Mercy in Action Day | St. Rafka Church | Livonia, Michigan

On Saturday, 26 October, over 60 members of St. Rafka Church in Livonia, Michigan, teamed up with parishioners from a local parish, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, to work and serve people in need in the local community. Tens of thousands of Catholics from the Metro-Detroit area participated in this annual day of community service entitled Mercy in Action Day. 

This year, there were over 160 volunteers from the two churches who made blankets for the homeless, cooked meals and delivered them to home-bound seniors, made snack packs for hungry children, prepared purses with personal items for the homeless, and made rosaries to be passed out to hospitalized patients. The volunteers ranged in age from children as young as four years old all the way up to 87 years old who came together to pray and work, helping the mercy of Christ show through their actions. 

This is the third year St. Rafka Church has teamed up with St. Michael's to participate in Mercy in Action Day. This event has inspired several St. Rafka Church members to continue these ministries as part of our regular charitable works. A parish-wide gift card fundraising program now provides teams of St. Rafka parishioners the supplies to make rosaries, prepare and deliver meals for home-bound seniors, and assemble snack packs for hungry children on a regular basis.