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1 SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH JANUARY 13, 2018 BAPTISM OF OUR LORD Peter proceeded to speak to those gathered in the house of Cornelius, saying: "In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him Wilson Avenue St. Louis, MO TI 2:11-14 Parish Office Hours Monday Friday 8am - 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, January 14 6:30 am Evelyn M. Jost Tuesday, January 15 6:30 am Joseph Gorla 8:00 am Rev. Stephen Nguyen Thaun Wednesday, January 16 6:30 am Vincent Corso Thursday, January 17 6:30 am Eleanor Spengeman St. Ambrose Sacrificial Giving Summary 2018/19 Goal (July 1 June 30) $535,600 Weekly information Week ending: 12/23/2018 Amount budgeted: $ 10, Amount collected: $ 9, Surplus (Shortfall): ($ ) Year-to-date information Amount budgeted: $ 267, Amount collected: $ 287, Surplus (Shortfall): $ 19, Friday, January 18 6:30 am Camillo &Virginia Pozzo 8:00 am Charles Mario Marnati Saturday, January 19 7:00 am Communion Service 5:00 pm Sharon Dalba Sunday, January 20 7:00 am Gravagna/LaBarbera 9:00 am For People Of Parish 11:00 am Louise Ranzini 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 will begin the new 6 week session on Thursday, January 17. 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 27th Annual St. Ambrose Trivia Night Catholic Men for Christ 2019 Conference will take place on February 2, 2019 at Touhill Performing Arts Center. Doors Open 8:00 a.m. Concluding Mass 4:00 p.m. Ticket Pricing: Saturday, January 26, 2019 St. Ambrose Gym & Café $200 per table of 8 Includes Beer and Soda Imo s Pizza will be available to order Doors open 6pm Games begin 7 pm All proceeds benefit St. Ambrose Athletic Programs For reservations contact Michelle Feltz (314) or smfeltz@sbcglobal.net $35.00 EARLYBIRD PRICE NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 15 $40.00 October 16 - December 31 $45.00 January 1 - February 1 $50.00 At The Door/Day-Of $15.00 High School/College (always) NEW THIS YEAR! Deacon price is $ Deacons must call the Box Office to purchase ticket at or purchase their ticket at the Box Office. Priests and Seminarians are free and must call the Office of Marriage and Family Life to register at If you prefer to register over the phone, please call the Touhill Ticket Office. Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours until 6 p.m. on Thursdays or WEEKEND OF JANUARY 19 & 20 5:00 pm 7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am Lector: J. Torretta R. Zapf Students B. Saracino Eucharistic L. Berra C. Schmid A. Biondolino R. Tintera Ministers: S. Favazza J. McDermott J. Kelly R. Winkler P. Opfer Longland Sr. Jude R. Brissette D. Seib M. McKeever Servers: J. Abbate K. Crowe J. Knobbe F. Ferrara M. Abbatte B. Crowe E. Lutker G. Ferrara A. Walsh A. Roy C. Hines G. Steck

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 Please Pray for those who have requested prayers: 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. PARISH CALENDAR Monday, January 14: Men clean church after 6:30 Mass RCIA 6:00 pm ED IPC 6:00 pm Hall Tuesday, January 15: Wednesday, January 16: Ladies will clean church after 6:30 mass K. of C. meeting 7:00 pm Lit Thursday January 17: Bible Study 6:00 pm Hall Hill :00 pm Cafe Friday, January 18: Adoration 8 - noon Knit/Crochet Club 9 am ED Friday, January 18: Children Italian Class 8 noon ED Each prayer request will be honored for a month. Call or to replace a name. 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 Sandwich program food prep Saturday, January 19, 8:30-10:30 in Church Hall Prepare food for sandwich night on January 21. 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 SS. Peter & Paul homeless shelter St. Peter & Paul Homeless Shelter Friday, January 25, 6:15-8:00PM at SS. 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 $125.00, 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. 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. 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 ccteach6@sbcglobal.net

7 January 13 The Baptism of Jesus We welcome to our parish Family Barrett William Barringer Winona Dean Donley Wilson Leo Stremlau and Arianna Kathleen Reagan Who were recently Baptized 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 SAVE THE DATE MSGR. BOMMARITO MOSTACCIOLI DINNER SUNDAY, MARCH 3RD, PM ST. AMBROSE SCHOOL CAFETERIA Proceeds help fund the Msgr. Bommarito Endowment Fund c/o St. Ambrose Forever to help support tuition affordability! This Photo by Unknown Author is license SOCCER Our Lady of Mount Carmel Sodality Invites you to an evening with Nola Heidbreder Local Fiber Artist Tuesday, February 12, :30 pm Church Hall St. Ambrose is conducting an indoor Soccer program for boys and girls of the parish ages BEGINNING IN EARLY FEBRUARY The program will be conducted at Vetta Soccerdome Webster Groves For more information, call Marty at