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*** Due to the holiday week office work schedule, this Parish: 'the thought' issue is truncated.
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Issue: #12292015
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December 29, 2015
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ST. IGNATIUS WEBPAGE
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POOR BOX COLLECTION
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Each weekend
St. Ignatius specifies a Poor Box collection for a needful cause. This week's support goes to New Day/New Hope, an organization that provides services and housing to immigrants and asylees in Baltimore. - click here
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MASS MUSIC
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Attached is the listing for the music selections at next Sunday's 10:30 Mass. click here
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Carissimi,
What a celebration of Christmas we had! One of the joys of being your pastor is seeing our community come together at the holidays to welcome our as yet unregistered parishioners, to nurture our children, and to care for the poor.
Once again, dedicated crews gathered and distributed gifts for needy children and the homeless, decorated the church, prepared the children for the Christmas pageant, provided hospitality, and ministered at our liturgies--leading worship by scheduling, ushering, greeting, reading, serving, and making beautiful music.
Next comes our annual New Year's Eve Interfaith Service and all the planning and work that it takes to gather diverse people of faith to pray for our city and welcome the New Year.
God bless us-everyone!
By your side, in His service,
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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
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Historic St. Ignatius Church at Calvert and Madison Streets will join the Baltimore New Year's Eve scene with its Annual Interfaith Prayer Service. It will be the 23rd gathering of people of various faiths, including Jewish, Christian and Muslim, to offer thanksgiving for blessings during the past year and to pray for continued blessings in 2016. The musical program begins at 7:30 PM. The hour-long service follows, concluding at 9:30 PM, well in advance of other New Year's Eve activities. Archbishop William Lori will be the presider and Rabbi Deborah Wechsler of Chizuk Amuno Congregation will give the reflection. As in the past, the Mayor and the City Council President will participate. A reception will follow the service. The event is free. Free parking is available at the SHA parking lot on Monument Street; the entrance is between Guilford and Calvert streets.
NEW YEAR'S DAY- Mary Mother of God Mass
Mass will be celebrated on New Year's Day at 10:30 AM in the Church
 Ignatian Morning of Reflection - Saturday, January 2 On January 2 at 8:45 AM, join Fr. Bob Hamm, S.J., the Director of Xavier House, and Toni Moore-Duggan lead us in prayer, reflection, and discussion focusing on Gratitude - remembering our personal graced history and moving into a deep sense of gratitude for all the gifts God has given us. The program in Ignatian Hall ends in time for the 12:10 Mass. All are welcome.
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"KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE - A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR."
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In celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., St. Ignatius Church is hosting a few memorable events, and participating in other city offerings that we wanted to point you towards. We are calling the week: "Keeping the Dream Alive - A Celebration of the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.". Listed below are events we encourage you to participate in.
Blankets for Viva House - Weekend of January 16-17
 As part of our "Keeping the Dream Alive: "A Celebration of the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.," we will be collecting new blankets for the people served by Viva House, the Catholic Worker Community in Southwest Baltimore. If you would like to participate, please bring one or more new blankets to Ignatian Hall the weekend of January 16-17 so they can be distributed by Viva House on Dr. Martin Luther King Day.
St. Ignatius Movie Night: Sisters of Selma
- Friday, January 15 - 7 PM
 The St. Ignatius Catholic Community Racial Justice Forum is hosting a showing of the documentary: Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change. After the violence of "Bloody Sunday" in 1965, Catholic sisters from around the country followed their faith to join the voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama. Never before in American history had vowed Catholic women made so public a political statement. Risking personal safety to bring change, the sisters were themselves changed--and they tell us how. Selma's African Americans attest to the importance of Catholic clergy in their lives--and explain why it took another 35 years to become fully enfranchised. For complete information on this event click here.
"Cracking the Codes - the System of Racial Inequity"- Documentary and  Racial Justice Dialogue Event - Saturday, January 16 - 9 AM
The St. Ignatius Catholic Community Racial Justice Forum will present the documentary Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity as the springboard to a Racial Justice Dialogue Event. Film segments are braided with facilitated dialogue. People leave asking new questions and are inspired to engage in change. While the event is free, reservations are required. For full event information and to reserve your spot, click here.
Sunday Mass
- Sunday, January 17 - 10:30 MassAt the 10:30 Mass and the coffee hour that follows, parishioners will have a chance to meet some of the students our parish is supporting at St. Frances Academy, SS. James and John School, St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.
Bishop Madden's Walk for Peace in the City  - Monday, January 18 January 18 - 12 Noon - Bishop Madden's Prayer Walk. We will join Bishop Madden on the next Prayer Walk for Peace in the City on Monday, January 18, at St. Bernadine's Catholic Church, 3812 Edmondson Avenue. If you would like to go with other members of the St. Ignatius community, come to our church at 11:30 AM and we can ride over together in the van. Please let us know if you plan to join us by emailing parish@st-ignatius.net by Friday, January 15.
