June 8, 2020
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A Gospel Reflection
By Ed Morrissey

Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
On Thursday (June 11) the Catholic Church and other ecclesial communities will celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi, the commemoration of the Eucharist. This puts the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in stark relief for us, as well as our commitment to faith in it to form and save us. And that was true from the moment Jesus made this statement in Capernaum, where He went from the center of adoring crowds to all but abandoned in this core “hard saying” in the Gospel. READ MORE
Parishioner Perspectives
My Lord, What a Morning
While in COVID isolation, our own Paul Teie has been making music! This week he presents the famous 'spiritual' My Lord, What a Morning .

As our nation mourns and we continue to cry for an end to the racism that still remains with us down through the centuries, the choice of this song seems apropos. As you give a listen to his rendition, have a read on how 'spirituals' were used by an oppressed community. Referenced in the following article is “My Lord, What a Morning!” READ MORE
The Passing of...
The Passing of Kathleen A. Talty
We wish to inform the members of St. Ignatius Catholic Community of the passing of Kathleen A. Talty, who died Saturday, June 6th, after a year-long battle with cancer. She was borno n Long Island, NY, but was a longtime Baltimore resident and attorney.

Kathleen has been a member of St. Ignatius Parish for many years. She served on the pastoral council, as a Eucharist minister and usher for the Radio Mass, and as a long-time participant with the Loaves & Fishes ministry. She also headed up the Parish Picnic at Blue Ridge for four years…not an easy task! She was also active in her neighborhood (Hamden) association.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a private funeral Mass for Kathleen will occur on Friday, June 12th at 11 AM. You my view the funeral through our live stream channel.

Funeral Mass


Please remember to keep Kathleen and her family in your prayers during this difficult time.
Requiescat in Pace

 May the Angels lead Kathleen into Paradise.
May the Saints of God welcome her at the 
Eternal Banquet Table of the Lord .
From the Justice & Peace Committee
Racial Justice
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 cannot 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 . The resources below feature action items, educational pieces, and ways to do anti-racism work. We, as a parish community, support black liberation and condemn racism on every societal and personal level. READ ARTICLE
A Virtual Jesuit Advocacy Day

Unite as people of faith inspired by Catholic Social Teaching and Ignatian Spirituality to virtually call on Congress to enact humane migration policies in the U.S. and beyond. 

A virtual day of advocacy on June 23rd

Members of Jesuit parishes and key social ministry partners (including parishioners, staff, and Jesuits) are encouraged to join this virtual advocacy opportunity. ISN will support you throughout the advocacy journey in booking meetings, advocacy training, and meeting preparation with fellow Jesuit network members in your state.

From the Pastoral Council...
Len Heckwolf

Helen and I joined St. Ignatius in 2017, one of the best decisions we've ever made. The three years we have spent at St. Ignatius has been really wonderful for our personal and spiritual lives and I hope we have given back at least half as much as we have received. I try to focus my energies in three areas: spiritual growth, those in need, and the environment. Over the last nine months I've taken the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises which have been one of the most meaningful spiritual efforts in my life.

 We have three married children and three grandchildren, all of whom live in the Baltimore area, which is great after a career that took us all over the country. I was a Senior Vice President at JP Morgan Chase in New York and have bachelors and masters degrees in Environmental Science and Geography.
Barbara Lazzati

Hello, my name is Barbara Lazzati and I this is my second year on the Pastoral Council. My husband John and I have been St. Ignatius parishioners for 23 years. I retired from the corporate sector 18 years ago. 

After retirement, I immersed myself in the Prison Ministry which afforded me the opportunity to begin a program along with fellow parishioner Meg Weber to advocate for the children of imprisoned women. Together with Bridget Muller, we designed a literacy program to enhance the reading levels of ladies awaiting trial in the Woman's Detention Center. This included outreach to their preschool age children. I felt this exemplified the Ignatian principle of Women for Others. I have also been a member of Loaves and Fishes, an usher for the 9 AM Mass and a Eucharistic Minister.  READ MORE
Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace in the Middle East
Interfaith Prayer Service for
Peace in the Middle East
– An Online Event –
Monday, June 22, 7 PM

Justice & Peace in the Holy Land:
Why is it so hard to know how to pray about this?
How do you intervene when everyone is persecuted?

This year the prayer service will take place in conjunction with the national Churches for Middle East Peace (online) annual Summit. Find complete information about the 2020 CMEP Summit here . St. Ignatius is offering 10 tickets to this online conference on a first-come basis. Request a ticket by contacting Dusty Lidinsky at dustylidinsky@gmail.com .
Following the Summit, the Interfaith Ministry of 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. Directions on accessing this Zoom event are forthcoming.
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
Father Bryan Massingale, author of “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church” and Professor of Theology at Fordham University, joins America's National Correspondent Michael O'Loughlin for a conversation on racism, white privilege and what the church can do to address these issues moving forward.

You can read Fr. Massingale's article, “The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it,” at this link:


Top row: Archbishop of Washington Wilton Gregory; Marcia Chatelain of Georgetown University; and Ralph McCloud of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Bottom row: John Carr of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life; Gloria Purvis of EWTN; and Cardinal Peter Turkson of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

On Friday, June 5, the Initiative hosted a Public Dialogue on  Racism in Our Streets and Structures: A Test of Faith, A Crisis for Our Nation . We were pleased to have almost 8,000 viewers including Cardinal Peter Turkson from the Vatican who surprised us by joining the dialogue to offer words of solidarity. If you were not able to join us, you can view a video recording of the dialogue below.
We were pleased to have  C-SPAN  broadcast the the dialogue live and post it on their website. Here is a sampling of other media coverage:

Justice and Faith, Family and Community: Latino Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Thursday, June 11, 2020 | 7:00 p.m.

This Latino Leader Gathering for young Latino Catholics will respond to twin crises faced in Latino communities right now: the injustice and racism revealed by the death of George Floyd and the outrage it has created, as well as the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on Latino and other communities of color. It will feature Bishop Mario Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington; Juan Belman Guerrero, program manager for the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University; Michael Okińczyc-Cruz, executive director and co-founder of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership; and Olga Segura, freelance writer and author of a forthcoming book on race, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the Catholic Church.

RSVP for the gathering   here .