Family to Family Gift Sharing: St Martin De Pores Church: For the past 37 years St. Margaret parishioners, have worked with ministries at St Martin’s to insure families in need have Christmas presents. Each year approximately 160 families have gifts on Christmas morning because of the generosity of this program. Started and shepherded by John McDonald, the program is now facilitated by Helen and Tom Burland, Elizabeth and Art DeCillis, Julie and Hugh O’Toole. Family profiles are available the 3rd week of November and gifts should be dropped off the 2nd weekend in December.
Contact Tom and Helen Burland 203-245-0153 tfburland@gmail.com

Family to Family Gift Sharing: All Saints Catholic Academy (formerly St. Francis & St. Rose of Lima School): St. Margaret Parish has had a very long standing holiday sharing program with students at the merged St. Francis and St. Rose Elementary School in Fair Haven. Our parishioners “adopt” a family and provide gifts for this family for their celebration of the Epiphany on January 6th.
Contact Michael and Connie Piccione 203-245-3622 mikepiccione1@gmail.com

Addiction Parent Support Group: these meetings are open to any parent of a child with substance use disorder, mental illness and co-occurring disorders. There is no program or group affiliation required to attend. We strive to support and listen to each others stories and needs and to help each other recover and become stronger in our journey. We ask only that what is heard in the meetings stays in the meetings! It is a safe, loving, and confidential place to share our experiences.
Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 6:30 PM in the Faith Formation Room on the first floor of the parish center.
Contact Christina at (203) 395-5220.

Women’s Fellowship/ St. Francis & St. Rose School Ministry: Sponsored by the St. Margaret Women’s Fellowship, a few women go to the combined St. Francis and St. Rose School in New Haven with Advent and Lenten programs. They bring activities, projects and snacks when visiting the school. Homemade cookies are provided to the children for decoration as well.

Women’s Fellowship: The purpose of St. Margaret Women’s Fellowship is to promote the spiritual welfare of the women of St. Margaret Parish through religious, educational, social and fraternal activities. Membership is open to all women of the parish. The Fellowship holds monthly general membership meetings planned to enlighten, entertain and promote friendship among the members. Our Fellowship supports parish events and conducts outreach activities.
Contact President, Joan Johnson at jfieldmouse@sbcglobal.net

Monthly Soup and Tuna Drive: Monthly soup and tuna collections are held at the church on the first weekend of each month. The donations are brought to the Madison Food Pantry and Little Miracles.
Contact Maryann Francischelli 203-318-8417 fourfirstnames@sbcglobal.net

Bi-Annual Food Drives: Two food drives are conducted on: Thanksgiving and Easter. All donations go to the Food Pantry, operated by Madison Community Services and Little Miracles.
Contact Maryann Francischelli 203-318-8417 fourfirstnames@sbcglobal.net

Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Council: Catholic laymen who do a variety of good works in support of our parish and our community; raising money to support VISTA and SARAH; working with Habitat for Humanity; raising money for scholarships for students entering Catholic high schools and colleges; supporting the Madison Food Pantry and Operation American Soldier.
Contact Justin Murphy at kofc5780@gmail.com

Little Miracles: Little Miracles is a respect life volunteer Christian ministry dedicated to the care of families and/or single parents with children up to the age of five years old. We provide material support for those we serve with the goal of helping our clients achieve a stable family life.
Contact Barbara Ciotti at bciotti@aol.com and Valerie Leschane at 203-314-5677.

Ministry for the Homeless & Less Fortunate of New Haven:
Toiletries are collected on a weekly basis in the usher’s closet. These are distributed to shelters and to those of low income through a larger, long standing ministry at St. George Church in Guilford.
Contact Michael & Connie Piccione 203-245-3622 conniepiccione@gmail.com

Bridge Group: Meets at the Parish Center every Tuesday from 1:00-3:00 PM.
Contact: Laurel Cavanagh: 203.421.5344, DENISMADISON@aol.com

Highschool Youth Ministry/SMYLE Youth Group: St. Margaret Youth Leadership Enterprise is open to all parish high school students for educational, spiritual, social and service opportunities.
*Contact Marie Mozzi at marie.mozzi@stmargaretchurch.com

Helping Hands Ministry:
Helping Hands is a volunteer-driven ministry of the Knights of Columbus. This ministry provides free “handyman” services to our local neighbors in need. Yard clean-up, snow removal, dump runs and other minor maintenance work (even simply changing a light bulb) to help keep your home safe and comfortable. Last minute errands and/or transportation to appointments will also be considered based on availability and distance. No job is too small.
For information, or if you need our help, please Contact Grand Knight Justin Murphy at 203-952-8752 or HelpingHandsCT@outlook.com