Justice & Community Outreach

Multi-Faith Immigration Reform Committee

The Multi-Faith Immigration Reform Committee (MIRC) is comprised of members from the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic and other faith and non-denominational communities, working together to bring about comprehensive and compassionate immigration reform. Meetings are held monthly. Location and time is available in the bulletin. 

Contact: Rita Cinelli or Phyllis Sanders at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Thanksgiving Collection

We collect turkeys and hams which are matched with baskets of food collected by the Resurrection Catholic School Community. These baskets and hams and turkeys are distributed the Friday before Thanksgiving.

Contact Julie DeMareo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Center

We collect food for the pantry at the Neighborhood Center the second weekend of each month. We also collect t-shirts and pillowcases which are made into reusable bags for transporting food for their food distribution.

Contact Julie DeMareo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Caregiver Support Group

This group is composed of adults who are the primary caregivers fo ra loved one. Our informal group shares best practices, prayer, and friendship. It provides a community to sustain each other by sharing our stories and collective resources. A Parish Nurse provides practical health information. One of our Stephen Ministers lends their training and listening expertise to the discussion. The meetings are every other Thursday from 2-4 pm.

Contact Deb Celhar at 609-932-4507 for more information.

Care for Creation

Out of respect of the earth and all life as part of God’s creation, we bear responsibility to care for the part of the world we inhabit and to share and safeguard the resources that earth has bestowed upon us. In fulfillment of our mission, CFC seeks to inform parishioners about the carbon footprints we leave and how to lower them. CFC provides activities for people of all ages that foster increasing the safety of our environment for all living creatures.

Current projects include the Animal Welfare (AWA) recycled and new collection (Sept. 1 – Oct. 4), Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweep at Palmyra Cove (biannual), Green Kitchen Swap of new or slightly used kitchen items (biannual), and the Cherry Hill Clean-Up Grant (November).

Contact Dave or Sandy Czerniakowski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to join.

Grandparents Ministry

The mission of the Catholic Grandparents Association: to help grandparents pass on their faith and to keep prayer at the heart of family life.

Our group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 11:00 AM in the St. John Room at the Parish Center.

Our activities and initiatives include:

• “Welcome Tea” for perspective members.
• Presenting Advent and Lent lessons to the 2nd Grade Elementary Faith Formation (EFF) classes.
• Assisting with the 1st Eucharist practices and ushering at the 1st Eucharist masses.
• July parish celebration for the annual World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly, based on a theme chosen by the Pope.

If you are interested in our ministry, please contact us (information below).  You do not have to be a grandparent to join – just be a Grandparent-at-Heart! We look forward to meeting new members.

For more information, contact:
Jean Lombardi – Ministry Leader
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856-745-0674

Leisure Club

This group is for senior adults. The group meets once a month on the second Tuesday of the month in the RCS school gym from September to May. Yearly dues are $20.

The group also sponsors various trips, which are open to members of the Leisure Club and their guests, and then non-members. These trips are advertised at our monthly meetings, in the Parish newsletter and in the bulletin. If interested, please contact Margaret McGill at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 856-667-4494 for Leisure Club Events. For Leisure Club Trip information please contact Jackie Gibney at 856-779-0877.

Christ Our Light Food Pantry

The parish maintains a food pantry with nonperishable food items for food insecure parishioners and families living in Cherry Hill, NJ or immediately surrounding towns.  If you are in need of food, please fill out our food pantry request form. All requests for assistance are confidential. 

 We appreciate donations of food staples such as oatmeal, cereal, complete pancake mix, syrup, canned tuna, canned chicken, rice, beans, boxed potatoes, peanut butter, jelly, canned vegetables, canned fruit, laundry detergent, toilet paper, paper towels, and toiletry items. Items can be donated by leaving them in the hallway to the right of the Gathering Space that leads to the Parish Office. 

If you are interested in volunteering to help shelve donated food or bag food for panty recipients, please contact the Parish Office at 856-667-2440.

Stephen Ministry

This is a ministry of one-on-one Christian caring. Stephen ministers meet weekly with a care receiver who has experienced any loss or crisis whether it is the loss of a loved one, a job, a divorce, a move, retirement or even the readjustments that come with a new baby in the home. Stephen Ministers go through 50 hours of training and also attend twice monthly supervision group meetings after they are commissioned. If you are interested in becoming a Stephen Minister or are in need of a Stephen Minister, please contact Julie DeMarco in the parish office.

Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council

IHOC is moving from their “Hospitality Network” model of temporarily housing homeless men at faith congregations to purchasing a permanent transitional home for their homeless guests. Please learn more about this project and ways to support IHOC at their website.