News & Events – Page 5 – St. Ignatius of Loyola Church

Our spring Grief Support Group will begin Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00pm in the Ignatius Center-right side. (across the street from the school). This 8 week program is for those who are working through the loss of a loved one.

We will discuss a different topic each week; denial, anger, questioning our religion, guilt, depression, powerlessness, and acceptance. If you would like to attend or have a question call Barb Evans at 513-484-3893, Sue Klump at 513-312-5750, or Vicki Jung at 513-260-2373.

Save the date to donate blood and help save lives!

The LaSalle K of C and St. I’s Parish Health will be hosting a blood drive.

Sign up to donate blood on
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

12 – 2 pm
3:30-6pm

Donor bus parked behind St. Ignatius near Loyola Hall

Appointments Encouraged. All Blood Types Welcome.

To schedule your appointment, please visit link below
or call Hoxworth at 513-451-0910.

www.hoxworth.org/groups/lasallekofc

We need YOU to stand for life and help end abortion in our city! Here’s how to get involved to save lives! Join others in the St. Ignatius community on March 18 from 7am-7pm to stand up for LIFE outside Planned Parenthood, 2314 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45219.
Sign up at
https://bit.ly/StIgnatius40DaysforLife2023
to volunteer or contact Linda Trenn at lindatrenn@ yahoo.com and 513.293.8360. Reach out to Linda if you would like to carvan together on the 18th!

All items should be brought to the doors of church on the first weekend of Lent (March 8 & 9)

Volunteers will be needed after each mass to move and sort donations March 9th, to load vehicles on Friday, March 14th, and to drive donations to McCreary County, KY on Saturday March 15th.

Scroll down the page to view and download a list of needed items.

Questions? Contact Mary Ellen Crowley (mwhite658@gmail.com, 513-939-9164) or Pat LaMonte (plmcincy41@gmail.com or 513-314-3052).

Items needed for Cart Sunday Collection

PERSONAL CARE: (toothbrush/paste, shampoo, deodorant, soap/body wash, razors/shaving cream, lotion), BABY PRODUCTS: (diapers, wipes, formula, baby wash), FEMININE PRODUCTS, FIRST AID PRODUCTS, PAPER PRODUCTS (tissues, toilet paper), CLEANING SUPPLIES (dish detergent, laundry detergent, all purpose cleaners, etc).

MOST NEEDED FOOD ITEMS: sugar, flour, cooking oil, salt, pepper, common spices, jelly, ketchup, mustard, mayo, salad dressing, shelf-stable milk, canned meats, and pop-top soups/dinners. Drop items off during Mass March 9, OR if you’d prefer to make a monetary donation, place it in an envelope marked “Cart Sunday” and place it in the collection basket. ALL DONATIONS are greatly appreciated.

McCreary County – Good Shepherd Mission Chapel

McCreary County is located in Appalachia in Southern Kentucky 10 miles north of the Tennessee border, in the Cumberland Lake area; and is south of Somerset, Kentucky. McCreary County is the poorest county in the United States according to the IRS. Many of the men are former coal miners and had little education. The coal mines were closed many years ago leaving no means of financial support. Some were able to find odd jobs to do and make mountain crafts to support their families.

Good Shepherd Mission Chapel, a Mission of St. Mildred’s Church in Somerset, is located in Whitley City, and was started by the Good Shepherd Sisters from Connecticut who converted an automobile repair garage into their residence, a second-hand clothing shop, and space for an attached Chapel to serve the people who live in the county. They offered a pre-school program working with young children and moms during the year, Vacation Bible School programs during July, help with financial assistance, clothing, food, and many other projects. About 8 years ago the sisters were called back to Connecticut due to health and age concerns, but many people from their Parish have stepped up to continue what the sisters had started. There is now a Christian Care Center, Food Pantry, Medical facility, and a home build program. Men from the St. Ignatius Men’s group have helped with the home build program during the summer.

