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About St. Ignatius
- We believe that diversity shared with love and respect enriches all of us and makes us more compassionate and creative. We seek to walk with others and to invite them to walk with us.
- St. Ignatius is a Roman Catholic parish administered by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) under the authority of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
  The church is located at the corner of N. Calvert and E. Madison Streets in Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon neighborhood and is recognized for its late Renaissance Baroque style.
- The parish is recognized for its excellent music program and its social programs that extend the maternal arm of the Church to those who feel marginalized.
  The purpose of a large church building was to develop a parish of sufficient size and wealth to support an educational institution, which would, in turn, develop an educated Catholic population.
  St. Ignatius differed from other churches of its time because it wasn’t founded solely by Catholic immigrants but by native-born and Irish immigrants.
  The elaborate church building promoted a sense of pride and security for a religious minority.
  In 1922, Loyola College moved to its present Evergreen campus and in 1933 Loyola High School moved to its Blakefield campus. The Loyola complex, once the headquarters for the Maryland Province of the Jesuits, today houses Center Stage, Maryland’s state theater.