The face of each person who suffers is a face of Christ. One of the deepest causes of suffering experienced by those whom sickness or aging afflicts is a sense of isolation from the faith community. Because we are members of the Body of Christ, it is Christ who is present to us in our suffering, particularly through our Ministers of Care. 

Ministers of Care include laity and the ordained. Laity who are Ministers of Care are trained as Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist and Pastoral Visitors. Ministers of Care are living witnesses that the community of faith has not forgotten the absent sick, the invisible elderly, and the unseen sufferers. Their presence draws them into conscious communion with the whole Body of Christ so that they may experience that as “a community of disciples” no one is alone.

St.Lawrence Ministry to the Sick and Homebound includes:
• Outreach to local Nursing Home, and Hospital's
• Pastoral Visiting to Homes
• Liturgy of the Anointing of the Sick

If you or a family member would like Father Mark Stec,  or Deacon Steve  Andrews to make a pastoral visit, please call the rectory to arrange a visit @ 618-943-5255. Thank you.