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ST. AMBROSE CHURCH HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 18, 2018 Monday, March 19 Feast of St. Joseph 8:00:AM Sophie Arnold Tuesday, March 20 8:00AM Michael Salazar Penance Service 7:00PM Wednesday, March 21 8:00AM Adam Bashinski 7:00PM(Spanish) Michael Salazar Thursday, March 22 8:00AM Johanna Petronella Friday, March 23 8:00AM Rose Rolke Stations of the Cross (English) 12:00NOON Stations of the Cross (English) 7:00PM Stations of the Cross (Spanish) 7:30PM Saturday, March 24 8:00AM Mel Daigle 5:00PM Aldo and Piera Fontana Sunday, March 25 8:00AM Rose Galla 10:00AM Toni Cali 12:00(Spanish) Leovigildo and Ana Maria Torres 5:00PM(Spanish) Victoria V. “INSTRUMENTS OF GOD’S MERCY” 2018 DIOCESAN FUND SUMMARY REPORT 2018 St. Ambrose Houston DSF 18 Parish Goal: $72,000.00 Total Amount Paid: $27,929.00 Total Amount Pledged: $47,791.00 Total Number of Participant:: 161 Total Number of Households: 1982 Average Participant Pledge: 296.84 Paid Over (Under) Goal ($44,070.00) Pledged Over (Under) Goal: ($274,209.00) Percent Paid: 38.79% _______________________________________________________ THANK YOU We would like to say thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection and for helping Jesus in disguise. Your contributions will make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. If you missed the collection, it is not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb,org/nationalcollectioms, and click on the How to Give” link on the left. RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7M 2018 WEDNESDAYS 7:00 8:15 PM - ROOM A Dear Friends Our first session of "RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT"was a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. OUR NEXT SESSION IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 March 21 JERUSALEM * ETHICS, PEDAGOGY, AND THE AFTERLIFE A presentation of the Faith Formation Department St. Ambrose Church Houston, Texas Spring 2018 A HEALTHY MARRIAGE blesses couples and everyone around them. Your family deserves your love and happiness! This Lent, you can renew your passion for each other and for God in a romantic setting. The next scheduled weekend is March 23 25, 2018. It will be your gift to each other! More dates available. Find out more or sign up at: www.houstonme.org or call (713) 482-1791 Please remember in your prayers the repose of the soul of Chase Walla, great grandson of Lad and Elsie Walla. Pray that God grant peace and comfort to his loved ones. _________________________________________________ EASTER FLOWER DONATION If you would like to help defray the cost of decorating the church with flowers at Easter, you may do so. Envelopes are in the foyer of the church. You may put your request in the collection basket or in our mail slot at the office. _________________________________________________ SCHOOL NEWS - School resumes for students of St. Ambrose on Monday, March 26 at its regular time.

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Page 1: ST. AMBROSE CHURCH HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 18, 2018 · Christopher Hernandez, Lucas Hernandez Matthew Hernandez, Mia Hernandez, Sean Dietrich Hrncir, Samuel Dylan Hrncir, Captain Mary

ST. AMBROSE CHURCH

HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 18, 2018

Monday, March 19 – Feast of St. Joseph 8:00:AM Sophie Arnold Tuesday, March 20 8:00AM Michael Salazar

Penance Service 7:00PM Wednesday, March 21 8:00AM Adam Bashinski 7:00PM(Spanish) Michael Salazar Thursday, March 22 8:00AM Johanna Petronella Friday, March 23 8:00AM Rose Rolke

Stations of the Cross (English) 12:00NOON Stations of the Cross (English) 7:00PM Stations of the Cross (Spanish) 7:30PM

Saturday, March 24 8:00AM Mel Daigle 5:00PM Aldo and Piera Fontana Sunday, March 25 8:00AM Rose Galla 10:00AM Toni Cali 12:00(Spanish) Leovigildo and Ana Maria Torres 5:00PM(Spanish) Victoria V.

“INSTRUMENTS OF GOD’S MERCY”

2018 DIOCESAN FUND

SUMMARY REPORT – 2018 St. Ambrose – Houston DSF 18

Parish Goal: $72,000.00

Total Amount Paid: $27,929.00

Total Amount Pledged: $47,791.00

Total Number of Participant:: 161

Total Number of Households: 1982

Average Participant Pledge: 296.84

Paid Over (Under) Goal ($44,070.00)

Pledged Over (Under) Goal: ($274,209.00)

Percent Paid: 38.79% _______________________________________________________

THANK YOU We would like to say thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection and for helping Jesus in disguise. Your contributions will make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. If you missed the collection, it is not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb,org/nationalcollectioms, and click on the ”How to Give” link on the left.

RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7M 2018 WEDNESDAYS 7:00 – 8:15 PM - ROOM A

Dear Friends

Our first session of "RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT"was a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. OUR NEXT SESSION IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21

March 21

JERUSALEM * ETHICS, PEDAGOGY, AND THE AFTERLIFE

A presentation of the Faith Formation Department

St. Ambrose Church Houston, Texas Spring 2018

A HEALTHY MARRIAGE blesses couples and

everyone around them. Your family deserves your love and

happiness! This Lent, you can renew your passion for each

other and for God in a romantic setting. The next scheduled

weekend is March 23 – 25, 2018. It will be your gift to each

other! More dates available.

Find out more or sign up at: www.houstonme.org or call

(713) 482-1791

Please remember in your prayers the repose of the soul of Chase Walla, great grandson of Lad and Elsie Walla. Pray that God grant peace and comfort to his loved ones. _________________________________________________

EASTER FLOWER DONATION If you would like to help defray the cost of decorating the

church with flowers at Easter, you may do so. Envelopes are

in the foyer of the church. You may put your request in the

collection basket or in our mail slot at the office. _________________________________________________

SCHOOL NEWS - School resumes for students of St.

Ambrose on Monday, March 26 at its regular time.

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

Please remember the following who have asked for our prayers: Alcidiades Angleas, Tammy Babineck, Gaby Beckstrom, Maria Bedoya, Laverne Bonora, Jesus Calvillo Jr., Shirley Camarata, Marie Campos, John Culver, Albina Diehl, , Irene Evans, Russell Forrest, Carroll Gohmert, Antoine Hicks, Henry Kopycinski,, Bernie Lenahan, Robert McCullough, Jr., Jack Moore, Peter and Nina Peropoulous, Frank Petronella, Ora Nell Petrash, Margaret Richardson, Araceli Rocha, Sammy Romano, Sophia Romano, Anthony Ruffino, Sr.’ Christopher Sarchet, Maria Sarchet, Landon Seeberger, Marie Seegerger, Melvin and Joan Thoede, Margaret Tijerina, Daniel Vernon, Donald Weaver, Mary Williams, Brian Wisnoski and David Zaborowski.

Let us pray for all those who have given their life for our freedom and for those who are serving in our military at home and abroad and

especially the following: Victor J. Broussard, Peter Zachary Carroll,

Samuel Castillo, Brandon Cook, Matthew Cook, Master Sgt., Dean Crawford, Robert Freedman, Olivia Garza, Matthew Grissom,

Timothy Groh, Lee Anthony Guerrero, Andrew S. Gutierrez,

Christopher Hernandez, Lucas Hernandez Matthew Hernandez, Mia Hernandez, Sean Dietrich Hrncir, Samuel Dylan Hrncir, Captain

Mary Hrynyk, Captain Jason Hrynyk, Anthony Handy, Ivan Ibabao, Elizabeth Grassmann Ibabao, Robert Marquez, Jr., Captain Andrew

Locke, Daniel Martinez, John Martinez, Major Kelly McGovern,

Gamaliel Nava, Tony Noser, Dominic Patronella, Jeremy Redman, Captain Jonathan Reed, Casey Rogers, Daniel Salinas, The Smith

Family, Oscar Sicola, Mertie St. Pierre, Adam M.Styers, and James

Andrew Tammaro. _______________________________________________________

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Are you looking for ways to experience God? It can be difficult. God is a spiritual being. How do you experience a “spiritual being”? Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul invite you to share in their ministry of experiencing God in the poor. Holy Scripture tells us: “the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we saw His glory, the glory that is His as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (The Gospel according to John, l, 14). We see Christ in the poor and when we see Christ we experience God. You are invited to serve Christ’s poor in our St. Ambrose Parish. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is inviting caring people to assist people in our Parish needing food, clothes, rent assistance, utility assistance and other emergency needs. Please call the St. Vincent De Paul Office at 713 686-3068 for more information or to volunteer your services. _________________________________________________

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA The Catholic Daughters of America meet on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM in Room B. All ladies of the parish are invited to become members. Call Bernadette King at 713-806-0141 for more information. You are invited to attend their next meeting on Wednesday, March 21.

