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Saint Nicholas and the Battle Against Christmas

December 3, 2024

by Fr. Steve Grunow On Friday, December 6th, the Church celebrated the Feast of St. Nicholas.  Nicholas is reverenced by both the Orthodox churches of the East and Catholic Church, as well as by some Protestant denominations.  He is invoked as the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, boxers, thieves

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Advent: True Peace

December 3, 2024

by Abby Foreman In a popular Rockwell painting from mid-20th century, a mother and father gaze down on two sleeping children tucked cozily in their bed. The father’s hand clutches a folded newspaper; viewers can make out only part of the headline, “Bombings…horror.”1As I look at the scene, I am struck

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Advent: Hope

November 25, 2024

by John Mark Comer (from an Advent Reflection written in 2020) The invitation of Advent is to set our hope back on Jesus. Introduction If you are new to Advent, it’s based on an ancient Latin word. Ad is Latin for “to ”, and vent for “come.” At Advent, we remember God coming to us

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Viva House Thanksgiving Collection

November 18, 2024

Viva House is grateful to our parish community and the Loyola School who, together, brought in 77 bags of food to benefit Viva House. Thanks to Pime and Raul who help load the van to transport the collected bags over to our friends Brendan and Willa at Viva house.  They

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Long Live the King! (John 18:33-37)

November 13, 2024

by Rev. Craig Condon The conversation between and Jesus and Pilate, which is written in John 18:33-37, allows John to proclaim in his Gospel that Jesus is a king with a divine authority. Jesus was accused of plotting to overthrow the government, and he was being questioned by Pilate. This

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Mark 13:24-37 Commentary

November 5, 2024

by Rev. Chelsey Harmon This series of verses has come to be known as Mark’s “Little Apocalypse,” a snapshot of the turning point that ends this world and begins the new. I must confess that I can easily get lost in the devastating or destructive depictions in apocalyptic literature to

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Christmas Flower Fund

October 23, 2024

Would you like to donate to beautify the church for the Christmas Season? It’s time to get ready to deck the halls! Every Christmas season St. Ignatius Church decorates the church and altars as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Our already beautiful church turns glorious! This year is particularly

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Block Party A Huge Success

October 23, 2024

View All Photos by Mary Maushard Oh, what a Block Party! A beautiful October day, ice cream, music and dancing, a peek at the new elementary school and a true spirit of community. More than 250 children and adults filled Madison Street between Calvert and St. Paul streets for the Oct. 20

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All Souls/All Saints Week

October 20, 2024

By George Yancy Mr. Yancy is a professor of philosophy and an author. This month’s conversation in our series exploring religion and death is with Karen Teel, who has been a member of the department of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego since 2007. Her research and

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A Christian Voters Guide

October 17, 2024

by Brian Zahnd 1. The political process, while necessary, has little to do with how God is saving the world.  2. The fate of the kingdom of God does not depend upon political contests. 3. Don’t be naïve, political parties are more interested in Christian votes than they are in

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Third Week of Advent

St. Ambrose in his reflection about the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth which is our Gospel for this Sunday noticed what was hidden but revealed in the story. Ambrose noticed that, although Elizabeth is the first to hear Mary’s voice, John the Baptist behind the screen of his mother, first

The Second Week of Advent

I want to provide you an update of our 2024-25 finances with income and expense details. First, I wish to convey my gratitude to the many generous benefactors of St. Ignatius. I hope this video encourages you. Like any nonprofit organization, St. Ignatius reports should keep you engaged and aware

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Third Week of Advent

December 12, 2024

St. Ambrose in his reflection about the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth which is our Gospel for this Sunday noticed what was hidden but revealed in the story. Ambrose noticed that, although Elizabeth is the first to hear Mary’s voice, John the Baptist behind the screen of his mother, first

The Second Week of Advent

December 7, 2024

I want to provide you an update of our 2024-25 finances with income and expense details. First, I wish to convey my gratitude to the many generous benefactors of St. Ignatius. I hope this video encourages you. Like any nonprofit organization, St. Ignatius reports should keep you engaged and aware

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