Parishioners from St. Ignatius became involved with those in McCreary County in 2005 and have been able to help through our Lenten Cart Sunday collection of toiletries, personal care and cleaning items; Christmas in July collection of food, etc., and through our PSR and school’s toy collection in November to provide new toys and gifts for approximately 300-400 children at their Christmas Party in December.

Volunteers are always needed to help sort the collections on the weekend and drivers are needed the Saturday after each collection to drive to McCreary County to deliver the donations. To become involved or for more information, contact Pat LaMonte, plmcincy41@gmail.com.

The best location for the new St. Peter Upendo Church is right where the existing one is located. It will be taken down and repurposed at an appropriate date and we will pour a slab of concrete over its existing footprint. Walls and the roof structure are next, but we are pausing so that we here at St Ignatius and there in Kenya can continue to raise funds. We are under budget and progressing nicely. Our annual fund drive for our foreign mission is in September 2025. Hopefully after that we can move forward with walls and the roof structure!

St. Peter Upendo Mission Trip • August 2024

In August of 2024, six St. Ignatius Parishioners visited our mission parish, St. Peter Upendo, in Molo, Kenya. The trip was eye-opening for all of us. We each gave our testimonials 2 weeks ago in church. While we’ve already done much there is still much more to be done. Look for notices about a St. Peter Upendo open house (likely the weekend of Sunday November 10th) where you can learn more about our work. Many hands make light work so we can always use more people on our team. We meet the 3rd Monday of each month. For more information or to join our team please contact Daniel Odipo (danielodipo@aol.com). While you can always donate to the St. Peter Upendo fund by using the envelopes at each church entrance (or your own envelope with St. Peter Upendo written on the front) we will have the annual 2nd collection for them the weekend of Sunday January 26th, 2025.

More Information

St. Peter Upendo Parish is in the resettlement area of Upendo (population 1,000) in Molo, Kenya. This resettlement area was created in 2005 on land donated by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nakuru in the wake of brutal election violence.

If you would like to be involved and bring your talents to the St Peter Upendo Mission Team, or are interested in a mission trip to St Peter, please email Brian at upendo@sainti.org.

Light in the Darkness: The Power of Saints 2023 Cincinnati Men’s Retreat • Saturday, January 28th, 8am-4pm

Christian men are called to be leaders when times get tough. At the Cincinnati Men’s Retreat, Father Nathan will show you how to do that. His framework will provide the foundation for action as you become the leader you are called to be in your family, workplace, and culture. Retreat we be held at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, 5222 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45247. Cost is $60, register now at https://bit.ly/FrNathanMensRetreat2023.

Movie Night Coming! A committee is being formed to bring the The Chosen to Saint Ignatius. If you are familiar with The Chosen and are interested in joining this planning team please contact Ginny Gagliarducci 513-207-1710 or Ginnie Reynolds 513-325-8863

Are you looking for a way to encourage your 6-12 year old child to pray daily, develop a spiritual life, and participate fully during Sunday Mass? MagnifiKid magazines may be able to help! If you’d like to preview a copy of MagnifiKid magazines, you can find a sample in the Holy Family Chapel (Cry Room). To reserve subscriptions now for 2023, visit https://bit.ly/MagnifiKIDMagazinesOrder2023
to complete a short form by November 17.

Every week, MagnifiKid offers:
• readings and the prayers of the Sunday Mass with explanations of the difficult words and the meaning of the rituals
• suggested prayer for Morning and Evening
• suggestions on how to live the entire week with the Lord; Various games, a comic, and activities to help children learn about Christian life and culture
• A page intended for the parents with suggestions for family prayers.

