Programs

The Mission & Outreach ministry is very active in a number of programs. Here is the short, but not exhaustive, list of them:

• Our Father's Table - feeding program located in Marlborough on the 5th Monday of the month (approximately 4 times a year). We will next be serving on October 30th 2006.
• Common Cathedral - held on the Boston Common as part of the Ecclesia Ministries outreach program to the homeless. We will next be participating on March 4th, 2007 by bringing in soup and sandwiches.
• City Reach - the educational branch of the Ecclesia Ministries. It gives young people a chance to learn about homelessness from people who care or who have been homeless. St Stephen's will next be participating on January 19-20th, 2007.
• Interfaith Hospitality Network - We host families who have found themselves temporarily without a home and are placed through the program network. We provide shelter in the church parish house and daily meals. We will next be hosting on June 24 through July 8, 2007.
• Francis Perkins Baby Shower - Francis Perkins Shelter is for unwed mothers. We will be participating next on Mother's Day 2007.
• Department of Youth Services - Bringing holiday cheer to young men who have found themselves incarcerated here in Westborough.
• Abby's House - we collect household goods and toiletries that are needed.
• Worcester Veteran's Shelter - we collect towels for the those living at the shelter
• Westborough Food Pantry - making sure that the canned food parishioners donate to the weekly Red Wagon gets to where is is needed.
• Giving Tree - providing seasonal giving to those facing giftless holidays, usually in connection with the Worcester Salvation Army.
• Christmas Caroling - seasonal cheer to our own parishioners who have become shut-in.

We also provide financial assistance to local state and national organizations.