Service and outreach ministries help address the needs of the people of the parish and surrounding community, especially the poor, and to meet those needs by enlisting members of the parish to volunteer their time and talents. Involvement in these programs greatly enhances our Christian presence within the community.

Elizabeth Ministry and Rosebud Program – An outreach of the Christian Women organization, open to women in their child-bearing years. The ministry is based on Jesus’ vision of the goodness, beauty and truth of human life. Elizabeth Ministers share their presence, stories, and experiences to support, encourage, console and at times bring healing to other women. Through the Rosebud program they share prayers with many requests received surrounding childbearing needs.
 
Ministry of Care to the Homebound – An Eucharistic Ministry to the homebound, hospitalized and to facilities of care. Email your interest to deaconted@thebasilica.org.
 
Needy Meal Program – Provides a nutritious meal to needy individuals at a meal site on the south side of Milwaukee. Volunteers prepare and serve the meal, typically on the first Monday of each month.
 
Respect Life Ministry (Conception through Death) – Works to educate parishioners on the appreciation of the “Gift of Life.”
 
Saint Vincent de Paul Conference (SVDP) – Vincentians unite as a faith family with a personal call to holiness by prayer, reflection, and service to the less fortunate. They meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month and follow the rule of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
 
Basilica Food Pantry – An important outreach of the SVDP Conference here at the Basilica run by associate members of the Society on Wednesdays, 10:00 – 11:00 AM in the Parish Center. Parishioners are asked to donate every other month through a “reverse collection” during which coupons noting needed items are distributed prior to Sunday Masses. Items purchased are brought to the Basilica the following weekend.