Thanksgiving Tree: will be set up on the stage. Nearby will be paper ornaments on which you may answer the question, " I thank God this year for…" Use the ribbons to tie it onto the tree. Kids will find special ornaments that have a picture to color on one side, while the blessing can be put on the other side. We will keep it up every Sunday into Christmas Eve Mass at 4:00. Perhaps a couple of blessings can be read anonymously each Sunday. Our Thanksgiving continues into Christmas.
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Tree Project update: maybe in December? Waiting to hear from Collin Co. Child Advocacy Center, Park & Los Rios.
Marie Green’s son Steven is selling Marie’s house and offering our community a first shot at greatly reduced cost. Location: Renner & Collins/Alma, south east subdivision. Specs: ca. 2,500 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, den, dining room, office, two car garage. Open to renting or renting to buy. Contact: Green, Steven, E-mail Address: sgreen@virtualagility.com
December 9: Save Your Blood for the Christmas Blood Drive and Brunch.
Mass: Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.
Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence. Time: 9:30
Readings: Acts 10 25-48; Psalm 98, The Lord has revelaed to the Nations his Saving Power; 1 John 4, 7-10; John 15, 9-17
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The Annual Anniversary Celebration: Saturday,May 23, 7:00, as usual, at Fairview Farms, Parker & Central, same corner as Costco; covered dish (R to Z please bring deserts; A to Q hors d'oeurves) Welcome!! About 12 couples will renew their wedding vows.
True? Peace….comes within the soul when I realize my relationship, my oneness with the Universe & all its Powers, and when I realize that at the Center of the Universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this Center is really Everywhere. It is within each of us.
Mass:Coffee & juice, pastries & specials on the House.
Time:9:30; Celebrate with Stack. Welcome.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side, Plano.
Readings: Ezekiel, 34, 11-17, I will look after and tend my sheep; Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want; 1 Corinthians 15, 20-28, Christ has been raised from the dead; Matthew 25, 31-46, The last judgement, He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Picture Picture 1: Wedding of Jack & Jackie Carleson, 11-11-11, 11:00 A.M.
Picture 2: Baptism of Josh
Picture 3: Rita's house
Picture 4: The Scrapers
Picture 5: Diane & Jenny
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A. Schedule of upcoming events: In an attempt to make our Advent special this year, we invite the community to focus on one gift to the less fortunate each of the 4 Sundays. We will include a special reconciliation rite the 4th Sunday, Dec. 18. See the flier. Download Advent 2011
1. November 27, 1st of Advent. The gift: Food. Network of Community Ministries with help from Cindy & Ken Cramer.
2. December 4, 2nd Advent. The gift: Toys for Collin County Child Advocacy Center with Beth helping. John Cade celebrates our Mass.
December 10, Saturday, Love for Kids Christmas Party in Flower Mound for handicapped kids. loveforkidsinc@yahoo.com
3. December 11, 3rd Advent. The gift: Blankets to The Bridge Homeless Shelter. Also, Thanks Brunch in gratitude to our Board and particularly to Ron Kovatis, Penny Morrow, & Cathy Goode, who are retiring. Special guest homilist, Jamie Rose.
4. December 18, 4th Advent. The Gift: Men's Shoes for the Austin Street Shelter. Also, a special rite of reconciliation during our Mass. Mike Carrell will share his ideas during the homily.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side
Readings: 2 Samuel 5, 1-3; Psalm 122, Let us go Rejoicing to the House of the Lord; Colossians 1, 12-20; Luke 23, 35-43.
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No Discussion after Mass Sunday. Take the gift of time to enjoy the pastries and each other after Mass.
Dates this Week:
November 20, This Saturday: help us feed the homeless like we did last year. Time: 10:00-2:00. Place: Lake Highland's Presbyterian, (across from the police station), 8525 Audelia Road, Dlls 75238.
Note the time change to 10:00. They are starting earlier this year, and will probably finish earlier.
Click on the link for a nice letter from Ross Taylor, the director of LifeNet & coordinator of the Thanksgiving Dinner, Download LifeNet Thanksgiving Dinner
November 21, This Sunday: our Thanksgivning food drive. We will have extra boxes for packing.
City House: Jackie Ritter has brought this agency to our attention as worth supporting, Download City House 11-19-10
3. The Catholic Church welcomes large group of Anglicans, Mirabili Dictu, 11-15-10,Download Anglicans
True?
Mark Twain upon being introduced by some guy:
"The house, very much against his will, forced him to ascend the platform and introduce me. He stood thinking a moment and then said:
'I don't know anything about this man. At least I know only two things: one is, he hasn't been in the penitentiary, and the other is (after a pause, and almost sadly), I don't know why.'”
The difference? The first is Protestant more or less, and the second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha.
Both are good translations.
Meghan and Cindy.
Zaile and Billy.
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1. January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless. We will have a signup sheet at Mass. Last year we had two teams of about 5 each.
