda Montes at inda.montes@msvchicago.org
Aquinas Literacy Center
English Literacy Volunteers Needed
Help adult immigrants learn English at Aquinas Literacy Center! Volunteer as a one-on-one ESL tutor for just 90 minutes a week at 1751 West 35th Street in Chicago. No need to speak another language; all tutoring is in English. Training is provided!
For more information, please contact Sabrina Poulin at sabrina@aquinasliteracycenter.org or (773) 927-0512. Aquinas Literacy Center is sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Volunteer with Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly!
Looking for a meaningful way to give back and connect with others in our community? Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, located at 355 N. Ashland, offers several impactful volunteer opportunities to brighten the lives of isolated seniors in Chicago.
Food Bag Delivery (Monthly)
Help pack and deliver over 150 food bags each month to elderly neighbors in need.
Tech Support & Brain Fitness
Volunteer to assist in restarting the Brain Fitness Center—teach seniors basic technology skills and help them stay mentally active and connected.
Coffee and Conversation
Join us on the first and third Thursdays of each month for Coffee and Conversation. From 9:30am-11:00am volunteers are needed to serve a light breakfast and, most importantly, spend quality time chatting with the elderly guests.
Whether you're looking to lend a hand or lend an ear, there’s a place for you at Little Brothers.
Get involved today: lbfechicago.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer
Your time and presence can make a lasting impact.