PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

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1 SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 30, 2018 Feast of the Holy Family God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard. Whoever reveres his father will live a long life; he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother. SIR 3: Wilson Avenue St. Louis, MO Parish Office Hours Monday Friday 7am - 4pm Phone: FAX: St. Ambrose School Phone: PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We, the members of St. Ambrose Parish, believe that, through our faith and baptism, we have been called to give witness to the values of Jesus as expressed in the Gospel and teachings of our Church.

2 SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH STAFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION Msgr. Vincent Bommarito Pastor Rev. Mr. Joseph Fragale.Deacon Sharon Gambaro..Bookkeeper Vicki Calcaterra...Secretary Parish Office Directory: , mailbox #: Msgr. Vincent Bommarito... Vicki Calcaterra.. Sharon Gambaro Joe Fragale 4 jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com Masses Monday - Friday...6:30 am First Sunday if possible Italian Mass 11:00 am School Masses (While School is in Session) Tuesday & Friday.8:00 am Weekend Masses Saturday pm Sunday....7, 9 and 11 am Communion Service Saturday 7:30 am Holy Day Mass Schedule 6:30 and 9 am, 12:00 noon Except if a weekend Confession Saturday 4:00-4:30 pm Adoration Each Friday 8:30 am-12 pm when school is in session. Rectory Office Hours: Monday - Friday - 7 am - 4 pm Use entrance located between rectory and school. St. Ambrose School 5110 Wilson Ave. (314) Barbara Zipoli Principal bzipoli@stambroseonthehill.com Linda Gambaro Secretary 116 Marriage Call the pastor to discuss your wedding arrangements. You may have a wedding at St. Ambrose if you have been an active member of the parish for at least six months. RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults If you are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, please speak with Deacon Joe Fragale at Classes are on Wednesday evenings, beginning Oct. 18 and continuing until Easter. Eucharistic Ministers/Lectors If you would like to volunteer to help with this ministry, please call the rectory. St. Vincent de Paul Society For more info please call , ext Choirs To join the Sunday choir, contact Gary Scott at the rectory. Bulletin Articles are due at least 8 days before publication. articles to Vicki Calcaterra secretary@stambroseonthehill.com PSR Contact the South City Deanery PSR Nancy Haselhorst at Leave a message. Children s Liturgy of the Word This is a short worship service for children aged 3-10 years. The service is offered during each 9 am Sunday Mass during the school year.

3 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Monday, December 31 6:30 am Rose Ann Licavoli 5:00 pm Frances & Salvatore Marchesi Tuesday, January 1 Holy Day of Obligation 8:00 am Vincent Corso Wednesday, January 2 6:30 am Dorothy Kystock Thursday, January 3 6:30 am Donald Wohltman St. Ambrose Sacrificial Giving Summary 2018/19 Goal (July 1 June 30) $535,600 Weekly information Week ending: 12/9/2018 Amount budgeted: $ 10, Amount collected: $ 12, Surplus (Shortfall): $ 1, Year-to-date information Amount budgeted: $ 247, Amount collected: $ 266, Surplus (Shortfall): $ 19, Friday, January 4 6:30 am Ray Sanders 8:00 am Rosalie Ruggeri Saturday, January 5 8:00 am Communion Service 5:00 pm George Gitto Sunday, January 6 7:00 am Rosemarie Bianchi 9:00 am Lawrence & Muriel Belgeri 11:00 am People of the Parish Please notify one of the ushers, if you would like to bring up the offering of bread and wine. They will ask you sit in the front behind the offertory table if not already occupied. Is next week your Mass Intention? St. Ambrose Bible Study Thanks to all who participated in our bible study through November & December We are going to take a break for the holidays and then start another six week session starting in Mid-January. The exact date we will be starting will be in next week s bulletin. The sessions will be conducted by Harold Ernst and Deacon Joe Fragale. The new night for our study will be Thursday s. We will be in the church hall starting at 6:00PM and concluding by 7:30PM. As before, there will be no cost and all you have to do is show up. Bibles and any other necessary literature will be provided. If you are interested, please notify me at: jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com or

4 HOST AN ITALIAN STUDENT We are looking for host families to provide room and board for one or two semesters for high school students from Italy for next school year. If interested, please contact Celia at or WEEKEND OF JANUARY 5 & 6 5:00 pm 7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am Lector: M. Devoti T. Buckley Students Italian Mass Eucharistic R. Brissette J. McDermott D. Seib L. Cottone Ministers: S. Favzza E. Barni C. Sanders R. Tintera L. Berra P.Shavers J. Johnson P. Ofer M. Wohlert M. Kiser Servers: H. Winter Buckleys L. Will G. Gibbons F. Winter M. Ruggeri C. Crowe V. Weinbauer M. Campisi S. Nugent DECEMBER 31 & JANUARY 1 5:00 pm 8:00 am Lector: Sr. Jude R. Zapf Eucharistic P. Opfer R.Tintera Ministers M. McKeever C. Schmid Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal classes (for the first child only) will be held on the second Sunday of the month after the 9 am Mass. Baptisms will be scheduled after completion of baptismal classes. For information and to schedule a class, please call Deacon Joe Fragale at or by jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com. Baptisms are performed on the first and third Sunday of the month at Noon, and at 12:30 pm for visiting priests/deacons.

