St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church

It’s awesome that Logos and Lagers was recently featured in AD Today! Young Adults (18-35) of the parish: Join us tonight at 6:30 PM on the lawn directly next to the rectory (2810 Saint Albans Drive, Reading, PA) for a great discussion, firepit, and some s’mores! Again, please bring your own lawn chair or blanket and for those 21 and over, it’s BYOB. The weather should be beautiful, so spread the word! https://www.ad-today.com/what-do-smores-and-scripture-have/

IMPORTANT SAVE THE DATE: Level 2 PREP and Sacramental PREP First Penance Service Sunday, November 22nd Check your emails!

Congratulations to Keaton Eidle, parish son!

Join us in praying this "Novena for America" prayer: O Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:... We praise You for Your Goodness. We thank You for Your mercy. We ask forgiveness for our offenses against You. We seek Your loving care for all our needs and requests. You have blessed our nation, and given us countless gifts. Our freedom and the ability to seek Your will every day are among our dearest possessions. But in turning away from You, we not only risk the loss of all our country has stood for, but we also offend Youwho are all good and deserving of all our love. We ask that You hear us and, through Your fathomless mercy, convert the hearts of our people and bring them back to You. May our land once more ring out with praise of You and the most loving Virgin Mary, to whom we have entrusted the petitions in this novena. Most Holy God, we thank You for hearing us. May our hearts praise You forevermore. Amen.

Just a reminder!

DAY OF ADORATION AND PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY This Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Blessed Sacrament will be on the altar for adoration and prayer for our country. Exposition will be after the 8:00 AM Mass with Benediction at 8:00 PM.

https://www.ad-today.com/questions-and-answers-with-bisho/ Bishop Schlert answers important questions about Pope Francis’ apparent endorsement of same-sex civil unions. For the record, the pope’s recent comments are his personal opinions and not the official, infallible, Magisterial teaching of Christ’s Church, which welcomes, respects, and loves all people and calls all human beings to authentic love, happiness, and holiness in accordance with truth and goodness. The Holy’s Father recent comments on same-sex civil unions did nothing to change or falsify the consistent, universal, and long-standing teachings of Christ’s Church on marriage and human sexuality, which is naturally ordered towards love and life, unity and procreation.

A PRAYER TO MARY AT ELECTION TIME O most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, we entrust the United States of America to your loving care and beg you to reclaim... this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection. Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that accompany human freedom. Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that God’s law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Trusting in your most powerful intercession, we pray: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly into thee, O Virgin of virgins, our Mother. To thee do we come, before thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and answer us. Amen - Msgr. William J. Blacet

Good morning everyone! We sincerely apologize that there was no live-stream of the 10:30 AM mass this morning. It seems as if there were some technical difficulties and we’ll work to resolve them ASAP. Again we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Feast day of St. John Paul II, pray for us!

Please pray for all of our great diocesan seminarians, especially our two parish seminarians Keaton and Kolbe Eidle (yes they're brothers) and for an abundant increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life from our parish and diocese! We're so proud of all of them!