Find Care. Find Hope.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) at St. Gabriel’s provides appropriate assistance to those needing food, clothing, rent, utility assistance, or other emergency needs within a local geographic area. SVdP supports individuals in need, regardless of race, origin, religion, or gender. 

SVdP is a volunteer run organization that helps with things like rental assistance and utilities.  Call (972) 325 6118 and leave your name and number, and someone calls back within 24- 48 hours (estimated time is dependent on volume of calls received and how many volunteer advocates are available).  The call back it will show as a BLOCKED call, so be sure to answer that.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE CONTACT US AND LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR HELPLINE. 972-325-6118

We have a Little Free Pantry on our church property at 110 St. Gabriel Way McKinney, TX 75454.  The pantry provides immediate, emergency assistance with basic food and some household items on a 24/7 “take what you need” basis.  Patrons can also find information on additional parish and community services. Unlike local food pantries with pickup hours and paperwork, our pantry makes it easy for people to get what they need when they need it without questions or embarrassment.

LOCATION: The pantry can be found under the covered, wrap-around archway porch of the Community Center. (Next to the St. Gabriel statue courtyard).

View a listing of resources to help with assistance, shelter, food, counseling, and more. 
Resource Guide

  We can help. We have people ready to walk you through the tough time and decisions of an unplanned pregnancy. 

CALL: 972-BABY DUE  (972-222-9383)

We offer loving, non-judgmental care for those who have experienced the hurt from abortion. 

CALL: 214-544-CARE  (214-544-2273)

There are many options for pregnant women to get help and choose life right here in our community.
View Flyer

The Catholic Pro-Life Committee website lists various Natural Family Planning doctors, including one who offers Fertility Care  - right here in McKinney.   Visit the Catholic Pro-Life Community to view all NFP Doctors and look for those with "fertility care" to find a doctor who offers fertility care aligned with church teaching.

CPLC Pro-Life Doctors 
NOTE: This is an external website. This website and the doctors listed on it are not connected to St. Gabriel in any manner.  The practices of doctors may or maynot represent the belief of St. Gabriel.  Please consider your doctor choices carefully.
 NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING RESOURCES 

We can help you navigate the adoption or foster care process. Our foster and adoption ministry has lived experience to guide you.
Inquire Here for Support

Click here to read more about the resources available for Natural Family Planning:
 NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING RESOURCES 
 

Sisters in Hope is a ministry rooted in the Catholic faith, dedicated to offering support to women and families experiencing fertility challenges, miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant or child loss. Here is a collection of resources to provide spiritual comfort, community, and healing.

Have you tried other means of assistance to no avail?  Marriage Disciples offers hope and healing for you as you encounter trials in your marriage.
Marriage Disciples 
*This is not a St. Gabriel Ministry.
Retrouvaille

We offer a support group that provides faith-based support to those who are divorced or separated in starting a new life plan.
Group Info

What is an Annulment?  More about Annulements

Annulment Inquiry Form
FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS OR TO START AN ANNULMENT PROCESS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INQUIRY FORM LINKED ABOVE
OR CONTACT KATHLEEN RADTKE - 469-408-1943 - [email protected]

We can help you navigate the adoption or foster care process. Our foster and adoption ministry has lived experience to guide you.
Inquire Here for Support

Please let us know, as our foster & adopt ministry would like to offer you support and give you thanks for your "yes"! (Meals, transportation help, & more)
Contact Us

The Mom's Ministry offers care to mothers with baby arrivals by setting up meal train sign-up for you to share with your own friend & family network. 
It is always nice to have extra help those first days of a new little one in the house. 
Request a Meal Train

 We are ready to bring hope to those with financial stress, and learn how to take control of money, plan for the future, and transform their lives through a Financial Peace University class. 
Check the website for the upcoming class registrations and details. 
Financial Peace University Course Info

When your job situation is uncertain or you want to enhance your career opportunities. There is a faith-based Career Alliance at St. Jude parish in Allen that helps develop career strategies for college students, career builders, unemployed people, and underemployed people.  View the resource website, including a calendar with training and development opportunities, parish networking, and spiritual and emotional support group opportunities.
St. Jude Career Alliance Website

Providing those who are grieving the loss of a loved one's death with a safe space to hurt, heal, and mourn with others.
Group Info

Offering hope and healing for those recovering from addictions, compulsions, and unhealthy attachments.
Find a Virtual Meeting
*This is not a St. Gabriel Ministry.

