Ascencion Amado
Director of Outreach Ministry
281-370-3401 EXT.5000
outreach@silcc.org

You shall love the stranger, for you were once strangers in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 10: 19 

The U.S. welcomed almost 70,000 refugees to the country in 2013, with Texas receiving more than 10 percent of those families, almost double the percentage received by any other state. The legal definition of a refugee is someone who flees their home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political persuasion or by being in a targeted social group. The nations producing the most refugees to the U.S. are Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia and Cuba. 

St. Ignatius, through its friendship with Catholic Charities, which directs one of the nation's busiest resettlement programs, coordinates annual opportunites to welcome refugees to the Northwest Houston area by hosting special events for the sharing of culture, friendship, peace and the Gospel of Our Lord, who was himself a refugee.

Email Outreach Director Ascension Amado for more info, aamado@silcc.org. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please bring a side dish and sign up for one of our much needed volunteer spots! 

VOLUNTEER HERE!