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- Looking to get more involved in our parish community? Volunteering is a wonderful way to deepen your faith, build lasting friendships, and make a difference in the lives of others. Whether you’re passionate about serving those in need, helping with liturgical ministries, or simply want to be more active in parish life, there’s a place for you here! Explore the many opportunities to get connected and be a part of our vibrant, faith-filled community. Click below to find the perfect ministry for you!
  
  Please contact the Parish Office at 651-738-2646 for more information on how to volunteer.
- Altar Servers
  Altar Servers have the privilege of assisting the Priest at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. These young men and women carefully and diligently anticipate what is needed and act accordingly.
  Anyone who is in fourth grade or older is invited to serve in this beautiful way.
- Liturgical Ministers
  The Lector proclaims the Word of God to the congregation. He or she is charged with the task of proclaiming with dignity and reverence the Sacred Scripture. Initial training and a yearly update are provided for all Lectors.
  The Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion is commissioned to assist the Priest in distributing the Body and Blood of Christ to the faithful. Individuals are asked to commit to a Mass time and are then scheduled to serve every third week. Basic requirements: You must be a Confirmed, practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.
  Transfiguration’s Hospitality Ministers are the first faces that parishioners and guests see when they walk through our doors. They take care of distributing Worship Aids, seating people in the Church, taking up the Collection, and distributing Bulletins after Mass.
- Sacred Music
  Transfiguration’s sacred music program is a central component of parish life. The music program contributes to the liturgical life of the parish by cultivating the Church’s rich inheritance and tradition of sacred music. The music program seeks to accomplish this mission through robust singing by the choirs and congregation, supported by skillful use of the pipe organ.
  The Transfiguration Festival Choir is a project-based, semi-professional ensemble consisting of eight professional singers and volunteer choristers. The choir is open to all parishioners who are able to read music or learn music efficiently by ear. The choir offers music at liturgies throughout the year, including Christmas Eve, Holy Week, Ascension/Pentecost, and the Feast of the Transfiguration. If you are interested in joining the Transfiguration Festival Choir for one or more of its project sessions, please watch the parish bulletin for details, or contact Jenny Ubl at [email protected].
  Festival Choir Schedule 2026-27
  The Children’s Choir is open to children in Grades 2–6 (beginning in Grade 7, students are invited to join the Festival Choir but are still welcome to be part of the Children's Choir). The Children's choir offers music at two 10:30 am Sunday Masses per month from October through May. Rehearsals are held three Sundays per month from 9:40-10:20 a.m. during the choir season. The music program also hosts a summer choir camp for children. If you are interested in enrolling your child, please contact Madeline Van Havermaet at [email protected].
  Children's Choir Schedule 2026-27
  
  Transfiguration maintains a roster of cantors and organists who offer music at liturgies throughout the year. Training and experience are required. If you would like to audition to serve as a paid cantor or organist at Transfiguration, please contact Jenny Ubl at [email protected].
  
  To support robust singing by the choirs and congregation, the music program relies on skillful use of the pipe organ.
  Second only to the human voice—the instrument created by God—the pipe organ holds “pride of place” in Catholic sacred music for well-established reasons.
  
  First, the pipe organ, by its very design, uses a collection of pipes to emulate a choir of voices that create sound through the use of air, in the same way that the human voice creates sound. In this way, the pipe organ relies on the basic mechanics of the instrument created by God himself. The air blower functions as the lungs, the wind chests as the air pathway (throat), the pipes as the voice box, and the echoing acoustic of the sanctuary as the resonant space of the singer’s mouth. No other instrument functions in this way!
  
  Second, the sheer breadth of the pipe organ’s tonal palette (from very quiet to very loud) reminds us of the immensity and the magnificence of God. At the blessing of the new organ at the Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady (Regensburg) in September 2006, Pope Benedict XVI observed:
  
  The organ has always been considered, and rightly so, the king of musical instruments, because it takes up all the sounds of creation—as was just said—and gives resonance to the fullness of human sentiments, from joy to sadness, from praise to lamentation. By transcending the merely human sphere, as all music of quality does, it evokes the divine. The organ’s great range of timbre, from piano through to a thundering fortissimo, makes it an instrument superior to all others. It is capable of echoing and expressing all the experiences of human life. The manifold possibilities of the organ in some way remind us of the immensity and the magnificence of God.
  
  Psalm 150 . . . speaks of trumpets and flutes, of harps and zithers, cymbals and drums; all these musical instruments are called to contribute to the praise of the triune God. In an organ, the many pipes and voices must form a unity. If here or there something becomes blocked, if one pipe is out of tune, this may at first be perceptible only to a trained ear. But if more pipes are out of tune, dissonance ensues and the result is unbearable. Also, the pipes of this organ are exposed to variations of temperature and subject to wear. Now, this is an image of our community in the Church. Just as in an organ an expert hand must constantly bring disharmony back to consonance, so we in the Church, in the variety of our gifts and charisms, always need to find anew, through our communion in faith, harmony in the praise of God and in fraternal love. The more we allow ourselves, through the liturgy, to be transformed in Christ, the more we will be capable of transforming the world, radiating Christ’s goodness, his mercy and his love for others.
  
  Third, because the pipe organ creates sustained sound (unlike the piano), the pipe organ is much more effective at encouraging and supporting robust congregational singing.
  
  For these reasons and many others, the Church places special significance on the use of the pipe organ in sacred liturgy. The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy provides that in the Latin Church, the pipe organ is to be held in high esteem, for it is the traditional musical instrument which adds a wonderful splendor to the Church’s ceremonies and powerfully lifts up man’s mind to God and to higher things. (Article 120.)
- Funeral Lunches
  The funeral luncheon servers will take care of setting the tables with utensils and placemats for the luncheon’s guests, as well as clearing the tables after people have finished eating. The funeral luncheon servers will also help with cleaning the tables afterwards but will not be expected to take part in setting up or taking down tables or chairs.
- Altar Linens
  Volunteers are needed to wash and maintain altar linens.
  Commitment: 3-4 hours, 1x every 6 weeks
  Description: take home the Liturgical linens, wash/dry, and lightly press
- Church Environment
  This opportunity includes assisting our lead volunteers with seasonal decorations as well as watering plants and keeping the Church, Chapel and Gathering Space looking its best.
  Commitment: 2 hours, 1x every 4 weeks
  Description: water all plants in the Church, Gathering Space, and school concourse hallway. This takes about two hours and is a task for someone who is able to lift large watering cans and bend over easily.
- Building & Grounds
  We are always in need of individuals with experience in the building trades to work with our Maintenance Staff or serve on our Parish Facilities Committee. The Facilities Committee meets monthly to identify repair-and-replace problems around our buildings and grounds, develop cost-effective solutions, and keep our campus and equipment running smoothly and looking its best. We need electricians, plumbers, carpenters, carpet installers, roofers, painters, etc., to provide us with your knowledge and expertise.
- St. Isidore Gardeners
  Join other parishioners who like to garden and help maintain our campus and have it looking its best while meeting new friends. We start in the spring and continue until fall. We meet two Saturdays a month pulling weeds, planting flowers and adding mulch where needed. We focus on different areas of the campus each month to update and maintain attractive gardens.