Attn:  Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors

A copy of the schedule (November 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020) is available in the sacristy for pickup.  If you do not have on-line access and would like a hard copy, please feel free to take one home for reference.

…..a message from the Pastor

 
Please join us on Sunday December 8, 2019 at the noon Mass as we officially install and welcome our new Altar Servers.  These new servers will assist the priests at Mass,  in the sanctuary, and at various liturgical and sacramental celebrations.  They have been diligently learning and training with Fr. Martin over the last few months and are ready to assume this special place at the altar.  Please join me in praying for their success on December 8^th, and congratulating them on this awesome accomplishment!
 
God Bless our New Altar Servers!
Fr. Jack
 

HOLY ROSARY & MERCY CHAPLET
Prayed after 9:00 AM Daily Mass

SIGN LANGUAGE MASS
12 NOON, 2nd & 4th Sunday of the Month

FILIPINO MASS
2:00pm, 3rd Sunday of the Month

Spiritual Adoption Program
December -  Month 3
 
Your spiritually adopted is quite active now, although his mother won’t feel him
 for another couple of months.  If there was a window, you could watch your baby squint, swallow and move his tongue.  He can make a tight first if you touch his palm.
 He is breathing fluid inside his mom which continues until birth, although he obtains the oxygen his body needs through the umbilical cord.
  The baby for whom you are praying weighs about one ounce,
 and at just nine weeks, begins to suck his thumb!

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St. Padre Pio Prayer Group of St. Ambrose
Old Bridge, New Jersey
 
All parishioners are warmly welcome to attend our
 
St. Padre Pio Prayer Group
 held monthly at St. Ambrose Church at 7:00PM.  The prayer group includes Mass of the day, prayers to St. Padre Pio, and veneration of a first class relic.  Everyone will go home blessed and feeling great and we hope you can plan to share in this awesome experience.
Upcoming dates are

January 27, 2020
February 24, 2020
March 30, 2020
April 27, 2020
May 18, 2020
June 29, 2020

 

St. Padre Pio was born in 1887 in Pietrelcina, Italy, and was an Italian priest,  known for his charity and love for the people around him.  He bore the wounds of Christ, which is still something that cannot be explained.  In August of 1918, he began experiencing a painful stigmata that eventually remained permanent for the next 50 years and disappeared, miraculously, a few days before his death in September 1968.  St. Padre Pio welcomed the pain for all of mankind, and was canonized  on June 16, 2002 by Pope John Paul II. 

We hope you can join us in prayer each month!

Pro Life/Respect Life Ministry

Please mark your calendars and join us as we witness God’s truth and embody our Lord’s command to love one another as He loves us!  Thanks to our Pastor and the commitment and interest of so many of our parishioners, our group will meet in the St. Anthony Room of the Parish office at 7:00PM on:

Wednesday, December 11, 2019
(2020 dates to be determined)

On-going areas of discussion will include education, outreach, public policy and prayer, all focused on the restoration of respect for human life as an essential task of the Church.  We will work closely with our Diocesan coordinator and be a part of the work of our Diocesan Office of Human Life and Dignity.  It is our duty as Catholics to respect all human life, help promote public awareness, promote laws that defend and protect life, and endorse programs of prayer so that the culture of death will be replaced with a culture of life.  Come and join the work of this critical ministry!

March for Life
Washington D.C.
January 24, 2019

 
Take a stand for the priceless value of human life!!   This year, St. Ambrose Parish, along with the Knights of Columbus Council 6424 and Immaculate Conception Parish in Spotswood, will host a bus to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life.  The bus will be provided totally free of charge to you, and will be reserved on a first come-first serve basis.  Call the Parish Office @ 732-679-5666 or the Knights of Columbus @ 732-679-2230 for further details and to confirm your reservation.  We hope you choose to join us in this important cause, as we strive to protect and value the rights of the unborn.
 

With the Christmas Season approaching, it may be helpful to
 have a clear outline of the liturgies, as respects the Holy Days
 and various changes in the daily Mass Schedule.
 If you have any questions, kindly call the Parish Office.

 
 
Saturday, December 21, 2019   
Fourth Sunday of Advent
                                                        9:00AM Mass
                                                        Confessions:  3:45-4:45PM
                                                       Mass @ 5:00PM
 
Sunday, December 22, 2019    
 Fourth Sunday of Advent
                                                      Masses @ 8:30AM, 10:30AM, & 12:00Noon
 
Tuesday, December 24, 2019   
Christmas Eve/Vigil
                                                      9:00 AM Mass
                                                      Masses @ 4:00PM (Children’s Mass)
                                                      11:30PM  Carol Service
                                                      12:00 Midnight Mass
 
Wednesday, December 25, 2019  
Christmas Day/The Nativity of the Lord
(A Holyday of Obligation)   
                                                       Masses @ 8:30AM, 10:30AM, & 12:00Noon
 
Thursday, December 26, 2019  
                                                        Mass @ 9:00AM  (please note there will be no 6:30AM Mass)
 
Friday, December 27, 2019        
                                                      Masses @ 6:30AM & 9:00AM
 
Saturday, December 28, 2019   
                                                        Mass @ 9:00AM
                                                        Confessions:  3:45-4:45PM
                                                        Mass @ 5:00PM
 
Sunday, December 29, 2019     
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
                                                     
                                                       Masses @ 8:30AM, 10:30AM, & 12:00Noon
 
Tuesday, December 31, 2019  
                                                         Mass @ 9:00AM (please note there will be
                                                            no 6:30AM Mass) The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
                                                          Vigil Mass @ 5:00PM
 
Wednesday, January 1, 2020    
                                                       Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
                                                          The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
                                                          (A Holyday of Obligation)
                                                       Masses @ 8:30AM, 10:30AM & 12:00Noon