Outreach, a community-based mission, extends the parish motto

Organizes family and adult mission trips to the colonies of the Rio Grande Valley to help the elderly, infirm, and poor with home repairs and other charitable works.

This ministry organizes and sponsors the "Gift of Life." We have blood drives four times a year.

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The Correctional Ministries address the problems of those incarcerated in prisons and other correctional institutions. Lay people from St. Ignatius are currently involved in providing the Eucharist, spiritual support and education to the inmates in Harris County Jails.

This ministry responds to parishioner needs for topics such as:

St. Ignatius has Joined  TX Congregational Disaster Readiness.

Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is a program developed to offer hope and aid to any woman facing a crisis pregnancy. When a woman comes to a Gabriel Parish, she will be provided with any help she may need to care for her unborn child.

Grace Ministry offers social and educational opportunities for individuals with special needs, their families and friends in a safe and welcoming environment. We strive to reach out to parish families, families from the surrounding community, and area organizations to offer networking opportunities and act as a resource for children and adult individuals with disabilities, their parents, and their caregivers. We encourage families to become active in our parish programs where they can be welcomed and accepted into the full life of the church. Individuals of all ages and disabilities, physical, mental and emotional, are welcome.

This committee is entrusted with funds and the stewardship of that money for the teachers' salaries of Our  Lady Of Guadalupe School in Chiche,  Guatemala. The committee promotes  parish support and mission awareness with events held during the year.

Through collaboration with Hope Center Houston, this ministry enlists volunteers from the parish to provide dignity through hospitality by opening and staffing the Hope center twice per month, providing weekly hot meals to homeless and hosting drives and fundraisers that support the mission of this homeless day center

Through this national church-based mentoring program, St. Ignatius partners with Kaiser Elementary School to provide one-on-one mentoring for at-risk students who so desperately need and deserve the love, care, and attention of an adult.

We are a ministry that makes shawls and prayer mats for the homeless and sick. These are then blessed and given to those in need of healing or comfort.

We provide lunches to the hungry of Casa Juan Diego and those that come in for Financial Aid. For many of the recipients, it is their only meal for the day. Sandwich makers make sandwiches in their homes on Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday. Drivers then deliver them to Casa Juan Diego on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The commitments by Sandwich Makers     or Drivers are approximately once a month.

A ministry of caring people offering friendship, help, encouragement, and hope to homebound parishioners. Along with rides to mass, the goal of this ministry is to lighten the burden of the caregiver by providing temporary relief and assist the homebound to live in their home as long as possible

This ministry is a Catholic Lay Mission Outreach through which men, women, and youth 16 and over can have a profound one-week cross-cultural experience with the Mayas who live in the mountains of Guatemala. There is a Home Team and a Travel Team.