FAITH: Believing in God and all He has revealed.

We will have our Parish Picnic at Stricker's Grove on Friday, September 10, 5:00-10:00pm. Admission is free. You may not bring beer into the park, but you may purchase it there. Everyone is invited. Bring the family for an enjoyable evening at Stricker's Grove!

We are starting to see more illnesses circulate this week. It is very helpful to know why your child is out sick so if you could please indicate when calling them in or email me with more details, that is very helpful.

 
COVID testing: If your child is waiting on PCR test results, they must stay home, even if they had a rapid and it was negative.
COVID terminology

Suspected case: Someone with COVID symptoms without known prior contact with a positive person.

Probable case: Someone with COVID symptoms with known prior exposure to a positive person.

Positive case: Someone with a laboratory confirmed case of COVID, a positive test result.

**We are required to treat probable cases as positives until proven otherwise. 

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**We strongly recommend that if your child is not feeling well, to NOT send them to school and to consult your doctor. 

At this time, St. Ignatius will utilize the public health case definition for COVID-19 and request:

If your child is showing any 2 of the following symptoms: 

**Fever (over 100 degrees Fahrenheit)

**Chills

**Rigors (chills and shivering)

**Myalgia (muscle pain)

**Headache

**Sore throat

**Nausea

**Vomiting

**Diarrhea

**Congestion

**Runny nose

or at least one of the following:

**Cough

**Shortness of breath

**New olfactory disorder (loss of smell)

**New taste disorder

and no other differential diagnosis is present, we ask you to keep your child home, consult your healthcare provider and consider getting COVID-19 testing. 

If your child has been vaccinated, please consider sending me a copy of their vaccine card for their file.  It will be useful in the event of an exposure.

Thanks!,

Kathy Reder

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns.  
Kathy Reder RN BSN
St. Ignatius Loyola School
Ph  389-3242 ext 4
Fax 389-3251
kreder@saintischool.org

ALTAR SERVER TRAINING SEPTEMBER 8 AND 10

On September 8 and 10, there will be a server training for the 5th graders and anyone who had missed the server training session in August. It will be at 2:00pm, lead by Fr. Christian. Students will go over to church with their class/ the 5th grade classes.

Please join us for our Youth Ministry Kick-Off taking place on Saturday, September 11 from 1:30-6:30pm! This event is open to all incoming 6th through 12th graders. We will once again be competing in the Amazing Race! Check in is at 1:30pm in Loyola Hall, and we’re off to the races at 2:00pm. The race will end around 4:00pm, then we will attend 4:30pm Mass together followed by the closing ceremony and dinner in Loyola Hall. The Amazing Race itself will involve teams comprised of four teens racing around campus competing in exciting and unique challenges, all for CASH prizes to be awarded to the top three teams! You must RSVP for this event by going to our website at https://sainti.org/church/amazing-race-registration/. Please contact youth minister Emily Branscum at Ebranscum@sainti.org with any questions.

Did you know there is a national miscarriage ministry just seven minutes from St. Ignatius? It is called Heaven’s Gain Ministries, and offers a comprehensive ministry ranging from the practical questions to the pastoral needs that arise when parents unexpectedly experience the loss of their child through miscarriage. It is ideal to know about this ministry proactively, since they offer support to parents when they are informed there is no heartbeat, before an actual miscarriage even begins. Heaven's Gain is located at 6962 Harrison Avenue, https://heavensgain.org/.

You are invited to join several parish ministries who will be receiving a tour on September 16 from 7:00-8:30pm. Just email Donna Murphy at tours@heavensgain.org to RSVP and let her know you would like to come with the St. Ignatius group on September 16!

Retrouvaille offers a welcoming and loving space to couples who have been living with difficulties in their marriage. Retrouvaille offers hope: hope that it is not too late, the hope of a different and better marriage.
It also helps couples to listen, to forgive, to be reconciled, and to move into a better future believing that God loves them and with His help and their efforts, their marriage can be healed. For more information about the Retrouvaille programs, please call 456-5413. To register, please visit the website, helpourmarriage.org.  The next program is September 10-12.

IS COMING TO ST. IGNATIUS
Planning for the future is hard when you’re still paying for the past! Listen—there’s a better way! Join my Financial Peace University class, and we’ll learn how to beat debt and make a plan for the future together! Interested? Join us at St Ignatius Loyola Church starting Thursday, September 16. You can sign up and start your 14- day free trial of Financial Peace at fpu.com/1139088.

Triumph Energy has partnered with Shell to give back to the community. Visit your local Shell station in Monfort Heights at 5233 North Bend Road to help support St. Ignatius Loyola Church. For every gallon pumped at this station's “Giving Pump” between August 1 and September 30, Triumph Energy will donate 1 cent to the church.

**Please note you must use the pump that is wrapped in the “Giving Pump” decals in order to help support the church.

Do you have questions about the Catholic faith and why Catholics do what they do? Do you have a son or daughter receiving a Sacrament this upcoming year and you desire to be able to teach and guide him/her spiritually and morally? Do you have a son or daughter who comes home from school talking about what they are learning in religion class and wish you knew more about the Catholic faith, so you could talk more about it with him/her? Do you watch your spouse receive Holy Communion at Mass and wish you could also receive Jesus into yourself, as well as share that deeper spiritual bond with your spouse?

If any of these describe you (or someone you know), please consider coming to our Becoming Catholic-RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) gatherings, where you can get your questions answered, learn more about God’s plans and desires for your life, grow in prayer and friendship, and consider the gift of becoming Catholic. Attending the Becoming Catholic-RCIA meetings does NOT mean a person is committing to becoming Catholic, but rather is open to the possibility. God honors each person’s free will and so do we! Our gatherings will be every Tuesday from 7:00-8:30pm in the Ignatius Center across the street from the church, beginning September 7. Each meeting will include prayer, a presentation, Q&A/conversation, and sometimes a person sharing their own personal story as a Catholic.

If you want to talk about Becoming Catholic-RCIA, to hear more and get your questions answered, please contact Brad Macke at 661-6565, option 7, ext. 2743 or bmacke@sainti.org. If you would like someone to reach out to you, fill out this interest form: https://bit.ly/RCIAbecomingCatholicInterestForm. You can also check out our website for more information: https://bit.ly/SaintIBecomingCatholicRCIA.

Check out our Young Adult ministry’s exciting plans this year! https://sainti.org/church/young-adult-ministry/