Sharing Board

Mission

We believe that our Sharing Program makes the Gospel vision of love real through effective action. The Sharing Program provides a concrete way of expressing this vision by Involving the Parish members more directly in outreach activities.

• Sharing our faith,
• Building bridges through friendship and understanding,
• Sharing gifts, money, food, clothing and ourselves.

A Tradition of Sharing

Parish Sharing is an archdiocesan-wide program that seeks to build bridges between communities separated by race, ethnicity, culture and economic disparity. Parishes of differing backgrounds are linked as sharing parishes, with the hope that each will strengthen the other through the sharing of faith and resources.

Saint Anne has participated in Parish Sharing since its inception. Saint Gelasius in Woodlawn was a long time sharing partner until the Archdiocese closed the parish in 2002. Saint Anne was then linked with Saint Frances of Rome in Cicero.

At Saint Anne, the Sharing Board oversees the Parish Sharing program. Members of the Sharing Board keep in close contact with our Sharing Parish: Saint Frances of Rome in Cicero,as well as two other sharing partners: Saint Columbanus Food Pantry and Southside Center of Hope (Formerly St. Martin de Porres).

A relationship was established with these sharing partners during our years with Saint Gelasius.

Funds received from the “Gold Envelopes” or “Parish Sharing Envelopes” and electronic donations collected every month are directed to the needs of our sharing partners. The Sharing Board also looks for ways to build and strengthen ties between our different communities.

The Sharing Board has many ongoing activities throughout the year to support our Sharing Partners. These include the Sharing Tree, held during Advent, which benefits all of our partners, as well as food drives for Saint Columbanus Food Pantry, a Christmas party for the residents of the Southside Center of Hope, and school activities for the students of Saint Anne and Saint Frances. There are many ways to get involved! We welcome anyone who is interested in learning more about what we do to come to one of our monthly meetings or contact our chairperson, Mark Roeckell with any questions at 847-382-0414, mroeckell@ameritech.net.