Considering Suicide? Need Help Now?
     1. Call 911 when in an Emergency.
     2. Call: 988 or 1-800-273-Talk  (The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) 24 hour service- En Espanol: 1-888-628-9454
     3. Veteran Crisis Line: Call 988 (and press 1) or 1-800-273-8255 (and press 1), or text 838255


Resources for family and friends:
What a Parent can do Parent's Do's and Dont's 

Here is a listing for your reference.  
Catholic Therapist in TexaS from CatholicTerapists.coM* WHAT Every Catholic should CONSIDER BEFORE STARTING THERAPY

NOTE: This is an external website. This website and the therapist listed on it are not connected to St. Gabriel in any manner.  The practices of belief these therapist may not represent the belief of St. Gabriel.  Please consider your therapy choices carefully.

Hope is a confidential, bilingual mental health chatbot designed to help you and coping mechanisms for depression and anxiety. Hope gives you an opportunity to talk to someone that will not judge or shame you! You can connect with real opportunities for help, and learn skills that are immediately applicable to help improve your daily quality of life. (For ages 13 and older)

To Connect: text “hello” to 469-949-1179 or Chat Online or using Facebook Messenger

Watch the trailer here
Watch this video series as well as The Sanctuary Course and other mental health support here. 

We coordinate rides for those who have no method of transportation to our weekend Masses.
Contact Us
 

St. Gabriel has a hearing assistance system connected to the church’s sound system. Learn more about this system and how to obtain these devices for Mass. 
Hearing Assistance Devices

We have a team of people who want to visit you during those times when it is a struggle to get around due to illness or age.
Let us know of your need by completing this form Care Request Form
or by calling the Pastoral Assitant at 469-408-1932.

Because we are united in the bond of baptism, the sickness and suffering of one member of the Body of Christ touches all the others as well.  No one is meant to suffer alone, without the support of a loving and caring faith community. Please keep our parish staff informed about the sickness or death of family members or neighbors in the parish so that our whole parish community may remember them in prayer and extend to them our pastoral care.
The care offered by the Church can be considered as a continuum, which begins when a person begins to be sick and follows him/her and her family as the illness progresses and, if necessary, into the dying process.  The continuum can be outlined this way:
I. Visits to the sick
II. Eucharist to the sick
III.  Anointing of the sick
IV. Viaticum (communion of the dying)
What is very important to note is that anointing of the sick is not the last point on this continuum.  In other words, although commonly referred to as the “Last Rites,” it does not always come “last.”  For this reason, the Church encourages people not to wait until someone is near death to request the sacrament of the anointing of the sick.  Instead, when a person begins to be seriously ill, that is the time to request an anointing of the sick.  This anointing can take place in the home of the sick person, at church during or after mass, in a hospital or nursing home.  Because the sickness affects not just the sick person, but the whole family, it is usually a helpful thing to plan the anointing so that family and their friends can be present as well as the sick person.
Please continue to pray for all who are sick in mind, body and spirit.
For more information or to request visitation for a loved one in the parish, please contact Pam Criss, Pastoral Assistant and Pastoral Care Coordinator, (469) 408-1932.

Submit your request and members of the prayer chain ministry will pray for it.
Submit Prayer Request

We have a team of people who want to visit you during those times when it is a struggle to get around due to illness or age.
Let us know of your need by completing this form Care Request Form
or by calling the Parish Center at (972) 540-7170 ext 232.

If you know of someone suffering from an illness, the aging process, or needing emotional care, prayer shawls and prayer blankets are available for sharing. 
Stop by the parish office during office hours to pick one up to give to someone in need of this special prayer gesture.  

Spiritual Direction is accomplished through an ongoing process in which directee and director meet regularly on a one-to-one basis to reflect on the workings of God in the life of the directee. These meetings are not crisis-dominated but growth-oriented. Those seeking spiritual direction should be Catholics who actively seek God’s will in the midst of their daily life.  Inquire here to determine if you might be a good candidate and offer you direction to get started. 

Spiritual Direction Inquire Here

Millions of mothers have watched their children abandon their Catholic faith in a chaotic, stressful, and struggling world.  Join with other Catholic women who are being called by the Holy Spirit to imitate St. Monica as they attend this prayer ministry.