GOLDEN YOUTH will meet today, Sunday, March 18, at

2:00PM in the cafeteria. All those age 55 and older are invited

to attend. Come and make new friends and have an afternoon

of fun and camaraderie. _______________________________________________________

GIFTS FOR GOD

(March 11, 2018)

Envelopes $6,763.00 Loose Checks $5,228.64 Mail Ins $3,120.00 On Line` $ 315.00

Total $15,426.64

Second collection – Catholic Relief $2,644.50

Thank you for your generosity

Finance Council

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Readings for the Week of

March 18, 2018

Fifth Sunday of Lent Sunday Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5,6; Phil 3:8- 14; Jn 8:1-11 Monday Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Jn 8:12-20 Tuesday Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; Jn 8:21-

30 Wednesday Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55,

56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday Saint Patrick, Bishop Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, and 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Sunday Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Phil 2:8-9; Lk 22:14—23:56 or 23:1-49

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ST. AMBROSE CHURCH

HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 18, 2018

FROM HOLY NAME RETREAT CENTER - Holy

Name Retreat Center, 430 Bunker Hill Road, Houston, is offering a few events in preparation for the celebration of Easter. Women’s Day of Reflection will be held on March 21 from 8:30AM until 3:00PM. - $45.00 – Lunch. Mass, and a Day of Reflection will be presented by Patty Masson. Also scheduled is a day on Reflection on Bereavement will be held on March 22, from 8:30AM until #”00:30PM. - $45 –Talks, Mass and Fellowship. Please call 713-464-0211 for more information or go online at holynameretreatcenter.com. Also, Holy Name will have its 23rd Annual Golf Tournament at Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Proceeds from this Tournament supports financial aid for 12-Step and Catholic Retreats. Previous golf players, sponsors, and volunteers are requested to get involved to continue to support Holy Name’s only major fundraiser of the year. Please call John Chambers at 7213-464-0211, Ext. 232 for further information.

_________________________________________________

HOLY WEEK SERVICES 2018

Lenten Penance Service4 Tuesday, May 20, 2018

7:00PM

Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018 Masses: 8:00AM and 10:00AM – English

Procession and Mass 12:00Noon – Spanish

500PM English

Holy Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:00pm Mass Bi-lingual

11:00PM Holy Hour Spanish

Good Friday, March 30, 2018 3:00PM Veneration of the Cross – English

6:00PM Via Crucis, Veneration of the Cross And Procession to the Sacred Tomb – Spanish

Holy Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:00PM Our Lady’s Seven Sorrows Spanish

8:30PM Easter Vigil Bi-Lingual

Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 Masses: 8:00AM and 10:00AM – English

Procession and Mass at 12:0OPm – Spanish

There will be no 5:00PM Mass ____________________________________________

MEN’S CLUB will meet on Monday, March 19, at 7:00PM

in the auditorium. All men of the parish are invited to attend.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS in English will also be held

on Friday, March 23, at 12:00Noon in the church. Come and join us. We will still have Stations at 7:00PM and 7:30PM on Friday. _________________________________________________

BINGO will be held on Tuesday, March 20, at 7:15PM in the

auditorium. We will be calling one (1) Bonus Ball number. _________________________________________________

NIGHT FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN HIGH

SCHOOL will be held on March 24, 2018 from 8:30AM until 5:00PM at the home of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, 22730 Lain Road, Spring, Texas. You are invited to meet with other high school women, build friendships and community, pray together, meet sisters and other consecrated women, and attend Vigil Mass with families at 4:00PM. Cost is free but donation are welcome. For registration and information please call 713-652-8239 or go online at vocations archgh.org,

www.houstonvocations,com/insight _________________________________________________

ANNUAL SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS SALE will be held this weekend, Saturday, March 17, before

and after the 5:00PM Mass and on Sunday, March 18, before and after all of the Masses in the Narthex of the church and in Meeting Room A. Available for your purchase will be:

Spring Wreaths, Easter Baskets, Easter Egg Trees,

Floral Arrangements, Wall Crosses and more.

Proceeds from this sale will benefit the Ministry to the Sick, Homebound and Grieving of St. Ambrose Church. _______________________________________________________

ST. AMBROSE ANNUAL PARISH BAZAAR

IN GOD WE TRUST SUNDAY, April 29, 2018

11:00AM to 7:00PM BAZAAR TICKETS - Your bazaar tickets are in the narthex of the church. Please pick up your tickets. Let us all do our part to make this bazaar the best.