5 Eucharistic Adoration Hour of Power St. Ambrose has Eucharistic Adoration each Friday in church from 8:30 am Noon. We are looking for volunteers interested in serving one hour or 30 minute time slots. If you are interested, please contact Bonnie devotij@gmail.com Loretta lapril54@gmail.com PARISH CALENDAR Monday, December 31: Men clean church after 6:30 Mass RCIA 6:00 PM LIT Tuesday, January 1: Holy Day of Obligation WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE Wednesday, January 2: Ladies will clean church after 6:30 mass Thursday January 3: Please Pray for those who have requested prayers: Daniel, Francis, Rich, Kathy, Elizabeth, Caroline, Taryn, Bethany, Florense Mae, Alexandra, Lisa, Josephine, Frank, Annie, Poteats, Tracey, Linda, Anne, Dani, Steve, Joe, Wendall, David, Frances Mike, Kevin, Mhealy, Mary Louise, Seth If you have a prayer request, please contact Vicki at or her at secretary@stambroseonthehill.com. Each prayer request will be honored for a month. Call or to replace a name. Friday, January 4: Knit/Crochet Club 9 am ED St. Ambrose has Eucharistic Adoration each Friday in church from 8:30 am Noon. We are looking for volunteers interested in serving one hour or 30 minute time slots. If you are interested, please contact Bonnie devotij@gmail.com Loretta lapril54@gmail.com WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ST. AMBROSE PARISH? If you are not currently registered in another parish and wish to join our parish, please complete this form and place it the collection basket or mail it to: St. Ambrose Rectory, 5130 Wilson Ave., St. Louis, MO We will see that you receive a registration form. NAME: ADDRESS: ZIP CODE: PHONE #:

6 St. Ambrose Society JANUARY SCHEDULE Fr. Dempsey Home Wednesday, January 2, 6:00-7:30PM in Café Prepare meals for homeless veterans at Fr. Dempsey s Fr. Dempsey Home Thursday, January 3, 3:30-5:00PM Serve meals at the Fr. Dempsey Home St. Peter & Paul Community Center Friday, January 11, 4:30-6:30PM at St. Peter & Paul Community Center Serve meals to the homeless Sandwich program food prep Saturday, January 19, 8:30-10:30 in Church Hall Prepare food for sandwich night on December 17 Sandwich Program Monday, January 21, 6:00-7:30PM in Church Hall Prepare sandwiches for St. Patrick, St. Vincent DePaul, Biddle House and St. Peter & Paul homeless shelters St. Peter & Paul Homeless Shelter Thursday, January 24, 6:00-7:30PM in Cafe Prepare meals for St. Peter & Paul homeless shelter St. Peter & Paul Homeless Shelter Friday, January 25, 6:15-8:00PM at St. Peter & Paul Homeless Shelter Serve meals to the homeless New Candle Stations Coming Soon! Update annual of memorial candles The new candle stations are expected to be coming soon. The current candle stations have a number of candles with memorial plaques. The new candles will have labels. If you would like to renew or purchase a new memorial candle, write down what you would like to be written on the label with $100.00, send or bring it to the rectory office. The memorial candle will remain lit for one year. There will also be a station of candles, which can be lit for any donation amount and will burn for one day.

7 27th Annual St. Ambrose Trivia Night Saturday, January 26, 2019 St. Ambrose School Gym & Café $200 per table of 8 Includes Beer and Soda Imo s Pizza will be available to order Doors 6 PM Games 7 PM For reservations please contact Michelle Feltz (314) or smfeltz@sbcglobal.net All proceeds benefit St. Ambrose Athletic Programs Scholarships Available starting January 28, 2019 visit ttef-stl.org for more details Looking for a scholarship for the school year? Apply online at TTEF-STL.ORG starting January 28th, 2019 for elementary and high school scholarships. Deadline is February 28th, Unified online application! (Free) ttef@archstl.org Need-based scholarships available for: All elementary schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, all Catholic high schools, and any private elementary school in the City of St. Louis.

8 St. Ambrose School Christmas Concert