St. Ambrose Parish Holy Family Mission, Mereta May 20, 2018

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D e ac on A llan L an ge Parish Office 325-651-7551 Fax Number 325-651-6605 email: [email protected] Web Site: www.saint-ambrose.org Mailing Address: P.O. Box 228 Wall, Texas 76957 St. Ambrose Mass Times: Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 7:30 & 9:00 am Mon & Wed 6:30 pm Tue & Thr 8:00 am Fri 11:30 am Confession: Saturday 5 pm Holy Family Mass Time: Sunday 10:45 am Rosary is prayed before all Masses.

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Liturgies Mon. May 21 8:00 am

In Thanksgiving for the Rain

Tue. May 22

COMMUNION SERVICE

8:00 am

Wed. May 23 6:30 pm

+Dorine Kozelsky by Betty Jo Wilde

Thr. May 24

6:30 pm

+Sara Fohn by Wilbert & June Jost

Fri. May 25 10:30 am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

11:30 am Sat. May 26

6:00 pm

Sun. May 27 7:30 am 9:00 am

Mass of Healing +Dcn. LeRoy Beach by Will & Vonda Wilde +Carol Block Upshaw by Joan Gesch +Daniel Felcman by Michael & Nikki Felcman For the Parish

Holy Family: 10:45am

+Calvin Werner by Charles & Maydell Jurecek

A SPIRITUAL BOUQUET OF MASSES is being offer ed dur ing the month of May for all living and deceased mothers, mothers-to-be, grandmothers and godmothers. Fill out an envelope and return it with or without an offering in the offertory collection; place it in the basket on the altar; or take it to the Parish Office. Extra envelopes may be found in the back of Church. Sunday, May 20 Graduation Mass at 9:00 am. Members of the 1953 Graduate Class will also be honored. It was this class that began this tr adition! 11:30-2:30: Fish Fry to benefit the Wall Junior High Cheerleaders at the Wall Fire Department. $10 per plate (includes fish, fries, beans, cole slaw, drink & dessert). Support the JH Cheerleaders to send them to camp! 11:00 am-3:00 pm: St. Margaret of Scotland Parish Spring Festival at the Knights of Columbus Hall (3636 N. Bryant Blvd.) Attractions: Br isket Dinner , Auction, Raffle, Countr y Stor e, Bingo, Children’s Area, and much more! All are welcome! 2:00 pm: Did you miss the presentation by Sgt. Justin Baker on the “Active Shooter Event?” His pr ogr am was pr esented in the Parish Hall approximately 6-8 weeks ago. If you did, he will again make his presentation for the Concho Valley Czech Heritage Society in the St. Ambrose Fellowship Hall at 2:00 pm. ALL PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED and WELCOME! The program will begin promptly at 2:10 pm with our Czech meeting following the Q & A. We would enjoy shar ing this with the par ish. Monday, May 21 St. Helen’s Altar Society will meet in the Parish Hall beginning with Rosary at 6:30 pm. The meeting will begin with a Salad Supper. Members are asked to bring a salad or dessert. We invite anyone to come that would like to join the Altar Society. Hostesses: J anie Beasley, Pam Kempen, Betty Lehr , Mer line Weishuhn, Alicia Sefcik, Phyllis Shannahan and Barbara Mikulik. 8:00 pm: Choir practice

Ascension of the Lord

Remember to pray the Divine Mercy at 3 pm daily.

Tuesday, May 22 MEALS FOR THE ELDERLY May 22: Vonda Wilde & Alice Ayer s May 29: Car ol Whitehead & Dar la Mikulik A note from our Pastor: We are so happy and excited to welcome our 2018 and 1953 graduates! It is a great honor to have this tradition that began 65 years ago continue in our parish. Welcome 1953 graduates: Herbert Biedermann, Ralph Englert, Elsie Kadlacek Hirt, LaVerne Dierschke Knezek, Harvey Mikulik, Billie Jean Kvapil Matthiesen, Nolan Niehues, Gloria Debus Schwartz, Andrew Wilde, and Shirley Strube Wilde. Deceased: Diana Broz Pelzel, Daniel Strube, and Alton Wilde. Pastor: Msgr. Francis Pokluda Associate Pastor: Fr. Jerome Vitek SUNDAY COLLECTIONS

MAY 12/13

ST. AMBROSE: $4,374.00 AUTOMATED DEPOSIT: 2,620.00 $6,994.00 HOLY FAMILY: $1,093.00

Key Passage: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord. [1 Corinthians 12:4-5] Adults: What gift of service have you received from the Holy Spirit and how well are you using it right now? Youth: What gift do you hope to receive from the Holy Spirit? How could you use it to serve others? Reprinted with permission from Heritaghe of Faith, Published by Twenty-Third Publications

June 10: Our Annual Teens vs. Adults Softball game will be held at the High School softball field. Once again our Brethren neighbors will attend this event. This is a fundraiser for our youth group. Hamburgers will be served for a $5.00 donation. June 25-29: Vacation Bible School: Kids, I’ll give you the details as we appr oach the event. Kids, in today’s readings Jesus appears to his apostles and greets them with a sign of peace. He sends them out to share the Good News of Salvation to the whole world. With the help of the Holy Spirit, let us also greet those we encounter with the peace of Christ and share His Good News. May the Holy Spirit be with us all, ~Dcn. Dan

UPCOMING EVENTS: June 7: 6:30 pm — Seasons of Hope Bereavement group will begin meeting for another 6-session series in the home of Betty Jo Wilde. This Christ-Centered Group can help bring consolation through prayer, scripture, faith-sharing and fellowship. Anyone is welcome. For more information contact Wanda Gully @ 234-2038 or Wanda Lange @ 651-6847.

