July 17, 2018 Edition
Celebrating the Feast of St. Ignatius
On the weekend of July 28-29, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius, Founder of the Society of Jesus and Patron of our Jesuit parish. We celebrate all that the Holy Spirit has been able to inspire , nurture , and bring to fruition since 1540 for the Church and the world through Jesuits and their partners—through us .

Our Patronal Feast is a day of gratitude for all who have ever ministered and worshipped here, for our benefactors, and especially for one another.

As usual, there will be special music at the 10:30 Mass and a festive reception. In addition, two new ideas:

  • The 10:30 Mass will be followed immediately by a twenty-minute video by Jesuit Bishop George Murry on confronting the sins of racism. Immediately after that will come the reception. (see box at bottom of issue for details).

  • This is a trial balloon we came up with the Pastoral Council. The hope is that a short presentation right after Mass could draw more people than the usual Monday night Ignatian lecture. If successful, we might consider other topics as ongoing adult formation.

A request...
Bring Your Reflections and Post Them in Reeves Gallery

To celebrate St. Ignatius’ Feast Day this year, we invite you to share what you love about our parish and/or our beloved patron, Iñigo de Loyola. This is about YOUR experience with St. Ignatius, his spirituality, and our parish community. It could be a sentence or two about why you worship at St. Ignatius and what you love about our parish.  It could be something from St. Ignatius’ life, writings, and spirituality.  Or, it could be the way that Ignatian values invite you to discern your lived experience and your lives in community in order to answer Ignatius’ call to “Help souls.”

Take a moment, write your reason and post it on the gallery wall downstairs sometime between July 21 and 29 . If you are not able to make it to St. Ignatius yourself, please send your reflections to   parish@st-ignatius.net   so we can add them to the wall. If you have questions about submissions, send them there as well.
Finally...in Observance of the Feast of St. Ignatius...
Viva House Grocery Collection
To celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius, we will be collecting groceries for the neighbors of Viva House, the Catholic Worker community in southwest Baltimore. When you come to Mass on July 29, please bring to Ignatian Hall a doubled brown paper bag (or, better still, a reusable bag) filled with: 1 cereal, 1 box spaghetti, 1 spaghetti sauce, 2 cans meat (chicken or such), 2 cans soup, 2 cans beans (no pork), 2 boxes macaroni and cheese, 1 canned vegetable (collards are a favorite), 1 peanut butter, 1 jelly/jam. An admirable way to honor our patron saint.  Click here  for print out of list.

Reusable Bags: Because it’s so much better to bring the groceries for our Viva House neighbors in a reusable bag, several parishioners have been collecting them for this purpose. Need a bag? Take a bag. Have a bag? Bring a bag. If you don’t have a reusable bag, please take one from the gallery table. If you have extras to spare, please bring them so that others may put them to use. Questions? Contact Pat Messick at  pcmessick@msn.com .  
Jesus: "My Peace I Give to You"
The Need for His Peace
Video: Go in Peace
I recently read an article about soul-fatigue. Soul-fatigue happens when we stay up too late and rise too early - when we run, run, run with all of life's responsibilities, and neglect the practices which connect us to the tender intimacies afforded us through the presence of Jesus, and the love and the peace he offers.

In John 14:27 Jesus tells us to not let our hearts be troubled or afraid, that he has a peace that you cannot get from any source but him – that it is HIS peace, and that he is more than willing to impart it to us.

This week, as I have on so many occasions in my life, I found myself craving the impartation of his peace and presence, and I went on a quest to receive it again. I am happy to report, that Jesus never withholds his peace when we are hungry enough to want to connect with him.

Along the way I remembered a song that is somewhat of a "benediction of peace". I laid it over some video images and have placed it at the top of this article. It's entitled "Go in Peace" by musician Sam Baker, who has a rather remarkable story himself. You can listen to an NPR interview with Sam Baker as he tells about his own remarkable story by clicking here .

Jesus' peace and his presence are what I always come back to as the fuel to what has carried me through life thus far. I also wanted to attach for you a brief study on peace – perhaps it will help refocus you on the things that our Ignatian Spirituality aspires to direct us towards.

Go in Peace
Director of Communications
This Weekend
Mary Magdalene and the Seven Marys in the New Testament - Why Are They Important?
Saturday, July 21, 9 - 11:50 AM
To explore answers to this question, the Women of the New Testament Ministry of St. Ignatius Catholic Community will present a Morning of Reflection in observance of the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, on Saturday, July 21, in Ignatian Hall.

After a period of readings and discussions, our guest speaker, Dr. Pat Fosarelli, will focus on St. Mary Magdalene: her importance and role in the early church; her being misidentified and maligned through its history; and her honoring by Pope Francis, who in 2016 announced the elevation of her memorial celebrated on July 22 to the status of feast day of the same importance as those of the 12 apostles.

Dr. Fosarelli, a physician and theologian, is the Associate Dean of St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute, where she teaches in the areas of Spirituality and Practical Theology. She was also named a Permanent Distinguished Dunning Lecturer at the school. The author of twelve books, she is a strong advocate for developing women for leadership roles in the church.

Continental breakfast will be served from 9:00-9:30 AM. The program will end at 11:50 AM. Mass of the Solemnity of St. Mary Magdalene will follow at 12:10 PM in the Chapel of Grace.

