St. Ambrose Parish Holy Family Mission, Mereta November 6, 2016

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr . J o e Ch ou t ap a l li

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

Sunday 10:45 am Rosary is prayed before all Masses.

Daily Mass Readings

LITURGIES

Mon Titus1:1-9 Lk 17:1-6

Ps 24

Tue Titus 2:1-8 Lk 17:7-10

Ps 37

Mon. Nov. 7

6:30 pm In Thanksgiving for 60th Anniversary of George & Doris Halfmann

Tue. Nov. 8

8:00 am For Our Nation by Earl & Mary Ann Halfmann

Wed. Nov. 9

7:00 pm For Special Intentions by Chase & Darcy Weishuhn and Donald & Theresa Weishuhn

Thr. Nov. 10

8:00 am NOVENA MASS FOR ALL SOULS

Fri. Nov. 11

10:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Thr St. Leo the Great Philemon 7-20 Ps 146 Lk 17:20-25

11:30 am All Veterans and Military of our Parish

Fri

St. Martin of Tours 2 Jn 4-9 Ps 119 Lk 17:26-37

Sat

St. Josaphat 3 Jn 5-8 Lk 18:1-8

Sat. Nov. 12

Confession: Saturday 5 pm Holy Family Mass Time:

D e ac on D an S han n ah an

5:00 pm Confessions 6:00 pm +Gerald & Christine Sefcik by Family

Sun. Nov. 13

Wed The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Ps 46 1 Cor 3:9c-11, John 2:13-22

7:30 am NOVENA MASS FOR ALL SOULS 9:00 am St. Ambrose: For the Parish 10:45 am Holy Family: NOVENA MASS FOR ALL SOULS

Ps 112

Sun Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mal 3:19-20a Ps 98 1 Thes 3:7-12 Lk 21:5-19

The deceased are being remembered in Nine Novena Masses designated for All Souls during the month of November. All Souls’ Day envelopes will be placed on the altar and remain there through November. Simply list your loved ones, add your offering, and place it in the collection basket or take it to the Parish Office. Extra envelopes are available in the back of Church. Fr. Joe stresses the importance of the holy souls and our need to pray and offer Masses for them.

After the 9 am Mass -11:00 am: Elementary CCD Classes.

Wednesday, November 9 (continued) 7:00-8:00 pm: Class (9th Grade Mass & Confessions) 7:00: RCIA meets in the Fellowship Hall.

10:00 am: Adult Faith Formation in the Fellowship Hall.

HOLY FAMILY: 6:00-7:15 pm — CCD for Grades 7-9.

HOLY FAMILY: 9:30-10:30 am — CCD Classes Grades K-6. (CCD Students will be collecting canned goods and other perishable items for those in need during this season.)

6:30-8:00 pm: Seasons of Hope Bereavement Group — Season 2 will meet in the Parish Office. This Chr ist-centered sharing group can help bring consolation after the loss of a loved one. Session dates: Nov. 8 & 30, Jan. 4 & 25,and Feb. 8 & 22. Join us for prayer, scripture, faith-sharing and fellowship. Anyone is welcome. FMI or to register contact Wanda Gully @ 234-2038 or Wanda Lange @ 651-6847.

Sunday, November 6 Special Collection: Archdiocese for the Military Services

Monday, November 7 CDA will meet beginning with the Patriotic Rosary at 6:00 pm, followed by Mass at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Parish Hall. Our beloved deceased members will be remembered. Hostesses: Car ol Whitehead, Cindy Mikulik, Deanna Lehr , Deanna Gully, Dolores Gully, Denise Dusek, Debbie Halfmann, Debbie Hartman, Phyllis Shannahan. Program: Lori Todd, Hormone Consultant with Myers Drug. Special Request: Please bring 6 canned goods to be delivered to the Food Bank in memory of our deceased members. Thank you. Hope to see you there! 7:00 pm: Choir Practice.

Friday, November 11 8:00-8:45 am: Veterans’ Day Assembly in the Wall High School Gym to honor all local Veterans. All are invited to attend. Breakfast will be provided for the veterans who participate. Saturday, November 12 5:30 pm: Wall Brethren Harvest Kolache Festival. Bar beque meal will be served at 5:30 pm ($10/$5). Silent Auction, Country Store, and children’s games. Live Auction begins at 7:15 pm.

Tuesday, November 8 ELECTION DAY Meals for the Elderly: Vonda Wilde & Alice Ayer s

Sunday, November 13 HOLY DOORS WILL CLOSE. After the 9 am Mass-11:00 am: Elementary CCD Classes.

Wednesday, November 9 5:45-6:30: Music practice (on CCD evenings) for the Christmas Youth Mass. Any youth planning to be at that Mass are welcome to sing! Please tr y to make as many pr actices as possible.

10:00 am: Adult Faith Formation in the Fellowship Hall.

6:30-7:00 pm: Hangouts (Parent Helpers: David & Tommie Kubenka, Richard & Joanna Moeller.)

HOLY FAMILY: 9:30-10:30 am — CCD Classes Grades K-6.

