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929 Pearl Road Brunswick, Ohio 44212 330.460.7300 www.StAmbrose.us Blessed Christmas This is the 60th Anniversary of our parish community... Jesus Christ... the 60th time we have come together on this most THE GIFT OF holy night to celebrate the birth of our Savior – Jesus Christ. We come together in prayer and worship to celebrate the perfect gift of God’s love in Jesus Christ. SAINT AMBROSE PARISH If you do a google search of key events in 1957, you will CHRISTMAS 2017 find that many of the same issues we are facing today were happening back then. The world order was changing and people were flocking to the Church to “Let us follow the star of inspiration pray for peace and God’s protection in their families. and divine attraction, which calls us Throughout all these years, Saint Ambrose has been a to the crib, and let us go thither to special place for people of every age to come together adore and love the child Jesus and offer in faith and prayer. Our community has always been committed to the teaching of the Gospel and strong ourselves to him.” family values. The community has always looked to our -St. Clare of Assisi church for help, hope and comfort in their times of need. This Christmas, we give thanks to God for all of our loved ones who have set such a strong foundation for our families and for our parish family. We renew our commitment to pray for peace and hold firm to the values of faith and family. Thank you for all you do for our parish community. Over these past few months, hundreds and thousands of people have been blessed by your goodness and generosity. We may not be ‘changing the whole world,” but we are making a real difference in their lives and in the life of our community. Happy Anniversary. Merry Christmas. May God bless you and our parish community abundantly in the new year. As always, please let me know how we can be of help and support for you and your loved ones. Grantpeace us, O Lord prayerpeace in our days, Father Bob Stec peace in our hearts, peace in our families. [email protected] Peace in our country, peace among nations. Make our lives a prayer of peace for the world. Welcome to Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish! Vision 20/20 Reflecting on our Blessings As we have been celebrating our 60th anniversary year and have been reflecting on the blessings of God in our community. Last week we received the wonderful news that Bishop Perez has given us permission to move forward on the repair and renovation of our worship space. For more information about what we need to do and are hoping to do, please take some time to watch the video on the parish website. www.StAmbrose.us/Vision2020 Community Outreach Serving Neighbors Do you have a home repair project is Our Way that you may need help with? If so, our Community Outreach team is here to help. We have a very skilled Community Outreach team We are called to love our neighbors as ourselves, and this takes that offers assistance to those that may need help on a special meaning in the winter days when snow hits the completing a home project. Our team has many driveways and sidewalks. So many of our seniors are not able to tend to talented hands on board and can help with a vast their own drives. It’s incredibly essential that their drives and walks are open, array of projects—anything from caulking a bathroom especially in the case of an emergency, but this does not always happen. to painting a room…and most things in between! We Project SNOW is simply a call for each of us to be good neighbors to our also do a variety of outdoor projects in the warmer homebound and our seniors. Please help keep their drives and walks open months. Now that the colder months are here, we are and accessible. Want to lend a hand? Call the Parish Office to share how you looking to fill our calendar with indoor projects. If you can help. You know the need. You know your neighbors. When the snow are in need of help with a home project, contact Jane falls, Serve your Neighbor – after all, it’s Our Way as followers of Jesus and at [email protected] or 330.460.7381. members of Saint Ambrose Parish. Our Community Outreach team truly lives out the Speaking of those neighbors? message of Christ every single month when they Is someone in your family, or neighborhood, homebound (either are busy at work helping others! These projects during the winter or throughout the year)? truly cannot be done by the parishioners themselves Please let us know so that we can visit and bring them Holy Communion. for various reasons, and our team brings the care and We want to take care of all our members. Our Good Samaritan ministry is compassion of Christ into their homes every time happy to extend the care, compassion, and Communion of Jesus Christ to they put their tool belts on. We are blessed by their our homebound. powerful, skilled and busy hands, as well as their giving and loving hearts. We are always looking Please contact the Parish Office (330.460.7300 or [email protected]) for additional hands to help with our monthly with information, or to arrange a visit for someone in your family. projects. Contact Lisa at [email protected] or Jane Stay Connected at [email protected] if you are interested in joining our team. We have a great website filled with helpful information about our parish: www.StAmbrose.us Also, connect with Saint Ambrose on “May God Bless you and your families throughout Facebook: facebook.com/StAmbrose.us this Christmas Season so you may have much Twitter: @StAmbroseChurch peace and joy. Blessings! “ Instagram: Saint_Ambrosse_Brunswick – Lisa Homady We believe that not only does Jesus still heal today, but that healing is one of the most powerful ministries of evangelization. Jesus never preached the Gospel of the kingdom of God without demonstrating the kingdom through signs, wonders and miracles, with healing as the most frequent demonstration of God’s love. Let us confidently gather before our ChArIsMaTiC Eucharistic Lord to seek His grace of healing! MaSs & Healing Friday, February 2, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish 929 Pearl Road, Brunswick, OH 44212 Join us for Catholic Renewal Ministries’ Traveling Charismatic Mass. Praise and Service Worship will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the liturgy will start at 7:30 p.m. Fr. Bob Franco and Fr. Bob Stec will be concelebrants. After Mass, healing prayer teams will be available for individual prayer, and there will be a social immediately following. FOR mORe informAtiOn Please contact Jane Baldwin at 330.460.7381 or [email protected], www.StAmbrose.us Deacon Gary Tomazic at [email protected] at Saint Ambrose or Fr. Franco at 440-327-2201 or CRM at 440-944-9445. Come and bring a friend! This will be a time to truly encounter the Lord. Free event www.Renewalministries.us Sponsored by Saint Ambrose Parish & Catholic Renewal Ministries Complete 40-Day Prayer Program Pray40Days PRAY Pilgrimage in the Holy Land PRAY40DAYS 40 DAYS Small Faith SharingIn these next 40Groups days your prayer life will be set on fire! You will actually November 5th – November 14th of 2018 meet Jesus and have a conversation with him. You will experience God the Father as a tender, caring, deeply personal presence in your life. You We are blessed with an incrediblywill discover the Holy Spirit as not justlarge some ambiguous, parish,fleeting, and Join Fr. 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Think of it as a call to reignite the loving joy not feel lost in the shuffle.Jesus wants so muchAt for us!”Saint Ambrose, we We will pray at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, - Dr. Eugene Gan, Professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville, pride ourselves on makingand author ofsure Infinite Bandwidth: YOU Encountering areChrist in the givenMedia have our own Silent Night in Bethlehem, walk the Way of the the care and attention you need. One of the Cross in Jerusalem, pray in the Garden of Gethsemane and many ways we accomplishFr. Michael thisJ. Denk was ordainedis asthrough a priest in the Small Michael J. Denk Fr. much more. The pilgrimage will cost $3,149 per person. Diocese of Cleveland on May 12, 2007. He earned 40 both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts from DAYS Saint Mary Seminary. His master’s thesis was entitled “Christology in the Mystics: Coming to Know, Love, PRAY DAYS Faith Sharing Groups in andhomes. 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