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Roman Catholic Church
83 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857
www.saintambroseparish.com
The Parish is Served by
Rev. Jack C. Grimes
Pastor
Rev. Joemar Garboso
Parochial Vicar
Deacon Andrew J. Strus
Deacon Thomas Yondolino
Dr. Theodore Kadela, Ph.D.
Principal
Mrs. Joan Abitabile
Parish Office Manager
Mrs. Maggie Zmigrodski
Director of Religious Education
Mrs. Kathy Abair
Coordinator of Religious Education
Mrs. Margaret Kmiec
Music Director, Organist & Wedding Coordinator
~ A Welcoming Community Of Faith In The Heart Of Old Bridge ~
Parish Office Hours and Contact Information
Monday through Friday 9:00AM-12:00 Noon & 1:00PM-4:00PM
Parish Office Phone: 732-679-5666; Parish Fax: 732-679-0853
Religious Education Office: 732-679-5580
Social Ministry-St. Vincent DePaul Society: 732-679-5666
School Information
School Phone: 732-679-4700; School Fax: 732-679-6062
School Website: www.stambroseschool.net
Lee Ann Bocanegra, School Office Manager
ST. AMBROSE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2014
MASSES
Saturday Evening: 5:00pm
Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am & 12:00 Noon
Daily Masses
Monday through Friday: 6:30 & 9:00am
Saturday: 9:00am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Daily - 8:00-9:00am
Holy Rosary and Mercy Chaplet prayed after
9:00am Daily Mass
Holy days: As announced
Sign Language Mass
12 Noon, 2nd & 4th Sunday
Filipino Mass: 2:00pm-3rd Sunday of the Month
Miraculous Medal Novena
Every Monday Morning at 8:45am
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
5:00PM - Esther Ryan req. Ray & Joan Foley
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28
7:30AM - Thomas Maciasczak req. Debbie & John Hanlon
9:00AM - Theresa Patania req. Eye Physicians of Central Jersey
10:30AM - Robert McKiernan, Sr. req. F. McKiernan & Family
12 Noon - Thomas Morris req. Pat Morris & Family
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29
6:30AM - Salvatore Buttiglione req. The Grande Family
9:00AM - People of the Parish, Living & Deceased
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30
6:30AM - John Redling req. The Redling’s
9:00AM - Walsh-Spatafora Family req. Margaret Spatafora
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 - NEW YEAR’S EVE
6:30AM - Rosemarie Muscaro req. M/M Terence Roche
9:00AM - Lorraine DeMatteo req. The Andruchowitz Family
5:00PM - People of the Parish, Living & Deceased
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 - NEW YEAR’S DAY
7:30AM - No Mass
9:00AM - Albert Craeye req. Ann Nemeth
10:30AM - Daniel Johnson req. Debbie & John Hanlon
12Noon - Thomas Quaranta req. Mary Quaranta
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2
6:30AM - Florence Corridon req. Gerald Lopez
9:00AM - John Coyle req. Alfie & Al Bresocnik
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3
9:00AM - Rosemarie Muscaro req. John Corrigan
5:00PM - Nicole Surace req. The Arboleda Family; and
Jean Bradley req. Joe & Sue Montamayor
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
7:30AM - Proserfina Lumbao req. The Lumbao Family
9:00AM - Deacon Charles Damian req. St. Ambrose Rel Ed
10:30AM - Virginia Hudson req. St. Ambrose Rel Ed
12 Noon - Patricia Bernadelli req. Dan & Megan Sweet; and
Justin Lamorena req. Lovely R. Suanino
PRIESTS FOR NEXT WEEK’S MASSES
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3
5:00 PM - Fr. Jack
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
7:30AM - vising priest 9:00AM - Fr. Jack
10:30AM - Fr. Jack
12:00PM - Fr. Jack
New Year’s Eve
5:00PM - Fr. Jack (Wed. Dec. 31st)
New Year’s Day
7:30AM - No Mass ; 9:00AM - Fr. Jack
10:30AM - Fr. Jack ; 12:00PM - Fr. Sean
Hosts & Wine - used in memory of ANDREW & ANNE
KUDLA, Sr. req. by Pat & Andy Kudla
Sanctuary Lamp & Altar Candles - will burn in memory of
VITO ABBRUSCATO req. by The Abbruscato Family
Rose for the Unborn - is also in memory of THERESA PA
req. by Eye Physicians of Central Jersey
TANIA
REST IN PEACE
Frederick W. Capuano, husband of Frieda; recently returned to
his eternal reward. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
ST. AMBROSE PARISH
Collection for December 14th was $ 11,288.00.
Building Fund Collection was $5,509.00.
Collection for December 21st was not available at time of print.
Thank you for your continued support.
“Hail and Blessed be the hour and the moment in which
the Son of God was born at Midnight, in Bethlehem, in the
piercing cold. At that hour, O My God, hear our prayers
and grant our desires through the infinite merits of our
Lord and savior Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother
Mary, Amen!”
