Parish Charities - General Information

Parish Charities & Christian Life
Director: Mrs. Matty Lupo
Telephone: 703-730-1791
Fax: 703-670-8323

As the name implies, the Office of Parish Charities and Christian Life (PC&CL) is here to serve local citizens who are in need and to foster our Catholic Christian faith within the community. We rely heavily upon the generosity of our volunteer workers not only to enable our office to function well, but also to help run the different programs that we provide.

For example, the Food Pantry, our largest outreach program, is open every weekday and provides a bag of non-perishable food and bread to needy families. We may serve as many as 800 families in one month! Aside from the Food pantry, when funds are available we work on a case-by-case basis to assist people who have received eviction or utility shutoff notices. In addition, we help families who require prescription medications, and when possible, we help desperate families obtain temporary shelter.

Some of our volunteers organize Parish participation in preparing and serving a week of meals at both the Hilda Barge Homeless Shelter and the Prince William County (PWC) Homeless Drop-in Shelter. Other volunteers organize the Parish's Christmas Giving Tree each year. Another function of the PC&CL is to arrange for Holy Family's participation in the March for Life in January. As part of our commitment to "choosing life", we team with Birth Right of PWC to aid new mothers and babies who have no one to turn to for help. We welcome donations of food certificates for formula!

Our office also sponsors the Black History Group, the Holy Family Crafters and the Senior Group. We have special weekly activities for the seniors, in addition to festivities for them on St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The Office of Parish Charities and Christian Life and the Food Pantry and are open Monday through Friday, from 10:00AM to 2:00PM, requiring current identification to show residence in Eastern Prince William County. Financial assistance is given by appointment only on a case-by-case basis when funds are available.

If you want to help with any part of our ministry, please see the Parish bulletin or call the PC&CL Office.