Volunteers
are welcome for all of the following activities. Please contact the
coordinator or,
if none is listed, the Parish Office for details about helping provide
these programs
Coffee socials after Mass (Ministry of
Hospitality) 
Following liturgy on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, there is a social in the
Holy Cross Social Hall, where parishioners and visitors can meet for a hot drink and
conversation.
On certain occasions during the year,
the different cultural communities in our parish celebrate their
national holidays or special feasts --
Saint Patrick's Day in March (Irish), the Birth of Mary
in September (Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan) Thanksgiving in November (American) and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
in December (Filipino) -- with the other parishioners.
The Ministry of Hospitality coordinators overseeing the after-Mass
socials are
Alex Hiller at tel.
(0170)
126 2010
(Sundays), Connie Garrison at tel.
(06171)
916 0685 (Saturdays) and Sylvia Klafki (069) 73 75 00.
Parish Events
- Volunteers are recognized at an annual Mass and party early in the
year.
- Parish Picnic: Parishioners gather in the summer to celebrate our
annual Mass and picnic at Kolleg St. Georgen.
The coordinator for the picnic is Avilar Nuñes
at tel. (069) 9739-3977.
- Evening events include Valentine’s Day, May Dance, Oktoberfest and New
Year’s Eve parties (contact the Ministry of Hospitality coordinators
listed at the top of this page for information on participating or the
event leaders listed in the Church Calendar page announcement.)
Joint Celebrations with the German community of St. Leonhard’s
On Holy Thursday, the International English-Speaking Catholic Parish celebrates Mass
together with the German-speaking community.
During the summer, the International English-Speaking Catholic Parish and the German-speaking community
at St. Leonhard's hold a joint Mass followed by a barbecue in the
church courtyard. The coordinators from the English-speaking parish are
Parish Council President Tom Lavell at tel. (069) 2199 6698 and Co-Vice
President Jean Mier-Bölinger at tel. (069) 728
386.
During the time that the St. Leonhard's Church building is closed and
English-language Masses are held at Holy Cross Center in Frankfurt's
Bornheim district, joint events with the local German parish will be
announced on the calendar page of this Website as well as in the parish
bulletin.
Ministry Workshops
Workshops for all lay ministers are offered on an annual or
semiannual basis.
Pilgrimages & Retreats
St. Leonhard's offers a variety of opportunities for trips involving
spiritual reflection and renewal. Pilgrimages in recent years have
included voyages to the Marian shrine at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
during the Easter Weeks 2009 and 2010, Rome during the Holy Year of 2000 and in 2005
and Turkey to trace the travels of St. Paul.
Shorter retreats in the Frankfurt area have included trips to Limburg, the seat of
our Diocese; Kloster Eberbach in the
Rheingau region; and St. Wendel in the Saarland near Germany's western
border. In addition, one-day workshops or study and meditation sessions
are held at various times throughout the year at St. Leonhard's or at
other churches or religious facilities in Frankfurt. Parishioners
interested in a retreat, including those willing to organize the event, are
invited to speak to a Parish Council member.
Annual Parish Charity
Every year, the Parish Council
selects a charity that receives proceeds from
various social activities, particularly raffles at annual Parish Picnic
and food sales during the Corpus Christi Festival of Frankufrt's
Catholic churches. Fundraising in 2012 will also include sales of
Taste the Spirit of St.
Leonhard's,
a cookbook featuring
parishioners' favorite recipes,
staring mid-year.
Programs receiving St. Leonhard's charity support in past years have included a school
in the diocese of Meki, Ethiopia, in 2005; the Good Shepherd Mission in Cebu
City, Philippines in 2006; Nav
Jyothi School for the Blind in Lucknow, India, in 2007; the Pokhara Children's Home in Pokhara,
Nepal in 2008; the St. Brother Albert Shelter for
Homeless Women in Cracow, Poland, in 2009; restoration
work of a Lenten/Easter religious display area in St. Anthony's
Cathedral in Kandy, Sri Lanka, as well as the international Misereor
Catholic charity's relief work in Pakistan following the devastating
floods there in 2010; and the
international Knights of the Holy Sepulchre's work with
Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Parish (note: link takes you away from St. Leonhard's
Website) in Aboud in the Palestinian West Bank.
