Adult and Family Mission Ministry


Organizes family and adult mission trips to the colonies of the Rio Grande Valley to help the elderly, infirm, and poor with home repairs and other charitable works.






Blood Drive


This ministry organizes and sponsors the "Gift of Life." We have blood drives four times a year.

Christmas Angels


This ministry matches volunteer families with families in need of assistance for gifts and food for Christmas.








Correctional Ministry


This ministry seeks men and women over 18 to provide pastoral care to those incarcerated in the jails in the diocese area. Volunteering includes fellowship, bible study, R.I.C.A. programs, as well as giving religious materials and educational supplies.




Gabriel Project


Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is a program developed to offer hope and aid to any woman facing a crisis pregnancy. When a woman comes to a Gabriel Parish, she will be provided with any help she may need to care for her unborn child.

Grace Disability Ministry


Persons with disabilities are encouraged to participate in all parish liturgies and activities. This ministry offers catechesis, spiritual support, and social opportunities as well as invites. It promotes participation in our church programs where they are welcomed and accepted into the full life of the Church.



Guatemala School Mission Ministry


This committee is entrusted with funds and the stewardship of that money for the teachers' salaries of Our Lady Of Guadalupe
School in Chiche, Guatemala. The committee promotes parish support and mission awareness with events held during the year.




Hope Center Houston Ministry


Through collaboration with Hope Center Houston, this ministry enlists volunteers from the parish to provide dignity through hospitality by opening and staffing the Hope center twice per month, providing weekly hot meals to homeless and hosting drives and fundraisers that support the mission of this homeless day center.


Job Compass


Provide Catholic faith-based assistance to help parishioners navigate through job and career transitions, using informational events, consulting, and individual mentoring and coaching.

KIDS Hope USA


Through this national church-based mentoring program, St. Ignatius partners with Kaiser Elementary School to provide one-on-one mentoring for at-risk students who so desperately need and deserve the love, care, and attention of an adult.



Prayer Shawls


We are a ministry that makes shawls and prayer mats for the homeless and sick. These are then blessed and given to those in need of healing or comfort.






Respect Life


This ministry responds to parishioner needs for topics such as:

• Abortion 
• Foster and Adoption
• Homosexuality 
• Social Justice 
• Human Trafficking
• Correctional Ministry 

Sandwich Makers


We provide lunches to the hungry of Casa Juan Diego and those that come in for Financial Aid. For many of the recipients, it is their only meal for the day. Sandwich makers make sandwiches in their homes on Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday. Drivers then deliver them to Casa Juan Diego on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The commitments by Sandwich Makers or Drivers are approximately once a month.
 

Second Family


A ministry of caring people offering friendship, help, encouragement, and hope to homebound parishioners. Along with rides to mass, the goal of this ministry is to lighten the burden of the caregiver by providing temporary relief and assist the homebound to live in their home as long as possible.



Sending Out Servants (S.O.S)


This ministry is a Catholic Lay Mission Outreach through which men, women, and youth 16 and over can have a profound one-week cross-cultural experience with the Mayas who live in the mountains of Guatemala. There is a Home Team and a Travel Team.


 

Last updated 01/02/2020*