Parishioners pull together to help shut ins, needy in their midst

Posted November 21, 2017

At the Family Volunteer Day of St. Katherine of Siena Parish in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday, Nov. 18, parishioners prepared hundreds of meals to support the elderly through Aid for Friends. Read all about the successful volunteer effort here. (Photos by Colleen Boyle Sharp)

Young parishioners of St. Katherine of Siena Parish in Northeast Philadelphia work together to package some 500 Thanksgiving meals for shut-ins during the parish’s Family Volunteer Day Nov. 18. (Photo by Colleen Boyle Sharp)
The young and the old together make Happy Thanksgiving cards to accompany the meals packaged during St. Katherine of Siena Parish’s Family Volunteer Day Nov. 18 and which will be delivered to shut-ins through Aid for Friends.

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