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

After the 9:00 am Mass: Ministry to the Sick Training in the church. If interested in this ministry, call the office to register. 11:00 am: Festival at St. Joseph in Rowena.

Key passage: “Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.” [Luke 20:37-38] Adult: As a person of faith, reflect on what you believe about death, immortality, resurrection, and heaven. Youth: After someone you love dies, how have you experienced the living, merciful God? Reprinted with permission from Heritage of Faith, Published by Twenty-Third Publications.

November 9: 7:00-7:45 — 9th Grade Mass with confessions to follow. Teacher s, let Fr . J oe know what your kids have been learning so he can prepare for a discussion with your students. November 9: “Called to Protect” program in the Parish Hall for Junior High students only. High School students will have class. All parents are encouraged to attend this important program. November 12/13: “If the Truth Be Told” Conference for High School youth only. This confer ence is being held at Sacred Heart in San Angelo. The program begins Saturday morning at 9:00 am. Permission forms will be available soon. November 16: Classes will be held at the Wall High School Gym for the Community Thanksgiving Service. I hope all of you will make plans to attend this prayer service. November 17: Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Dinner. Contacts for this event ar e Apr il Bowman and Kar en Schwar tz. I would like to thank all the parents for serving our youth this past Wednesday in our preparation for the December 7th celebration of the anniversary of our church. What a blessing to us for all the time and effort you all put in to make this happen. Again kids, please be safe in all you do and make smart choices this week. Let’s remember to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 pm. Also let’s keep our farmers in our prayer as they continue producing crops for the area and world. Your brother and in Christ, ~Deacon Dan St. Helen’s Altar Society is collecting items for gift bags to be given to Meals for the elderly. A box will be in the back of church for such items as: tissues, lotions, hair products, individual drink packets, crackers, cookies, cereal bars, pens, pencils, notepads, combs, brushes, etc. Gift bags will be assembled at the next meeting on Nov. 21st. Your generosity will be appreciated! UPCOMING EVENTS: Nov. 16: 7:00 pm — Community Thanksgiving Service in the Wall High School Gym. Nov. 17: 2:00-5:00 Senior Citizens meet in the Fellowship Hall. The annual Thanksgiving meal will follow in the Parish Hall, sponsored and served by the Junior High Youth Group. If you know of shut-ins that would appreciate a meal delivered to them, please call the Parish Office. Nov. 19/20: There will be a Bake Sale after Masses for Fr. Joe’s Orphanage and School. This will be a joint effort of St. Helen’s Altar Society and CDA. Member s ar e asked to br ing a baked item to the Satur day evening or a Sunday morning Mass. Nov. 20: 9:00 am Mass — Commissioning of those trained on Nov. 13 for the Ministry to the Sick. Nov. 21: St. Helen’s Altar Society will meet beginning with Mass at 6:30 pm. Hostesses: Dolor es Gully, Tempe Gerngross, Doris Halfmann, Mary Ann Halfmann, Diane Kadlacek, Laverne Hoelscher, Leona Kadlacek, Kathy Sefcik. Program: Pr epar e gift bags for Meals for the Elder ly. Please br ing miscellaneous items for gift bags. The 75th Anniversary Committee is seeking historical items of interest for the Dec. 7th Celebration. These could be photos, newspaper clippings, video clips from weddings or events, etc. from the past 75 years! We will be happy to make copies and return the original back to the owner. To share, please contact the Parish Office. NOTE: If you have stories you wish to share, please contact Louis Fohn @ 651-8905 THANK YOU: We wish to thank Regan & Stephani Noland for sharing flowers with the Church.

Remember to pray the Divine Mercy daily at 3:00 pm. ADULT CONFIRMATION OFFERED Bishop Sis will be celebrating three diocesan Masses of Adult Confirmation. The Mass in San Angelo will be at St. Mary’s Parish on April 23, 2017 at 3:00 pm. Candidates are to receive their catechesis on the parish level. If you, or someone you know, have received the Sacraments of Baptism and First Eucharist but still are in need of the Sacrament of Confirmation, please contact the Parish Office.

ST. AMBROSE/HOLY FAMILY DECEMBER 4-6 (Sunday, Monday & Tuesday) Mission will begin at 6:00 pm each evening. Presenter: Fr. Blaise Czaja, C.P. of the Passionist Community Theme: Reaching Out to the Most Needy. “Go therefore and make disciples of all…” (Matthew 28:19) On Monday evening an Advent Penance Service will follow the Mission, beginning at 7:00 pm. Mark your calendars and make plans now for you and your family to attend!

