IYA Trivia Night & Pizza Social
2022-06-18 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Did you know that a Jesuit brother invented the trap door? Or, that 34 craters on the moon are named after Jesuits?
Come test your knowledge of Ignatian facts at an Ignatian-themed trivia night and pizza social.

Farewell Reception for Philip Anderson & Maureen Haley
2022-06-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | McKinnon Hall (Grammar School), 48 East 84th Street, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Join us as we honor Philip Anderson and Maureen Haley, who are retiring after more than thirty years at St. Ignatius.

Farewell to Fr. Gustafson
2022-06-26 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Gonzaga Meeting Room, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Join us for a farewell reception for Fr. Danny Gustafson, S.J., as we thank him for his service to our parish.
We will have a guest book present. We invite you to sign it, share a favorite memory of Fr. Gustafson, and wish him well in his next chapter.

“Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: My New Pastoral Letter on Nuclear Disarmament”
2022-07-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Parish Lounge
With Archbishop John Wester of New Mexico

Live via Zoom from New Mexico in the Parish Lounge
Archbishop John Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, published “Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament.” It is the first official document in United States Church history calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. What’s more, it comes from the land where the atomic bomb was invented, and where all American nuclear weapons continue to be made and maintained.
Join us for this special time with Archbishop John Wester as he walks us through his historic document and makes his case for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and then takes your questions and comments.
If you are unable to attend in person, you may join us via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84628194752?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 846 2819 4752
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Tuesday Night Book Group: Saturday Field Trip
2022-07-16 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Tuesday Night Book Group on a Saturday Midday Field Trip to hear a one-hour talk on St. Angela of Foligno (1248-1309), who was a wife and widow, mother, and Third Order Franciscan. After the Noon talk, there will be an optional 1 PM to 3 PM guided meditation to allow St. Angela of Foligno’s writings to take us deeper into both the interior life and the mystery of the utter transcendence of God and the lowliness and nearness of Jesus in the Incarnation. As St. Angela prayed, “Lord, that which I do, I do only to find you.”
To register to attend, and to receive details re: the Upper East Side location plus a complimentary copy of the book, The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno, please email tuesdaynightbookgroup@gmail.com.

All are welcome.

Blessing of the Ignatian Year Quilt
2022-07-31 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
At the 11 AM Solemn Mass
In May 2021, at the start of the Ignatian Year, we invited parishioners and ministries to contribute squares for a pieced quilt being crafted in celebration of the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion.
On Sunday, July 31st⁠—the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola⁠—we invite you to join us as we conclude the Ignatian Year with the blessing of the quilt at our 11 AM Solemn Mass.

Community Coffee Hour: Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola Edition
2022-07-31 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Following the 11 AM Solemn Mass

Join us on Park Avenue, outside the Parish House, for a special Community Coffee Hour in celebration of the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola.
We will have coffee as well as an opportunity to mix & mingle with your fellow parishioners.

Webinar Viewing: Dr. Marcia Chatelain Discusses Her Book "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America"
2022-08-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Parish Lounge
Presented by the Bethlehem Public Library
Join Ignatian Social Justice for a webinar with Georgetown University professor Marcia Chatelain as she talks about her Pulitzer prize-winning book.
In Franchise, Dr. Chatelain set out to discover the reason behind the proliferation of fast-food restaurants in Black neighborhoods and uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast-food companies, Black capitalists, and civil rights leaders.

Backpack Drive
2022-08-20 - 2022-08-28 | Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Benefiting Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is asking parishioners to purchase backpacks and school supplies and drop them off at the Parish House.
Requested items:
Inexpensive headphones
#2 Pencils
Ballpoint pens, Black or Blue
Compass
Protractor
Small box of crayons
Small box of colored pencils
Black Marble notebooks – 2
Small pack of wide ruled looseleaf paper
Pocket folders, 8″X11″ any colors – 3
Eraser
Yellow highlighters – 2
12″ Ruler
Small assignment pad
Washable markers
Pencil case
Box of tissues
Hand sanitizer
And, of course, a backpack!

