The parish partners with a variety of local social service agencies. These organizations provide volunteer opportunities for our parishioners and needed service in our community. We connect them to the parish through a number of events: Epiphany dinner, Parish Work Day, Space in the Bulletin to promote their activities, Reflections during Mass and our Giving […]
Excerpts and reflections connected to ecojustice and Catholic Social Teaching. Valuable for rooting our advocacy and social justice efforts in CST and communicating those connections. View Source
An addition to our new employee and volunteer leader guides for sustainability best practices that our St. Ignatius community follow. View Source
Outline of the St. Ignatius Fellowship position, a full-time paid position for a young person finishing a post-graduate year of service (often former Jesuit Volunteers), especially as this role has focused on the social justice ministry, among other responsibilities.Outline of the St. Ignatius Fellowship position, a full-time paid position for a young person finishing a […]
This presentation can serve as a template for a presentation to discern a social justice advocacy issue. It starts by rooting the conversation in our Catholic and Jesuit Identity, shares what the parish had done so far and then presents possible advocacy focuses with the question, “how can we best move forward from here?” VIEW […]
When St. Ignatius started to get involved more with advocacy on an ecojustice area, we shared the possibilities with parishioners and asked for their input on an issue to focus on. To help them make an informed decision, this discernment guide was offered with background on the topics, connections to Catholic Social Teaching and examples […]