Just. Faithful. Catholic.

The people of Saint Ignatius welcome you and yours. The peace of Christ, be with you! We understand the term "catholic" to mean here comes everybody. We are a growing community built solidly on gospel principles.  Come visit us. At Saint Ignatius you can expect to:

  • Celebrate our sacramental life in fresh and refreshing ways.
  • Affirm individual conscience and all states of life: single, celibate, commitment, and marriage.
  • Celebrate God's living presence among us.
  • Be a spiritual place of healing and acceptance.
  • A return to the original values Christ taught when he said to "build my church." 
  • Educate our community. 
  • Share our gifts and resources.
  • Strengthen a progressive world view shaped by the gospel.

The mission of the ECC challenges its members communities to be a People of God baptized in Christ and professing our faith in a living Catholic tradition. We are men and women, lay and ordained, joining together as a “communion of communities” in response to the messianic call of the Spirit to preach the Gospel of liberation and justice; to offer a refuge in Christ for those who suffer prejudice; to stand open to dialogue with others so called and, to conform our lives to the life and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

As we enter our third year as a parish, people have offered different reflections on their experiences. Nancy writes, My new parish community is St. Ignatius ECC, where mass is conducted in an "upper room" of the United Ravenna Methodist Church building. I feel like I'm on the "cutting edge" in this upper room; you might say, even, an early disciple of an emerging church. Fr. Philip Knowles truly celebrates Mass, and his homilies are relevant and give me something to "keep me going" during the week. It has occurred to me on many occasions just how much joy I had been missing in my former parish. This past Sunday we shared the most decadent chocolate cake ever in honor of our second birthday. Wish I'd been there for the first!

  

Visit the ECC at  http://ecumenical-catholic-communion.org/ to learn more about this growing and vibrant national communion of autonomous catholic communities.

You might also be interested in our sister community in the Seattle area, Spiritus Dei Ecumenical Catholic Communion. To learn more about them, visit their website at http://www.spiritusdei-ecc.org/.