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“La famille Ukrainienne”

March 19, 2020 When you think of the work of the Russian-French painter Marc Chagall, the first thing that probably comes to mind are his dreamlike or biblical themes or his stained glass windows which bathe some of the world’s church buildings in such a truly wonderful light.  When you

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Jesuit 101: The Spiritual Exercises, the Heart of the Jesuits

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola (Exercises) are one of the most influential writings in the history of Roman Catholicism. The Exercises are a collection of meditations, prayers, and guidelines for growth in the spiritual life. They were developed out of Ignatius Loyola’s own lived experience, and are ideally undertaken

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This Week’s Poor Box Collection: The Red Wiggler Community Farm

Next weekend’s Poor Box Collection goes to The Red Wiggler Community Farm, which is a sustainable farm where people with and without developmental disabilities come together to work, learn, and grow healthy food.  Their website is (https://redwiggler.org/).  The farm is also founding a Care Farming Network to encourage other farms to provide work

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How to Fight the Man

A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.” The video shows Bethke standing in a courtyard rhyming about the purity of the teachings of Jesus and the hypocrisy of the church. Jesus preaches healing, surrender and love,

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This Week’s Poor Box Collection: Afghan Refugee Resettlement Project

St. Ignatius Catholic Community’s Justice & Peace Committee is partnering with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and several other Catholic parishes in Baltimore City to assist with resettling Afghan refugees. We have been asked to furnish an apartment and are seeking donations of household goods and other basic necessities. To

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Race & Church Podcast

We are thrilled that Catholic News Service is beginning a podcast series called Church & Race – podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann take a deep-dive into the topic of racism — through the lens of the Catholic Church — in each episode. To follow this series go to

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Do What to Enemies?

by Rev. Elizabeth Jones. Luke 6:27-38 Throughout history, we can trace many battles between enemies. I don’t mean outright war, like between armies with guns and tanks and bombs, but enemies, nevertheless. Serious sports rivalries can turn ugly, like soccer hooligans causing fistfights and even rioting. Factions and strife in a

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Venmo

Venmo is an app that instantly allows you to move money from your checking account or credit card to St. Ignatius by using your mobile phone. It’s incredibly set it up, and incredibly easy to use. Follow the instructions below to sign up for Venmo Download one of our mobile

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Jim Kline

Tell us about yourself, your background, and why you are interested in serving. I have been a parishioner for only 3 years, but feel like St. Ignatius is home. I am recently retired and looking for ways to serve. I worked over 40 years at the same local company as

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter

In yesterday’s Gospel, Jesus used the agricultural analogy of a vine to teach us that two lessons:  a)     There must be regular pruning of fruitless branches. b)    Branches that remain close to the vine will bear fruit.  The first lesson, that of pruning, hit home for me personally. I’m wearing a cap on

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Greetings on a sunny afternoon. Fr. Brian was indisposed this week so we were unable to video our weekly chat of ‘The Thought.’ The buck got passed back to me and here I am taking my pulse on how I am feeling in our world at the moment… Continue on

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

In yesterday’s Gospel, Jesus used the agricultural analogy of a vine to teach us that two lessons:  a)     There must be regular pruning of fruitless branches. b)    Branches that remain close to the vine will bear fruit.  The first lesson, that of pruning, hit home for me personally. I’m wearing a cap on

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Greetings on a sunny afternoon. Fr. Brian was indisposed this week so we were unable to video our weekly chat of ‘The Thought.’ The buck got passed back to me and here I am taking my pulse on how I am feeling in our world at the moment… Continue on

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