Serve
Our Commitment to Safe Environment
Keeping our young people, our volunteers, and all of our parishioners safe is our highest priority. For a comprehensive understanding of requirements for volunteers, visit the Archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection below.
Liturgical

Altar Servers
Boys and girls from 5th to 12th grades. Contact us to learn more about responsibilities and training opportunities.

Extraordinary Ministers
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion distribute the Eucharist at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Contact us to learn more about responsibilities and training opportunities.

Greeters
Greeters are called to be ministers of Hospitality. They are entrusted with promoting a sense of welcoming and belonging as our parish family gathers for Mass.

Lectors
Adults, college and high school students proclaim the scripture readings at Mass on Sundays, weekdays, and Holy Days. Contact us to learn more about responsibilities and training opportunities.

Music Ministry
Music Ministry is an integral part of liturgical worship. It is perhaps one of the most complex elements of parish life in that it touches every member of the congregation.

Eucharistic Adoration
The Eucharist is the Body and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Every Monday we gather to come face-to-face with Jesus in the Eucharist.

Children's Adoration
Children’s Adoration ministers to preschool age children and meets the second Tuesday of the month during the school year from 10 AM – 11AM in the St. Francis Center.

Children's Liturgy
Children’s Liturgy is designed to teach young children about Jesus during the school year within the context of the weekly readings in language more suitable to their understanding.
Youth

Youth Ministry
We are a fun, faithful group of 7th through 12th graders. We want to strengthen our relationship with Jesus. We love to serve others in our church and community. We like to hang out with friends, eat, and play games, too.

OLMC Scouting Program
Scouting is an experience that helps young individuals develop life skills and build character while growing in faith. It provides a supportive community for exploring interests and finding new opportunities for growth and service. Boys and girls grades K-12 are welcome.

CYO
CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) is a partnership of parents, coaches, priests, religious, teachers and adult leaders who manage a sports program that encourages youth to grow in their relationship with God and come to a better understanding of themselves and our Catholic faith.
Community & Service

Knights of Columbus
Together, we’re empowering Catholic men to live their faith at home, in their parish, at work and in their community.

The Ladies
of Mount Carmel
The Ladies of Mount Carmel were established over 75 years ago as a spiritual, service, and social organization.
ROCKs
ROCKs (Raising Our Catholic Kids) is a spiritual, service and social ministry for families with children from birth- 8th grade.

Prayer Garden
The prayer garden ministry lovingly takes care of the Garden to create and maintain a tranquil space for visitors to pray, reflect and deepen their faith.

Peace and Justice
The Peace and Justice Ministry focuses on Catholic Social Teaching, educating about and connecting parishioners with ways to serve the homeless, help refugees, combat addiction and so much more.

Art and Environment
The Art and Environment Ministry is responsible for creating seasonal beauty in our Church with the intention of enhancing and bringing all of us closer to Christ.
OUtreach

Legacy of Life at OLMC
Legacy of Life invests in educating, inspiring and supporting women in unplanned pregnancies to find the strength to choose life.

Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary is a lay Catholic organization whose members are serving the Church in almost every country. Each week we visit and pray with the sick and the elderly in area nursing homes and at the hospital.

Middle East Family Ties
Middle East Family Ties is a ministry that works to keep the face of Christ alive in the Middle East.
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent de Paul is a network of friends, inspired by Gospel values, growing in holiness, and building a more just world through personal relationships with and in service to neighbors in need.
Prison Ministry
The Prison Ministry of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has two components: The Mentoring and Reentry Program and The Religious Services Program.

Red Cross Blood Drive
Giving blood is an act of love and compassion to someone in need within our community and beyond. We provide the location and publicize the event. The Red Cross schedules appointments.
Prayer & Service

Prayer Chain
Anyone in need of spiritual support may place their requests on the prayer chain by sending an email.
Men's Scripture
Men’s Scripture provides Christian fellowship for men of all ages to encourage spiritual growth.
Mother of sorrows and hope
A Bereavement Ministry for mothers who have experienced the recent loss of a child.

Tuesday Night Rosary
We pray the beautiful Scriptural Rosary and walk in the footsteps of Jesus and His Blessed Mother.


