At Holy Faith there are many opportunities to serve the broader Santa Fe Community and beyond. Here are a few of the ways:

Mission & Outreach Grants Subcommittee

The Holy Faith Mission & Outreach Grants Subcommittee was formed to disperse funds generously provided by the Carolyn Scheffler estate. Parishioners of Holy Faith, as well as the Vestry, generously contribute to the fund. Our mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ by facilitating mission and outreach efforts of the parish to the community of Santa Fe and beyond.

For the 2025/2026 cycle, the following organizations were awarded grants:

  • Art for Humanity
  • Bag-n-Hand Food Pantry
  • Chaplain Joe’s Street Ministry
  • CASA First
  • Coming Home Conection
  • Friendship Club
  • Gerard’s House
  • Resolve
  • Girls, Inc
  • Help With Compassion
  • Interfaith Community Shelter
  • Listening Horse Therapeutic Riding
  • Missions Ministries
  • My Little Horse Listener
  • Oaxaca Youth Empowerment
  • Resolve
  • Scott’s House
  • Sky Center
  • Tomorrow’s Women

Download the Application Process 2027 document to review the guidelines for grant application. Applications for the 2027 grant cycle may be submitted after October 1, 2026 and must be received by email or by physical mail no later than December 1, 2026 (postmarked in the case of physical mail). Download the Grant Application 2027 Here.

The Mission & Outreach Grants Subcommittee is now selling two different types of gift cards, both of which benefit organizations chosen as part of Holy Faith’s charitable outreach. They each say, in part, “a gift has been made in your honor … to help those in need in the community of Santa Fe and beyond.” The first is a Christmas card featuring our statue of St. Francis in the snow; it announces your gift and wishes the recipient a blessed Christmas. The second card is appropriate for giving any time of year, to recognize a birthday, wedding, anniversary, or other special occasion, or perhaps to honor the memory of a departed friend. This all-occasion card pictures the beautiful Good Shepherd stained glass window in the church. They may be purchased in the parish office. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to honor your loved ones while helping others!

Juarez House Built!!! September 23-26, 2026 Juarez, Mexico

A group of Holy Faith parishioners with the help of Missions Ministries of Colorado (https://www.missionsministries.org/) traveled to Juarez Mexico in September of 2026 to build a two bedroom home for a family in the outskirts of Juarez, Las Colonias.

The 650 square foot home we built is insulated, metal roofed, on a concrete slab with electricity, doors and windows that open and lock, painted and clean. There is no indoor plumbing but Holy Faith provides a 500 gallon water tank for water on their land. The family buys their own lot to build upon which typically costs them $3,000 to $5,000. (see pictures of a recent home build). The cost to build: $15,500 for the home which includes the cement slab and all that is necessary for construction; another $3,000 to buy beds, a kitchen table and chairs, a refrigerator, small propane stove and ceiling fans.

Juarez House Build Donations

We are so grateful to those who have donated or made pledges of donations to build the house in Juarez with the essential household items. For those who still want to make a donation, you can do it on the Holy Faith website, under Donations/Mission & Outreach or by check, please note Juarez House.

Here are some of the items that will be purchased with your donations.

We Have A Family! Juarez House Build September 23-26!

Missions Ministries has matched ourparish with theVasquez Esparza family. Bryan and Karime are a young couple raising two daughters, Edna (5) and Sofia (1). For the past two years, the family has owned a piece of land, but because of difficult circumstances, they have not been able to build a home on it. Little by little, they have worked on their property—putting up a fence, planting small trees, and caring for it while holding on to the hope that one day they would have a home of their own. Their faith has also become an important part of their story. When asked what she would like the team coming to build their home to know, Karime wrote: “I would like to thank you even though I don’t know you yet because I know God sent you. I don’t know how to thank you for everything you do and will do for many families. May God bless you all your lives. What will be a beautiful home for us will be a beautiful house for you, where many memories will remain.”

Read More About the Family Here

Juarez House Shopping List

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Feed the Hungry

Feed the Hungry volunteers cook a hot lunch and serve it to Interfaith Community Shelter (ICS) guests the fourth Sunday of every month. Food is sourced from the Food Depot as well as local groceries. Feed the Hungry also works in conjunction with the Food Depot to cook at Holy Faith in the winter months for Code Blue (emergency weather) days. Those interested in helping should contact Dora Horn (505) 471-1171, email clintvhorn@aol.com.

Interfaith Community Shelter Volunteers

Holy Faith volunteers host guests at the Interfaith Community Shelter located at 2801 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, for two separate weeks during the Emergency Shelter season which runs from the middle of October to early May, providing a hot meal and other support every evening. Without the help of dedicated volunteers the Shelter would not be able to serve Santa Fe’s most vulnerable. Here is an opportunity to live out the Matthew Imperative: “In as much as you did it to one of the least of these your brethren, you did it to me.” Those interested in helping should contact Dora Horn (505) 471-1171, email clintvhorn@aol.com or Cathy Gronquist at (505) 231-4557 email cathy@gronquist.org.

The Guild

The Guild welcomes anyone who is interested in preparing craft items for the annual St. Nicholas Bazaar and in good fellowship. Specialized expertise is not required, but always welcome. The Guild meets on Wednesday from 10 am until 2 pm in the Guild Room. Business is conducted while sack lunches are consumed. Come and join us! For more information, please contact Ruth Rael at ruthcats837@gmail.com.

United Thank Offering (UTO)

The United Thank Offering (a program of the Episcopal church, known for its little blue boxes) has, for more than 132 years, provided support through grants for ministries throughout the United States and elsewhere. These ministries focus primarily on women and children and usually have no other source of funding. They are always urgent, often creative, and occasionally astounding. Holy Faith has an Ingathering of contributions, usually twice a year, when parishioners can donate to express their thanksgiving for blessings received and send help to a needy world. For more information, contract the parish office at 505-982-4447.