Welcome
Welcome to our Catholic Family. St. Ignatius of Antioch was established in 1888 as one of the first missions in the West Coast of Florida. For 40 years the people depended on a visiting priest for Mass; but they were determined to create Church. We still are.
Faith Formation 2021-2022
Registration forms and Schedules for 2021-2022 are complete and can be found above on the top menu under Faith Formation
Welcome to Online Giving
Remember St. Ignatius in your will
Many of the improvements in our parish have been made possible through the generosity of parishioners who remembered our parish in their will. Please consider joining them.
All testamentary gifts should be noted as follows:
"Gregory L. Parkes, as Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, a Corporate Sole, for the benefit of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish"
2021-2022 Directory of Ministries Booklet
Staff
- Rev. Joshua Bertrand, Parochial Vicar [email protected]
- Rev. Joseph Paek, OSB, Parochial Vicar [email protected]
- Ron Appel, Parish Manager [email protected]
- Brandon Vennink, Director of Music Ministries [email protected]
- Laura Margarella, Director of Caritas Outreach to the Homebound, Hospitalized and Bereaved [email protected]
- Sharon Nease, Director of Early Childhood Center [email protected]
- Fran Morin, Director of Religious Education (Pre-K through confirmation) [email protected]
- Marie Day, Administrative Assistant to Religious Education [email protected]
- Bart Kovacic, Director of Life Teen High School Youth Ministry [email protected]
- Samantha Trapp, Director of EDGE Middle School Youth Ministry [email protected]
- Katherine Creamer, Office Manager [email protected]
- Lorna Moffitt, Assistant Business Manager [email protected]
- Taylor Gunn, Administrative Assistant Data Entry [email protected]
- Eldean Jenkins, Facilities Manager--grounds, roses [email protected]
- Tony McCormick, maintenance-parish life center
- Tilly Faugno, maintenance-church, chapel
- Jennene Wilson, rectory maintanence
Mass Times
Sunday: 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:30 am, 6:00 pm (Life Teen)
Daily Masses Mon-Fri 7:00 am & 9:00 am
Saturday: 9:00 am
Confessions: Saturday 3:00-3:45 and after the 6::30 Mass (returned to Church Reconciliation Rooms)
The Positivity Rate is Down therefore wearing masks is encouraged but no longer required.
As you may have noticed, the Friday Oct 29th report from the Florida Department of Health has listed the Positivity Rate for Pinellas County as 2.1%, for Pasco County as 3.5% and for Hillsborogh County as 3.5%.
Because of this, we will no longer be requiring people to wear masks in Church. However, we strongly recommend that people continue to wear masks, particularly if they or members of their famlies have any underlying conditions that would warrant precautions.
Should a new strain of the virus appear, we will take another look at this policy.
For now, the wearing of masks in the Church or parish buildings is encouraged, but not required.
Follow this link for a listing of all who are dispensed from attending Mass.
If all continues to go well, then for the First Sunday of Advent, Nov 27-28, we will return to using the missallettes, holy water fonts, offertory processions and passing the collection baskets. People will continue to be encourage but not required to wear masks inside parish buildings. Parents can opt for their children not to wear masks for faith formation, while serving the altar, or singing in the children's choir. Communion under both species will remain suspended.
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YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH
Pope Francis has declared Dec 8, 2020 to Dec 8, 2021 the Year of St. Joseph.
He recently released an Apostolic Letter on St. Joseph "Patris-Cordo-With a Father's Heart".
You can find the Apostolic Letter here.
The Diocesan website also has additional information here.
FORMED!! Updated
185 Programs, 79 movies, 23 children programs, 83 Documentaries, 102 audiobooks and 58-ebooks, all are given to you as a gift from the Brothers in Christ and the parish. If you bought these they would all cost over $18,000. They are all yours for free for attending our parish. You can watch them online, on your tablet or smart phones, or on your TV with the apple or roku aps. Click here to go to the formed site to register. Click register on the lower right of that page, put that you are part of an organization, and put in our parish access code: 68Z88Q. The email you give them will get you onto the formed site using whatever device you wish.
Daily Readings
Diocesan Accountability Site
The Diocese of St. Petersburg has launched an Accountability Site detailing how sexual abuse claims are handled and noting what has taken place in the past. Find this site here.