Volunteer

There are several ways to volunteer. Please select the program or service where you would like to contribute your most precious gifts – your time and yourself.

School on Wheels                     Tutors on Wheels               Joseph’s Corner

          Tutors                                       Tutors                        Gift Shop Associate

Make a donation

Your financial support helps fulfill our mission of unity and reconciliation. You may send your donation by mail to the Mission Development Office, Congregation of St. Joseph, 1515 W. Ogden Ave., La Grange Park, IL 60526. You may also make a donation by fax with a major credit card. Fax to 708-482-5036. Please use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.

Estate Gifts

Please remember the Sisters in your will. For further information email or call Barbara Bernhard at 708-482-5037.

Thirty-Three Club

This gift club honors the memory of Mother Alexine, our foundress. She had 33 cents in her purse when she left the Chicago bishops’ office when he named her Mother Superior in 1899. Monthly gifts of $33 amount to an annual gift of $400. Monthly envelopes will be sent if requested. Contact the Development office or use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.

Memorial

This gift honors the memory of someone who has passed away. It is acknowledged in the annual report. Please use the donation form to mail or fax your request.

Tribute

This gift is a tribute to a living person and is also acknowledged in the annual report. Please use the donation form to mail or fax your request.

Apostolate of Prayer

Prayers for special intentions: wedding gift, sickness, graduation, baptism, etc. A prayer card can be sent to the prayer recipient or family of the deceased person. Please use the donation form to mail or fax your request.

Care of Retired Sisters

This gift is directed to the care and benefit of our retired and convalescent Sisters. Please use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.

School on Wheels

The program provides free one-on-one literacy education for low-income immigrants and minority adults. This mobile classroom serves neighborhoods in the suburban communities of West Cook and East Du Page Counties in metropolitan Chicago. To find out more about the program and services, click here or use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.

Tutors on Wheels

An offspring of School on Wheels, Tutors on Wheels provides tutoring to program recipients in neighborhoods, at job sites, or at local churches. It also prepares students for GED tests and citizenship application. To find out more about this program and how to tutor, click here or use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.

The Well

A spirituality center that offers retreats workshops, spiritual direction, eco-spirituality classes, sabbaticals, healing massage, Reiki, and grief counseling. To find out more about program and services at the Well, click here or use the donation form to mail or fax your gift.