Lecture by Congressman Elijah Cummings:
"One Baltimore"
- Sunday, January 17 - 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Homewood Friends Meeting (Quakers) are sponsoring a talk by Congressman Elijah Cummings. He will speak on "One Baltimore," with the focus being on what concerned citizens can do to make things better in our city. Lecture will include a Question and Answer session . Light refreshments will follow the event, which is free and open to the public.
Location: Homewood Friends Meetinghouse
3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218
For more Information 410-235-4438 or homewoodfriends@verizon.net
The 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation - Monday, January 18  The office of academic affairs at Loyola University Maryland invites you to save the date for the 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at 5 p.m. in McGuire Hall featuring Claudia Rankine, distinguished guest and author. Claudia Rankine is one of the nation's most interesting and powerful voices on race in America today. Her work spans various genres, including visual arts and the essay, and draws on everyday experience, popular culture, and history to create a compelling portrait of what it means to be a member of the American community. An award-winning, Jamaican-born poet, Rankine's fifth book, Citizen: An American Lyric, published last year, received the 2015 Forward Prize for Best Collection and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. A finalist for the National Book Award, Citizen won the NAACP Image Award, the PEN Open Book Award, and the LA Times Book Award for poetry. Citizen is the winner of the Hurston/Wright 2015 Legacy Award, finalist for the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize, and was selected as an NPR Best Book of 2014.
Rankine has become known for her "American lyrics:" powerful, inventive meditations on everyday racial experience in American life, infused by long legacies of violence up through and beyond Ferguson, Mo. The cover of Citizen is a haunting image of the empty top of a hoodie, reminiscent of the death of Trayvon Martin and American loss. Her talk will help the Loyola community sustain a conversation on race on campus and in Baltimore and the greater community.
This event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required. Click here for ticket information. Attendees are encouraged to obtain tickets by Monday, Jan. 11.
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SAVE THE DATES
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 Earned Sick Leave Rally with Senator Catherine Pugh and Delegate Luke Clippinger
- Monday, January 11
On Monday, January 11, the Justice and Peace Committee and Working Matters will co-host an "Earned Sick Leave" rally in order to become a focused and energized group encouraging the state legislators to pass the "Earned Sick Leave Bill" during the next legislative session, which convenes on January 13. During the upcoming 2016 Session, the Maryland Legislature is poised to pass legislation that would allow every Maryland worker the ability to earn paid sick leave, but they need persistent reminding. We want to help send a loud message to Annapolis to pass legislation that respects all Maryland workers and their families. Joining in the evening are the two major sponsors of the bill, Senator Catherine Pugh and Delegate Luke Clippinger who will give us first hand knowledge of what the bill entails, and what we can do to help support it. We need your support and loud voice,  and we heartily encourage you to attend this event that will kick off this push to change the law to help so many... maybe even you! The rally is from 6:30 until 8:30 PM in Ignatian Hall. For more information, contact Terry Cavanagh, Chair of the Justice and Peace Economic Justice Subcommittee at 202-368-4814 or by email at tcavanagh@seiumddc.org.
Catholic Lobby Night
- Tuesday, February 9
Join the Justice and Peace Economic Justice Subcommittee and Catholics from all over Maryland at the Maryland Catholic Conference Annual Lobby Night taking place on February 9, 2016 starting at 3 PM and continuing until 7:30 PM in Annapolis. Lobby Night provides Catholic voters the opportunity to speak with their selected officials about issues to support and share in the Church's outreach in the state, and helps build relationships with legislators. A light supper will be provided.
What you can expect:
- Streamlined briefing at St. John Neumann Mission Church, Annapolis (3:00 - 3:30 PM)
- Shuttles to the state office buildings (beginning at 4:30 PM)
- Visits with legislators to deliver postcards and discuss the Church's stance on issues (5:00 - 6:00 PM)
- Dinner reception with legislators (6:00 - 7:30 PM)
- Short "Next Steps" presentation from Conference staff (7:30 PM)
- Shuttles available back to St. John Neumann Mission Church (7:30 PM)
Registration is necessary to participate, and instructions are simple:
- The event is free but you MUST register at www.mdcathcon.org/lobbynight. There are several options available. If you cannot make it to Annapolis for the 3 PM briefings, we encourage you to join the legislative visits at 5 PM or the reception at 6 PM.
- When you are done registering, click here to send your legislators a pre-drafted email telling them you'll see them on February 9th!
Thank you - and see you on February 9th.
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READER NOTIFICATION:
"Parish: the thought" is a publication of St. Ignatius Catholic Community, Baltimore. Each edition contains articles and news feeds that are included for awareness of current topics in our world today. The positions expressed by outside authors and news feeds are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or positions of St. Ignatius Catholic Community or its staff.
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