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SPEND THIS BLESSED WEEK WITH US EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE! Please remember to RSVP for the Holy Week and Easter events that appear in bold print below. SUNDAY, MARCH 28 - PALM SUNDAY 1:00 pm Holy Week Kit Pick Up (Parking Lot) 1:00 pm Drive-Thru Communion (Parking Lot) 6:30 pm Communal Penance (Church) 7:00 pm Passiontide Music Ministry Concert (Virtual) MONDAY, MARCH 29 9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration (Chapel) 11:00 am Parking Lot Confession 4:-00 pm Consecration to St. Joseph (PLC) 4:00 pm Parking Lot Confession 4:30 pm PB&J Brigade (PLC Kitchen) 6:15 pm Brunswick Women’s AA Meeting (LC John) 7:30 pm Benediction (Chapel) TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Women's Guild 9:00 am Sarah's Circle Meeting (LC Fr. McGiveny) Easter Sweets Sale 2:00 pm Catholic Charities Counseling (LC Mark) Don't forget to pick up your nut and 4:30 pm PB&J Brigade (PLC Kitchen) poppy seed rolls after any morning 6:00 pm Legion of Mary Rosary (Chapel) 7:00 pm Route 66 Rec/Fit/Fun (Hilkert Hall) Mass on Palm Sunday! Women’s Guild 7:00 pm The Daniel Plan (Virtual) will have a limited amount of rolls 7:00 pm Quilting & Sewing Ministry (LC Luke) for sale at the door and will also be 8:00 pm Men’s Rec Basketball (HH Gym) selling their delicious homemade WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 chocolate Easter candy! 9:00 am Route 66 Yoga (Mother Teresa) 4:30 pm PB&J Brigade (PLC Kitchen) 6:30 pm Consecration to St. Joseph (Virtual) Lent Communal THURSDAY, APRIL 1 - HOLY THURSDAY 4:30 pm PB&J Brigade (Mother Teresa) Penence in Church 6:00 pm Legion of Mary Rosary (Chapel) March 28, 6:30 pm 6:15 pm Sitting with Scripture (Virtual) 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord's Supper (Church) Parking Lot Confession 7:30 pm Boy Scouts' Meeting (Hilkert Hall) 8:00 pm Men’s Rec Basketball (HH Gym) March 29, 11:00 am or 4:00 pm 8:30 pm Blessed Sacrament Adoration Find your Examination of Conscience (Grotto) cards in your Holy Week Kit or download FRIDAY, APRIL 2 - GOOD FRIDAY at www.StAmbrose.us/Easter/. 12:00 am Blessed Sacrament Adoration (Church) 8:15 am Morning Prayer (Church) 12:00 pm Journey to the Cross (Parking Lot) 3:00 pm Journey to the Cross (Parking Lot) “So you could not keep watch 4:30 pm Fish Fry (Carry-out from Hilkert Hall) with me for one hour?" 7:00 pm Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ (Church) Matthew 26:40 SATURDAY, APRIL 3 - HOLY SATURDAY 8:15 am Morning Prayer (Church) It was with compassion for the weakness of 9:00 am Route 66 Walking Club (Hilkert Hall Gym) their flesh, rather than criticism of their sleep, 1:00 pm Easter Food Basket Blessing (Parking Lot) that Christ questioned Peter. We ask you to 2:00 pm Easter Egg Hunt (Parish Campus) 8:30 pm Easter Vigil (Church) answer Jesus' invitation by making just an hour committment during the 11 hours of Holy Thursday SUNDAY, APRIL 4 - EASTER 6:15 am Sunrise Service (Church) through Good Friday for Eucharistic Adoration at Saint 7:30 am Easter Mass (Church) Ambrose. For each time slot between 8:30 pm and midnight on 9:00 am Easter Mass (Church & Hilkert Hall) 10:30 am Easter Mass (Church & Hilkert Hall) Holy Thursday (at the Grotto), and then from midnight - 8:00 am, 12:00 pm Easter Mass (Church & Hilkert Hall) there is a need for 2-3 adorers at the Grotto. At midnight on Good 1:15 pm Drive-Thru Communion (Parking Lot) Friday, the Eucharist will be adorned in the Church. Please sign up 5:00 pm Easter Mass (Church) 6:15 pm Drive-Thru Communion (Parking Lot) at www.StAmbrose.us/Easter and simply choose the time slot(s) for which you wish to come and spend time with Our Lord. 2 Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish Letter from our Pastor • PARISH NEWS
