St. Ignatius Martyr Parish

If you are an Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Eucharist who ministers to the home bound, retirement home community and hospital patients, or would like to give of yourself in this ministry please make plans to attend the required training on Wednesday, February 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the Annex Chapel.

This is a wonderful ministry of giving a small amount of your time each week to bring the Holy Eucharist to fellow parishioners. We are in constant need of people who feel called to this ministry.

The February Lector Study Group date and place has been moved for February only to help support the Parish Mission. Lectors will meet on February 19th from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the school library, on the second floor north side of the Family Center. If you're scheduled to proclaim in late February or early March, please come with your reading prepared.

THE PSALMS: class two, offered twice (once on Monday, February 18th morning and once on Wednesday, February 20th evening); co-facilitated by Rabbi Monty Eliasov, President of the Twelve Tribe Torah Institute and Rabbi of Congregation Shalom Rav in Austin, Texas, and Mike Richardson, a member of the St. Ignatius, Martyr community active in the facilitation of Centering Prayer and other adult faith formation ministries; (see flyer in distribution racks).
Contact: Mike Richardson -- telephone: 440-8840 or 633-0491, email: pmike@mail.utexas.edu  Read More »

If you are an Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Eucharist who ministers to the home bound, retirement home community and hospital patients, or would like to give of yourself in this ministry please make plans to attend the required training on Wednesday, February 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the Annex Chapel.

This is a wonderful ministry of giving a small amount of your time each week to bring the Holy Eucharist to fellow parishioners. We are in constant need of people who feel called to this ministry.

THE PSALMS: four one and one-half hour classes, each class offered twice (once on Monday mornings beginning February 18th; and once on Wednesday evenings beginning February 20th); co-facilitated by Rabbi Monty Eliasov, President of the Twelve Tribe Torah Institute and Rabbi of Congregation Shalom Rav in Austin, Texas, and Mike Richardson, a member of the St. Ignatius, Martyr community active in the facilitation of Centering Prayer and other adult faith formation ministries; (see "NEW DATES" flyer in distribution racks) Contact: Mike Richardson -- telephone: 440-8840 or 633-0491 / email: pmike [at] mail.utexas.edu

THE PSALMS: four one and one-half hour classes, each class offered twice (once on Monday mornings beginning February 18th; and once on Wednesday evenings beginning February 20th); co-facilitated by Rabbi Monty Eliasov, President of the Twelve Tribe Torah Institute and Rabbi of Congregation Shalom Rav in Austin, Texas, and Mike Richardson, a member of the St. Ignatius, Martyr community active in the facilitation of Centering Prayer and other adult faith formation ministries; (see "NEW DATES" flyer in distribution racks) Contact: Mike Richardson -- telephone: 440-8840 or 633-0491 / email: pmike [at] mail.utexas.edu

Stephen Ministry: Was someone there for you when you needed help and support? Think about giving back by being trained as a Stephen Minister. You will receive 50 hours of initial training. Following commissioning, you will receive ongoing training and supervision. We may need to postpone our training class scheduled to begin February 7th, if we do not have more trainees. If you have been thinking about Stephen Ministry and would like more information, call the church office at 442-3602 and a Stephen Leader will contact you. This one-on-one caring ministry responds to the number of ministers we have available.

ATTENTION EXTRA ORDINARY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: If you are interested in taking Holy Communion to those who are homebound, in hospital or nursing homes there will be training on Wednesday, February 20th starting at 7 p.m. in the Annex Chapel.

COMMUNAL SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Tuesday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Seven priests will be available to hear your confession.

FLOWER MEMORIAL envelopes are available at the display racks by the doors of the Church. If you want to remember a loved one this Christmas, PRINT the name of the person to be remembered on the envelope, enclose a donation and drop the envelope in the collection basket or drop it off at the Church Office. To be included, all memorials must be received by, Monday, December 17th.

ATTENTION EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, LECTORS, AND ALTAR SERVERS:  If you will not be available any weekend during February, March, April, and May please notify Ann Thornton at 294-6024 or athorn [at] io [dot] com, no Later than Monday, December 24th, 2007. Also, please notify me if your contact information has changed such as your phone number, where you can be reached, e-mail address, or address.  Read More »

FLOWER MEMORIAL envelopes are available at the display racks by the doors of the Church. If you want to remember a loved one this Christmas, PRINT the name of the person to be remembered on the envelope, enclose a donation and drop the envelope in the collection basket or drop it off at the Church Office. To be included, all memorials must be received by, Monday, December 17th.

LOOKING FOR A DEEPER MEANING IN YOUR LIFE? The season of Advent is a time of hopeful expectation. We are preparing ourselves for a deeper meaning. On behalf of Fr. Joe, the Community Building Team invites you to come join some of your fellow parishioners for prayer, conversation, and the sharing of some of our dreams and hopes for this Advent season, and beyond. These conversations will take no more than an hour of your time, but could be quite powerful in building relationships with our fellow parishioners. After all the Masses on December 8th and 9th, we will meet in small groups in the Family Center. (Note: the meetings after the Sunday evening Mass on December 9th will be in the Church.)

ATTENTION EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, LECTORS, AND ALTAR SERVERS: If you will not be available any weekend during February, March, April, and May please notify Ann Thornton at 294-6024 or athorn@io.com. No Later than Monday, December 24th, 2007. Also, please notify me if your contact information has changed such as your phone number, where you can be reached, e-mail address, or address.  Read More »

Training session for parishioners interested in becoming Eucharistic Ministers. The meeting will be held in the Dining Room in the Annex. If time allows, we will do the walk through training following Deacon Ron's session.

ATTENTION EXTRAORDINARY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, LECTORS, & ALTAR SERVERS: If you will not be available any weekend during October, November, December, and January please notify Ann Thornton at 294-6024 athorn [at] io [dot] com, no Later than Friday, August 31st. Also, please let me know if any of your contact information has changed: phone number, address, or your email address.

This week we recognize those women who wash the corporals and the purificators: Joann Safe, Kimberly Juarez, Olivia Morales, June Jarosek, Zulema Fuentes, Monica Fullerton, Ella Mae Bartsch, Yolanda Zelinski, Imelda Martinez, and Kim Silva.

Thank you. We appreciate you and what you do.

If you will not be available any weekend during June, July, August, and September please notify Ann Thornton at 294-6024 or athorn [at] io [dot] com no Later than Tuesday, May 8.

Also, please let Ann know where you can be reached, your phone number, email address, or if your address has changed.