The Church celebrates the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ — Corpus Christi (the real presence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the Eucharist — known as transubstantiation ) on Sunday, June 3rd. St. Ambrose invites all to come to the Holy Mass beginning at 8:30 am on that Sunday. A procession will be led with the Blessed Sacrament around the Church grounds immediately after Mass. We will be praying the Rosary in procession and for those who are unable to walk in the procession, a rosary will be led in the Church. After the procession we will gather in the Parish Hall for a breakfast brunch and friendship. Come join us. Wear comfortable shoes for walking. Each family is asked to bring a large favorite breakfast dish to share. REMINDER: There will be no 7:30 am Mass on June 3rd. The Feast of Corpus Christi is one time when our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is exposed not just to faithful Catholics, but to all the world. This is a time when Catholics can show their love for Christ in the Real Presence by honoring Him in a very public way. It is also a wonderful way in which we can show our love for our neighbors by bringing Our Lord and Savior close to them. So many conversions are a result of Eucharistic Adoration experienced from inside the Church. How many more there would be if we could reach those who only drive by the church in worldly pursuits! The Rosary intentions for each decade of the Glorious Mysteries will be: 1. Family

2. Farmers/Ranchers 3. Our Children/Youth 5. Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life

4. Elderly/Sick

THANK YOU NOTE: We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our entire parish for making our wedding day so perfect! Everything that you did completely amazed our new family. We do not deserve all of the love and help that we have experienced from all of you, but we are so blessed and thankful to have received it. God is Good and so are all of you! ~Lane & Kalli Baxter and Steven & Teresa Jansa

From the desk of Bishop Sis: May is Foster Care Month. The Texas Bishops launched St. Joseph Ministry, a foster care initiative, to assist the state in recruiting and retaining foster families for the 30,000 children in its welfare system. While not everyone may be a foster parent, there are a multitude of ways to care for foster children and their families. There is a resource guide which provides specific means of both direct and non-direct engagement, as well as a discernment process to assist parish leaders in determining what roles the parish might fill. For more information contact [email protected] or call 512-339-9882. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Two individual $500 scholarships will be awarded. For more information go to saint-ambrose.org website. Please send completed application, along with required materials to: KC #4316 Scholarship, c/o Carl Jenschke, 13880 Whitfield Rd., Eola, TX 76937. DEADLINE: May 31st. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

JUNE 25-29

8:30-11:30 AM

HELPERS NEEDED!

June 6: VBS Meeting and Workday beginning at 1:30 pm. All VBS helpers are encouraged to attend! T-SHIRT COLORS (Ir on-on decals will be furnished.): PRE-K—Yellow

K—Red

1st—Lime Green 2nd--Hot Pink 3rd—Orange (Class leaders should wear the same color as their class.)

4th—Purple

5th—Blue

For more information contact Mary Kay Ripple @ 651-7572 or Lucy Thomas @ 212-9051.

Please note: Contact Rosa Martinez @ 763-1206 to add or remove a person from the Prayer List. Prayer List:: Alfredo Acosta, Macy Barrows, James Block, Chris Brenek, Jimmy Brenek, Victor Brenek, Lance Brown, McKenna

Bowie, Melissa Clifton, Gary Coats, Dorie Confer, Nathan de la Garza, Joey Deloach, Doug Dusek, Eudelia Enriquez, Freddie Enriquez, Carrol Fischer, Dennis Fuchs, Dr. Justin Geoble, Glen Gesch, James Glass, Gaynell Glass Green, Gloria Guevara, Kevin Halfmann, Mary Ann Halfmann, Patrick Hand, Carolyn Haynes, Connie Lewis Hill, Marjorie Hoelscher, Leon Hoelscher, Errol Hollinger, Andrew Hollis, Kyler Hollon, Joanie Johnston, Pam Jost, Nicole (Wilde) Klinesmith, Betsy Lagledar, John Manera, Bernard Martinez, Johnny Martinez, Rosa Martinez, Kelly Matschek, Paisley Matthis, Patricia McCrea, Allene Menke, Tim Mercer, Charles Pechacek, Mary Ann Pelzel, Claudia Perez, Basilia Ramirez, Domingo Ramirez, Luis Ramirez, Armando Reyes, Mary Saggurti (Fr. Joe’s sister), Clarence Schaefer, Jr., Alfred Schwartz, Bernice Schwartz, Barbara Schaefer, Fr. Anthony Sloan, Sherline Strube, Fr. Wade, George Solis, Miller Thweatt, Francisca Vera, Rita Willberg, Eddie Zly Weise, Falon Werner, Elsie Wilde, Velma Wilde.