…”Many people spread their cloaks Easter. You can pick up your order (if you …We are planning the BEST Easter Egg on the road, and others spread leafy ordered in advance) and stop by and get Hunt EVER!!! Lots of eggs, music, surprises branches that they had cut from the some great treats for yourself after all the and more on Saturday at 2 pm. Make sure fields. Those preceding him, as well weekend Masses in the Narthex. you RSVP so we can plan responsibly for as those following, kept crying out: you and all the kids and grandkids. “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in …Our Music Ministry has recorded a (www.StAmbrose.us/Easter-Egg) the name of the Lord! Blessed is the collection of Holy Week and Easter Songs kingdom of our father David that is to and Reflections, and created this year’s …We are offering double Masses for come! Hosanna in the highest!” Jesus Passiontide which you can enjoy from Easter to make sure everyone who wants came riding into the holy city as a King. the comfort of your home. Go to: www. to attend can find a comfortable and safe They placed a crown different from the StAmbrose.us/Lent. Please share it with place. It’s important that you RSVP so we crown of thorns that He would wear as your family and friends. We all need some can make sure we do our best to have he journeyed to Calvary days later. This inspiration and hope this most holy a prayerful celebration of Easter, while jubilant passage from the entry rites for week and Easter. Many thanks to Travis keeping everyone healthy and safe. We will Palm Sunday remind us of three important Jurgens, Helen Lanzarotta and our Music also be streaming all of our Easter Masses. truths: Jesus did not alter or flinch. He Ministry for all their great efforts at Holy We need to come together this Easter in remained steadfast on His journey to the Week and always. We are so blessed. prayer. We need the Light stronger than Cross. The Cross does not end in death but the darkness. Please invite your family and …As we prepare for Easter, there are friends to join you/us. continues on to the Crown of Glory. Every three remaining opportunities for the day, and always, we should cry Hosanna. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday, …This coming Friday is the last Fish Fry Blessed is Jesus who comes in the name March 28 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the for the season. God bless our Fish Fry of the Lord! Pray this holy week to remain Church. On Monday, March 29 we will be Team for an amazing effort. The food has steadfast with the Lord. Pray this holy week offering Parking Lot Confession (from the been fresh, hot, delicious with almost no to trust that our crosses will be united with safety of your car) at 11 am and 4 pm. We wait time. Please help us end the season the Crown of Jesus’ glory. Pray this week have many priests for Sunday night and with a flurry of Fish Fry Orders. Go online that you can be a bold witness to Jesus three of us in the parking lot on Monday. to place your order at: www.StAmbrose. Christ in our world. Please come and experience the healing us/Fish-Fry. Again, many thanks for your …For many of our students and their grace and forgiveness of the Lord. support. families this is Spring Break. It’s a time of …We learned many new things over this …Don’t forget to turn in your Lent Rice vacation and holiday. The reality for us, year of pandemic. Last year, so many of Bowls in the Sacristy, at the doors of the for all of us, is that we need this Holy you greatly appreciated the beauty of our Church on the weekend or at the Parish Week. Think about last year, we lost our Good Friday Service from the comfort of Office. Small change….together….can Holy Week and Easter celebrations. Think your car. We will do something similar this lead to WALLS for a Habitat for Humanity about the challenges and the crosses of year on Good Friday both at 12 noon and 3 House in Brunswick AND a home in our this year, God has remained steadfast in His pm. The service is based off the Stations mission community. BTW….We need 100 love and care for us. We need this week to of the Cross. It will be filled with inspiring people to help with the Wall Build Day put all of the sufferings and challenges music, reflections and images on the on Saturday, April 17. See the bulletin for of our life into context – the context jumbotron. Please join us at Saint Ambrose details. of the Cross. It reminds us of what Jesus or virtually (www.StAmbrose.us/Easter). did for us. It challenges us to do as He has We will have the Passion of our Lord Jesus …Spread the Word about the Special done. It