Tuesday Night Book Group: Saturday Midday Field Trip
2022-08-20 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Tuesday Night Book Group on a Saturday Midday Field Trip to hear a one-hour talk on Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55).
For those with complicated hearts, Kierkegaard leads to simplicity. Those asleep to what is crucial in life, he awakens. To those who feel distant from God, he unfolds the immediacy of Jesus Christ as one contemporaneous with us. To those aimlessly immersed in the swamp of distractions, Kierkegaard shows how to live a meaningful existence by choosing the “One Thing Necessary.” After the noon talk, there will be an optional 1 PM to 3 PM guided meditation to allow Kierkegaard’s writings to take us deeper into the interior life.
To register to attend and to receive a complimentary copy of the book The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses, email tuesdaynightbookgroup@gmail.com.

Meeting Christ in Prayer Information
2022-09-13 19:00 (America/New_York) | Parish Lounge
If you are interested in joining Meeting Christ in Prayer (MCIP) but would like to know more, MCIP is hosting an in-person information session.
The basics of the retreat will be covered, and you will also have the opportunity to meet several people who have made the retreat and ask questions informally.

Concert: Choir of Merton College, Oxford
2022-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Church & Livestreamed, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
The Choir of Merton College includes music by William Byrd and Henry Purcell alongside music especially written for the choir by Judith Weir. The concert marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams with the inclusion of movements from the Mass in G minor and works by David Lang and Nico Muhly complete the program.

Tuesday Night Book Group: Saturday Midday Field Trip
2022-09-17 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Tuesday Night Book Group to hear a one-hour talk focusing on the spiritual dimensions of the teachings of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas’ writings reveal a man who found God in all things, lived a God-centered life, experienced Triune Love, and was animated by the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
After the noon talk, there will be an optional 1 PM to 3 PM guided meditation to allow St. Thomas’s writings and Eucharistic hymns to help our hearts seek what he did: “Nothing but you, Lord!” At 3 PM, there is an option to be anointed with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity oil, followed by an optional pay-what-you-wish lunch nearby to discuss the talk and a list of recommended books by and about St. Thomas Aquinas.
To register, email tuesdaynightbookgroup@gmail.com.

Make Sandwiches for the New York Common Pantry
2022-09-18 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Following the 11 AM Masses

Join the Family Ministry, Ignatian Social Justice, and Ignatian Young Adults ministries to make sandwiches for the New York Common Pantry that will be handed out to food insecure neighbors in Harlem.
Please donate granola bars or small juice boxes to pack in the lunch bags. St. Ignatius will provide whole wheat bread, peanut butter, and jelly for sandwiches.

The Ultimate (Catholic!) Insider's Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
2022-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
All parishioners and their guests are invited to join us for an inspiring journey through the past 5000 years of humanity’s search for God through art, led by authors Steve and Evelyn Auth, who—over the past decade—have led art lovers on their unique faith-based tour of 65 masterpieces on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Discovering that art attracts people to faith, their new book Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time brings their insider’s tour to all.
Their talk and slide presentation will take us on a provocative and colorful journey through the history of Western art—so much of which expresses humanity’s search for God, the Divine Artist-Creator.
Steve and Evelyn Auth will share the highs and lows of our determined quest through masterpieces that allow us to encounter the profound truths that lead many to God and cause others to wonder.
A limited number of books will be available at the event, or you are welcome to bring your own copies to be signed by the authors at the reception to follow.

To register, email TuesdayNightBookGroup@gmail.com.

Ignatian Young Adults: Wine & Cheese Social
2022-09-24 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
St. Ignatius Loyola Young Adults is a community for 20 to 30-year-olds who seek companionship and conversation to deepen their Ignatian spirituality and to find God in all things.
Join us in Wallace Hall for wine & cheese, following the 5:30 PM Mass.

War & Peace Discussion Group: Rise of the Drones
2022-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Parish Lounge
We will view and discuss the PBS documentary Rise of the Drones (link to documentary).

About the documentary: Drones. These unmanned flying robots do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense, and kill has remained secret.

