Enriching Lives Ministry

Request help for Yourself, Love Ones and/or People You Know:  We want to make sure no one is forgotten especially in these dangerous pandemic times.  If you yourself, or you feel someone you know and/or a loved one, could use any of these types of help, please enter the person’s name/address/phone number (only first name is required) and help required  by either:

• Clicking on the pointer below and entering the information above in the first box, entering some additional information then clicking on 'Submit' at the bottom of the page when you're done
• Sending the information above using the contact information below

Need Help or Know of Someone Who Does?  Would you like people to send you cards or notes?  Phone You? 
Prayer intention request?

The mission of the Enriching Lives Ministry is to spiritually and emotionally enrich the lives of the elderly, the disabled, the lonely, the depressed, the shut-ins, the sick, people needing more companionship and love through Jesus’ boundless love for all people by providing friendship, caring, assistance, spiritual and social fellowship, transportation to Mass, Confession and other church functions, and love to these people on a long-term basis.

• Visits to Seniors and Others and Respite Care
• Help the Lonely Without Leaving Your Home (especially now during the pandemic)                                                                    (for Holy Cross parishioners and all others that are homebound or in nursing homes and senior residences)
  • Cards, Notes and Children's Drawings
  • Quick Cards, Notes and Children's Drawings
  • Prayer Hotline
  • Letters of Love
• Assistance to Families, Seniors and Others
• Rosary Crusade
  • Current Prayer Intentions
  • Audio Version of the Rosary
  • How to Pray the Rosary Guide
• Crafts/Games/Bingo at Batavia Rehab
• Entertainment at nursing homes and assisted living res
• Church Bus or Private Car Rides to Mass & Other Activities for Seniors
  • Church Bus Driver
  • Church Bus Assistant
  • Use of Your Personal Car to Transport or Get Things for Elderly and Others
• Yard Work, housework, minor house repair for needy people
• Mass assistance at nursing homes and assisted living residences
• Rosaries at nursing homes and assisted living residences
• Any other assistance we are able to do to help those in need

• Batavia CARE Program--Help the homebound in Batavia!
• The Resource Batavia Catholic
• Join the Ministry, ask for additional information or send in a prayer request
• Request help or inform us of someone in need of help
• Testimonials from volunteers and those who have been helped
• Bulletin News
• Suggest improvements or other areas of help to our ministry
• Like us on Facebook