give us HOPE that our sacrifices Christ service at 7 pm in the Church. Prayer Service on Divine Mercy Sunday and struggles will be blessed by God and from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. We need the source of our eternal salvation and …Last year we had all night adoration at God’s tender mercy and care. Mark your glory with God forever. the Grotto following the Mass of the Lord’s calendars. Supper. Hundreds and hundreds of cars …Please take some time to review the drove down to the Grotto throughout the …Swing by on Saturday at 2:30 pm or bulletin. It contains a complete schedule night to ‘spend some time’ with the Lord in Sunday at 1:00 pm for your Holy Week for services for Holy Week and Easter. prayer. We will be doing it again this year. Kit. You’ll get everything you need for a We are working hard to make sure that Join us anytime from 9 pm Thursday prayerful Holy Week and Easter. Special everyone has a way to find their way ‘home’ until 8 am on Friday morning. Jesus said thanks to our friends from Petitti’s for to Church at Saint Ambrose this Holy Week to his early followers and to us, “Stay with their special Easter gifts for the Drive and Easter. All of our services will be me. Remain with me. Watch and pray.” Thru. They will help make Easter extra streamed as well as in person. We have special this year!!! Drive Thru’s for Palms, Easter Kits, and Holy …In your prayers this week, please Communion on Easter. Please invite your remember the adults and children who will …May this Holy Week be filled with God’s family and friends to join you in person, be coming into the Church at the Easter grace and blessing. Take some time, drive thru, and virtually. We all truly need Vigil. They are a ‘sign of new life’ and great better said, make time for the Lord. We this Holy Week and Easter. hope for our community. We have 16 all need God. We need the promise and adults and 3 children. Their names are in hope of Easter. We need to come together, …This Saturday, March 27th, all married the bulletin today. Please hold them close in one way or another, as a community of couples are invited to a Lent Evening of to the Lord in your prayer. Only this they faith to cry out and proclaim Hosanna… Reflection from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Its starts want, “but to know the Lord.” Hosanna…Blessed is He who comes in the with Mass, followed by a light supper, and name of the Lord…Hosanna. some good food for thought for Married …My sister called all distressed the other LIfe. If you are reading this online, please day, “what, no basket blessing on Holy feel free to join us. Contact Kim for all the Saturday?” Yes, we will bless the Easter details at [email protected]. Foods and Baskets on Holy Saturday at 1 pm in the Church and as a Drive Thru. …God bless our Women’s Guild. They All are welcome. made GREAT nut and poppyseed rolls for WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN - March 28, 2021 3 INTENTIONS • Remember In Your Prayers Mass Schedule & Intentions Week of March 21, 2021 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8:15 am March 21, July 1, 2020 - July 1,2019- Holy Thursday: 7:30 pm 2021 March 21, March 22, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil: 8:30 pm 2021 2020 Easter Sunday: 6:15 am (Sunrise Service in Church), 7:30 am Sunday Collection $ 43,676 $ 1,332,374 $ 1,289,952 (Church & Hall), 9:00 am (Church & Hall), 10:30 am (Church & Amount Needed $ (33,500) $ (1,273,000) Hall), 12:00 pm (Church & Hall), and 5:00 pm (Church) Over / (Under) $ 10,176 $ 59,374 Sunday, March 28 | Palm Sunday Building Fund $ 610 $ 90,351 $ 46,084 7:30 am † Fr. Reuben Payo (Ed Boreczky) AH ACH Collection $ 3,907 (weekly) 9:00 am † Tom Kuchna (Jim) AH $ 22,630 (monthly) † The Stepak Family (Family of Teri Blasko) RS-HH Online Sunday $ 1,385 10:30 am † Stephen Hryshko (Zavertnik Family) RS Collection † Frank Raso (Family) AH-HH Children's Envelopes $ 18 with 9 envelopes collected 12:00 pm † George Dodig (Richard Dodig) RS 5:00 pm † Maxwell Muzyczka (Family) RS Generations of Faith | Campaign Update Monday, March 29 | Monday of Holy Week Total Pledged: $4,653,451.29 8:15 am + Joseph & Valeria Swec (Jeff & Diane Chapman) Total # of Gifts: 819 + Lou Best (Jim & Pixie Blake) Deposits (week of Mar. 21) $9,451.35 Tuesday, March 30 | Tuesday of Holy Week Total Collected to Date $ 3,321,746.94 8:15 am Prayer Service Mission Rice Bowl Wednesday, March 31 | Wednesday of Holy Week 8:15 am + Kelly Noe (Family) Turn In Your Bowls! + Robert Rabatin (Rita Miczak) Please remember to bring your bowls to the PLC this week! Small Thursday, April 1 | Holy Thursday change makes a big difference here 8:15 am Prayer Service in Brunswick and in our Mission 7:30 pm † Deceased Members of Lanzarotta Family Community. This year, all the money collected at our parish (Lanzarotta Family) will be used towards building a Habitat for Humanity Home in Brunswick AND towards a house in our mission Friday, April 2 | Good Friday community in the Dominican Republic. Together, we can 8:15 am Prayer Service build a better world! 12:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Parking Lot) 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Parking Lot) Mass Intentions 7:00 pm Passion of the Lord 2022 Mass Intentions Saturday, April 3 | Holy Saturday We are now taking Mass intentions for 2022. We want to 8:15 am Prayer Service ensure that all of our parishioners have the opportunity 8:30 pm † Virginia, Tony & Alberta Luna (Lanzarotta RS & AH to schedule a Mass Intention for their loved one(s). Thus, Family) we ask that you limit your requests for weekend Mass intentions to 3 per year. Please call the PLC office at Sunday, April 4 | Easter Sunday 330.460.7300 or stop at the front desk to arrange for your 6:15 am † Charles Ballish & Family (Luci Stack & AH Children) Mass intention. 7:30 am † Jeffrey Schigel (Mother) RS † Deceased Members of Luna Family AH-HH Graduating Senior Spotlights (Lanzarotta Family) Messages of Congrats 9:00 am † Robert Telenko (Peggy Nix) RS Allow us to help honor your † Steve Blasko (Wife, Terri) senior by publishing a † Baby Timothy Lloyd (Grandparents) AH-HH "senior send-off" message 10:30 am † Pat Murphy (Bob Meade and Family) AH to them in our bulletin! † Michael A. & Jeanette Ruby (Ruby Family) Submit 4-5 sentences and † John Chalfa (Bonnie) RS-HH a picture, if you'd like, to 12:00 pm † Henry Kiernozek (Kiernozek Family) RS [email protected]. † Carmen & Florence Ravo (The Pillatt Family) AH-HH 5:00 pm Saint Ambrose Parish Members RS
4 Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish LIFTING ONE ANOTHER • Praying For Health We Pray for Our Sick Chuck Rita Andrich R. Lynn Hall Jan Peralta Our Active Cindy Matthew Barna Kim Hardway & family Larry Petraus David James Campo Pat Hauberg Isaac Quiñones II Military Dick Marjorie Campo Betty Ann Hodan Tammy Saunders Members Kathy W. Dale Clark Britt Jenack Janet Savage Marge H. Janis Crawford Jack Jenack Connie Smalley Michael Cathy Curran & family Kathleen Jones Catherine Smith Rick John Domasky George Klem Loren Straslicka SPCL Andrew Bajusz, National Guard Skylar Robert Emory Tom Miller Steve Trush SRA Kurt Becka, Air Force Tom Robert Garbutt Baby Clay Niemesch LCPL Cade Bonds, Marine Corps MSG Jeffrey Brueckner, Army We Lift up those Battling Cancer LCPL Morgan J. Butas, Marine Corps Howie Mary Ferritti Joy Kowalski Cathy Ricciuto A1C Ashley Marie Dragony, Air Force Julia Barbara Fiala Kathy Kunkler Karen Ryan Tami Jackie Fielding Dolores Lauerhahs Mark Sabados SSG Michael Duniec, Air Force Tammy Barbara Fischer Jennifer Lazar Kim Saffle MAJ David M. Elliott, Marine Corps Tina Bonnie Fodor Terri Leitter Joyce Savich LT Travis Elliott, Navy Will Vince Gassi Carol Lersch Charles Snider LT Serena Gerfy, Navy David Abel Mike Ginley Tina Mates Andy Stamper Erin Alan Amy Gullifer Richard Malone Jen Stancato PO Rob Hartman, Navy Kimberly Ball Alyce Hanlon Helen Mancuso Angelo Stavole ICE Walter J. Hicho, Navy Fred Beba Mark Hogan Kenneth Mayer Christopher Strauss E2A Kileo Huntington, National Guard Dan Bobrovski Al Holop Lisa Mayfeld Jackie Symons LTCOL Brad Klusmann, Marine Corps Nora Carangio Clara Kalal Chrisy Neforos Joanne Walsh Gary Chesnik Kathy Keglovich Collin Nemet Linda Walters MAJ Jared Klusmann, Marine Corps Pat Ciekanski Kim Kasicky Dustie Nichols Gary Zayas, Sr. AIT Mitchell Knirnschild, Navy Teri Curnutte Bob Klaehn Eric Reeder SPC Jacob