Service & Outreach

Catholic Charities Volunteers

The Catholic Charities volunteers organize the annual drive to collect funds within Our Lady of Pompeii Parish for the Diocesan Appeal through mailings, phone calls and contact. Catholic Charities serves the needs of people within the Diocese of Buffalo.
Contact - Debbie Gaulin

Bereavement Committee

Visit families prior to a funeral to help plan the funeral Mass. Some members are servers for funeral Masses, while others visit and pray at wakes. We also plan a Memorial Mass each November for all deceased members of the parish. Meetings as needed.
Contact - Kathy Mazurkiewicz

Communion Calls

A team of volunteers provide communion to homebound parishioners on a monthly basis. Visits are also made to local hospitals and nursing homes.
Contact - Sr. Joyce King, CSSF - 683-6522, ext. 103

Clerical Volunteers

If you are available on Friday afternoons to insert flyers into the weekly bulletin or would be interested in helping with miscellaneous mailings, etc. this is the group for you!
Contact - Irene Andrzejewski - 683-6522, ext. 108

Gardening Ministry

The Gardening Ministry consists of a dedicated group of men and women who devote some of their spare time to plant, weed, water, and spruce up the flowerbeds on the grounds of Our Lady of Pompeii Church. They are always looking for new "green thumbs." You don't need to be a master gardener to join!
Contact the Parish Rectory - 683-6522

GriefShare

Offers prayer, support and direction to those mourning the loss of a loved one through death. A series of GriefShare DVD presentations are given by grief experts who share their personal stories and offer ways to cope with grief. A discussion and fellowship follow the presentation. Meetings two Wednesdays per month; September through April.
Contact - Sr. Joyce King, CSSF - 683-6522, ext. 103

Respect Life Committee

The Respect Life Committee promotes visual and spiritual awareness of our youngest, oldest and smallest brothers and sisters; those still in the womb and those confined to beds who cannot speak, defend themselves or even pray. We support and defend life from conception to natural death. Meetings first Monday of the month; September through June.
Contact - Barbara Hyla

Outreach

This effort is in its infancy stage. A suggestion of the Parish Council moved to the generation of a committee to assess the needs of our neighbors and identify the efforts already in place to lay out a plan to carve out our niche to effectively contribute to the outreach effort in the Lancaster/Depew area.
Contact - Deacon Greg Feary

The members of Our Lady of Pompeii Parish bring donations of paper products and non-perishable food items for distribution to the needy through the Tri-Community Food Pantry in Depew and the Trinity Episcopal Food Pantry in Lancaster.
Contact - Pat Farruggio
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There is also a "Giving Tree" during Advent which provides Christmas presents for children and families living in poverty in the Buffalo area.
Contact - JoAnn Feary

Communications Committee

Live Stream

 The Media Specialist at Our Lady of Pompeii is charged with helping to spread the Word in the growing social media world, as it relates to the Catholic Church and our OLP pastoral community. More and more parishioners are becoming active on social media and we are committed to bringing them that Word. Also, the live streaming feature falls under this Committee.