All Night Vigil
Friday January 2nd ~ 9PM - 2:30AM
St Ambrose Church
First Friday Mass, 15 Decades of the Rosary, Scapular Enrollment, Exposion, Staons of the Cross,
Confessions...Midnight Break; Divine Mercy Chaplet, Our Lady’s Profession. Come and pray to Jesus
and Mary for the Family, the Church, our Country
and the whole world. For more informaon call
(732) 254-5908.
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Blanche Aeppli + Leonora Balgatas + Ramona Baltazar + Laura
Barbuzza +
Dolores
Bennett + Sarah Befumo +
Marie Berardi + Kaitlyn Grace
Blasco + +Shannon Blackwell
+ Raylene Blystone + Lucille
Boyle + Ann Bullis + Robert
Cardillo + George Chang +
Dorena Chang +
Cecelia
Claxton + Matthew Conklin +
Patricia Cousins + Robert
Corless + Frances Colorafi +
Toni Marie Cosentino + Bill
Cunningham + Betsabett Dalloroso + Maggie DeGrazio +
Laura DeCillis + Annette DeMarco + Corinne Desterdick +
Karen Desterdick + MaryAnn
Desterdick + James Devine +
Eleanor Doherty + Rosemary
D’Onofrio + Peggy ConahanEpstein + Loran Farrell +
Shawn Feeley + Maria Fiermonte + Walter Fialias + Cecilia Freeman + Frankie Gagliano + Robert Garbie + Andrew Gasperchek + Else
Gerwan + Peter Giangrande +
Madeline Gonzalez + Catherine Graces + John Graziano
+ Joseph Guarino, Jr. +
Dominick Hammel + Debbie
Hanlon + Ryan Hansen + Loren Hegarty + Katherine Healy
+ Daniel F. Hennessey +
Frances Hillock + Madeline
Jardine + Christopher Joyce +
Kimberly Johnson + Jean &
John Kelly + Donna Keslosky
+ Grace Klimko +Joseph Klimko + John Krenkel + Sr. Joan
Krukoski + Thomas LaFemina
+ John Lazzarotti + William
Leroy + Marie Lewis + Madeline Lewis + Sadie Mandano +
James Martemucci + Migdalia
Martinez + Marilyn McCarthy
+ Timothy McDonnell + Mary
Meyer + William Mirfield +
Rose Montanaro + James
Mooney + Emile Ne Jame +
Donna Niethe + Glenn Niethe
+ Marilyn Niethe + Steven
Novak + Vincenza Nusio +
Fran O’Keefe + Kuljit Singh
Parmar + Evelyn Patenaude
+ Nancy Perilla + Robert Polst
+ Jean-Louis Pouliot + John
Quinn + William F. Ramieri +
Richard Recht + Carlos Rodriguez + Nicholas Rosen +
Nanette Ruggiero + Joseph
Rubino + Joseph Russo +
Bayani Saludez + Monica
Schmipff + Josephine Schmidt
+ Maureen Shores + Theresa Snyder + Anthony Spano +
Carmella Spano + Harrison &
Liam Strus + Caryn Thomas +
Helen Titus + Mary Toomey +
Eileen VanBuren + Evangela
Vanacore + Margaret Vega +
Carissa Veltri + Lisa Veltri +
Frank Ventimeglia + Pearl
Walas + Debra Weber + Kirk
Werner + Virginia Whiteman
And pray for the men and
women in the service, both
home and abroad, caregivers, for those in need of
God’s graces, and for world
peace.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: If anyone is seriously ill at
home, please notify the parish office. Do not wait until your
loved one is at a critical point. The hospital visits are covered by each hospital’s own chaplains. Our priests are assigned to Old Bridge Hospital for Tuesday and Wednesday.
BAPTISM: The 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at
1:30pm. Prior attendance at an instruction session for parents is required. Call the Parish Office to make arrangements as early as possible.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Saturday: 3:45 – 4:45pm
or by appointment
MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made one year
before the date of marriage.
Alert!! Alert!! Drive by and check out our beauful Christmas sign on Route 9! We hope you enjoy it!
~~PARISH NEWS~~
Wishing all of our St. Ambrose families a Happy and
Healthy New Year with much hope, peace and joy in
your hearts!
The Children’s Mass will be celebrated for the
Feast of the Epiphany on Sunday January 4,
2015 at the 9AM Mass. Come see the Three
Kings present their gifts to the Baby Jesus. All
children are encouraged to attend.
Please note the Parish Oce will be closed on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 31st, Jan. 1st and Jan. 2nd for the
New Year holiday. Happy New Year to all!
Please note there will be no Bingo on New Year’s Eve Wed.
December 31st.
AMBROSE HSA CALENDAR RAFFLE
St. Ambrose HSA “Fall Calendar Raffle” has
now ended. Thank you to all who participated.
Dec.14th’s winner was the Delahunt Family. Keep an
eye out for our Spring Raffle! Thank you for your continued support!
Breaking Bread Book - there is still time to add a
loved one’s name to these books. Donation $10/book.
Forms are in the Parish Office.
St. Ambrose Christmas Flower List is available at the doors of the church. Please take
one. Thank you to all who donated. Our
church looks beautiful!
