Thank you St. Ambrose parishioners! We want to give you an update on the financial support St. Ambrose is providing to our Sister Parish in San Agustin, El Salvador and tell you a little about our projects there. With your help we raised over $15,000 for San Agustin from July 2016 through July 2017. This includes $7100 from the weekly Children’s collection, $3235 from pupusa sales, $1160 from the Guadalupe Mosaic raffle, and $3500 in donations from individuals. We also received 250 pounds of donations of soap, washcloths, toothbrushes, rosaries, and religious articles for our mission trip.

     With your support St. Ambrose is able to provide $6000 in assistance to eight college students studying nursing, engineering, and law. We provided $500 for loans to local farmers. $1090 put a new roof and a floor in one family’s house, and will repair a wall in another. $1000 will establish a lunch program for the elderly, $700 provided an emergency fund to help the poor and sick. $100 provided improvements to the parish, and $1775 was provided for construction of the new church building.

    We want to thank you all for your continued support to Family to Familia and our projects in San Agustin. We remain especially grateful to the children of St. Ambrose for their continued support through the Children’s collection and St. Ambrose School. Thanks everybody.

Contact (Contacto):

Darrell  and Lorelei Matics*                               
Phone (Telefono): 301-209-8398                      
Email (Correo electrónico): darrellmatics@hotmail.com               

Cosette Jablonski*
Phone (Telefono): 240-485-4757
Email (Correo electrónico): bornoscos@hotmail.com

*HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL

Mission (Mision):

To create ties between our English and Spanish speaking communities at Saint Ambrose and promote global solidarity through our relationship with our sister parish of San Agustin, El Salvador. We connect families from our two communities here with families in our sister parish, and we sponsor projects to support the people of San Agustin.

Crear vínculos entre nuestras comunidades de habla hispana en San Ambrosio y promover la solidaridad global a través de nuestra relación con nuestra parroquia hermana de San Agustín, Usulután. El Salvador. Conectamos familias de nuestras dos comunidades aquí con familias en nuestra parroquia hermana, y patrocinamos proyectos para apoyar a las personas de San Agustín.

Activities (Actividades):

1. Cultural celebrations and parties:  Posadas,  feast of San Agustin, summer barbeques
2. Parties to make cards and write letters to our friends in San Agustin
3. Parish Mission trips to San Agustin, El Salvador
4. Sponsoring projects in San Agustin - playground, a parish kitchen,  painting, planting trees, 
5. Parish collections of medicine, shoes, laptops and backpacks, etc. for San Agustin
6. Sponsoring Microloan program for businesses and students in San Agustin

1. Celebraciones y fiestas culturales: Posadas, fiesta de San Agustín, barbacoas de verano etc.
2. Realizamos fiestas para hacer tarjetas y escribir cartas a nuestros amigos en San Agustín.
3. Como mision parroquial organizamos viajes a San Agustín, El Salvador.  
4. Patrocinamos proyectos en San Agustín como parque infantil, cocina parroquial, pintura, plantación de árboles.
5. Colectamos medicinas, zapatos, laptops y mochilas, etc. para San Agustín
6. Patrocinamos pequeños prestamos para empresas y estudiantes en San Agustín.

Nuestro apoyo a la gente de San Agustin es apreciado más allá de las palabras. Esperamos ayudar a seis estudiantes con becas este año y esperamos continuar la construcción de su nueva iglesia para incluir el techo, las ventanas y los pisos.

Si puede ayudar de alguna manera, comuníquese con:

*Darrell & Lorelei Matics: 301-209-8398
*Cosette Jablonski: 240-485-4757
*HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL

Our support to the people of San Augstin is appreciated beyond words. We are expecting to help six students with scholorships this year and we are expecting to continue the construction of their new church to include the roof, windows and floors.

If you can help in anyway, please contact:

Darrell & Lorelei Matics: 301-209-8398
Cosette Jablonski: 240-485-4757

  The interior of the church, ready for the roof!