Help fund my musical formation in Italy in the Jubilee Year!

Theresa Ambat is organizing this fundraiser to benefit The Vigil Project.

Tax deductible

UPDATE 3/14: Any additional funds raised above the goal will go toward my travel/flight expenses. THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me reach my goal. I am beyond grateful, and will be keeping you in my prayers <3

My name is Theresa Ambat – I'm a Catholic musician raising funds to receive formation in Italy with The Vigil Project this May 30th – June 9th, 2025, in Italy.

If you know me, you know I have been a musician ever since I was a young child, singing karaoke at Filipino gatherings and writing short songs about fictional characters on my toy guitar. My love for music continued to grow in high school, where I fell deeper in love with songwriting and music production. Throughout college, I had a life-changing encounter with Jesus, who poured His love upon me, and I felt the Lord calling me to pursue music more deeply for His glory. During those years, I had the chance to release my first album and share my testimony and personal music at intimate venues in Seattle, partaking in a small mission to speak into people's hidden thirst for God. My greatest desire today is to help people know the sweet Lord who is abundant love itself--and some of my favorite ways to do this are through authentic songwriting and providing music for Mass and Eucharistic adoration.

Over ten days, The Vigil Project will be providing me (and a cohort of musicians from around the world) with essential training on liturgy, devotion, and musicianship. The aim is to equip me with the prayerful vision, skills, and energy such that I can return home to do something really great with music here in our community. I will also:

Receive a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore the life of St. Francis in Assisi
Experience the Italian coast and the Tuscany city of Modena
Be in Rome on Pentecost in the Jubilee year
Have a private nighttime Mass for us musicians at the tomb of St. Cecilia on the vigil of Pentecost

It will be an unforgettable and formative experience for me in my journey as a Catholic and musician.

I need to raise $2,315 to help pay for this experience, and any additional funds raised will cover my international travel expenses. I'm inviting you to consider giving $50-$100 to help make this experience possible for me and to contribute to the mission of evangelization through beauty here in Seattle. If just 23 of my friends and family give $100, I'll be fully funded.

As a special thank you, I will be sending updates to you exclusively while I'm in Italy and will offer an exclusive digital EP of recorded praise and worship covers made by yours truly.

Thank you for considering donating! All funds support the work of The Vigil Project, a 501c3 nonprofit: www.thevigilproject.com