Prison Ministry Individual Volunteer Questions Name First Last PhoneEmail If you would like to be a regular volunteer, select timeslot(s) you would be available:Monday 11:30-3:00pm- DaytonWednesday 12:45-3:00pm- DaytonWednesday 4:45-7:00pm- LebanonWednesday 6:45-8:30pm- LebanonThursday 11:45-3:00pm- Warren (Level 3 inmates)Thursday 12:15-3:30p- LebanonThursday 7:00-8:30p- Warren (Level 1 inmates)How often can you attend?WeeklyWednesday 12:45-3:00pm- DaytonWednesday 4:45-7:00pm- LebanonWednesday 6:45-8:30pm- LebanonThursday 11:45-3:00pm- Warren (Level 3 inmates)Select which topics you could develop and teach a class on:The ChatechismSacred ScriptureTheology/PhilosophyEcclesiologyChristian Anthropology (Theology of the Body)/ Personal DevelopmentChurch HistoryLiturgyLatin/Greek/HebrewRCIAMusicArtGreat LiteratureNone of the aboveWhat can you do (select all that apply)?Spiritual counseling/direction (need to show training in this area)Plan parties for feast days and other celebrationsCome up with ways to build up individuals (e.g. observing birthdays or welcoming into the Church at their initiation)Help other volunteers organizeHelp the Director with groups of visitors for certain feast daysAdvertising programs to the inmatesGeneral presence and participation in the roomAll volunteers, no matter what role, are expected and required to model Christian virtue, especially what healthy obedience to the Church’s leadership looks like, to the leader in the classroom and to the hierarchy of the Church. Type "Yes" if you agree to this.Can you make it to a Thursday night prison ministry potluck dinner to get to know the director and other volunteers and receive basic training and instruction? *note: the potluck dinners happen every week and are open invitation, there’s no requirement to attend, but are helpful in getting to know the community of volunteers and grow together in faith while doing this ministry. It also helps for planning and organizing.Would you like to try a one-time visit? Yes No If yes, please answer the following questions.Have you visited the prison in the past? Yes No Are you related to or closely know anyone who is incarcerated in the state of Ohio? Yes No Would you rather: See a normal day in the prison ministry Celebrate a feast day with one of our communities If you like to see a normal day in the prison ministry, which time slot(s) could you attend? Monday 11:30am-3:00pm - Dayton Wednesday 12:45-3:00pm - Dayton Wednesday 4:45-7:00pm - Lebanon Wednesday 6:45-8:30pm - Lebanon Thursday 11:45am-3:00pm Warren (Level 3 inmates) Thursday 12:15-3:30pm Lebanon Thursday 7-8:30pm Warren (Level 1 inmates) Saturday 11:45am-2:00pm Warren (Level 1 inmates) If you would like to come celebrate a feast day with one of our communities, which day(s) could you attend? Easter (application due by _________) Pentecost (application due by _________) Corpus Christi (application due by _________) Assumption of Mary (application due by _________) Exaltation of the Holy Cross (application due by _________) All Saints/All Souls (application due by _________) Christmas (application due by _________) *note: these celebrations do not count for a Catholic’s obligation for Sundays or Holy Days of obligation, as most are transferred to fit the prison schedule, except if they actually occur on the Holy Day and Mass is celebrated. There are currently no Masses celebrated on Sundays in the prisons, they happen either on Monday or Thursday. It is by special permission of the Archbishop of Cincinnati for the pastoral good of the incarcerated that the Archdiocese Prison Ministry is able to celebrate the Sunday liturgy and transfer the observance of Holy Days of obligation to the nearest day that we have a time slot in the chapel for Mass.