E LeRoy, Army Roger Droll David Klem Jr Allyson Reynes CPL Nicholas Levitsky, Marine Corps If you would like your loved one’s name on a prayer list, or need to change the status of MAJSLCT Jon E. Mandabach, MD Air Force your loved one on our prayer lists, please contact Connie at [email protected]. SMSG Melanie Mangan, Air Force We publish the names of our sick in the bulletin for 3 consecutive weeks. Please let us know if a name should be re-published on our sick list if it has been removed. CPT James Maskovyak, Army SFC Jason Molodec, National Guard SPC William Mortensen, Army LCPL Christian Nowak, Marine Corps SSGT Matthew Pyzik, Air Force LCPL Lukas Robison, Marine Corps BG Stephen Sklenka, Marine Corps A1C Nathaniel Taylor, Air Force 1stLT Zachary Taylor, Marine Corps CW3 John A. Tevis, Army A1C Paige Zoltowski, Air Force If you have a loved one who is currently serving in the military and would like them added to this list, please email [email protected]. Stephen Ministry Our Stephen Ministers are Ready to Care! Stephen Ministers are members of Saint Ambrose Parish who have been through extensive training and provide confidential, one-on-one, Christian care to people who are experiencing a difficult time. They listen, care, encourage, pray, and provide weekly support for as long as the need persists. If someone you know is hurting, find out more about Stephen Ministry by talking with one of our Stephen Leaders: Lisa Homady at [email protected] or 330.460.7315, or Carol Maline at CMaline@ StAmbrose.us or 330.460.7336. Our Stephen Ministers are ready to bring God’s love and care to those in need! WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN - March 28, 2021 5 JOIN US UPCOMING EVENTS Find us on Facebook: Saint Ambrose Faithful After Fifty Spring Formal April 10, 6:00 pm in Hilkert Hall Get on your updos and dancin’ shoes! Dinner starts at 6:00 pm, but there will be an optional and complimentary 1-hour refresher/ crash course in ballroom dancing. Dress up as little or as much as you want, but come prepared to dance. The best songs of the 80’s and 90’s with a few other classics and more recent hits. Cost for dinner is $15 per person and should be submitted to the PLC front desk starting March 25. For more information, email [email protected].
Year of Saint Joseph FREE Educational Webinar Consecrated to Saint Joseph Age 55 and Older: Are you ready for the Future? In celebration of the “Year of Saint Do you have Questions about Medicare, Medicare Joseph,” Saint Ambrose is offering an Advantage or Medicare opportunity for you to be consecrated Supplements? Do you have to Saint Joseph. What does it mean for a person to be Questions about Your Financial consecrated to Saint Joseph? Total consecration to Retirement? You have Saint Joseph means you make a formal act of filial questions. We have answers. entrustment to your spiritual father so that he can take Presented by Connie Costanzo, care of your spiritual well-being and lead you to God. wealth planner with WestPoint Saint Joseph, in turn, will give those consecrated to him his Wealth Mgmt., LLC and Barb undivided attention, protection, and guidance. To register Karayan, an experienced and for more information on being consecrated to Saint medicare specialist with Joseph, visit StAmbrose.us/Consecration-to-Saint-Joseph/. AssetBenefit.com. Attend our FREE webinar on March In-person, weekly meetings will begin March 29, at 4:00 30, at 6:00 pm. Sign up by calling 330.606.5224 or email pm and Zoom sessions will start March 31, at 6:30 pm. [email protected]. Holy Hiking with Into the Breach Deacon Harley Part Two Starts in April Starting in April! Our beliefs, our values, our faith, and Join Deacon Matt on the second our families are under attack. We need Saturday of each month to men of faith willing to step Into the experience the peace and Breach to protect all we hold dear. calm in God’s creation. Come Starting Saturday, April 10 at 9:00am, the Knights of Columbus will be virtually for prayer, quiet moments and presenting Part Two of the Into the reflection on scripture in beauty Breach program. Start your weekend of nature. Starts April 10, at 9:00 am at Allardale, Medina by preparing to handle the spiritual warfare we’re seeing all County Park System. For more information email Deacon around us. Sign up now at www.StAmbrose.us/Events. Matt at [email protected]. 