Parish Life:
A Gallery of Recent Events

CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Hunger Walk, Sunday, May 4, 2008

Christmas 2007

Parish Christmas Dinner

Saturday Clean-Up: Cleaning the della Robbia Panels

A tall order for Tex...

These plaster casts hang in the chancel of Saint Ignatius under the former choir loft. They are after marble pannels by Lucca della Robbia on the Cantoria (or singers' gallery) for the Cathedral in Florence, Italy, and now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.

Brunch to Support the Restoration of our Festal Altar Frontal, Sunday, 18 November 2007

The restored altar frontal. The work was done by Davis d'Ambly of Philadelphia.
If you are interested in contributing either to this or future textile restoration projects, please contact .

Project mastermind, Charles Knapp, stands on the left. With him are James Marshall (who prepared the wonderful meal), Craig Hutchison, and Theodora Benedict
Dads galore!

Feast of All Saints, Sunday, 4 November 2007

After coffee hour James Marshall packs up sandwiches to take to Madison Square Park for Ecclesia Ministries

Sunday, 28 October 2007

We celebrated the baptisms of Grace and Sophie Pritchard

October 25, 2007. The Choir and Orchestra of Saint Ignatius gave a concert to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the death of the German-Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude. The concert was part of this year's New York Early Music Celebration.

Pentecost, 27 May 2007: Our parishioners served at the very first Eucharist of Ecclesia Ministries New York in Madison Square Park, and our organist and Choirmaster, Douglas Keilitz, gave a recital at St Mary the Virgin.

Left, Clyde Kuemmerle. Right, Tex and Cheryl Fox;

Doug Keilitz, Organist and Choirmaster, at the organ console at St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square

On 10 May 2007, Ignatian, Roxandra Antoniadis sponsored an Artists Salon Exhibition

Left: Charles, Laura and Warren. Center: the Koenigs. Right: Sheridan and Laura in front of Laura's paintings

Left: Roxandra introduces the show. Right: Ana and friend show off dad Gerhard Schlanzky's work

On 22 April 2007, the Rt Rev'd C. Christopher Epting, former Bishop of Iowa and currently the Presiding Bishop's Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations visited the parish and celebrated the baptism of Charlotte Meade Johnson.