Outbound Calls

We are called to love God and our neighbor as ourselves. Therefore, during this time that we can not gather for Mass or other parish events, the Social Justice Committee will work together with other parishioners to make outbound calls to all parishioners to check in on them and see if there are any needs we can help them with as a parish community. (Further outbound calls have been suspended and a letter is being mailed to parishioners).

Letter to Parishioners

Through our outbound call efforts, we found that we don't have the most current contact information for everyone. Therefore, as a next step, Fr. Schatz has drafted the following letter which will be mailed to all parishioners by Thursday, March 26th. Please read through the letter and make sure to review, validate or update your contact information and return it to the parish office as soon as you can.

Read the Letter Here

Increased Communication

We will commit to staying in communication with our parishioners by email, mail, Facebook and our website letting people know how they can help others by way of food donations, support to the elderly and to young families, resources for live-streaming Masses and other online devotionals.

• Parish Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/2254655104574559

Here are some concrete ways you can help the community at this time:

St. Vincent de Paul

Contact Rick Merfeld at rickmerfeld@yahoo.com if you want to support with any of the following:

• Food Donations - Donations can be dropped off at the Radford Rd location or the Iowa Street Voucher Center during the hours of 9-12 PM on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday or Wednesday from 2-5 PM. 

• Other Donations - Could also use hygiene products: Soap, shampoo, toothpaste, typical daily needs

• Voucher Center Help - Individuals and families could provide assistance at the Iowa Street Voucher Center. Recommend Middle School aged kids and above for help.

• Voucher Line Support - Work with Jim Halverson and/or Jim Rolling to take requests from people in need while the in home visits are on hold. 

• Financial Support - Individuals can contact Rick to make a donation or mail one in/drop it off at the parish office for our local conference at St. Columbkille.

Pandemic emergency funding is needed to help St. Vincent de Paul continue to do the great work they do right here in Dubuque. If you have the means to help, please use the following link to donate online. Thank you for your generosity.

Pandemic Emergency Funding

St. Patrick Meals

At this time Msgr. Toale is monitoring the developments of COVID-19 in Dubuque and will determine a few days in advance if the meals will be held or cancelled for safety of volunteers.

Contact Mark Hoeger at m.hoeger@yahoo.com if you want to assist with this meal in any way.

• Our Knights of Columbus Council is providing the meal on April 1. The meal requirements during COVID-19 are requiring meals are individually packaged and distributed vs having a packed dining hall. Mark Hoeger is on point to coordinate with the Council to provide this support, but we could encourage any parishioner to provide support to this if you want to help. Mark will keep us informed if St. Patrick's needs resources like carry out boxes, concealed plastic utensils, etc. to help provide these meals to-go in the near future.

Contact Deacon Travis King at king1339@msn.com if you want to assist with this meal in any way for April 8th.

• Our Parish is scheduled to provide the meal on April 8. The meal requirements during COVID-19 are requiring meals are individually packaged and distributed vs having a packed dining hall.
• For the April 8 meal, we are still in need of about 6-8 volunteers. Serving will be done through social distancing and meals will be distributed through a pick up line outside. Volunteers are being asked to report to the kitchen by 3:45 PM, in the basement hall of St. Patrick's Catholic Church just off of 14th Street/Loras Boulevard.

If you are not able to serve but would like to donate to help pay for the meal, you can send a check to the parish office made out to St. Columbkille Church and in the memo line designate it to: St. Patrick's Meals. The typical cost to provide the meal is about $400.00.

The Mission

Contact Rick Mihm at mihmr@mchsi.com if you would like to provide support in any way.

• The Mission has an immediate need for to-go containers and individually packaged utensils, or money to purchase them. They are expecting to have to provide their meals like this for the next 60 days. We have already put a Facebook donations link on our parish Facebook page for this that was created by the Mission. 

• They are also in need of cleaning supplies, laundry soap, hygiene products: Soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.

Our Lady of the Sioux

As we are not having Mass, loose coin collections will not be taken during this time. We have contacted Sr. Barb to understand their needs and we are awaiting her response to see if direct online donations are an option during this time. Please continue to keep the faithful of Our Lady of the Sioux in your prayers. More information will be updated here once we have heard from Sr. Barb.

To make a donation directly to Our Lady of the Sioux Parish you can:

• Check - Mail a check to:  Our Lady of the Sioux Parish, PO Box 140, Oglala, SD 57764    

• Credit/Debit Card - Call: (605) 867 - 1518 and the parish can take a credit/debit card donation over the phone