We are St. Mary Recycle Mission Group and we have been working with Catholic churches, Convents, Schools, The Knights of Columbus, and other organizations, as well as with Parishioners who have things at home in helping rescue and recycle used Religious items that are no longer needed.
For over years, we have helped recycle items from Churches that have items from former Clergy that are no longer being used, or from Churches that unfortunately closed, as well as from Parishioners who need to place their personal religious items from home that they don't know what to do with. Over the years, we have found many of these items in the trash so we came up with a recycling program. Our recycling program was developed to help parishes both in need of items that they cannot afford, as well as with their financial needs, and also to help the community.
We originally got started after finding several items cleared out from a church basement in the dumpster of a local church all in perfectly usable condition. We later found that there is a need for these unwanted items. Our first large effort was following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans as we sent hundreds of recycled items to a parish there that was more than happy to accept items for both the parish and parishioners that we had gathered.
We can take in or give just about anything of Religious nature that can be used by other churches, convents or religious organizations such as:
- Vestments including Chasubles, Stoles, Albs, etc. (even if they are soiled or tattered, as we have them professionally cleaned and/ or restored if possible so they can be worn, we can also use them to make new vestments, rosary cases or missal covers, we accept any style, color, vintage) - Crucifixes - Statues (any size, no outdoor concrete statues) - Rosaries (damaged ok) - Chalices (Pottery ok but please not by mail) - Altar Ware - Candle Sticks - Tabernacles - Relics - Monstrances - Altar Stones - Altar Books/Missals/Lectionaries - Holy Medals - Holy Cards - Linens - Paraments - Framed Religious Pictures - Used Musical Instruments - Prayer books/Breviaries/Catholic Encyclopedias (Please No Religious Books/Reading Books/Story Books, Hymnals, Pamphlets/Magazines/DVD's, VHS Tapes, Christmas items or Wax Candles)
If you have any of the religious items listed above that you would like to donate, please place your items in the baskets located in front of the Blessed Mother Altar and the St. Joseph Altar by Sunday, April 6th to be included in the pick up.
If you have questions you may visit their website, stmaryrecyclemissiongroup.com or email them at [email protected]