ORGANIZATIONS

Boy Scout Troop 24

Boy Scouts offer a time-tested program that has produced fine citizens, strong family members and community leaders for nearly 60 years at St. Jane’s. Scouting is an outdoor program for boys, with boy leadership, under the guidance of adults.

(Contact: Mark Sportack: 610-253-3662)

Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts is the first phase of the Boy Scouts of America. It is for boys in 1^st through 5^th grade.

(Contact: Scott Mertz: 610-252-8206)

Girl Scouts

St. Jane’s Parish sponsors Girl Scout Troops for girls from Kindergarten-Daisies through 9^th grade. All Girl Scout Troops meet on Tuesday evenings.

(Contact: Kris Muretta: 610-559-0411)

Home and School Association

St. Jane’s Home and School Association is a vital link between school, home and parish. This Association consists of an Executive Board and a General Board. The various committees are responsible for much of the fund-raising needed for the School. The committees also provide most of the volunteering for the school, as well as many activities.

(Contact: Sherry Locasio: 610-253-8998)

Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, family, fraternal and service organization dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. To join, you must be a Catholic male who is at least 18 years of age and in communion with the Church. As a member, we would ask you to become involved in an area or areas which interest you.

(Contact: William Eismont: 610-258-4810)

St. Jane’s CYO

St. Jane’s CYO is a parish wide program designed to provide activities to the youth of our parish family. Primarily, the activities are sports oriented but there are several activities that are geared toward the students academic, Christian and social life.

(Contact: Martin Nesbitt: 610-252-2717)

St. Jane’s Youth Group

St. Jane’s Youth Group is open to all parish youth in grades 9 through 12. The youth group offers teens the opportunity to experience a variety of activities within the context of the Catholic faith.

(Contact for Grades 7-8 is Scott and Donna Kraft: 610-515-1842)
(Contact for Grades 9-12 is Val and Rick Holjes: 610-258-1403)

Women of St. Jane’s

The Women of St. Jane’s is open to all women of the parish. The focus of the group is spiritual enrichment, fellowship and service. Some of the activities have included a one-day retreat, A Mother-Daughter Breakfast and a yearly Basket Bingo.

(Contact: Nancy Loughlin: 610-258-8890 or Mary Strucko: 610-253-0890)

Moms & Tots

A great place for you and your tot to meet and make new friends. This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday mornings of each month in the Monsignor Gobitas Meeting Room.

(Contact: Kathleen Sweeney: 610-923-7116)

Repair With Care

Tired of working through the pain of separation and divorce by yourself? Feeling alone, separate, different? Repair with Care is a structured healing, enrichment and mutual support program for people experiencing the death of a marriage. Co-sponsored by St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish and the Diocesan Office of Family Life Ministries, the program addresses the multiple stages of grieving and provides useful tools to assist people in moving through the grieving process. The program runs for 12 consecutive weeks; after a break, a second cycle of the program begins which addresses both additional and previously addressed topics. Attendance for all 12 weeks is encouraged but not required, and all denominations are welcome.

(Contact: Kathy Schuyler: 610-252-4963)

St. Jane's Piecemakers Quilting Group

For all those interested in quilting, anxious to learn or thoroughly experienced in this creative skill, the Piecemakers Quilting Group brings together women of various walks of life to enjoy designing and sewing quilting creations as a fundraiser for parish activities, e.g. the parish retreat. It is a source of joyful fellowship and fun activities, usually meeting on Thursday and Saturday mornings, according to schedules and availability.

(Contact: Rosemary Lambert: 610-419-6301 or Kathy Finkbeiner: 610-258-2078)

Interfaith Food Bank

The St. Jane's Parish participates in the Easton ProJeCt's Interfaith Food Pantry every month. Our community supports the pantry by providing food for the hungry. Non-perishable staples are collected the last Sunday of each month and taken to the Food Pantry at St. John's Luthern Church, 330 Ferry Street, Easton, where it is distributed to the area's needy. It is easy to participate, just bring your items to Mass on the last weekend of the month and leave them by the Bride's Room. Monetary donations may be sent directly to ProJeCt's Food Pantry. For every $1 donated, $15 worth of food can be distributed through Second Harvest.

(Contact: John & Eileen Yanno: 610-258-1043)