For $14-17* per year, each subscriber will receive a monthly package that contains a booklet of 16 color pages for each Sunday as well as special issues for major feast days. These monthly packages will be reserved for your family in the Parish Office Lobby so that you can pick them up on your way into Mass. *St. Ignatius Parish is offering a bulk ordering rate, so the price is dependent upon the number of subscriptions received by November 17. You’ll be contacted about the payment once all reservations are made and the bulk rate is determined. Questions? Please contact Elaine Kroger at ekroger@sainti.org or 661-6565 x2725

Pilgrimage 2023 to Montserrat/Man esa, Lourdes, Lisieux, and Tours

The Ignatian year began on May 20, 2021 (500th Anniversary of the day he was injured) and concluded on July 31, 2022 (his Feast Day). St. Ignatius of Loyola (1:41) once said, “Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him, and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.” It is this sense of complete and unconditional abandonment of himself to wholeheartedly serve God through serving the poor that is at the core of St. Ignatius’ life journey. Looking to grow in faith and reach a deeper connection with Ignatius’ life and spirituality, our group intends to walk in the footsteps of St. Ignatius, delve into St. Ignatius’ lived experiences through exploration of historical sites where he walked, accompanied the poor, and prayed.

The Ignatian part of our pilgrimage is intended to give us not only the chance to reflect on where Ignatius was, but also to encounter people who embody and know about Ignatius’ spiritual exercises.

Our group will reflect on what Ignatius called the ‘discernment of spirits’ where we try to be attentive to the graces and challenges presented to us each day and our desire to make a firmer commitment to following God and Christ more closely as Ignatius did. It is fitting that we finish our journey in Paris, where Ignatius spent 10 years studying philosophy and theology at the University of Paris.

Here Ignatius shared his Spiritual Exercises with his fellow students and companions, among whom were his roommates Francis Xavier and Peter Favre. In 1534, in a small church at Montmartre near Paris, they joined Ignatius and five other companions in consecrating their lives to service in the Church by personal vows. Thus was formed the initial brotherhood that would become the Society of Jesus.

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Interested? Call and schedule an informational meeting to answer your questions. Contact Greg Niehaus at 541-5560 (W) or 598-8880 (H)

Itinerary & Videos

Day 1 (Tuesday, June 6): Fly overnight to Barcelona, Spain.

Day 2 (Wednesday, June 7): Barcelona – We meet our Tour Director at the airport in Barcelona and have a welcome dinner featuring regional wines.

Day 3 (Thursday, June 8): Barcelona (1:39 … 18:05) We will take an expert led tour of Barcelona (0:24 … 6:20) including La Sagrada Familia (Gaudi’s masterwork-in progress), Montjuïc (where the 1992 Olympic Games took place), etc. Then we will take a walking tour of Barcelona as we explore other Ignatian sites with our guide.

Day 4 (Friday, June 9): Barcelona – Montserrat (18:05 – 20:18) Today we visit Montserrat (1:21). Once he recovered, Ignatius set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to connect more deeply to Jesus in the very places where he lived, as many Catholics still do. He is said to have experienced a vision of Mary encouraging him to pilgrimage. During his pilgrimage, he shed his material items in various stops in Spain, he relinquished his sword and dagger at the Montserrat Monastery and lived in Manresa as a beggar for about a year, praying seven hours per day.

Our visit to Montserrat, meaning “serrated mountains,” may include meeting with a Benedictine monk from the monastery that has been on the mountain since the 9th century. Enjoy a morning walk followed by prayer in the Basilica. Explore this sacred site and see the “Black Madonna,” a place of pilgrimage for centuries. Then, following the morning program in Montserrat, we will take a short drive to Manresa. We may possibly have the mini retreat room booked followed by a tour of the House of Spiritual Exercises.
The journey (15 miles) from Montserrat to Manresa may give us an opportunity to spend time in silence, reflecting on what we wish to leave behind and what we wish to look forward to as we move into the future, just as Ignatius pondered on his journey. With a local guide, we will tour the cave in which St. Ignatius spent a lot of time praying and reading in solitude, during the year he spent in Manresa(1:28). It was during this time that the seeds of inspiration for writing his Spiritual Exercises were planted. Lunch in Manresa is included.
We continue our journey to the principality of Andorra (2:04) where we will spend the evening. After settling in our hotel, we will gather for an included dinner in Andorra La Vella.

