This annual collection benefits St. John Center, House of Ruth, Sister Visitor Center, and Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services.

The Food Pantry provides non-perishable and pre-packaged nutrition in cases of urgent need, such as canned tuna, Vienna sausage, peanut butter, crackers, etc. Occasionally, cooked food is made available. Lourdes parishioners prepare and serve a meal twice a year.

kychaplaincy.org/

This ministry is an ongoing effort to combat human trafficking by providing education, time, and/or resources to facilitate the rehabilitation of victims. 

cclou.org/bakhita-empowerment-initiative/

Each Lent, Catholic families across the country unite to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Through CRS Rice Bowl, families learn about how our sisters and brothers across the globe overcome hardships like hunger and malnutrition, and how through Lenten alms, we have the power to make the world a better place for all.

www.crsricebowl.org/

Eastern Cemetery is a 28-acre cemetery located at 641 Baxter Avenue, near Cave Hill Cemetery

Outreach Committee and Youth Ministry work to clean up this local cemetery.

Hand in Hand Ministries believes that building strong communities around the world begins at home. They strengthen the community by opening hearts and minds to the needs of others through a unique immersion trip program with our Youth Ministry program.

Hand in Hand provides resources for the economically vulnerable through our on-going programs in Louisville, Belize, Nicaragua 
and Appalachia that focus on safe housing, education, and health care.

www.myhandinhand.org/

We provide a box to collect hearing aids and batteries to be be cleaned, repaired, and shared with others locally.

Similar to our Advent Tree, this annual collection benefits St. John Center, House of Ruth, Sister Visitor Center, and Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services, and other local organizations.

The Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to provide vision services through education, detection, prevention, treatment and empowerment.  Through collaborative partnerships, we enable greater independence and increased quality of life for all Kentuckians while focusing on children and adults in financial need. 

Parishioners bring unused glasses to be cleaned and sent for use in developing areas.

When our parishioners prepare to buy their Thanksgiving turkeys, we ask them to buy two! That way they can keep one, and donate the other to the Little Sisters of the Poor. 

The Sisters collect the donated turkeys the weekend before Thanksgiving.

littlesistersofthepoorlouisville.org/

Nativity Academy is an independent Catholic middle school that transforms the lives of students
who have a commitment to achievement and whose families demonstrate financial need.

This annual collection asks parishioners to donate school supplies to support the school, its faculty, and students.
nativitylouisville.org/

Our parish provides help with rent and utilities to individuals who call the office. Families must work with one of the area ministerial associations to receive assistance.

The Open Hand kitchen at 1026 South Jackson St. serves free meals to shelter clients, as well as the poor and working poor in our community.

They are open 365 days a year, serving two nutritious meals a day at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The cafeteria-style dining room offers our guests an entree, vegetables, salad, dessert, bread, and beverage

www.svdplou.org/open-hand-kitchen

As part of Panera's Day-End Dough-Nation program, our parishioners pick-up leftover items and deliver them to Wayside Christian Mission.

www.panerabread.com/en-us/community-giving/donations.html

This annual collection for gently used clothing, furniture, and housewares is held in June, and provides assistance to the South Dakota reservation.

Items are boxed and loaded on a donated semi trailer for transport to the reservation.

https://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/

Our Lady of Lourdes invites you to step up, be a hero, and help us conquer kids' cancer!

Proceeds fund research for childhood cancer cures. Participants shave their heads for pledges, or cut longer hair for donation.

www.stbaldricks.org/

St. Matthews Area Ministries, or St. MAM, has been serving the 40207 zip code since 1972. They provide a food pantry, clothes closet, social workers, and more the needy in our community.

Our parish holds food drives several times a year to restock the pantry, and we have 2 representatives on the St. MAM Board.

stmam.com/

SOS improves global health and the environment through recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies. They are a global health non-profit that meets critical health care needs in medically impoverished communities around the world by collecting and distributing surplus medical supplies and equipment.

Partnering with hospitals, clinics and manufacturers to recover and redistribute what would otherwise go into local landfills, SOS promotes environmental stewardship.

https://soshealthandhope.org/

We ask parishioners to bring non-perishable food donations to Thanksgiving mass.

This collection is ponsored by the Worship Committee.

Threads of Love, through the effort and support of many participants in chapters across the country, provides clothing, blankets and other handmade articles for tiny premature and sick infants. We desire to show God’s love to the parents and loved ones of these babies in their time of uncertainty. Perhaps those who are experiencing incomprehensible pain may know a peace and serenity that extends beyond the situation. We want to simply be there to bring the unsaid message of God’s presence and His infinite love and compassion.

https://threadsoflove.org/

Unbound is an international nonprofit founded by lay Catholics grounded in the Gospel call to put the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable first. They build relationships of mutual respect and support that bridge cultural, religious and economic divides. They invite all people of goodwill to join in.

Working side by side with people of diverse faith traditions in 19 countries, Unbound brings people together to challenge poverty in new and innovative ways.

The Outreach Committee financially supports families living in poverty, empowering them to become self-sufficient and fulfill their desired potential.

https://www.unbound.org/