6 Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE FOR OUR SENIORS Life Eternal Bible Study Session Starting Soon Ongoing Events Join Mark Oldfield for the Life Eternal Bible Study Yoga - Every Wednesday from Little Rock Scripture 9:00 am, Mother Teresa Room Study. This study has 7 Walking Club - Every Saturday sessions, incorporating 9:00 am, Hilkert Hall Gym an introductory session and 6 lessons. The $16 Upcoming study set includes the RSVP to [email protected] for all of the Study Guide by Clifford M. upcoming events! Yeary and a commentary, And the Life of the World Rec/Fit/Fun to Come, by John F. Craghan (Liturgical Press). For March 30, 7:00 pm in Hilkert Hall all the details, please visit www.StAmbrose.us/Life- This is our monthly Eternal-Bible-Study-2/. This study will be safely evening activity. held in-person beginning the week of April 5 on As the name Wednesday evenings, at 6:30 pm or Thursday Springsuggests itFling varies mornings, at 9:30 am in Lehner Center Fr. Socialfrom month to month, but is always fun! Get a look at pickleball McGivney room. Joinif you’ve Us! never played. Hit a wiffleball home run. Bop balloons; Ouras funsocial at 76will as help it was your at mental6, and therapeutic well-being. too!Our plannedTest your activities Nerf Men's Golf shootingwill stimulate skills your and more.mind andFREE relax but your the League laughterbody - after will all, be smiles Hittin' the Course priceless. One hour, you won’t regret it, bring a friend! Again! The 2021 Saint Senior Input Meeting Ambrose Men’s Golf April 7, 7:30 pm in Hilkert Hall League will begin on Our senior advisory board has been hard at work setting the Monday, April 19 and they still have openings! framework for Route 66 in 2021. Help We will plan on playing every Monday evening us fill in the blanks for the second half at Coppertop. If you are interested please contact of the year. This is a chance for you “the Dan Wish for more information at danielwish@aol. people” to be heard. Bring your ideas com or call 330.241.1336. and help us help you. Together we can work to make our ministry Alive in Christ!
Collection Roadshow April 11, 8:30 am in Hilkert Hall Calling all collectors! Open to anyone in the parish who wants to share but the good thing about being older is you’ve seen more, you’ve done more, and you’ve likely collected more! This is a chance to show it off to parishioners. Enjoy coffee and donuts that weekend too! If your collection is too large to share or weaponry, please bring photos or other display material. Please RSVP to [email protected] so we can reserve you a table and give setup details. www.StAmbrose.us/Seniors.
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN - March 28, 2021 7 CARE AND COMPASSION Concerned, Alert, Responsive = Everyone Safe Ministry Lenten Soup Supper Thank you to Ms. Cindy Zalek for the beautiful talk on the Sounds of Lent at this past Thursdays Soup Supper. It was a wonderful evening of soup and fellowship.
Service Project Ideas We are looking for outdoor home projects for our Community Day of Service on April 24. If you or someone you know needs help getting the yard ready for spring please contact Gabby at [email protected] or call 330.460.7323. Next Food Sort We are moving food sorting to the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The next date is Tuesday April 20, at 4:00pm in the gym.
Health and Wellness Fair We will be hosting our 12th Health and Wellness Fair on May 2, and are looking for a variety of vendors to join us! If we have learned anything from the pandemic that has challenged us all, it is our health, safety and well-being is a priority, join us to help spread the word! This is a great opportunity to showcase your business and share your product and service offerings with our community. Our friends at Marc’s will be offering a healthy breakfast during the Fair! Cost for a vendor’s table is $35.00 and space is limited. If you are interested in becoming a vendor or would like more information, please contact Jennie by April 19 at [email protected] or 330.460.7317.