Day 5 (Saturday, June 10): We will make our way over the Pyrenees to Lourdes (2:12). We will arrive in Lourdes (2:52) and spend a free afternoon getting to know the city. Then, in the evening, we will attend the Marian Procession which has occurred every night since 1872, ending at a Mass in the Grotto of the Apparition.

Day 6 (Sunday, June 11): We will set off on a sightseeing tour of Lourdes (1:49), France’s most sacred Christian pilgrimage site including the houses of Bernadette, Sanctuary (2) of Our Lady of Lourdes (the Rosary Basilica and Grotto of Massabielle), and Basilica of Saint Pius X. Then we transfer to the city of Bordeaux where, after an included dinner, we will spend the evening.

Day 7 (Monday, June 12): We will meet up with a guide for a tour of Bordeaux (2:00 … 8:48). In the afternoon we’ll board a high-speed TGV train to Paris where we will ride the funicular to the top of Montmartre (1:07). It is there that, on the morning of August 15, 1534, Ignatius of Loyola and his companions took vows at St. Pierre de Montmartre. The mountain top is dominated by the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Sacre Coeur).

Day 8 (Tuesday, June 13): A guided tour introduces us to “the City of Light” and the architecture, scenery, and history of its many sites: Place de la Concorde, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Les Invalides, and Eiffel Tower. We will catch a glimpse of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Later we will have time to see more of Paris (2:34 … 24:24).
In 1528, Ignatius of Loyola arrived in Paris, alone and on foot, to begin the midlife university studies that helped him shape the plan for the new Society of Jesus that he submitted to the pope in 1539. Ignatius’ experiences in Paris are documented as that of a “fool for Christ” who at one point had to beg for subsistence, but who “intended to prove that economic realities were not the only indicators of whether to honor or belittle a man.” He studied at the College de Montaigu and then at the age of 43 obtained a master’s degree from the University of Paris.
We will stop at Sorbonne University built over the old Sorbonne, then called the University of Paris where, beginning at the age of 38, Ignatius of Loyola studied, met and roomed with Francis Xavier and Peter Faber. At the age of 44, presumed to be too old and sick, he was turned down for doctoral studies. Next, we will visit the Church of Etienne du Mont, containing the Shrine of St. Genevieve. Ignatius studied here at St. Barbe.
In the afternoon we head to the world’s largest art museum, the Louvre. Later, we will enjoy a free evening or add an excursion dinner in Paris and a Seine River Cruise.

Day 9 (Wednesday, June 14): We travel by train to the sacred town of Lisieux (4:40 … 28:28), home to the Carmelite monastery where St. Therese spent her life. We will meet up with a local guide for a tour of what is considered France’s second most important pilgrimage site. We will enter the Buissonnets (the childhood home of Therese Martin), wander the Basilica of Sainte-Therese, walk down to Ermitage Sainte-Therese, and visit the Carmel of Lisieux.
The impact of The Story of a Soul, a collection of her autobiographical manuscripts, printed and distributed a year after her death to an initially very limited audience, was quite significant. Therese was beatified in 1923, and canonized in 1925, by Pope Pius XI only 28 years after her death. She rapidly became one of the most popular saints of the 20 th century. Therese of Lisieux is the patron saint of aviators, florists, illness(es) and missions. By the Apostolic Letter Divini Amoris Scientia (The Science of Divine Love), Pope John Paul II declared her the 33rd Doctor of the Church, the youngest person, and one of only four women so named.
We transfer back to Paris via train, then sit down for an included dinner.

Day 10 (Thursday, June 15): (a) a free day in Paris, or (b) a day in Tours (3:42).

Day 11 (Friday, June 16): We transfer to the airport and depart for home.

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