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

Domingo 4 de Marzo de 2018

3er. Domingo de Cuaresma Éxodo 20, 1-17: La ley fue dada por Moisés

Salmo 18: Señor, tú tienes palabras de vida eterna

1 Corintios 1, 22-25: Predicamos a Cristo crucificado

Juan 2, 13-25: Destruyan este templo y en tres días lo levantaré

Cristo muestra un celo que lo consume, que lo devora

interiormente: es el “celo por la casa de su Padre”. Este celo lo impulsa a arrojar sin contemplaciones a los mercaderes que encuentra en el templo

de Jerusalén que, aunque se trataba de un edificio material, era “la casa

de su Padre”. Hoy ese templo de Dios es Su Iglesia, el Cuerpo místico de

Cristo. Este templo lo formamos cada uno de nosotros, los bautizados, miembros del Cuerpo místico de Cristo.

A su vez hemos de entender que cada uno de nosotros somos

templo vivo de Dios: « ¿No sabéis que sois santuario de Dios y que el Espíritu de Dios habita en vosotros? (…) vosotros sois ese santuario» Al

mirarnos y considerarnos lo que somos y estamos llamados a ser, templos

vivos de Dios, la casa del Padre, con pena constatamos que a diferencia del

Señor Jesús, ese mismo “celo por la casa del Padre” no nos devora precisamente: ¿cuántas veces consiento que los mercaderes de un mundo

que rechaza a Dios invadan este templo que soy yo mismo, este templo que

Cristo ha purificado mediante su Sangre derramada en la Cruz? ¡Con qué

facilidad, ingenuidad o complicidad le abro las puertas a aquellos “mercaderes” y hábiles “vendedores” que no nos venden ovejas, bueyes o

palomas, sino que continuamente nos presentan el placer y todo tipo de

sensualidades, el poder y el ejercicio del dominio abusivo sobre los demás,

el tener abundancia de dinero y bienes materiales como aquello que “necesitamos”, “lo que más nos conviene” para ser felices, para llegar a

“ser alguien” en la vida, para ser “como dioses” desplazando a Dios mismo

de nuestra vida, de nuestras familias y sociedades! ¡Con qué negligencia

abro las puertas a estos vendedores y “cambistas” para hacer de mi cuerpo un mercado! En efecto, al consentir y dar cabida a estos nuevos

vendedores y cambistas con sus propias monedas, bueyes y palomas,

terminamos tan sucios interiormente, desordenados, llenos de bullicio y

vacíos de Dios. Como Cristo que arrojó a los mercaderes del templo, ¿lo hago

yo? ¿Reacciono con celo contra todo vicio o pecado que descubro en mí, y

que hace de esta “casa del Padre” que soy yo mismo un “mercado”? ¿Qué

debo hacer? No percibir a los mercaderes que hay en uno, hacerse de la vista gorda o engañarse a sí mismo pensando que lo que ellos ofrecen es

lo que uno “necesita”, y “necesita ya, en este instante”, es un grave

problema. Por ello conviene que esta semana hagamos un examen de conciencia más detallado para tomar conciencia justamente de cuáles son

los vicios de los que tengo que purificar mi corazón, y es que es muy fácil

que, como las autoridades del templo, los consintamos porque creemos

que son inevitables, o necesarios acaso. ¿Por qué sacarlos? ¿Por qué combatir tal o cual vicio, si “yo soy así”? Pero lo que es “normal” para

nosotros, no lo es para el Señor Jesús. Él con ira santa arroja del templo

lo que otros han consentido sin escrúpulos. ¿Qué arrojaría Él del templo de

mi corazón? Entiende que tus vicios son como hierbas malas que ahogan en ti la buena semilla, raíces amargas que hay que extirpar para que crezca

el trigo limpio. ¡Qué importante es mirarnos a nosotros mismos con

honestidad, conocer con la luz del Señor y de los mandamientos que nos

da, nuestros vicios, desenmascarar a los mercaderes que hemos consentido en nuestro corazón, los productos que le hemos comprado!

