This month’s spirit outreach benefits Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Cancer Camp “NjoyItAll”, which is a week-long, overnight summer camp experience for patients with cancer, blood diseases, and immune disorders. 

“NjoyItAll Camp” is held at Camp Joy in Clarksville, Ohio on 315 acres of trees, trails, fields, and meadows overlooking a river valley. The camp provides handicap-accessible cabins and around-the-clock medical monitoring. Campers can participate in fun activities like climbing, swimming, rafting, fishing, archery, arts and crafts, and campfire time. All of the activities are adapted to each child’s abilities, and the children also learn how to become more independent in managing their condition. There is no cost for patients attending “NjoyItAll Camp”. 

"Accepting your limitations and God-given talents"

This is the final week for participation in the Giving Tree in church. All are invited to participate in this annual Christmas service project, which benefits various pregnancy centers, seniors, and underserved children and families in our area. Please stop by the church and pull a tag if you have the means.
Please return gifts with ornament tag attached by 12:00pm Mass this Sunday, December 11.

As you receive your gift orders and holiday packages over the next several weeks, please send the bubble wrap, and any bubble wrap mailers for the art room! We will reuse the bubble wrap to package student glass and ceramic artworks to send home. Thank you!

The Lost and Found, located by the Boomer Road doors in the gym, is overflowing with coats, hats, gloves, lunchboxes, uniform items, spirit wear and more! Please have your children check for missing items. Parents are also welcome to sign in at the office and browse through the collection.

The 4th grade team basketball team coached by Jim Thompson and Jay Roden won the St Antoninus Tournament last weekend! Players include Charlie S., Cohen M., Colin V., Giulian T., Jax R., Kyle H., L., Liam D.,
and Luke V.

Congrats to the Boys 6th Grade C team for winning the  St James Tournament! Players include Players include Liam G., Ethan B., Rylan W., Caleb H., Parker C., Evan K., Logan S., and Emmett D.

Proudly coached by Doug Bunker, Joe Czanik and Dave Stover.

This 3rd/4th grade volleyball team played some tough matches over the last two weekends and ended as champions of the St. Martin's Tournament. Congratulations on all your hard work, young ladies! Teammates include Ava C., Josie C., Whitney S., Olivia S., Angelina E., Olivia W., Aili D., and Taylor K.

Signups for 2nd grade girls wanting to participate in an instructional basketball league will run through December 31. Cost is $45. Season will begin in February.

The season will consist of 7 practices/games at Cheviot Field House on 8 foot rims. Teams of 5-6 players, 3 vs 3 half court to really work on the basics of the game.

Please go to https://www.saintiaa.org/girlsbasketball for more information.

The 1st/2nd grade boys Passers went 16-0 on the season and recently won the State Championship game 1-0!

Players included Braxton B., Elijah G., Emmett H., Hudson P., James B., Noah S., Nolan L., Tobias H., Ben B., and Ben P.

The Fish Fry needs a new chairperson! The former chair will advise and help to get things "swimming" along! Please contact Mr. Larry Kiefer in the parish office at 513-661-6565 for more information. 

DECEMBER 11, 3rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Join us in celebration this Advent Season! All parishioners should have received an invite in the mail with the schedule for liturgies, and other opportunities to prepare for the birth of Christ! More copies can be found at the doors of church, or online at https://bit.ly/StIAdventOpportunities.  We hope you can join us for these wonderful opportunities as we prepare our hearts during Advent!

CHRISTMAS GIFT
"Living Joy" by Chris Stefanick will be available to pick up on December 24 or 25 at the doors of church.

Come to St. Ignatius to hear a top-notch presentation by Dr. Andrew Sodergren, MTS, PsyD (head psychologist at Ruah Wood Psychological Services) on Thursday, December 15 at 7:00pm in Loyola Hall. He will speak on the meaning of our sexual identity as male and female, and how to respond compassionately to questions of gender identity in our culture today.

Dr. Sodergren established Ruah Woods Psychological Services in 2011, and serves as the Director. He holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Divine Mercy University’s Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS), the only graduate school in existence devoted to integrating the best of psychological science with a Catholic view of the human person. For 13 years, he co taught a course on psychology and neuroscience as an Adjunct Professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, DC. In 2022, Dr. Sodergren contributed a chapter to the book “Sexual Identity: The Harmony of Philosophy, Science, and Revelation” published by the St. Paul Center. He resides with his family in Cincinnati, OH. Check out this brief video about Understanding Sexual Identity https://youtu.be/ATmanRw9D9s

Please come and sing Advent carols with us through the parish neighborhoods! Music sheets will be provided. Please RSVP to Fr. Christian by Wednesday, December 14 at cconelombarte@sainti.org.

We will meet at the St. Ignatius Rectory at 6:00pm, carpool to neighborhoods around 6:30pm and return to the rectory around 9:00pm for hot cocoa.