Weekly Food Drive
Food is collected during the offertory at the weekly Saturday and Sunday
Masses as a contribution to a local religious group that provides food
for the needy. Donations of non-perishable items such as pasta, cereal,
soup, sauce, sugar, jam, fruit teas or dried meats such as salami are
welcome. Parishioners with cars who are able to drive the contributions
to the charity site are also needed. Please contact coordinator
Nancy Clements at tel. (06102) 812738 or email at
nancy.clements@t-online.de for
any questions or to volunteer for the driving team.
Special Mass Celebrations and Ecumenical Services in Frankfurt
- Pentecost Liturgy with Catholics from other nations living in the
Rhine-Main area takes place at a special Mass each year on
Pentecost Saturday at the Dom (St. Bartholomew's Cathedral) in
Frankfurt.
- Corpus Christi: An open-air mass is celebrated at Frankfurt's central
Römerberg square by the city's Roman Catholic parishes, including
foreign-language communities, followed by a procession carrying the
Blessed Sacrament to the Dom. Afterwards participants gather in
the Dom's forecourt for a festival, with St. Leonhard's providing one of
the stands.
- St. Leonhard's parishioners, including the choir, take part in
ecumenical services held with other denominations' English-language
churches during the City of Frankfurt's Intercultural Weeks in the
autumn.
Other Activities
- Religious Art and Culture Programs: Parishioners have the
opportunity to visit historically interesting churches and museum
exhibitions with religious themes, including the Städel Museum and the
Icon Museum.
Contact Angelika Feuerbach at tel.
(06109) 627 04 or Jean Meir-Bölinger at tel (069) 728 386.
- Young Adults Group, for parishioners in their 20s and
30s, holds regularly scheduled social events, faith discussions and
rosary recitations. Contact
coordinator Daragh Queenan at tel. (0172) 691 2055 or
youngadultsgroup@stleonhards.org
for details or visit the group's events Website at
http://calendar.yahoo.com/stleonhardsyag
(Note: this link takes you away from the St. Leonhard's website.)
- Ecumenically Active Together, an interdenominational
group for people aged about 50 or older, holds monthly social events and
Bible-study meetings. Contact Parish Council member Jean Meir-Bölinger at tel.
(069) 728 386 or at
E.A.T.group@stleonhards.org.
- HilfeNetz is a neighbor-assistance network set up by the
Roman Catholic parishes of Frankfurt's Nordend, Ostend and central City
areas, including St. Leonhard's International English-Speaking Parish,
which provides low-cost help to elderly or housebound residents in those
districts, and employment opportunities for those serving them.
Information is available from the HilfeNetz office at tel. (069) 95 50
03-20 Monday and Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons, or at
hilfenetz.innenstadt@stbernhard.de. Further details are in this
linked
brochure.
- French-Speakers' Group: A discussion and social group
for parishioners who are comfortable conversing in French. Separate
sessions for beginners are also being organized in mid-2010. Please
contact parishioner Anne-Marie Itoua at
frenchgroup@stleonhards.org.
- Mission Entwicklung Frieden is a human rights and
development organization with members Frankfurt-area parishes.
Fund-raising activities include monthly sale of Fair-Trade foodstuffs
following Mass at St. Leonhard's with proceeds supporting
developing-nation peace and development projects such as a program
providing livestock for refugee families returning to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
For details, contact Parish Council Co-Vice President Jean Meir-Bölinger at tel.
(069) 728 386.
- Foreign Prisoner Support Group (FPSG): The FPSG is a multi-ethnic
group of English-speaking, inter-denominational Christian volunteers in
the Frankfurt area. Its aim is to offer Christian friendship to English-
and Spanish-speaking prisoners, both men and women, in the area prisons.
Contact the Parish Office.
- Alcoholics Anonymous: Please contact the Parish Office
for details.