Please note: Contact ROSA MARTINEZ @ 763-1012 to add or remove a person from the Prayer List. Prayer List:: Jesse Alvarez, Macey Barrows, John Paul Basquez, Beverly Benson, McKenna Bowie, Lorine Braden, Chris Brenek, Tootsie Brenek, Victor Brenek, Gary Coats, Frankie Cantu, Lori Chavez, Dottie Clever, Melissa Clifton, Tracie Davis, Judy Dominguez, Laura Lee Duderstadt, Greg Efferson, Carrol Fischer, Vendeline Foltz, Dorothy Frenzel, Barbara Frey, Kervin Frysak, Glen Gesch, James Glass, Judy (Gesch) Goodgion, Anita & Inocente Gonzales, Edward Gonzalez, Freddy Gonzales, Alex Guevara, Gloria Guevara, Joe Guzman, Cecil Halfmann, Geraldine Halfmann, Kevin Halfmann, Baby Hamende, Lucy Hayes, Diane Havlak, Amanda Herrera, Leon Hoelscher, Marjorie Hoelscher, Dot Hohensee, Hadlee Holik, Jimmy Hollon, Ruth Hyde, Wilbert Jost, Gertrude Kellermeier, Fred King, Mary (Fr. Joe’s sister), Nicole (Wilde) Klinesmith, Betsy Lagledar, Pedro Martinez, Patricia McCrea, Georgie Meeks, Allene Menke, Bobbie Morales, Keith Nally, Enriqueta Ornelas, Elaine Pelzel, Benjamin Perez, Claudia Perez, Gary Peters, Joyce Piland, Lori Potter, Donnia Robles, Juan Santiago, Alfred Schwartz, Bernice Schwartz, Clarence Schaefer, Jr., Jessica Sloan, Jonathan Taylor, Juanita Timm, Darlene Torres, Laura S. Torres, Carol Upshaw, Elsie Wilde, Velma Wilde, Herbert Woehl.

HOLY DOOR CLOSING NOVEMBER 13, 2016 The Holy Door of Mercy is a special Holy Door which Pope Francis has asked to be opened in every Diocese during the Extraordinary Holy Year in order to allow the faithful in every part of the world to experience the Mercy of the Father in its fullness by receiving a plenary indulgence (see below). Bishop Sis designated Sacred Heart Cathedral as one of the churches in our Diocese to have the Holy Door. We are so fortunate to have a Holy Door very close. You will find a card in the vestibule of the Cathedral explaining what to do at the Holy Door along with the graces received by passing through the Door. It also contains the “Prayer Before Crossing the Threshold of the Holy Door” and The “Prayer After Crossing the Threshold of the Holy Door.” There is another card of the picture of the Holy Door and Official Prayer by Pope Francis for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Both of the cards are for all visitors to take with them as a courtesy of the Cathedral and the Ladies Altar Society. The Cathedral has Mass during the week at 12:10 pm as well as the weekend Masses — Saturday at 5:00 pm (English) and Sunday at 10:00 am (English), 12:00 noon (Spanish) and 6:00 pm (English). Confessions at the Cathedral are on Wednesday from 2:00-2:30 and on Saturday from 4:00-4:30. However, in order to fulfill one of the requirements to receive the graces for passing through the Holy Door, confession does not have to be fulfilled at the Cathedral. Confessions at St. Ambrose are from 5:00-5:30 pm on Saturday. It has to be done within a reasonable amount of time before or after passing through the Holy Door. We don’t want to miss this golden opportunity to cleanse ourselves of all temporal punishment due to our sins, creating a “clean slate!” It is also an opportunity to release souls from purgatory by passing through the Holy Door for their benefit! Think of the souls that we can save and the power of their prayers in return! NOTE: The Holy Door is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. On Saturday only the northwest door of the church is open until 4:00 pm and then all doors are open until after the 5:00 pm Mass. On Sunday all door are open from 9:00 am until after the 6:00 pm Mass. Pope Francis wrote the following about gaining a Plenary Indulgence by crossing through a Holy Door during the Jubilee Year of Mercy: “I wish that the Jubilee Indulgence may reach each one as a genuine experience of God’s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed. To experience and obtain the Indulgence, the faithful are called to make a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop […] as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion. […] It is important that this moment be linked, first and foremost, to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy. It will be necessary to accompany these celebrations with the profession of faith and with prayer for me and for the intentions that I bear in my heart for the good of the Church and of the entire world.” A Plenary Indulgence is the complete remission of all temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven. In addition to prayerfully crossing through the Holy Door, Pope Francis has established the following conditions to be met in order to receive this Jubilee Indulgence: 

Go to Sacramental Confession within several days before or after you cross through the Holy Door.

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Receive Holy Communion (with personal reflection on mercy) within several days before or after you cross through the Holy Door.

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Pray for the intentions of the Pope by praying the Profession of Faith (also typically one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be).

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Truly repent of your sin and let go of your attachment to sin, even venial sin.

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Be in the state of grace at least at the time of the visit to the Holy Door.

FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS: 

An Indulgence can be obtained for oneself or for souls in Purgatory, but it cannot be applied to other persons living on earth.

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A Plenary Indulgence can be acquired multiple times throughout the year, but no more than once in the course of a day.

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A single sacramental Confession is sufficient for gaining several Plenary Indulgences.

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A separate reception of Holy Communion and a separate prayer for the Pope’s intentions are required for each Plenary Indulgence.

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It is appropriate, but not necessary, that the reception of Communion and the prayer for the Pope’s intentions take place on the same day as the visit to the Holy Door.

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It is sufficient that the sacramental Confession, reception of Communion, and the prayer for the Pope’s intentions be carried out within several days before or after the visit to the Holy Door.