News - July 2023

As you know, St. Ignatius Parish is sponsoring a refugee family of four from Venezuela while they navigate their way through the asylum-seeking process of the U.S. immigration system. Since late January, Daniella and Cesar Lopez, and their daughters Alahia (age 4) and Angelita (age 1), have been living in one bedroom of parishioner Naomi Mayer’s home. They need a place of their own.

All are welcome to journey to find God in all things through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. St. Agnes and St. Ignatius Parishes offer the Exercises through the 19th Annotation, known as “a retreat in daily life.”

Adults (18+) are invited to join our upcoming Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults program here at St. Ignatius Parish beginning Sunday, Sept. 10, and extending through May 2024. All participants will receive the sacraments at the Easter Vigil on March 30, 2024.

On July 11, the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Benedict, honored as the father of Western monasticism, as his twin sister, St. Scholastica, is honored as the patroness of women’s religious orders. St. Benedict was born around AD 480 in Nursia, Italy, and died around AD 547. The Rule of Saint Benedict was written in the early sixth century. In it, St. Benedict set out guidance for monks living in community.