Advent Bible Study | The Ox and Lamb Kept Time: A Spirituality of Animal Companions
2024-12-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom & Parish House
Animals have long been associated with the Christmas creche. Moreover, non-human creatures play significant roles in key stories of salvation history. Our presentations and discussions will explore biblical, theological and spiritual perspectives on our animal companions. Brian B. Pinter, Pastoral Associate, will present.
To register, email pinterb@saintignatiusloyola.org.

Bambinelli Sunday
2024-12-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
At the 11 AM Wallace Hall Mass

We will bless Infant Jesus figurines that will be placed in families’ crèches. We invite parishioners to bring in their figurines for the blessing.

Laud to the Nativity: Annual Christmas Concert
2024-12-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Featuring Ottorino Respighi’s “Laud to the Nativity” and culminating with “O Holy Night” and the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah,” our Laud to the Nativity Christmas concerts will inspire you and your family during the height of New York City’s dazzling holiday season. Includes beloved carols for everyone to sing.
For tickets, click here.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
2024-12-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Tuesday Evenings, December 3rd to December 17th
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed at 6:00 PM. The Church will be open for private adoration until shortly before 8:00 PM, when the exposition concludes with Benediction. The Blessed Sacrament will then be reposed, and the Church will close.

St. Ignatius College Connect
2025-01-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Wallace Hall Stage
Kick off the New Year with fellowship and pizza! Join us for a gathering of college students and their families as they reconnect with our parish and share stories. High School seniors are also welcome.
To RSVP, email adelrosario@bhsusa.com.

Sat Sri Akal (Truth reigns eternal)
2025-01-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
PRESENTER
Harmeet Kamboj, Senior State Policy Manager, Sikh Coalition
Join us as we learn more about one of the world’s largest faith traditions: Sikhism. Founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, it is the world’s fifth-largest religion and is monotheistic.

Lecture: What Did the Synod Do? And Where Do We Go From Here?
2025-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
PRESENTER
Fr. James Martin, S.J., Editor at Large, America Magazine
A behind-the-scenes look of the Synod of Bishops from Fr. James Martin, S.J., Synod delegate.

LGBT Catholics & Friends
2025-01-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | 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

Concert | Harvard Glee Club
2025-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
The Harvard Glee Club’s repertoire has historically drawn from the collegiate, folk, and sacred music of Europe and North America, incorporating pieces dating from the Renaissance onward. This season, the Glee Club will draw upon a variety of choral traditions, including that of the country of Georgia for its performances. As both the bearers of Harvard’s beloved football songs and the authors of new traditions, the Glee Club seeks each year to strike a balance between preservation and innovation.
An ensemble of tenor and bass voices, the Harvard Glee Club is the oldest collegiate choir in the United States. Since their founding in 1858, they have sought to cultivate and sustain the art of tenor-bass—traditionally men’s—choral music through regular concerts at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre as well as performances around the world, including at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Disney Concert Hall in LA, and the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, the Duomo di Firenze in Italy, and the American Cathedral in Paris, France. To foster the growth and vitality of tenor-bass choral repertoire, the Glee Club has commissioned pieces from composers such as Bongani Magatyana, Molly Joyce, Morten Lauridsen, Robert Kyr, Brandon Waddles, and Sir John Tavener.
This is a free concert. No tickets are needed.

Saint Thérèse: The Musical
2025-01-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Church, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Featuring Michel Pascal and Luciann Berrios
After 1,000 performances worldwide—including its creation at the Carmel in Paris and shows at Notre-Dame de Paris, the Basilica of Lisieux, Lourdes, Jerusalem, Dubai, Montreal, and Singapore—St. Thérèse: The Musical by Michel Pascal will be performed at St. Ignatius on Sunday, January 19th.

Visit the Mother Cabrini Shrine
2025-01-25 10:15 - 14:30 | NY
701 Fort Washington Avenue

The LGBT Catholics & Friends Ministry invites you to join them for what promises to be an enlightening, fun, and spiritual visit to the shrine.
Featuring:
One-hour docent talk
One-hour private meditation/visit
One-hour lunch
Entry fee: $8 per person
To register, click here.

Lectures at St. Ignatius: The Risk of Hope
2025-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Presenter
Fr. Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Editor in Chief, America Magazine
Hope calls us to more than just optimism about things turning out well. When we take hope seriously, we are also called to take responsibility for what we hope for.

