Training for Parish Staff and Volunteers

Parish Coordinators of Homebound Ministry  

Saturday, August 20, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (English)
Our Lady of Angels Parish [Allen]

Register nowAug 20 Flyer (PDF)

Thursday, September 22, 2022
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (English)
Holy Trinity [Dallas]

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September 22 FLYER (PDF)

Parish Pastoral Visitors

Saturday, September 10, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (English)
St. Rita Parish [Dallas]

Saturday, October 8, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (English)
St. Gabriel Parish [McKinney]

Parish Pastoral Visitor Resources

• Handbook for Ministers of Care 3rd Edition, LTP, 2021 
• Communion of the Sick, Bilingual Edition, 2013, Catholic Book Publishing
• Homebound Ministry Needs You! Video
• The Leader of Prayer:  5 Skills for Lay Leaders
• Referrals to keep in mind
• Active Listening Skills resource links
• Caring for people at end of life/Dementia/Alzheimer's

Resources for Parish Coordinators

• Parish Planning Guide for Homebound Ministry
• Guía de Planificación Parroquial para el Ministerio de las Personas Confinadas en el Hogar
• Consider a "Telephone Ministry" with persons that are homebound

• Ministry programs help homebound elders age in place

• At-home retreat brings Scripture, spirituality to seniors
• Ignatian Online Retreat
• When Church Members Become Homebound
• 25 Ways to help persons who are homebound and their caregivers