Lector Training Workshop
2022-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Church & Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
In Church (Enter through the Parish House)
Offered by James McGowan

James McGowan works at the Jewish Guild for the Blind recording materials for their clients. He also trains those who assist in this work. In addition, he trains the lectors who serve at Holy Name Parish on the West Side.

James will discuss best practices and techniques for those called to proclaim the Word of God in church.
This is an opportunity for all of our lectors to consider ways in which they might strengthen their proclamation of the word so that parishioners can better hear and comprehend what is proclaimed.
We hope all of our lectors will want to participate in this session.
To register, email hallinanm@saintignatiusloyola.org.
James will also offer small group workshops of no more than 5 persons to allow those lectors who desire an opportunity to work with him to enhance their proclamation of the word.
We will discuss the scheduling of these workshops at the conclusion of this presentation.

Tuesday Night Book Group: UNION WITH GOD: Living the Christ Life by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, SJ
2022-09-27 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Tuesday Night Book Group as we read and discuss the short but powerful 60-page book UNION WITH GOD: Living the Christ Life by Jesuit priest Fr. David Meconi, who explains, “A key fact of the Christian life that we in the 21st century have either forgotten or misunderstood [is] that Christianity is a two-act play: In the first half of the story, God becomes human. But that’s only the beginning. In the second half, if you will, we are called to become like God, and thereby begin to live with his power and his joy, his love, and his mercy.”
St. Athanasius famously said that “The Son of God became man so that we might become God.” We will delve into what it means for a Christian to not only have a relationship with God but become so united with Him that we take part in his divinity.
Author Fr. David V. Meconi, SJ, serves as Assistant Professor of Early Christianity at Saint Louis University in Missouri. He received his Ph.D. at Oxford, writing his dissertation on St. Augustine’s thoughts on deification. His books include The One Christ: St. Augustine’s Theology of Deification (2013), Called to Be the Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Human Deification (2016), and Christ Alive in Me: Living As a Member of the Mystical Body (2021).
We will be inviting active participation from Book Group members.
A copy of the book Union With God (which is otherwise only available via Kindle) will be provided to all who register for this four-week session.
To receive the Zoom link for this group, please email TuesdayNightBookGroup@gmail.com.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September 27th | Chapter 1: The Divine Plan of Salvation (pp. 3-18) | Why deification? | Resting the restless heart | Sin: divine dissimilarity | The triune life of love | Made in this divine image | Becoming self-gift
Tuesday, October 4th | Chapter 2: The Great Exchange (pp.19-32) | Becoming gods? | Mary offers God all of us | We are Christ’s body on earth
Tuesday, October 11th | Chapter 3: New Creatures in the Spirit of Holiness (pp. 33-42) | Becoming a child of God | The life of sanctification
Tuesday, October 18th | Chapter 4: Seeking the Grace of Union (pp. 43-58) | Divine intimacy | Becoming God’s Love | Entering the silence | The people of God | Prayer for union with God

Scripture Class: God Said What?! Interpreting Difficult Scripture Passages
2022-09-28 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
On Zoom
Reading the Bible can be perplexing; how are we to interpret stories of divinely sanctioned violence, destruction, and chaos?
Class presentations and discussions will unpack the most challenging passages. Participants will be invited to suggest texts for analysis.
To register, email brianbpinter@protonmail.com.

Panel Discussion: Faith-Based Response to the Refugee Crisis
2022-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
With the current refugee crisis, as people of faith, we ask ourselves: Are we doing enough as a parish and as an individual? Jesus teaches us to go out in Love and serve our neighbors in need. Catholic Social Teaching also propels us to care for those most in need.

PANELISTS
Mario Russell, Director of Immigration Services at Catholic Charities New York
Fr. Eric Cruz, Catholic Charities of The Bronx and pastor of St. Luke’s Church
Jacquelyn Pavilon, Deputy Director, Center for Migration Studies

For more information, contact Christine Meyer at christinemeyer88@gmail.com or Jean Santopatre, Pastoral Associate, at santopatrej@saintignatiusloyola.org.

