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Season of CreationThe Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.Learn Morehttps://stignatiussf.org/news/season-of-creation-immersion-in-living-water_self
The Shelter Meal Program at St. Ignatius Parish is having its annual Thanksgiving Pie Drive on Sunday, November 22. This year we are continuing to provide Bay View Senior Services with pies for their Thanksgiving dinner. With your support, we’ll provide 125 homemade or purchased apple and sweet potato pies to Bay View Senior Services, providing approximately 1000 desserts for low-income older adults and adults with disabilities on Thanksgiving Day.
When Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. arrived at West Point in 1932 the administrators were caught off guard, as they were not expecting a light-skinned, mixed race cadet. One drop of negro blood still consigned you to the ashes, and so Cadet Davis was housed in a converted janitor’s closet. West Point invoked the policy of “Coventry”, more clearly, the silent treatment, hoping the extreme social isolation would force him to quit.
As we celebrate the 25-year anniversary of our Las Vecinas de El Salvador ministry and renew our Sister Parish Covenant this November, we are more committed than ever to support the scholarships, job training workshops, food distribution program, health clinic, and other special programs and projects we fund. Our online auction is the main fundraising event of the year, and we need your donations to make it a success!
Our friends at St. Agnes Food Pantry and USF Food Pantry are in need of supplies! Over the next few weeks until December 6th, St. Ignatius Simple Needs volunteers will collect items for their pantries at every Mass. They are requesting:
protein bars, beef jerky sticks, tuna snack packs, cereal cups, peanut butter cups, small bags of cookies, small bags of chips, gatorade, Horizon shelf stable cartons of milk, Nissin cup of chicken noodles, Canned vegetables, Canned soups, Dried rice, Packets of instant oatmeal, Instant noodles, Microwavable popcorn, Boxed mac and cheese, Snack bars, Cereal boxes, Toiletry items (toothpaste, bodywash, toothbrushes, deodorant, floss, shampoo and conditioner). Items must be unused, unopened and unexpired. Thank you for your generosity!
Advent Giving Tree!
Help bring holiday cheer to children, teens, adults and seniors in need in San Francisco! This year we are supporting over 15 local organizations and more than 350 of our neighbors with gift cards to stores like Safeway, Target, and Walgreens.
Simply take a tag (or more!) from the Advent Giving Tree at the entrances at the center of the Church. We suggest a gift of $25 or more, if you are able. Last year we got back 77% of the tags we placed. Help us reach 100% return rate! Please drop off your gift by Sunday, December 13!
Please attach the gift card to your tag and return the tag to the box by the Mary Altar, to the left of the main altar at the front of the Church. After church hours you can bring your gift to the parish office or drop off in the mail slot at the parish office door. If you prefer to give a physical gift look for the gift tags shaped like trees. Unable to return a physical gift card? No problem! You can make your gift electronically by ordering a gift card online at Target or Safeway and using the email address [email protected]
We are so very grateful for your generous support!
On the second Tuesday of every month, St. Ignatius Parish staff and parishioners participate in a Vigil at the Sansome Street Courthouse. Sign up for one or more shifts. Parishioners are encouraged to participate in either the 9:30-11:30 shift on the second Tuesday of the month (led by St. Ignatius) or the 7:30-9:30 shift on the second Thursday of the month (led by St. Agnes). To participate, you'll need a smart phone to download a messaging app. Register today for one or more vigils!