St. Ignatius Martyr Parish

CENTERING PRAYER: Spend time in the silence acting on our shared intention to consent to God's presence within and action within. All are welcome; no experience necessary. Weekly Meetings: Two prayer meetings offered each week. TUESDAYS, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. / THURSDAYS, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. All meetings held in the Fr John Payne House. Introductory Workshop: Begins Saturday, January 19th, 2008, in the Annex Chapel (see flyer in distribution racks). Contact: Mike Richardson, telephone: 440-8840 or 633-0491, email: pmike@mail.utexas.edu. "God's first language is silence . . . " Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.

PRISON MINISTRY meets every second Friday of the month in the Fr. John Payne house. Please join us January 11th at 6p.m. to learn more about the Prison Ministry, and the many capacities in which you can serve. There's no ministry like it! Dedicate one hour a month or 10 hours....it's up to you. For more information, contact Deborah Garza at dkgarza [at] yahoo [dot] com or leave a message at the Church Office 442-3602. Thank you for responding to our call for more ministers!  Read More »

CENTERING PRAYER: Spend time in the silence acting on our shared intention to consent to God's presence within and action within. All are welcome; no experience necessary. Weekly Meetings: Two prayer meetings offered each week (excluding Christmas and New Year's Days): TUESDAYS, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. / THURSDAYS, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.Introductory Workshop: Begins Saturday, January 19th, 2008 (see flyer in distribution racks).

All meetings held at the Fr. John Payne House.Contact: Mike Richardson, telephone: 440-8840 or 633-0491, email: pmike [at] mail [dot] utexas [dot] edu.

"God's first language is silence . . . " - Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.

Four one hour sessions on the Lectio Divina, facilitated by Mike Richardson, a member of the St. Ignatius Martyr community active in the facilitation of Centering Prayer and other adult faith formation ministries. Substantially identical content offered twice, once Monday mornings 10:00 - 11:00 am and again Monday evenings 7:00 - 8:00 pm, April 7, 14, 21 and 28.

Classes will be offered in the Mother's Chapel. Read the attached flyer for more information .

Four classes, The Psalms, co-facilitated by Rabbi Monty Eliasov, President of the Twelve Tribe Torah Institute and Rabbi of Congregation Shalom Rav in Austin, and Mike Richardson, a member of the St. Ignatius Martyr community active in the facilitation of Centering Prayer and other adult faith formation ministries. Substantially identical content offered twice, once Monday mornings, February 11 through March 3, 2008 and again on Wednesday evenings, February 13 through March 5, 2008.

Class topics include:

• Why Jews and Christians Alike Treasure The Psalm
• Peace as Shalem / Wholeness in The Psalms
• Xayim / Life in this World and the World to Come in The Psalms
• Using The Psalms In Everyday Experience

Classes of The Psalms will be offered in the choir room of St Ignatius Martyr main church. See the attached flyers for more information.

NOTE: These activities are now complete.

Personal Prayer Introductory Workshop seven one hour sessions, weekly, is beginning September 24th. Do you find regular daily one-on-one time with God in prayer hard to start and harder to keep going? Spend time with others acting on a shared intention to begin, maintain, enrich your personal prayer practice. See flyers available in distribution racks for more information. Also see the September issue of Pan Puro.

CENTERING PRAYER: Spend time in the silence acting on our shared intention to consent to God's presence within and action within. All are welcome, no experience necessary.

• Weekly Meetings: resume Tuesday, September 4th and Thursday, September 6th
• TUESDAYS, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. -- THURSDAYS, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Introductory Workshop: begins Saturday, January 19th, 2008. All meetings held at the Fr John Payne House.
Contact: Mike Richardson at 633-0491. "God's first language is silence . . . "Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.  Read More »

Spend time in the silence acting on our shared intention to consent to God's presence within and action within. All are welcome, no experience necessary.

• Weekly Meetings: resume Tuesday, September 4th and Thursday, September 6th
• TUESDAYS, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. -- THURSDAYS, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Introductory Workshop: Begins Saturday, January 19th, 2008. All meetings held at the Fr John Payne House.

Contact: Mike Richardson at 633-0491. "God's first language is silence . . . "Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.

About Us

Centering Prayer is a method of Christian prayer, which prepares us to receive the gift of God's presence, traditionally called contemplative prayer.

Our broader Christian tradition and our specific Catholic tradition teach that all Christian prayer, including contemplative prayer, is an aspect of the relationship with us that God, in unconditional love, has already initiated by --

• bringing us into creation and maintaining us in creation,

• giving us scripture so that we can know about our relationship with God and

• giving us the person of Jesus Christ so that we can have the special relationship available to us through the grace of baptism and Christian life.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
begins January 27, 2007

Schedule September 2006 - January 2007
for regular meeting times  Read More »