Modeling Jesus’ foster father, the St. Joseph Ministry strives to raise awareness and increase support of youth in foster care or living with a relative. This ministry was developed by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops and is being implemented in our parish and the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston this year.
There are approximately 1,700 foster children in our archdiocese and roughly 100-200 foster children in Galveston County at a time. In addition, there are children living with a relative that is not their biological parent. There are multiple ways to provide a community of support to these vulnerable children and their foster or kinship families. The Archdiocese has created a survey to evaluate foster/kinship family needs (confidential section) and identify those willing to help (contact information requested).
Thank you in advance for completing the survey that will help us grow this ministry. Email respectlife@saintmcc.org with questions.
“I will not leave you as orphans: I will come to you.” John 14:18