SAT CLASS - Ivy Masters Learning Center is oering an SAT
class in the Parish Room which will run 5:15 to 7:15 every
Sunday from January 11th unl March 8th. Cost is $640 and
includes materials. Late signups accepted. For more informaon, call Paul Pscolka at 732-485-6480.
2014 Confirmation videos can be picked up in the
Religious Education office.
“If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your
hopes.” ~ St. Clement of Alexandria
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December 2014 ~ I would like to extend my most humble
thanks to those of you who have responded to my invitaon to
parcipate in our sponsorship program that helps to defray the
cost of tuion and provide an opportunity for a student to realize a solid foundaon of spiritual, social and academics here at
St. Ambrose School. Your generosity has already been put into
acon on behalf of a student currently aending our school,
and will connue to make a huge dierence to a family already
doing their best to provide a Catholic educaon for their child.
Your willingness to share is so very much appreciated.
We are connuing this eort, and should you want to parcipate and provide a student a spiritually and academicallyexcellent experience, please call the Parish Oce or complete
the tear-o and return in the collecon basket. Someone will
reach out to you, in the utmost of condence, and steer you in
the right direcon. The Mission of St. Ambrose School is to enable our children to grow in knowledge and love of learning
within a faith-based community, and inspire every child to
reach their full potenal in a safe and Catholic environment.
During this Season of Advent, I prayerfully ask that you consider
the greatest of all gis…. The Message of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, fully alive in our Parish School. May God bless you for
your consideraon. Father Jack
Name: __________________________________________
~~DIOCESE NEWS~~
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
2014 Bishop’s Annual Appeal - Life-Changing Faith
The Office of Family Life empowers families to accept and
embrace Catholic values by courageously modeling those
values for society by the joyful acceptance of cultural diversity, the compassionate outpouring of love for those who are
hurting or in need and for the ongoing affirmation of the dignity of all human life. Your gift to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal supports these vital ministries for our families and
communities.
ATTN: JUNIOR/SENIOR HS YOUTHS: St. Ann’s is sponsoring
an overnight bus trip to Washington DC on Jan. 21-22 to
join other youths willing to stand up for the sancty of life
and the dignity of the human person. Price $95; $30 deposit due by Dec. 30th! Trip includes chartered bus, overnight stay in Gym at Catholic University of America, dinner,
breakfast, aendance at all events, & dinner on the way
home. Contact Sandy Kale at St. Ann’s School of Religion on
(908)-537-1070 for all the details.
Daytime phone: ___________________________________
_____ Yes, I would like to sponsor a student at St. Ambrose School.
Please call me so I can request more information.
New Memorials Now Available
In a busy parish like ours, The Mass Book for 2015 has already
been filled. We can’t open the 2016 Mass Book until January
2015. Many parishioners have come to the office looking for
Masses for their loved ones or friends who have passed. Like
many other parishes, we have decided to add additional memorials in addition to the Bread and Wine and Sanctuary Lamp and
Altar Candles. You may now purchase flowers in memory of your
loved ones. Flower memorials will be as follows:
One large arrangement for the center of the Sanctuary, or two for
either side of the tabernacle for $100. Arrangements for the
Blessed Mother and St. Joseph is $50 each.
In addition, you may also purchase a “Rose for the Unborn” to be
placed at the tabernacle. The intention will read “Rose for the
Unborn” donated in memory of ~ by ~. Therefore this memorial
will have a dual intention. The cost is $10.
We are also in the process of getting Mass cards for the missions. These Masses will be said by missionaries and not here at
St. Ambrose. The stipend for those will be $5. Please call or stop
by the Parish Office if you have any questions or need further
information.
New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance / Knights of Columbus
Dec. 31st 7:30 - 11:30PM $55/person (in advance only)
61 Pine Street, Old Bridge
For more info call 732-251-0970
READY TO WIN?
St. Ambrose School Gift Basket Auction!
FRIDAY March 6, 2015
~ Tickets on sale now! ~
Over 200 prize baskets
Admission $30 (incl. door prize ticket; THREE small basket
ticket sheets) 50/50 Birthday Board, Silent Auction, Sports
Memorabilia, Trips and more. Space is limited. Visit
www.stambroseschool.net or contact Lisa O’Keefe on 732754-1475/ StAmbroseEvents@yahoo.com.. Early Bird Package (avail. until Jan. 31). Mail checks payable to St. Ambrose HSA 81 Throckmorton Ln. Old Bridge, NJ 08857.
Aer many years of service and devoon to the parish
community of St. Ambrose, I would like to announce the
rerement of our Deacon Andrew Strus. Deacon Andy has
been an integral and valuable asset to the many ministries
of our Parish and School, and he has touched the lives of
so many of our parishioners. Kindly make me in your busy
schedule to aend the 12:00 Noon Mass on January 4,
2015, wherein we will celebrate his dedicaon to St. Ambrose and wish him well as he moves on from this chapter
in his life. Light refreshments will be available in the auditorium directly aer the Mass and I hope you will be able
to stop by and say hello to Andy and his family. Hope to
see you all there! Fr. Jack
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