On behalf of the St. Therese Health Ministry, I would like to wish all a Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s year is filled with blessings, happiness, and good health. Our Health Ministry continues to be busy with goals of providing preventative health education to parishioners and the community, offering emotional support and respite care to homebound parishioners, hosting blood drives and flu vaccine events, facilitating grief support groups for those who have lost loved ones, and providing medical equipment and supplies to those in need. These activities are not all-inclusive of the Health Ministry volunteers’ work within our community, but they are a sample of their projects. That said, below are our 2026 events. Although the calendar is filled, more events will be added as the year progresses.
Please note that there will not be scheduled presentations following the April, October, and December Rambling Roses meetings.
January 6 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
January 8 (1 to 2 PM) General Foot Care & Foot Care for Diabetics
January 20 through March 17 (Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 PM) Grief Support Series #1
January 22 (12:30 to 5 PM) Versiti blood drive
February 3 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
February 5 (12 to 1 PM) Depression, Anxiety, and Suicide
March 1 (11 AM to 12:30 PM) Crime Prevention for Seniors & Fraud Victimization
March 3 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
March 5 (12 PM to 1 PM) Hearing Loss and Treatments
April 7 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
April 15 (12 PM to 6 PM) Red Cross blood drive
April 15 & 16 (9:30 AM to 12:30 PM) Driver Safety program
April 21 through June 16 (1 to 2:30 PM) Grief Support Series #2
April 30 (5:30 to 8 PM) Mother’s Day “Tea for Thee” Importance of Preventative Cancer Screenings and Personal Story of Cancer Survivor
May 5 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
May 7 (12:30 PM to 1:30 PM) Financial Investment Strategies
May 14 (12:30 to 5 PM) Versiti blood drive
June 2 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
June 4 (1 to 2 PM) Misconceptions of Hospice
July 7 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
July 9 (1 to 2 PM) Fraud Alerts for Deeds
August 4 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
August 6 (12 to 1 PM) Heart Disease and Prevention
September 1 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
September 3 (1 to 2 PM) Medicare 101 educational seminar
September 16 (12 to 6 PM) Red Cross blood drive
September 22 through November 17 (1 to 2:30 PM) Grief Support Series #3
October 6 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
October 15 (12:30 to 5 PM) Versiti blood drive
November 3 (11:30 AM to 1 PM) Health Ministry meeting
November 5 (12 to 1 PM) Dementia 101
November 22 (1 to 3 PM) Hope for the Holidays
