St. Ignatius of Loyola

You shall love the stranger, for you were once strangers in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 10: 19 

The U.S. welcomed 30,000 refugees to the country in 2019, with Texas receiving more than 10 percent of those families, nearly double the percentage received by any other state. The legal definition of a refugee is someone who flees their home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political persuasion, or by being in a targeted social group. The nations producing the most refugees to the U.S. are Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, and Cuba. 

St. Ignatius, through its friendship with Catholic Charities Refugee Ressetlement Program, coordinates annual opportunities to welcome refugees to the Northwest Houston area. By hosting special events for the sharing of culture, friendship, peace, and the Gospel of Our Lord, who was himself a refugee.