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Thursday, November 1, 2001
Crooner brings a comforting repertoire
Vince Ambrosetti has performed for Pope John Paul II
By Dan Parker
Caller-Times

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Vince Ambrosetti, a Nashville-based contemporary Christian music singer will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Most Precious Blood, 3502 Saratoga Blvd.

About three weeks ago, the Rev. Bob Dunn of Corpus Christi's Most Precious Blood Catholic Church was eating lunch at Appleby's when he got a cell phone call from a woman he didn't know.
   The woman said she was calling from her Colorado home. She said she had seen on the Internet that Vince Ambrosetti would be performing soon at Most Precious Blood, and she wanted to know if the concert was still on.
   When Dunn said the concert indeed still was scheduled, the woman proclaimed that she and her husband would fly to Corpus Christi to see Ambrosetti perform. Dunn was flabbergasted.
   "I just said, My God, this is incredible," he remembers.
   Such is the magnetism of Ambrosetti, a Nashville-based contemporary Christian music singer who performed for Pope John Paul II in 1988 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. He also sang at Mother Teresa's funeral.
   Ambrosetti will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Most Precious Blood, 3502 Saratoga Blvd., in a concert that's free and open to people of all faiths. Ambrosetti also will lead a spiritual mission at the church Sunday through Wednesday with prayer, biblical readings and inspirational speeches.
   After performing for the Pope, an appearance in Corpus Christi might seem like spiritually small potatoes, but that's not so, Ambrosetti said.
   "Faith is not merely about massive gatherings, getting 10,000 people into a square in a big event," he said. "Faith is really nurtured in smaller ways and more lasting ways at the local church. It's there we go for baptism and learn about and experience forgiveness of God and are confirmed in our faith and pledge our vows to one another and commit as married people. It's where all that truly has meaning in our lives happens."
   Ambrosetti said he chucked a career as national director of training and development for Merrill Lynch more than 20 years ago to pursue a more spiritual path running a ministry in which he travels widely, performing Christian music. He sings, plays piano, conducts orchestras and has more than 20 albums to his credit.
   Ambrosetti said spiritually uplifting events like the one planned at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church are especially good for people in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
   "It's really fascinating that when darkness sets in ... we reach for that which we cannot see, that which is not tangible, but gives us comfort," he said.


Contact Dan Parker at 886-3753 or parkerd@caller.com

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