¡Qué importante es tomar conciencia de aquello que no está

bien en nuestras actitudes, en nuestros modos de pensar e incluso en los

sentimientos que consentimos y que nunca cuestionamos, dejando que esos sentimientos gobiernen nuestra vida! ¡Hay sentimientos que son muy

malos consejeros! ¡No podemos conducir nuestra vida en base a esos

sentimientos, sino que debemos aprender a hacerlo en base al criterio

objetivo, a la enseñanza divina! El primer paso para una mayor conversión, para hacer de este

templo que soy yo una verdadera “casa de oración”, es esa toma de

conciencia. El siguiente paso es pasar a la acción, a la purificación del

propio templo. Una vez que identifico mis vicios, de qué pie cojeo, debo empezar a luchar no contra todos a la vez, sino contra aquel que considero

es mi vicio principal. No es fácil desarraigar un vicio. ¡Es una lucha que

durará toda la vida! Así que nunca te desanimes sí parece que no avanzas,

o si caes una y otra vez. ¡Ponte siempre de pie, con humildad y paciencia, una y otra vez, pide perdón a Dios y vuelve a la batalla! Proponte medios

concretos para combatir tu vicio principal. Proponte medios para vivir la

virtud contraria a tal vicio.

Es tiempo de Cuaresma, tiempo de purificarnos más, tiempo de arrojar a los “mercaderes” del templo que soy yo mismo. Implorando el

auxilio y la gracia divina, viviendo de acuerdo a la sabiduría de la Cruz y de

acuerdo a los diez mandamientos, esforcémonos por morir a todo lo que

es muerte en nosotros para vivir a la Vida verdadera, haciendo de nuestra morada interior una casa de oración, lugar de diálogo, de encuentro y

comunión con Dios Padre. Con la colaboración de Evangelio Dominical

Horario de Servicios Lunes a Sábado

8:00 a.m. Misa en Ingles

Miércoles

7:00 p.m. Misa en Español

1er. Viernes

7:00 p.m. Misa en Español

Sábado

5:00 p.m. Misa en Ingles

Domingo

8:00 y 10:00 a.m. Misa en Ingles

12:00 p.m. Misa en Español

5:00 p.m. Misa de Jóvenes

Miércoles y 1er.Viernes del Mes

Exposición del Santísimo 8:30 a.m. a 6:15 p.m.

Rosario en Español 10:00 a.m.

Oración de la Divina Misericordia 3:00 p.m.

Confesiones

Miércoles y 1er. Viernes del Mes de 6:00 a 6:45 p.m.

Sábado de 3:30 a 4:30 p.m.

Misa de Jóvenes La misa es a las 5:00 p.m.

1er y 3er domingo en español

2do y 4to domingo en Inglés

5to domingo del mes será bilingue

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ST. AMBROSE CHURCH

HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 18, 2018

VIACRUCIS

Los viernes de cuaresma tenemos

el Viacrucis en la iglesia a las 7:30PM

Te esperamos para prepararnos juntos

para la celebración de la Pascua.

CONFESIONES Nuestro servicio penitencial de cuaresma será el Martes 20 de Marzo a las 7:00 P.M. Tendremos 10 sacerdotes, haga planes para reconciliarse con Dios, con la Iglesia y con todos por medio del Sacramento del Perdón.

Adoración ante el Santísimo Sacramento

Oración y meditación ante el Santísimo Sacramento son dos

maneras de ofrecer a Dios. Usted puede pedir por sus necesidades

o las de sus seres queridos, reflexionar en su palabra o solamente

acompañarle. El realmente quiere verte. La Exposición son todos

los miércoles y el 1er Viernes del Mes después de la misa de 8:00

a.m. hasta las 6:45 p.m. en la capilla. Seguido de la misa en

español a las 7:00 p.m.

CLASSES DE CONFIRMACION PARA ADULTOS

San Ambrosio ofrecerá un programa de preparación para adultos, católicos practicantes, que deseen recibir el sacramento de la Confirmación. Para calificar para este programa usted debe:

Tener al menos 18 años de edad

Haber recibido la primera comunión y reconciliación

Si está casado, debe estar casado por la iglesia

Si esta “viviendo en unión libre”, debe estar dispuesto a casarse por la iglesia

Para registrarse:

Contacte la Oficina de Educación Religiosa con Melisa Franco 713-686-3857 o [email protected]

Los candidatos deberán asistir a tres retiros de preparación:

1. Sábado, Abril 14, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm 2. Sábado, Abril 28, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm 3. Sábado, Mayo 12, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm

Los tres retiros son indispensables para completar el programa. Ya que este es un programa “intensivo”, no se podrán hacer excepciones al respecto. Quienes asistan a este programa, sin faltar a ninguna sesión, celebrarán el sacramento de la Confirmación el Domingo de Pentecostés, 20 de Mayo, 2018

BAUTIZOS

Los bautizos son el domingo después de la

Misa de 12:00 p.m Las fechas de los bautizos son las siguientes:

18 de Marzo, 2018 15 de Abril, 2018

20 de Mayo, 2018 17 de Junio, 2018

Necesita llenar la forma de registro y entregarla con una

copia del certificado de nacimiento del bebé. Los papás y

los padrinos deben tomar las clases para bautizos.