"A Good Death" Series - Creating an Ethical Will
2025-02-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom & Parish House
Ethical wills are an age-old way to impart values, guidance, and stories to family and loved ones. While a legal will distributes your material assets, an ethical will imparts intangible riches—the wealth of your wisdom.
Our presentation and discussion will explore basic questions, considerations, and themes of ethical wills and how to write your own. Brian B. Pinter, Pastoral Associate, will present.
To RSVP, email pinterb@saintignatiusloyola.org.

To Be Known and Loved by God: A Morning of Reflection
2025-02-08 08:30 - 12:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
PRESENTER
Ann Harris-Jacobs
Ann Harris-Jacobs is a retired educator, active spiritual director, and member of the music ministry at St. Francis Xavier Church. She will offer two talks intended to help us enter into the challenge and blessing it is to be known and loved by God. Between the talks, there will be time for private prayer and sharing.
Persons will gather at 8:30 AM for a light breakfast, and the day will begin promptly at 9 AM with prayer, followed by her first presentation.
To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/LMEWinter2025.
If you have difficulty with the online registration, please call the Parish House at 212-288-3588. Please be prepared to give your name, your telephone number and email address.

Pizza and Bingo Fundraiser: In Support of the Cheyenne River Reservation Service Project
2025-02-08 18:00 - 20:30 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Family Ministry is hosting a Pizza and Bingo night! Grab your friends and a table for a fun night of pizza, games, and a silent auction! Bingo games with prizes!
Ways to Participate:
– Get a table: $200 (8-10 people), includes pizza, salad, raffle tickets, and desserts, or
– Bring a $25 check per person
Please Note: Bingo cards are an additional purchase. This is a BYOB (Wine and Beer only) event. Water, coffee, and tea will be provided.
To RSVP, click here or email parentcommittee.familyministry@gmail.com.
We need volunteers who can help with preparation/food serving or activities. We are also in need of items for our silent auction or gift baskets for Bingo prizes. Please let us know if you can help!

Lecture at St. Ignatius: A Long Way From Home: Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Parental Rejection and God’s Merciful Love
2025-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Presenter: Mr. Carl Siciliano, Founder of the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive housing program for homeless LGBTQ youth
Surely one of the cruelest disparities faced by LGBTQ people is the unequal access too many have teens have to their parents’ love and support. Carl will discuss the frequent tethering of parental rejection of LGBTQ youths with religious belief and how that contributes to a child welfare crisis in which an LGBTQ youth is far more likely to suffer from homelessness than a straight youth. He will examine this in light of Jesus’s revelation of God’s all-merciful love in the Gospels, and explore how religious communities might intentionally witness to God’s love for vulnerable LGBTQ youths.

Lived and Imagined Chinatowns: Stories in the Making of America
2025-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Please join the Circle of Friends at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, in coordination with the Museum of the Chinese in America to celebrate the rich history and contributions of the Chinese in America through an exploration of Chinatown, its function, and symbolism.
Advance registration is required.
To register. RSVP at silcircleoffriends@gmail.com.

Back to Basics 3.0: The Encyclicals of Pope Francis
2025-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
PRESENTER
Fr. Michael Hilbert, S.J.
Join us for this presentation on the Encyclicals of Pope Francis as part of our annual series on what it means to be Catholic.

A Conversation with Jeff Korgen: Dorothy Day, Radical Devotion
2025-02-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Jeffry Odell Korgen is a writer and social ministry consultant who works with several social ministry organizations including Catholic Relief Services, the Dorothy Day Guild of the Archdiocese of New York, GreenFaith, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
He is the author of several books on social ministry including Solidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of Hope from Catholic Relief Services, The True Cost of Low Prices: The Violence of Globalization, My Lord and My God!: Engaging Catholics in Social Ministry, and the newly released Beyond Empowerment: A Pilgrimage with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
Please join us for an animated and informative conversation!

Meeting Christ in Prayer
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Wednesdays at 7 PM on Zoom, from February 26th to April 9th
A retreat in daily life
Would you like more hope, prayer and community in your life? Do you seek a deeper relationship with Christ?
Do you look at the condition of the world with an increase in anxiety? Pope Francis said about this Jubilee Year of Hope:
“In these times, which feel dark and in which we often feel disoriented by the evil and violence that surround us, and by the distress of so many of our brothers and sisters, we need hope.”
He speaks of hope found in the scriptures and always in a loving and transforming heart in our Lord Jesus Christ.
You are invited to explore new ways of relating to Jesus through Meeting Christ in Prayer.
The retreat consists of:
Deepening your relationship with Christ
Learning several methods of prayer
Lectio Divina
Imaginative prayer
The Examen
Suggestions for making your time with God more fruitful and focused.
Weekly meetings with meditations and a faith sharing community.
To sign up, please register at tinyurl.com/RegisterForMCIP.
For further questions, please email MCIP@saintignatiusloyola.org.

