Volunteering and helping
You want to serve — here is where
Many believers would help but do not know whom to ask, so goodwill goes unused. Holymeet connects four ways: your diocesan Caritas, projects in your own parish, missions, and concrete humanitarian actions posted by members — with a date, a place and the number of people needed.
What you get
No searching — it says where
Caritas has a map of all its offices, the parish is nearest and often needs the most, and the Pontifical Mission Societies have a national office. All three are here, verified.
Actions with a date and a place
Every action shows when, where and how many people are needed. You sign up with one tap and the organiser gets your contact so they can call you.
The organiser gets a list
Whoever posted the action sees the names and contacts of those signed up and can export them as a PDF. Nobody else sees the contacts.
For parishes and communities
A parish office, a charitable group or a youth group can post an action and receive sign-ups from the whole area, with no separate app and no ads.
Four ways
Caritas
Soup kitchens, parcels, help for the elderly, shelter
Every diocese has its ownParish projects
Catechesis, altar servers, choir, care for the church
One conversation with the priestMissions
Pontifical Mission Societies — prayer, collections, going
Office in ZagrebHumanitarian actions
Parcels, clean-ups, transport, help after a storm
Posted by members themselvesThis is a preview. Signing up and posting an action are done in the app.
How and where to volunteer in the Church
The most common obstacle to volunteering is not a lack of time but not knowing whom to ask. Someone willing to help does not know whether there is a soup kitchen in their town, whether their parish needs a driver or a catechist, or where to send an email. So this page does not talk about the importance of volunteering; it lists concrete places.
Caritas is the largest charitable network of the Church in Croatia and each diocese has its own, with its own needs. Parish projects are the nearest and easiest to begin: one conversation with the parish priest opens catechesis, altar serving, the choir and care for the church. The Pontifical Mission Societies connect believers with missionaries in the field.
Some organisations publish actual open positions: the Caritas of the Zagreb Archdiocese looks for tutoring help in children's homes, workshop leaders, kitchen work and help distributing food; the Catholic association Kap dobrote runs soup kitchens in Zagreb; and the volunteer centre of the Student Catholic Centre Palma accepts volunteers from the age of 15 with a guardian's consent.
In addition, Holymeet members post concrete actions: handing out parcels, cleaning up, transport, help after a storm. Each shows the date, the place and how many people are needed, and the organiser receives the list of those signed up.
Common questions
I have no experience — can I still help?
Yes. Most actions need only presence and a pair of hands. Anything requiring training, such as work with children or the sick, comes with instruction from the institution.
How much time must I give?
As much as you can. An hour a month is not little, and regularity is worth more than one long day.
Can anyone see my phone number?
Only the organiser of the action you joined, and the admin, for coordination. Your contact is not visible to other members.
Can a parish post its own action?
Yes. Posting is free and open to all signed-in members.
Whom do I ask if my parish has nothing organised?
Your diocesan Caritas — it has a map of all its offices. For missions there is the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zagreb.