The Social Concerns Committee engages in a range of activities throughout the year. Many individuals and other parish organizations within the parish provide support for those in need as well.

• Local Needs - the Committee responds to the needs of individuals and families in our parish and communities in whatever way is desired by them and for which human or other resources are available. Please contact the parish office if you or someone you know needs assistance. Examples of responses include:
  • meals in time of crisis such as resulting from serious illness
  • support following fire or flood damage.
    
• Special Monthly Collections
• Bulletin articles - "Reflecting on Today's Scripture" and "Living Today's Scripture" which link social concerns to the weekend scriptural readings maybe
• Advocacy - the call to justice necessitates at times advocacy for fairness in the political and/or economic aspects of society. The Social Concerns Committee has initiated annual participation with the Offering of Letters for eradication of hunger and poverty as initiated by Bread for the World . Other advocacy issues have included fair economic policies for dairy farmers in Pennsylvania as advocated by the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and the banning of landmines.
• Lenten Simple Meal - a parish community meal which includes a speaker who conveys information about some area of social justice. Recent topics have included the Shepherd of the Streets program (a faithful response to those in need in our county) and human trafficking - exploitation of women and children for sexual and/or work purposes
• Diocesan Grants - the Social Concerns Committee has successfully written grants each year for monies collected as part of the Diocesan Annual Appeal. The first grants supported the initial creation of the parish's library with social justice and scriptural resources. In recent years, the Diocesan Grant has contributed $1,000 each year to the Son Light House. This ecumenical, community based resource supports those in greatest financial need with food and clothing in the area.
• Coordination with other Social Concerns efforts - The parish's Social Concerns Committee works in conjunction with the Social Concerns Committee of the United Churches of Lycoming County and the Social Concerns Office of the Diocese of Scranton