Clases para bautizos Las clases para bautizos son el primero y segundo martes

del mes de 7:00 a 9:00 p.m. en el salón A

Las siguientes clases para bautizos son:

Marzo 6 y 13, 2018 Abril 3 & 10, 2018

Mayo 1 y 8, 2018 Junio 5 & 12, 2018

La Cuaresma es una llamada no sólo a "dar

algo" pero más importante darle "algo a los

pobres.”

El mes pasado, con sus donaciones, la sociedad de San

Vicente de Paul pudo distribuir un total de $ 4,050 a 35

familias ayudándoles con su renta y $601.18 se ayudó a pagar

servicios utilidad, comida y otros gastos Muchas gracias por

su generosidad ¡Que Dios les bendiga!

“Instrumentos de la Misericordia de Dios” Fondo de Servicios Diocesanos 2018

Si aún usted no ha ofrecido su promesa para el Fondo de Servicios Diocesanos (DSF) de este año, por favor hágalo hoy. El DSF 2018 se enfoca en nosotros, la Iglesia, mientras usamos nuestros dones para ser Instrumentos de la Misericordia de Dios, lo cual beneficiará a los ministerios que sirven a miles y miles de nuestros hermanos en la Arquidiócesis de Galveston-Houston. A través de su apoyo generoso del DSF traemos el consuelo y el cuidado de Cristo a las muchas necesidades apremiantes que no pueden ser abordadas individualmente o por una sola parroquia.

Nuestra meta parroquial para el 2018 es de $72,000. Con la participación de toda la familia parroquial, seguramente excederemos esta cantidad y haremos nuestra parte para ayudar a tantos necesitados, promoviendo el trabajo de la Iglesia en nuestra comunidad. Para hacer la donación en línea, visite www.archgh.org/dsf. Para aquellos de ustedes que ya han respondido con una donación, por favor acepten nuestra sincera gratitud.

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR Sunday Masses, special Archdiocesan Liturgies, and

other services and celebrations. Anyone with an interest

in Music or Singing is encouraged to join one of the choirs briefly outlined below. For more information, please contact Veronica Stevens, Music Director, at 281-440-4445, or visit with her after any weekend Mass.

CHORALE, Saturday evening Mass at 5:00PM Contact Veronica Stevens at 281-440-4445

FAMILY CHOIR, Sunday Mass at 8:00AM Contact Bob Korst at 3-688-0046

Starting at $220 per week.

LITURGICAL CHOIR, Sunday Mass at 10:00AM

Contact Veronica Stevens at 281-440-4445 SPANISH CHOIR, Sunday Mass at 12:00Noon

Contact Alpha Omega Cruz– 281-808-3430

REMINDER – Our Church Is A No Cologne/Perfume Zone

Please help us provide a comfortable worship space for all who are attending Mass. Colognes and perfumes trigger allergic reactions

in many people. Please help us provide healthy air for all to breathe.

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HOUSTON CATHOLIC MEN’S RUGBY CLUB

Arrows RFC, Houston's Catholic Men's Rugby Club, invites you to enjoy an evening of family-friendly Rugby! On Easter Monday, April 2, High School boys from Strake Jesuit, St. Pius X, and St. Thomas will unite as the Arrows Schoolboys to host their brothers from Fordham Prep, a Jesuit school of the Bronx, NY. Join us at Kubiak Stadium (at St. Pius X High School) for this free, fun-filled evening that includes two rugby matches and a Dinner Social to follow! For full details, visit www.arrowsrugby.com/schoolboysmatch _________________________________________________

HELP WANTED We are offering a meal to families after the Mass of Christian

Burial for a loved one here at St. Ambrose. If you would like

to help with this Ministry or would like more information,

please call Sr. Charline at 713-682-2242 or email

[email protected]

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