St. Ignatius Martyr Parish

LOOKING FOR A DEEPER MEANING IN YOUR LIFE? The season of Advent is a time of hopeful expectation. We are preparing ourselves for a deeper meaning. On behalf of Fr. Joe, the Community Building Team invites you to come join some of your fellow parishioners for prayer, conversation, and the sharing of some of our dreams and hopes for this Advent season, and beyond. These conversations will take no more than an hour of your time, but could be quite powerful in building relationships with our fellow parishioners. After all the Masses on December 8th and 9th, we will meet in small groups in the Family Center. (Note: the meetings after the Sunday evening Mass on December 9th will be in the Church.)

Mass for our Lady of Guadalupe: The bilingual Mass for our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 12th. St. Ignatius will have its own Matachines, a traditional dance group that will perform during the Mass. In addition, children from our faith community will present brief skits of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The music for the Mass will be interpreted by the St. Ignatius mariachi group. The celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a musical prelude. Mass will begin at 7 p.m.

After Mass the celebration will continue with a food and music at the Family Center. Tickets for the meal will be sold. Everyone is invited to attend. If you are interested in participating as a Sponsor (Padrino) please call Juan Mata at 280-2610.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Knights of Columbus will be selling their delicious Pancake Breakfast after the 3 morning Masses on Sunday, November 25th. Please join your fellow parishioners at the Family Center for some delicious pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, etc., and for some wonderful fellowship.

SAUSAGE WRAP SALE: The Knights of Columbus will be cooking and selling sausage wraps outside of SAM's retail outlet on Highway 290W on Saturday, December 1st, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This is the shopping center that also contains a Best Buy and a Serrano's restaurant. While you are out running errands that day, please plan to come by for a delicious breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Invite your friends and family members to do the same. By doing so, you will be supporting your own Parish Knights and all of their charitable projects.

The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring a Blood Drive on December 15th, for the Parish account. This is a very important time to Donate with the Holidays approaching. You may schedule an appointment or if you have questions by calling Roger Ibarra, Jr. at 301-4979. This is to be from 8 a.m. till 12 noon in the Family Center. The Blood Drive is done through the Central Texas Blood and Tissue Center. Please give consideration to this cause.

A Ladies Christmas Coffee - Before the busy holiday season overwhelms you, come and take some time to share "The Christmas Story". There will be treasured holiday tabletop displays, Yuletide brunch favorites & great conversation with friends - Saturday, December 1st, 9 a.m. -11:00 a.m. at the Fr. Gene Doré Family Center. Sponsored by the Catholic Daughters Court #2391, tickets are $12 at the door. For more info call Christina Corona at 291-4574.