Friendly Vistor Ministry

- Family Life

Friendly Visitor Ministry

We are excited to welcome you to the Friendly Visitors Ministry. The purpose of this ministry is to encourage social interaction and fellowship among parishioners, especially those who may feel lonely or isolated from the faith community of St. Michael.

Friendly Visitors are sent out in pairs, never alone. Volunteers generally make visits once a week for one hour.

Friendly Visitors can:

pray with you
engage in conversation
be a friendly person who will listen and encourage
share interests
be someone to reminisce with
help new parishioners feel more welcome and connected to our parish
read, do a craft, color, play cards

Friendly Visitors cannot:

drive the new friend anywhere
run errands
do any household chores, i.e, replace A/C filters, etc.
dispense medications

Please contact Marian Casamassa at (914) 494-2703 if you have any questions or would like additional information.

Visitors must be cleared throught the Safe Environment Program. To be cleared, please contact our Safe Environment Coordinator,
Diane Salazar, (972) 279-6581, ext. 19, or DianeS@stmichaelgarland.org