Emmaus Bereavement Support Group
2025-03-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
A six-session support group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. The sessions, both educational and supportive, are led by experienced facilitators. Registration is required. To register, email EmmausBereavementGroup@gmail.com or call the Parish House at 212-288-3588 and leave your name and phone number with the receptionist.

Lenten Week of Service
2025-03-05 - 2025-03-16 | NY
As part of the Parish Implementation Plan, the Parish is hosting a Lenten Week of Service. On Ash Wednesday, you can affix a ribbon to the Lenten Cross symbolizing your service commitment. Activities include food for the hungry, outreach to the unhoused, a Dorothy Day Pilgrimage, a Poverty Simulation, a panel discussion on the trip to the southern border, and more.
3/5 ASH WEDNESDAY
LENTEN CROSS RIBBONS
Church Narthex
3/7 FRIDAY
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
IFTAR DINNER
Wallace Hall
Set up/serve at the Iftar dinner organized by the Interfaith Ministry.
Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
3/8 SATURDAY
POVERTY SIMULATION
10 AM-12 PM Wallace Hall
A Poverty Simulation is an interactive exercise that helps people understand the day-to-day turmoil people living in poverty experience.
Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
CITY RELIEF
10:15 AM-1:15 PM, South Bronx
City Relief mobile outreach offers persons experiencing poverty and homelessness hot meals, supplies, and connections to resources. Volunteering here is essential to helping our fellow New Yorkers. An ISJ member will lead each team. South Bronx on 3/8 10:30 AM-1:30 PM* and Lower East Side on 3/13 10:30 AM-1:30 PM*
3/9 SUNDAY
SVdP BLOOD DRIVE
9 AM-3 PM McKinnon Hall
Last year the St. Ignatius Loyola community donated 107 pints of blood at our drives and saved 321 lives last year! Please join us and continue to save lives.
WE ARE ALL PLASTIC PEOPLE NOW
1 PM-3 PM Wallace Hall
Laudato Si’ ministry offers a film and discussion
DOROTHY DAY PILGRIMAGE
2 PM-5 PM Union Square
Walk in the steps of Dorothy Day. The tour begins at Union Square, the birthplace of the Catholic Worker movement. Learn about Dorothy Day’s radical devotion to Christ’s teaching. A Dorothy Day Guild member leads the tour. An ISJ member will host the team. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
3/10 MONDAY
GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER
4 PM-7 PM, 166 Avenue of the Americas
This is a kitchen that cooks and delivers over 17,000 medically tailored meals each weekday thanks to the help of their volunteers, who work in the kitchen and package meals. A Parish Council member will lead the team. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
3/11 TUESDAY
ROSARY
All Day Private Prayer
BREAD FOR THE WORLD
Commit to signing Bread for the World’s 2025 “Offering of Letters campaign.” SIL will hold it after all Masses in the coming months. Your signature to our legislators will help support domestic and international nutrition programs that offer a hand-up to families and a brighter future for children.
3/12 WEDNESDAY
NY COMMON PANTRY
9 AM-1 PM & 12 PM-4 PM, 109th Street
NYCP works to reduce hunger and food insecurity by distributing fresh food pantry packages. ISJ reserved spaces for you to pack groceries in East Harlem. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
ORTHODOX LENT DISCUSSION
6 PM – 337 East 74th Street
Join Interfaith Ministry members at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Cathedral for liturgy, a light Lenten dinner, and a discussion on death and resurrection in the Orthodox tradition. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
3/13 THURSDAY
CITY RELIEF
10:45 AM-1:15 PM
Lower East Side
City Relief mobile outreach offers persons experiencing poverty and homelessness hot meals, supplies, and connections to resources. Volunteering here is essential to helping our fellow New Yorkers. An ISJ member will lead each team. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
SILS GRAMMAR SCHOOL & SVdP FOOD DRIVE
All day School & Parish House
Collect canned foods for Church of the Ascension parishioners in East Harlem.
3/14 FRIDAY
ABSTAIN FROM ANGRY ACTS FOR 12 HOURS
3/15 SATURDAY
PANEL DISCUSSION ON VISIT TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER and
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
10 AM-12 PM Wallace Hall
Pray Stations of the Cross for Migrants and then hear about our recent trip to the Southern Border. Every year we learn more about this complicated issue and what we can do to help.
SVdP HOMELESS OUTREACH
2 PM-4 PM Wallace Hall
Our Homeless Outreach is an opportunity for meaningful encounters with our unhoused neighbors. We gather in Wallace Hall to assemble bags that include a sandwich, water, fruit, and other snacks and then go out in teams of 2 or more to various neighborhoods to introduce ourselves to the homeless and offer them lunch. The goal of this outreach is to make a connection with unhoused people, to make eye contact, and to let them know we see them. Registration required. Email at stignatiusloyolalentencross@gmail.com.
3/16 SUNDAY
HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS FOR KIDS
Discussion & pack hygiene kits
12 PM-1 PM Wallace Hall Stage
City Relief will give a short presentation on what it means to be homeless, and then the children will pack hygiene bags and include a short handwritten note. The event is organized by ISJ, Family Ministry, and the Girl Scouts.

