June 22, 2020
Click on video above: Pastor's Corner - June 22, 2020
On reserving seating for Mass...
During this time of re-opening...
To comply with current mandates focused on keeping people healthy until this pandemic is over, we have put in place a 'reservation' process for Sunday Mass attendance. This will continue only until it is safe to lift seating restrictions, and in the hope that we will never have to turn anyone away having met maximum capacity. We look forward to the day when we can throw wide the doors and let everyone freely enter. Until then, please register and extend grace to all you meet in this process.
Note:
You do NOT need to reserve spots for the Daily Mass.
You DO need to reserve spots for the Sunday Mass.
In order to keep the necessary social distancing, pews are available for 50 households of people who are permitted to sit together. 
  • A household may consist of 1 to 4 persons. 
  • That means your reservation can have a minimum of 1 individual with a maximum of 4 individuals.
  • After you make your reservation you will receive a confirmation and your tickets via email

Remember to print out your tickets and bring them with you in order to gain entrance into church building!
  • Please remember that you must wear a face mask and sanitize your hands as soon as you enter the church.
  • All seating is at the discretion of the ushers.

Finally...We will open registration for the upcoming Sunday on Wednesdays at 8 AM. The registration link can be reached by clicking the button below, or on the front page on our website by clicking the 'Mass - Register to Attend' button. .   The ability to register will continue until all spaces are filled. If all spaces are filled, please continue to join us on Livestream. And then come back to the Eventbrite site soon after it opens next week in order to register for the following Sunday.
Remember registration does not
open until Wednesday at 8 AM.
TONIGHT!: Annual Prayer Service for Peace in the Middle East
Tonight, St. Ignatius Catholic Community will hold its Annual Prayer Service for Peace in the Middle East – this year via Zoom. The program will include discussion and questions raised by the Summit and prayer for discernment about how to advocate for peace in the Holy Land. Please add your voice to pray, reflect, and question by participating in this online service. If you are interested in attending this Zoom, service email Fr. Jim at jimcasciotti@st-ignatius.net and he will email you sign-in information.
From the Justice & Peace Committee
As the Justice & Peace Committee of the St. Ignatius Catholic Community, we wanted to provide resources for social justice education and action during social distancing. Although we can not come together to meet, our communities can take individual action through online education. We can take this time to dive into social justice issues that tug at our hearts and minds, and come out of this quarantine period ready to work together, renewed, for peace and justice. Please visit our individual committee pages, found here , to learn more about the Justice & Peace Committee.

This week, our focus is on Racial Justice . We, as a parish community, support Black liberation and condemn racism on every societal and personal level. CONTINUE ON TO ARTICLES
Pastoral Council
First of all, let me say how privileged I am to get to work with such a terrific group of people on the Parish Council.  Not only do they care deeply about our Parish and our Church, they are lively, fun and smart. You are in good hands.

My husband John and I have been members of St. Ignatius for five or so years. Our only regret is that we didn’t join long ago, towing our four, now all grown, children into Mass each week. They are now scattered across the globe: one in South Africa with twins; one in California, also with twins; a son and fiancé in Denver (who was to get married at St. Ignatius this fall, but now in 2021); and another son, thankfully, here in Baltimore. We were experts in video conferencing long before it became cool…and then not cool.

We live out in Catonsville, with both of us having spent much of our careers commuting until recently into D.C. I have been running an education nonprofit, the National Council on Teacher Quality, for close to 20 years and before that worked for a Baltimore foundation as a program officer in education. (If my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty sure that I played a small role in giving Father Watters a grant many years ago to open the Loyola Academy.)  We’re both Notre Dame grads, which is also where I grew up as my dad was on the faculty. In my free time, I have, late in life, become an avid flower gardener.  If you ever want some dahlia bulbs, please let me know! ( catherwalsh@gmail.com )

You will find us at the 10:30 Mass in normal times and I hope once again soon.  
Worship, Offerings, and Prayer
HOW TO GIVE   
How to contribute when we are not gathering together during this season.

POOR BOX 
This weekend's Poor Box support goes to help Vulnerable Families in Crisis
PRAYER LIST
A list of those who have been added to our weekly prayer list..

ROSARY
After online mass at 9:30 AM every Sunday until quarantine is over.

 MASS MUSIC  
Attached is the listing for music selections at next Sunday's Mass.

No listing until
Public Masses
In the Media
New St. Louis archbishop connects with a pope who 'connects the dots'

Archbishop-designate Mitch Rozanski acclaims value of mercy, dialogue
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski of Springfield, Massachusetts, makes his remarks at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis as he is introduced as the next archbishop of St. Louis on June 10. (Newscom/UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

For Mitch Rozanski, the archbishop-designate of St. Louis, "The Joy of the Gospel" is foundational to how a Christian should live in the 21st century. He refers to the 2013 exhortation of Pope Francis,   Evangelii Gaudium , which laid much of the groundwork for this pontificate.

Known for his bright demeanor and open smile, Rozanski has worked to "Serve the Lord with Gladness" — his episcopal motto — most recently as bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, since 2014. He was   appointed to his new post   on June 10 to succeed Archbishop Robert Carlson.

Belying his pastoral, unpretentious manner, Rozanski's move to St. Louis brings together two U.S. cities with rich histories for the Catholic Church. A Baltimore native, Rozanski served in the "premier see" (first diocese in the country) for 20 years as a parish priest before his appointment as an auxiliary bishop at age 46 in 2004, a role he served in for a decade. Now he becomes the 10th archbishop of "Rome of the West."

Both cities have hosted the pope on U.S. visits and have at various times been headed by cardinals or — more recently — had their archbishops go on to become cardinals. In Baltimore, that included one of Rozanski's mentors, Cardinal   William Keeler , a legend in the field of Jewish-Catholic dialogue. In St. Louis, those have included   Justin Rigali   and   Raymond Burke , both of whom wielded extensive influence in shaping the direction of the church, even well beyond the U.S., but whose legacies remain divisive. READ MORE

by Christopher White

When Steven Rafferty's wife, Kathy, noticed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's recent letter to Donald Trump posted on the official Facebook page of their parish, she left a comment questioning the integrity of both the sender and recipient of the letter.

by NCR Editorial Staff

We say: Baltimore Archbishop William Lori should respond to the petitioners' concerns about the Knights of Columbus' politicking and the organization's own history of prejudice and racism.