Mission Circle
People Helping People in Need
As the all-volunteer outreach ministry of the St. James-St. Leo Catholic Community, Mission Circle’s mission is to serve as the hands of Christ to people in need through the example of Jesus in Matthew 25:35-36 “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome, lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.”
We serve God’s underserved people locally and internationally through our programs and events. Each week, we make over 1,000 sandwiches for the prisoners and homeless in Tijuana, tutor 30+ elementary students, and sort and distribute food to clients at the Community Resource Center Food and Nutrition Center. We provide monthly financial support to the Casa Eudes Girls Home in Tijuana, Mexico, and visit twice a month for facility maintenance and sewing and craft classes. Our prison ministry brings God’s Word and peace to the incarcerated at the Vista Jail each month and makes dozens and dozens of cookies for Kairos Weekend Retreats at Donovan State Prison. We also organize annual events such as the Food Packaging Event, Holiday Basket Distribution, the Interfaith Shelter Network, Get on the Bus which provides transportation for kids visiting a parent in prison, a shoe distribution program providing 1,000+ pairs of shoes to elementary students from low-income families, and at Casa Eudes the Spring Fashion Show and the Epiphany Celebration in January. We provide financial support for La Colonia de Eden Garden’s Summer Leadership Camp. Our Donations Program is ongoing, collecting gently used clothing and household goods for redistribution. One of our newer programs provides higher education in Tijuana for qualified girls from Casa Eudes without other means of support.
If you have a talent you’d like to share or see a need you’d like to lead, contact our President at pres@missioncircle.com.
We invite you to join us on our mission!
Whether you are single, a family, a child, or senior adult, whether you can volunteer 1 hour a year, or 1 day a week, or simply want to donate to help those in need, we have something to fit your interests and time constraints. Contact us!
