Padre Pio Ministry
Overview: St Joseph’s Padre Pio Ministry is a community outreach ministry dedicated to helping the needy in the Autauga County area.
Coordinators: Casey and Lisa Baker, Phone: 850-281-6945.
Mission Statement: “That is the goal of the Work: To care for the bodies - to arrive at the souls… Giving the benefit of your charity to all without distinction.” ~Padre Pio
Current Projects:
1. Dinner Boxes: a monthly food distribution to help families with young children in providing meals for their family. These families have been referred to us by local school systems and identified as needy, families from the parish and Mary's Haven.
2. Homeless Bags: small bags of toiletry items, socks, snacks, etc assembled and available to anyone in the parish to take and give to homeless persons.
3. Autauga County Jail: Collecting Christian reading materials for inmates.
4. GreenSprings Assisted Living: Collecting puzzels and fidget toys for the residents.
5. Disaster Relief - Procedure in place to collect food, clothing, toiletries, and money to help affected community members in wake of disasters.
4. Prayer Group - members of Padre Pio Ministry who are engaged in continual prayer for those in need.
Why Help:
Jesus’ instruction to be “fishers of men” has not changed. It is still every Christian’s duty, and we should be about “our Father’s business”. It is vital to bridge the gap between our church and the community here in Prattville by ministering to those in need outside of the church. As more people come to our church for help, hopefully, they will be compelled to strengthen their relationship with God, as well as teach their children about God’s love for all of us.
PLEASE, PLEASE read the following! This is a summary of Padre Pio Ministry's activities in 2025. This is due to ALL OF YOU. The church does not have to pay for any of this because of all of you and your generosity. This is a summary of what YOU ALL provided to needy families last year!!! You are all AMAZING people and I can't thank you enough for being God's blessings to those in need. God bless you all. To God be the glory.
St Joseph Catholic Church - Padre Pio Ministry 2025 Activity Report
Number of Registered Families: 56 Active registrations and 36 Inactive registrations (meaning they were helped in the past, but no longer need assistance or rarely need assistance).
Food Distribution: Distributed 444 boxes of food (213 bags of frozen chicken/turkey, 101 Turkeys for holidays, 80 Large bags of waffle mix, 210 Large bags of biscuit mix, 120 Large bags of gravy mix, 39 Large bags of apples, 42 bags of bananas and blueberries and 118 Loaves of bread).
Homeless Bags: Gave out approximately 10 homeless bags with food and toiletries to the homeless.
Christmas Project: Provided Christmas gifts for 134 needy children in the parish and Prattville Community. Provided 61 Bibles to kids who did not have one.
School Supply Drive: Provided 63 school bags filled with school supplies to needy school children in Prattville. Provided 15 kids with new shoes for school.
Jail Ministry: Collected six boxes of Christian reading material for jail/prison inmates. Only half have been delivered. Eugene Ratliff delivered them, but due to his passing, we currently do not have a volunteer to deliver these.
Clothing For Needy: Distributed winter coats to 29 school kids through the donation of coats from the Knights of Columbus. Distributed 29 bags of clothes for needy families in the Pantry Program.
Additional Assistance to Needy Families: Donation of the following to needy Prattville families: 4 Beds with mattresses, 1 Couch, 1 Washer & Dryer set, 1 Freezer,
12 large boxes of adult diapers to family with paralyzed father.
Miscellaneous: A member of the Padre Pio Ministry helped a needy, single mother by employing her to help the mother earn money to pay a bill.