About Shepherd's Call... 
As part of our commitment to nurturing the faith journeys of all parish members, Shepherd's Call serves the youngest members of our flock and their families.

Shepherd's Call gives parents the opportunity to attend the 9:30 AM Sunday Liturgy* without distractions, while their little ones (12 months through 4 years of age) are offered a safe environment of loving Christian care and spiritual nurturing. Advance Registration to participate in Shepherd's Call will be required to ensure sufficient ministers are available to serve the little ones each Sunday.

Nurturing our Shepherd's Call Flock... 
An age-appropriate curriculum and other early childhood development resources are in place to make this time an opportunity for our little ones to strengthen this early stage of their faith journey.

Shepherd's Call Faith Leaders... 
Faith Leaders/Caregivers serving in our Shepherd's Call ministry are kind, caring, and faithful adult parishioners with Early Childhood Education experience and/or extensive experience caring for little ones. They are required to meet safety and diocesan guidelines (VIRTUS/ Protecting Gods' Children) and are trained in the curriculum that is in place to nurture our young participants.  
Selected parish teens are also trained to serve in the ministry and are always under the guidance of adult faith leaders when they offer their service.  They share their time and joyful spirits and the little ones love having them around!

Our goal is to maintain a ministry roster of enough Faith Leaders so that each member (or team) would be assigned to serve about once every four to six weeks.

If you have any questions, please contact Patty Strunk at  pstrunck@optonline.net, or Mary McGovern at marymcg19@aol.com, or call our parish office at 973-538-1358, ext. 105.