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St. Ignatius parish was formed in 1817 as a Mission from Conewago in Adams County; it eventually became a mission from Gettysburg then Chambersburg In 1911, it became a full independent Parish with a resident full time Pastor The Diocese of Harrisburg was formed in 1868 2011 is our 100th Anniversary as a Parish 2017 is our 200th Anniversary of our Parish Founding In 1967, Msgr. Yeager was pastor and the Parish served over 150 families “widely scattered in the Mountain Region” St. Ignatius Loyola in Buchanan Valley was an “Old Jesuit Mission ~ the mountain church”
Priests who faithfully served at St. Ignatius Fr. Francis Noel 1894-1911 Fr. William Howard 1911-1914 Fr. William Whalen 1917-1937 Msgr. Louis J. Yeager 1947-1973 Fr. Carl J. Steffen 1978-2005 Fr. Kenneth G. Smith 2005—2011 Fr. Daniel O’Brien 2011– present
Parish Address Report—February 2010 Phase 1 Households 333 ~ Members 700
Active Households 125 ~ Active Members 400
Inactive Households 118 ~ Inactive Members 300
Number of C.C.D. Children ~ 45 Number of Children in the Parish ages 1– 14 ~ 78 Number of Young People in the Parish ages 15—25 ~ 44
Children in C.C.D. Grade K ~ 6 .. Grade 1 ~ 0 .. Grade 2 ~ 5 ..Grade 3 ~ 6 .. Grade 4 ~ 7 ..Grade 5 ~ 3 .. Grade 6 ~ 3 .. Grade 7 ~ 3 .. Grade 8 ~ 2 .. High School ~ 6 Youth Group - grades 6 thru 10 ~ 9 .. High School ~ 6
Knights of Columbus ~ 65 Men Council of Catholic Women ~ All women of the Parish belong to the Council ; 20 are active in the Council’s Ministries and Meetings Number of Candidates entering the church in the Diocese ~ 526
Number of Candidates entering the church from our Parish ~ 1 Average age of Priests In this Country ~ 65 Number of Priests retiring this year ~ 1500 Number of Ordinations this year ~ 500 Number of Priest to People in the Diocese ~ 2000 to 1 Number of Retirements this year in the Diocese ~ 2 Number of Priests to be Ordained this year in the Diocese ~ 2
The Catholic Church in the United States 195 Dioceses 18,479 Parishes 269 Bishops 40,580 Priests 5,029 Seminarians 15,893 Permanent Deacons Over 65 MILLION Catholics
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