Care of Creation Event for Ages 8-12
2022-10-01 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Join in the Care of Creation event with students from Little Sisters of the Assumption from East Harlem.
Ice Breakers: Introduction to Care of Creation/Climate Change
4 Stations
Planting: There will be succulent plants to plant in a small clay pot to bring home
Mural: Draw your favorite scene of nature or what you see as important to take care of in Nature. Drawings will be displayed on rolling dividers and placed in the Church.
Letter Writing: Write a letter to President Biden and/or Vice President Harris on how important climate change is to you and how we need to care for Creation. (Last year, students received replies from the President & Vice Present!)
Books: To read and take home on climate change and care of creation
Take home a snack bag and clay pot with plant
Parents MUST accompany a child for the full 2 hours.
Only 10 spots are available. Must RSVP to Jean Santopatre, Pastoral Associate, at santopatrej@saintignatiusloyola.org.

Mysticism in Christianity and Islam
2022-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
SPEAKERS
Fr. Boniface Endorf, OP | Pastor, St. Joseph’s Church, Greenwich Village
Dr. Zuleyha Colak, Ph.D. | Lecturer and Coordinator, Turkish Language Program, Columbia University

The Ignatian Interfaith Ministry, together with our Muslim friends from Peace Islands Institute New York, invite you for an evening discussion on Mysticism in Christianity and Islam–What is mysticism, who are some noted mystics, and what can they teach us?
A light reception will follow the discussion.
To register, email Ignatianinterfaithministry@gmail.com.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Fr. Boniface Endorf, OP
Fr. Boniface Endorf, OP, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended the University of Cincinnati, studying philosophy. He subsequently graduated from New York University School of Law. He then joined the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, and studied theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C., graduating with an STL. He has worked in pastoral ministry for the past seven years and has been the pastor of the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village for the past four years. Currently Fr. Boniface is building the first perpetual adoration chapel in Manhattan and is growing ministries at St. Joseph’s, including many serving young adults and those working in financial fields. Fr. Boniface has an interest in Catholic mystics and has studied them from the Thomistic theological tradition.

Zuleyha Colak
Zuleyha Colak is a Lecturer and the Coordinator of the Turkish program at Columbia University. She was a Teaching Specialist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis in Global Studies between 2005-2009. She received her B.A. from Istanbul University, Turkey (1998). Her master’s degree is in Central Eurasian Studies/Modern Turkish and Ottoman Studies at Indiana University (2003). She has a Ph.D. degree from Indiana University, Bloomington/Indiana. Her interests are Islamic literature, Comparative Literature/Literary Theory. Her dissertation is on: “Qur’anic and Biblical Story of Joseph and Zulaikha and its impact on Ottoman Literature: Reconstruction of the identity of Woman”. Some courses she taught are Romance in Islamic Literature, Perspectives on Islam and Woman, and Essentials in Islamic Spirituality.

Concert: David Briggs, organ: Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony
2022-10-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Church & Livestreamed, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
NP Mander Organ Recital Series
We continue our celebration of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ 150th birthday with his serene masterpiece, penned at the height of the Second World War. World-renowned concert organist David Briggs brings the ravishing colors of the Mander organ to his transcription of the Fifth Symphony on the very anniversary of the composer’s birth.
To purchase tickets, click here.

Courageous Women of Faith: Celebrating Catholic Laywomen
2022-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
On Thursday, October 12th at 7 PM in the Church, we will present our second annual Courageous Women of Faith: Celebrating Catholic Laywomen, where we will honor environmental activist Molly Burhans, human rights activist Sr. Jeannine Gramick, civil rights activist Diane Nash, and immigration advocate Sr. Norma Pimentel.We will commemorate their extraordinary work with the conferral of the Mary Magdalene Award to each honoree and the unveiling of large-scale banners of the women, created by artist Julie Lonneman, that will hang in the church through February.

