St. Ignatius of Loyola

Refugee Thanksgiving 2020
Thanks to everyone who made this year an amazing event for our refugee brothers and sisters. You cooked wonderful meals and donated awesome items for their homes. We delivered the meals and gift bags to over 50 families through Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program. 
THANK YOU ST. IGANTIUS AND CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITIES!

General Information

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

The U.S. welcomed 30,000 refugees to the country in 2019, with Texas receiving more than 10 percent of those families, nearly 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 Refugee Ressetlement Program, coordinates annual opportunities 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.

Last updated 10/04/20*

Ascencion Amado
Director of Outreach Ministry
281-370-3401 EXT.4606
outreach@silcc.org