Iftar 2025: Faith – It Takes A Village!
2025-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Doors open at 5:20 PM
Program starts at 5:45 PM
Call to Prayer at 5:54 PM

SPEAKERS
Safiye Yigit, PhD & Emily Lowe
Join the Ignatian Interfaith Ministry as we welcome our Muslim Friends from Peace Islands for our 6th annual Iftar celebration.
Iftar is the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan. How do you define your village? Is it your family? Faith family? Friend group? Our panel will explore how we all can bring faith into our “villages” no matter how small or large.
While there is no charge for the event, email ignatianinterfaithministry@gmail.com by Monday, March 2nd.

From Famine to Fifth Avenue: An Irish Journey of Resilience
2025-03-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Put on your green and join Circle of Friends for From Famine to Fifth Avenue: An Irish Journey of Resilience.
Dr. Elizabeth Stack, the Executive Director of the American Irish Historical Society (991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY), will discuss the broad history of the Irish in New York, from their part in the early labor struggle to their role in city politics, their service in the military, their contributions to culture and literature and the evolution of the 1st St. Patrick’s Day Parade here in New York City.
You don’t have to be Irish to appreciate this talk about the Irish contributions to America!
Advance registration required.
Please RSVP to silcircleoffriends@gmail.com.

Sustaining Hope Through Forgiveness
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom & Parish House
Wednesdays, March 12th to April 9th
7 PM
Parish House & Zoom
The virtue of hope affirms that, despite the darkness, the powers of truth and light will prevail. Forgiveness is a life-orientation that breaks cycles of retribution and allows one to reorient in hope toward the present and future.
Our gatherings will explore biblical, theological, and spiritual perspectives on how forgiveness nurtures hope and practical wisdom for living into these ideals. Brian B. Pinter, Pastoral Associate, will present.
To RSVP, email pinterb@saintignatiusloyola.org.

Lenten Service & Lecture
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
PRESENTER
Fr. Timothy Hojnicki
Are you looking for another Christian perspective on observing Lent? Join the Ignatian Interfaith Ministry as we attend a Lenten Service and lecture as guests of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
There will be a presanctified Liturgy at 6 PM at the Cathedral at 337 East 74th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues). This will be followed by a light Lenten dinner in the Cathedral’s hall at 7:30 PM with the presentation to follow shortly after that by Fr. Timothy Hojnicki on the topic “Lazarus, Come Forth: A Reflection on Death and Resurrection in the Orthodox Tradition”.
To RSVP by Monday, March 10th, email ignatianinterfaithministry@gmail.com.

Lenten/Easter Food Drive
2025-03-19 09:00 - 2025-04-13 21:00 | Parish House, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Through Sunday, April 13th
Benefiting the Church of the Ascension

Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Interparish Religious Education Program, and Saint Ignatius Loyola Grammar School are collecting canned goods and nonperishable items to help our neighbors in need during this Lenten season. Your contribution matters!
Suggested Food Donations
Canned: beans, corn, green beans, yams, tomatoes, other canned vegetables & fruits, chili, stew, soup, tuna and other canned fish & meat, condensed milk
Boxed, Bags, Plastic Jars, Shelf-Stable Packages: rice, pasta, dried beans, cornbread mix, baking/pancake mix (e.g., Bisquick), shelf-stable milk, hot or cold cereal, instant soups, brown sugar, cake or brownie mix with frosting
Other: seasonings, olive oil, or avocado oil in plastic bottles or cans
NO glass jars or bottles.
Items may be dropped off daily at the Parish House.