The program is free and open to all.
Justice & Peace Committee Welcomes Rev. Scott Adams of Loyola University Maryland to Introduce a new Prison Ministry Bridge Project this Sunday


Sunday, July 22, 2018
Immediately following the 10:30 Mass


St. Ignatius and the Justice & Peace Committee welcome Rev. Scott Adams of Campus Ministry at Loyola University Maryland to introduce a new Prison Ministry Bridge Project in the Chapel of Grace on Sunday, July 22, 2018 immediately following the 10:30 AM Mass.

Prison Ministry Bridge Project Overview 

The Prison Ministry Bridge Project is a faith-based initiative designed to provide support to women, men and youth concerned about justice by engaging them in thought provoking and inspiring spiritual gatherings at Baltimore/Maryland Correctional Institutions. Groups will be unisex and members and friends from St. Ignatius are welcome to participate.
 
Each spiritual gathering will run approximately 8 weeks, and would follow a framework similar to the following model: 
  • Two weeks of working with Loyola University Maryland and faith-based community members to prepare for entry into the prison ministry
  • Four weeks working inside the prison
  • Two weeks for debrief
The spiritual gatherings will be faith-based and include topics around meditation, prayer, sacred text studies, peace and justice. It will also offer practical instruction around the topics of personal and community care, financial stewardship, effective communication, active listening and many more. 

For more information, email Candra Healy at  chealy@loyola.edu
Worship with Offerings, Liturgy and Prayers for Others
POOR BOX 
Each weekend St. Ignatius specifies a Poor Box collection for a needful cause. This week's support goes to support Vulnerable Families in Need.

MASS MUSIC   
Attached is the listing for the music selections at next Sunday's 10:30 Mass. 
 
PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN REPORT
Weekly updates on Christian persecution around the globe. Keep a prayerful watch on what is
happening with your
brothers and sisters! 


Upcoming Events and Meetings
Prayer Walk with Bishop Madden for Peace in the CIty
Tuesday, July 17 - 5:30 PM
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Women of the New Testament
Tuesday, July 17 - 6:45 PM
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Mary Magdalene & the 7 Marys of the New Testament - Why Are They Important?
Saturday, July 21 - 9 AM
See box above for complete information
Prison Ministry Bridge Project Presentation
Sunday, July 22 - After 10:30 Mass
See box above for complete information
Embracing God's Gifts
Tuesday, July 24 - 7 PM
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Ignatian Day Video Lecture by Bishop George V. Murry, S.J
Sunday, July 29 - 11:45 AM
See box below for complete information
Ignatian Day Event: A Video Lecture by Bishop George V. Murry, S.J.
This year we will be celebrating the Feast of St. Ignatius on Sunday, July 29. We will honor the day by having a short video lecture after the 10:30 Mass given by Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., Chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. A special reception will follow. On January 27, 2018 he presented this talk at the 18th  Annual Kennedy Lecture at St. Peter Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC. His lecture, entitled  The Times Demand it, the Gospel Demands it: Confronting the Sins of Racism , covers key historical actions perpetuating slavery and racism in the Catholic Church and the United States, and actions the Church can take to confront racism in concrete, tangible ways.

It is our pleasure to offer this lecture – with a brief discussion to follow as we honor our own founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola.

There is no cost for this event.
In the Media
Several years ago, I started to feel stuck as a therapist. I found many clients desired change, but instead, continually cycled through self-sabotaging behaviors or felt suffocated by shame.

“What is it?” They wondered to me aloud.

"Don’t I want it enough? Am I not praying enough? Not enough faith?"

I observed traditional talk therapy was helpful to an extent, but many people knew all about change and yet didn’t know how to experience it. I also discovered this was no different for Christians than it was for my non-Christian clients. In some instances, it even meant Christians were harsher toward themselves because they believed they should be healed already. 

Often, their self-critique was relentless.

After continuing in my own personal growth as a person and therapist, I began seeking additional training in trauma and body-centered perspectives. Here is what I found: People don’t actually want to be stuck! 
(Surprising, I know.)

Instead, many folks are caught in the well-worn neural pathways of a brain and body that doesn’t know how to change. Often, people find themselves coping with situations the best way they know how. READ MORE
Love Will Decide Everything: Pedro Arrupe recovered the Ignatian 'mysticism of open eyes.'
by Kevin F. Burke

Nov. 14, 2007, was the centenary date of the birth of Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Many people--Jesuits and friends of Jesuits, women and men religious, lay Catholics and Protestant Christians, and adherents of other great religious traditions--feel a need to celebrate this anniversary. For all the diversity among them, their need to celebrate has a common root: deep love for a great man.

I share that need. When I edited  Pedro Arrupe: Essential Writing s  for the “Spiritual Masters Series” published by Orbis Books, I noted in the acknowledgements that Arrupe was the superior general of the Jesuits when I entered the Jesuit novitiate in Denver in 1976. I added: “He was a hero to those entrusted with my early formation in the Jesuits and he quickly became my hero. More importantly, although I never met him personally, I count him among my spiritual friends and fathers in faith.”

Hale in those days and serene in holiness, Father Arrupe enjoined every Jesuit to engage the courageous questions raised by the Society’s 32nd General Congregation (1974-75) and to make its prophetic intuitions their own:

"What is it to be a Jesuit? It is to know that one is a sinner, yet called to be a companion of Jesus as Ignatius was: Ignatius, who begged the Blessed Virgin to “Place him with her Son,” and who then saw the Father himself ask Jesus, carrying his cross, to take this pilgrim into his company. "(Decree 2) READ MORE