GriefShare If your heart is heavy with memory of someone you’ve loved and lost, we warmly welcome you to attend GriefShare. GriefShare is currently providing online support through the use of videos and curriculum. They are available at your convenience and leisure 24/7/365. For more information and to access to this material, please contact Denise Golan at [email protected]. Culture of Life Living with Cancer Save Lives on the Sidewalk Upcoming Meeting Grow your awareness in the pro-life movement. Spend a little time with us on April 7 and on the first On April 10, at 10:00 am, here at Saint Ambrose, Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Lehner Center be trained as a sidewalk advocate or prayer John room. This group is for cancer survivors, caregivers, partner through Sidewalk Advocates for Life. family members and anyone whose life has been touched by This program uses a compassionate, woman- cancer. We spend our meetings praying, sharing our personal oriented method to save lives and help women experiences, discuss the lives and trials of our loved ones, by offering them life-affirming options. All provide information and sample nutritional food. We offer materials, a meal, refreshments, and snacks support and prayers and rely on each other’s strengths to will be provided. For more smile, laugh, and learn to live life to its fullest. The room information and to register, is large enough for everyone to practice social distancing. please visit www.StAmbrose. Please remember to wear your mask. For more information, us/Events. contact Terri at 216.990.0082 or Miriam at 330.225.9005. Mercy Monday April 5 from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Please plan to come by the Catholic Works of Mercy Outreach Center on Monday, April 5 to drop off your donations of support. We are in particular need of the following: canned kidney beans, Tuna Helper, quick oats, and cake mix and icing/frosting. 8 Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish FIAT Retreat Team Consider joining the FIAT Retreat Team! Come to FIAT on April 11, at 5:00 pm to learn more! This team is dedicated to making our FIAT Retreats (and other experiences like the Escape Room, service projects, and much more) continue to be spiritually, mentally, and physically engaging experiences for the teens of our parish. Meet Cece Cece is a sophomore at Brunswick High School. She has four sisters and two dogs and is part of the marching band, theatre, and student council. She cantors for the 5pm Mass and joined the retreat team because she’s always loved attending retreats at Saint Ambrose and wanted to help with the behind the scenes. “My Saint Ambrose Employment Ministry favorite thing about Saint Ambrose is that there is FIAT Job Coaches Needed every week after Mass. I love the food and the icebreakers We’re looking for parishioners to assist with job each week, along with the talks and stations that the core coaching to assist job seekers one-on-one with aspects team plans. I love seeing my friends every single week. of the employment search process. Leveraging their Other students should join the retreat team because it’s own professional experiences, they advise job seekers really fun to hang out with other people who enjoy the how to make themselves more hirable, offer ideas on retreat planning process, and where and how to search for positions, and give honest it’s just fun in general!” feedback. Activities might include reviewing the job seeker's resume and social media presence, conducting Meet Emma practice interviews, introducing them to someone Emma is a junior at the else who can further their job search, or occasionally Medina County Career providing compassionate words of encouragement. Center. She does 5D drill art and likes to swim and she The employment networking ministry at St. Ambrose joined the retreat team because she loves the energy values the time of job coaches and works with coaches everyone brings and always has fun going to the retreats. to ensure they are matched up with seekers who “My favorite thing about the FIAT Retreat Team is getting benefit from their experience. If you are able to assist together and having fun. Other students should join job seekers in our parish, please go to www.StAmbrose. because it’s honestly the best thing that has happened to us/ENSA. me.”
Time for a Career Change? Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Are you ready for the next chapter in your career? We Year of Saint Joseph and the Year of the Family want to hear from you! The Employment Network at St. Pope Francis has focused special Ambrose (ENSA) is here to help. Let us know what you emphasis on St. Joseph this year and has need the most by taking our brief, 30-second survey at declared March 19, 2021 through June 22, www.StAmbrose.us/ENSA. 2022, The Year of the Family in the lead up to the X World Meeting of Families, which Job Postings in Bulletin has as its theme “Family Love: A Vocation and a Path to If your organization is hiring, let us know. Send a short, Holiness.” For all the resources from the Catholic Diocese 3-4 line ad, to [email protected]. of Cleveland, please visit www.DioceseofCleveland.org.
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN - March 28, 2021 9 EDUCATION NEWS • School Updates "Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey” - ZECHARIAH 9:9 Dear Parish Family, As we celebrate Palm Sunday, and move into the holiest days on our Liturgical calendar, what a reminder Christ provides for us. Entering into the city, simply, modestly and practically, and saving the world by His love and sacrifice. What an example for us all. At Saint Ambrose School we are collecting coins for Mano Y Mano Lenten Service project, reflecting on this holy time in history, and spending extra time with our students in prayer, Stations of the Cross led by our students, and song. It is such a powerful season of growing in our faith. How perfect that it corresponds with the growth and new birth the season of spring brings to us! We are privileged to lead into the daily Next Generation learning with the life and love of Jesus Christ who is EVERYTHING for us! Saint Ambrose School and Littlest Angels Preschool will be closed for Easter Break next week. May we all continue to grow closer with Jesus Christ and become ALIVE in Christ with Him. The increased sunshine and break in the weather has been a true blessing to bring the indoors outside. Students and teachers are enjoying every inch of our campus as we continue learning beyond our walls! Thank you again to our school families and sponsors for our incredible Gala. Your affirmation and support of our work are compelling, inspiring and energizing to us! May God continue to bless our parish community as we continue to See the Good. and Be the Good this Easter season. We continue to receive interest in our Preschool-8th grade school. Thank you for sharing our ministry with family and friends. Spaces remain for the 2021-2022 school year. Please contact us! 330-460-7318. www. SaintAmbroseSchool.us
Joyfully, Lisa Cinadr
Littlest Angels Preschool: SaintAmbroseSchool.us/Preschool. Grades K-8: SaintAmbroseSchool.us/Apply-Today.