Tuesday Night Book Group: Saturday Midday Field Trip
2022-10-15 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Tuesday Night Book Group on a Saturday Midday Field Trip to hear a one-hour talk on St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-95), an early influential figure who has been hailed as “the father of Christian mysticism.” Whether ascending Mount Sinai with Moses, or the Sermon on the Mount with Jesus, or from created things to the Transcendent Beauty with the Neo-Platonists, this Cappadocian Father helps us encounter the “luminous darkness” of the mystery of God. This will be followed by an optional two-hour guided meditation based on St. Gregory’s writings from 1 PM to 3 PM.
To register to attend and to receive a complimentary copy of the book Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses, which is considered one of the most important books in the study of Christian mysticism (and retells the story of Moses’s life from the biblical account in Exodus and Numbers, and then refers back to these stories as the basis for profound spiritual lessons), email tuesdaynightbookgroup@gmail.com.

Ignatian Young Adults: Soulful Sunday Bagels & Coffee
2022-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Parish Lounge
St. Ignatius Loyola Young Adults is a community for 20 to 30-year-olds who seek companionship and conversation to deepen their Ignatian spirituality and to find God in all things.
Join us for Soulful Sunday Conversation for coffee and bagels, from September through June. This is a mix of spiritual and social conversation with other young professionals.

Tour Greenwich Village
2022-10-20 10:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us to learn the history of the Village. The tour will provide answers to these questions: How has the area developed over the past 200 years? What famous people lived there? What movements happened there? We will also view a multitude of architectural styles.
Ellen Jacques is our tour guide.
The fee is $15. Space is limited.
To RSVP, email greenwichvillagetour@gmail.com.

LGBT Catholics & Friends
2022-10-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
We are a group of LGBT parishioners and family and friends (and parents) of LGBT persons. We are a parish ministry of, by, and for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sisters and brothers in Christ and those who love and support them. Our ministry extends to, and embraces, the mission of the entire parish, our home.
Each year our ministry hosts events that aim to foster mutual respect, compassion, and sensitivity between our parish and the wider community on LGBT issues through education and dialogue. We jointly host events with other ministries at St. Ignatius Loyola that aim to bring together the parish community, including retreats and the Amazing Race.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sil.lgbt.caf/
Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/lgbt-catholics-and-friends/join

Film Screening: Monsieur Vincent
2022-10-21 18:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Sponsored by Lay Ministers’ Enrichment and The Society of St. Vicent de Paul

6:30 PM – 7 PM: Reception
7 PM – 7:30 PM: Reflection on the Life of St. Vincent DePaul
7:30 PM – 10 PM: Screening of Monsieur Vincent
The Lay Ministers Enrichment (LME) Ministry opens its 2022-2023 program year on Friday, October 21st, in Wallace Hall. The theme for this year’s program season is “Preaching the Gospel”, based on an encyclical of Pope Francis. In their first program, LME will join with the St. Lawrence O’Toole Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Pattie Hughes, President) to present a screening of the internationally acclaimed 1947 film, Monsieur Vincent, which received an honorary Academy Award in 1949 for Best Foreign Language film released the previous year in the United States.
The film, starring Pierre Fresnay as St. Vincent de Paul, depicts the life and ministry of Vincent de Paul, a 17th-century French cleric, who dedicated his ministry to “hearing the cry of the poor,” but who also became the spiritual advisor to the Queen of France and the nobility.
Born into poverty, Vincent de Paul entered the seminary when his family sold their oxen to pay his tuition. Early in his ministry, he dedicated himself to “hearing the cry of the poor” and ministering to the poor, including imprisoned galley slaves on French military ships. St. Vincent de Paul enlisted wealthy Parisian women, including the Gondi family, to financially support his ministry in providing food, shelter, and clothing, missionary projects, and establishing hospitals, ultimately, with Louise de Marillac, founding the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
A review of the 1947 film describes St. Vincent’s calling to a life dedicated to those living in poverty:
Monsieur Vincent celebrates the saint’s single-minded devotion to the poor without romanticizing the objects of his devotion and the recipients of his charity. Vincent himself, though he urges his followers to regard the poor as their masters, admits frankly that they are “masters who are terribly insensitive and demanding… dirty and ugly… unjust and foul-mouthed.” Yet he is adamant that, the harder they are to serve, “the more you will have to love them.”
Join LME and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for an evening of fellowship and reflection on how we, as Catholics, can “preach the Gospel” through “loving the poor.”
To register, click here.
The registration deadline is Monday, October 17th.
