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5 February 2012 The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany If you are visiting or new to Saint Ignatius, we hope that you will feel welcome and at home. Please join us after Mass for Coffee Hour downstairs in the Parish Hall, and, if you will, fill out a visitor’s/newcomer’s card so that we can keep in touch. Infant & Toddler Nursery is located just adjacent to the Parish Hall downstairs, please ask an usher to show you where to go. We have professional child care available and parents are welcome to come and go throughout the service. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), one of the giants of late 16th century music, was a leader in the Counter-Reformation drive to make intelligible the words in settings of sacred texts. The exaggerated reputation as “the savior of sacred music” which he gained thereby helped keep Palestrina’s name and music before the public through the centuries. Although texts do emerge in Palestrina’s music, he makes no great effort to use words dramatically; beautiful sound remains an end in itself for him as for many of his contemporaries. The Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) became the organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, a very important post in northern Germany, in 1668. His Abendmusik concerts in the church attracted much interest — so much that the young J. S. Bach traveled fifty miles on foot to experience Buxtehude’s music, and in the process outstayed the allotted four-week leave-of-absence from his post in Arnstadt by an additional twelve weeks! Such was the great influence of Buxtehude’s work on Bach that elements of the older Dane’s compositional style can be heard in Bach's organ music of this younger period. — Douglas Keilitz & Antonio Ramirez Christian education for Children: Parents should bring children down to the Sunday School room immediately following the 9 o'clock Mass. Christian Education for Adults: Ritualistic Practice and Controversy. Seminarian Rebecca Barnes offers a look at our parish’s second rector, Arthur Ritchie, who has been described both as “the enfant terrible of the Church in his day” and as “the greatest priest in his generation in the American Church.” Upcoming in Adult Education Sundays at 10:10 A.M. Wednesdays at 7:00 P.M.: Beginning January 25, Praying the Psalms. Amy Davidson and Lucy Kuemmerle lead us as we take turns presenting, discussing, and reflecting on the psalms that soothe us, inspire us, and provoke us. Parish Retreat at Holy Cross: April 13-15. The cost of $215 covers room, board, and sessions facilitated by one of the monks. (The scenic Hudson Valley and the delightful companionship of your fellow parishioners is free.) A deposit of $107.50 now will reserve your place. Speak to
A few weeks ago the Adult Forum hosted a presentation about the Carpenter’s Kids. Carpenter’s Kids is a joint effort of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika. “Carpenter’s Kids” are Tanzanian HIV/AIDs orphans and other vulnerable children who are selected after screening by their parishes. The aim of the program is to ensure that each child receives a school uniform, a pair of shoes, breakfast every morning, and adequate school supplies to enable them to attend primary school. Parishioners may sponsor a child by pledging $60 a year for five years. St. Ignatius is in its third year of supporting Carpenter’s Kids. If you began your participation in this charity last year or the year before, please bring your check to church and place it in the Collection Plate (or mail to the church office). If you would like to begin participating, please do the same! You may pay your entire five-year pledge all at once, or one year at a time. Please make your check out to St. Ignatius of Antioch and write CARPENTERS KIDS on the memo line. Our goal is collect all funds for this year by January 2012. If you would like more information, please speak to Constance Vidor, to a member of the clergy, or click here. Now you can also follow us on In addition to your being able to follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SaintIgnatius), you can now follow us on Twitter @stignatiusnyc. As we all know, using social media sites allows us to get information to our members and friends efficiently and quickly. It drives traffic (that means people) to our web site where there is lots more information about our parish. We are finding that most people who walk through our doors for the first time have somehow found us on the internet. Increasing our on-line presence allows us to reach more people who may be looking to find a church home and make it here at Saint Ignatius. If you are on Facebook please “like” us. If you are on Twitter, please follow us. Memorial and Commemorative Gifts Given the times we are living in, I want to encourage parishioners to think about memorial and commemorative giving in new and different ways. Of course, if people wish to give altar flowers in memory of someone or to commemorate a special occasion, they are most welcome. Those wishing to sponsor flowers should simply call the parish office. At the same time, I would like parishioners to consider sponsoring a day or week-end of service in the Soup Kitchen ($75 or $150). Likewise one might wish to sponsor a portion or all of the liturgical music on a Sunday (gifts starting at $125). These ministries, our work in outreach and our music program, are both funded from our limited operating budget and are yet two of the most important ways in which we reach out to people in our communities. Sponsors would be listed in the weekly leaflet in the same way as those who sponsor flowers and you would have the satisfaction of knowing that you were contributing to the ongoing work of ministry here at Saint Ignatius. Those wishing to make donations should contact the parish office. The weekly deadline for donations to appear in the Sunday Leaflet is the previous Wednesday at 12 Noon. — Fr Blume Toiletries for Soup Kitchen Guests We would like to give our guests bags of toiletries. If you have collections of shampoo and soaps from your travels, or could pick up small toothpastes and hand lotions, we have a basket at the back of the church to drop them in. We will be giving them to our guests any Saturday when we have enough. — Lucy Kuemmerle TODAY, Sunday, February 5th — The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Friday, February 10th & Saturday, February 11th Sunday, February 12th — The Feast of the Dedication Tuesday, February 21st — Shrove Tuesday Wednesday, February 22nd — Ash Wednesday Prayer List: The weekly intercessions list is found in the Sunday Leaflet. The entire list of those for whom our prayers for healing are offered, which you will find on the next to last page of this Leaflet, will always be prayed in full on our Wednesday evening healing Masses. If you wish to place yourself or someone else, whether a member of the parish or not, on the prayer list, please contact the office either by or phone (212-580-3326). Please do let us know if you or a member of your family or a friend is sick and would like either our prayers or a visit from one of the clergy. In these days of strict privacy laws we will not know you or a member of your family is in the hospital or ill unless you tell us. Names will be placed on the list for six weeks, after which time they will be removed, unless renewed. Please contact the parish office to place names on the list. Names submitted by Wednesday 12 Noon will appear in the following Sunday Leaflet. Soup Kitchen Volunteers are Needed: Saturdays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Mondays from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please contact David Holkeboer at 212-874-1050 for information. Parish Care: Did you know that there is a group of your fellow Ignatians who are ready to help out if you are ill or are having a family emergency? We can help with cooking, shopping, household chores, doctors’ visits, or just by being a listening friend. Please contact the Parish Office so you can be referred to the Parish Care Group. Parish Newsletter: Due to the transition in the office, it is unlikeley that we will produce the The Ignatian in the near future. Previous issues may be found online here. All information about our common life, including photos and information about recent events, can be found here on the web site and on our Facebook Page. This week the Parish Office will be Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., and Wednesday, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
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