10 Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish PSR & MORE Blessings from our Parish School Religion As we enter into this most Holy Week in our Catholic faith, we are reminded of the sacrifice Christ made for each and every one of us.
All of our students had the opportunity to focus on their own journey through Lent with different lessons and activities.
Thank you to our fifth and sixth grade students who presented our Living Station Presentation virtually this year. It has been a PSR tradition for many years and we are so grateful that we were able to make it happen. It would not have been possible without the leadership of Mr. Ray Maskow, Mrs. Betsy Nicewander and Mrs. Helen Lanzarotta. God bless them for their commitment to our students and our program.
We celebrated the Seder Meal this year with our sixth and seventh grade students and their families on Monday, March 22. This also has been a tradition for our students and their families for many years. Last year we were unable to celebrate together so it made this year more meaningful. What an absolutely beautiful evening we were able to share together. Thank you Father Andrew, Mr. Jeff Blanc, and Mr. Kevin Sedlacek for teaching and leading the evening.
Our students have truly been amazing this year with all things and learning virtually every week. We recognize the following students for modeling what it means to live a life centered on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit, Self- Control and Acts of Love:
Alexa B. Cameron E. Emily F. Mick M. Ella M. Anthony N. Kenzie R. Paige S. Lyla S. Jocelyn S. Christian W. Kayla W.
Please keep in your prayers the Camille G., Isabell C., and Brennan M.. These are our students who will enter the Catholic faith at the Easter Vigil. All PSR classes will resume on Monday, April 12, 2021. Happy Easter and God bless!
Help Us Plan for Easter Weekend! RSVP for the Easter Egg Hunt Come for fun, music, the Easter Bunny, Dr. Bubbles and more! We’re getting ready for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! Join us for a safe and friendly family event! Help us plan by submitting a quick RSVP at StAmbrose.us/Easter- Egg! Don’t forget your Easter bucket or bag to gather up eggs!
RSVP for the Easter Mass We want to ensure that everyone is able to partake in this blessed day! Please RSVP at StAmbrose.us/Easter-RSVP to let us know which Mass you are planning to attend, so we can plan accordingly. All of our Masses will stream live at www.StAmbrose.us/WatchMass and on Facebook.
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN - March 28, 2021 11 MOMENTS OF FAITH • Sacraments and Support In Loving Memory Baptisms Susan Foth God Bless... Wife of Arthur Foth Elliot O'Dell Riedel Saint Ambrose offers Baptism classes every other June 29, 1942 – March 18, 2021 month. Get more information on the Sacrament of Baptism and baptismal preparation classes by If you would like your loved one’s name to appear in the contacting Kim Nemet at 330.460.7316. bulletin's In Loving Memory section, please call the Parish Front Office at 330.460.7300. www.StAmbrose.us/Baptism Confession & Home Visit Marriage Call the Parish Office at 330.460.7300 to schedule. Congratulations to... Connect with the Lord Mr. & Mrs. Alvaro and Get Daily Readings at www.USCCB.org. Mary Kenney Recently engaged? Find resources to help you start planning on our website: StAmbrose.us/Wedding.
Marriage Moment of the Week Remember the Joy Palm Sunday reminds us that there is a time for rejoicing. Of course marriage will always have times of sorrow and testing, but today recall a joyous time in your life together – your wedding day, birth of a child, whatever… Parenting Pointer of the Week Holy Week as a Family In the Christian tradition next week is Holy Week. It’s a combination of rejoicing, eating a sacred meal together, humility, and death. What a strange combination all packed into SOTE.life, a personalized prayer one week of ritual. Consider doing a experience in the palm of your home foot washing ritual. hand. Visit SOTE.life or get the app on your smart phone to create an Support our Advertisers Local businesses and sponsors that Contact Us advertise in our bulletin need you Parish Office: 330.460.7300 now more than ever before. Please Email: [email protected] encourage others to show their Website: www.StAmbrose.us support during this time. School Office: 330.460.7301
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