Christmas Eve Mass, 2007

Special Thanks:

  • For reading: Alexandra & Morgan
  • For the Altar Bread: Bernadette & Christine & Megan
  • For Serving: Noah
  • For the Books & wine cups: Rob & Beth
  • For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste, Hue, Rick & Jackie
  • For the kids in the Nativity Drama: Wesley, Melissa & Jenny, Maggie, Morgan & Tyler, Georgie & the angels, Christina & Angelica.

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Happy Birthday Today: Jackie Ritter, Joyce Britton, & Rosemary Beavers.

Happy Anniversary Today: Jane & Scott Williams (30th!)

Please Remember: Carol Eshelbrenner’s mom in the hospital; Mary’s son John; Odi’s friend Blanca with cancer;  Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Shawn in a car wreck; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred’s friend John with cancer; Roy’s daughter Bonny with cancer in NY.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

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Your Finances:

  • December 24: Income for Running  Expenses: $   accounting in January
  • December 24: Income for Outreach Expenses: $         

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Christmas & and a Happy New Year, J.S

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    Rosemary's Blessing

    What good did it do when you frowned?  Let me ask:

    Did it help you at all to accomplish your task?

    Did it lighten your burden or help you along?

    Did the frown that you wore make a right out of wrong?

     

    What good did it do to be grouchy today?

    Did your surliness drive any trouble away?

    Did you cover more ground than you usually do?

    Because of the grouch that you carried with you?

     

    If not, what’s the use of a grouch or a frown?

    If it won’t smooth a path or a grim trouble down?

    If it doesn’t assist you , it isn’t worth while:

    Your work may be hard, but just do it and smile.

     

    Anonymous

     

     

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    Lynda reading from the Great Old Prophet Jeremiah.

                                                                                                  

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Tom & Lynda
    •    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    •    For the Pictures:   Connie & Jackie,  Mike & Rick
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
    •    For the Music:  Ben  &  Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion
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    Tom reading the sublime 1 Corinthians 13.

     

     

     Birthdays:   Tom Fleming (60, Tuesday), Cheryl O'Hagan (Saturday)

     

    Anniversaries:

    Richard & Carol (44th, Monday)

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sandra's sister Sharon, who just died Saturday morning,  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery;  For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother, Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

       

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    Thanks, Dearest Emma, for lighting our Winter Candles.

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

     

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    Thanks, My Dear Buddy, for reading so well our Blessing of the Winter Candles.

     

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

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    What??!! No more Girl Scout cookies, Harper?

     

    Your Finances, February 3, 2019

    Expenses:   $1195.00

    Outreach:    $ 385.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    Hi, Dearest Tori.

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

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    Hey, who let this monster in here??!!

     

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          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

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    This guy, Noah, used to be a nice little guy who was one of my favorite altar boys at St. Marks in the great 10:30 Mass in the cafetorium.  He is still The Best.

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    Rosemary 5-30-10

     

    Rosemary’s Blessing

    May you always have these blessings:

    a soft breeze when summer comes-

    a warm fireside in winter-

    and always- the gentle smile of a friend.

     Hugh 5-30-10
      

        Special Thanks: 

    ·   For Reading: Hugh & Ken

    · For the Communion Bread: Bonnie 

    · For Serving: Kevin

    · For the Wine Cups & Cross:  Rob & Beth

    · For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste & Wendy

    · For the Pictures: Tom & John

    · For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    · For the coffee & donuts & cake: Jo & Tony & Joanne & Joan


     Ken 5-30-10

     
        
     Happy Birthday:  Frank Reyes' mom, Mela (92); Mabel Ekes; Ray Occhipinti & his daughter, Christy; and Shonda 

     

    Happy Anniversary:

     

    Patty Jennings & Jeff Courtman (Day 1)

    Mike Moretta & Beverly Roberts (Day 1)

    Andy Cotter & Brittany Bigelow (Day 1)

    John & Maria Gorman (12th)

     

     


     Beautiful 5-30-10

     

     

    Please Remember:

     

    The 3 couples who just married Saturday; Margie Weynant, who just died last Sunday; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie; Mary Kee's son, John; Cathy Lynn; Marilyn Ackerman's mother who broke her hip & who is visiting now in Dallas from Rochester; Dina McPherson after a motorcycle fall; Jim Drescher; Jean Wright's back operation & her daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy; Jackie Ritter's friends Bob Minarik with cancer & Todd Fred with leukemia;  Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents;   Rita Dore;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & also Casey in a bad motorcycle accident & Phil Fruge;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
     

    Bev 5-30-10

     
     

       

    Picture 1:   Rosemary's Blessing

    Picture 2:   Hugh Bivona reading

    Picture 3:   Ken Cramer reading

    Picture 4:   Beverly & Mike

    Picture 5:   Beverly & Mike 

     

    Special Announcement: June 13 through August 1 we will meet at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

       

     

     

     

     

    Check out the Quads:  http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com  

    Your Finances: May 30:

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 750.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $  305.00

     

    Thanks for the Generosity

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

  • Reminder for Sunday, April 22, 2018, 4th Easter

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    "Welcome in, Everybody," say Harper & Tori.

     

     

    Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.  

    Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade

    Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

     

     

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    Let the clowns begin.

     

    Readings:  

     Acts of the Apostles 4, 8-12,  Peter speaks again.

    Psalm 118,  The stone rejected by the builders has become the corner stone.

     1 John 3, 1-2,  Beloved, we are God’s children.

     John 10, 11-18, Jesus, “I am the Good Shepherd.” 

     

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    Sophia at work as our Candle Lighter.

     

     

    Community Activities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 20, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.  I’ll be gone for two Fridays, Campers.

     

    JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),  May Luncheon, TBA

     

     

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    A Sooner loose in public.

     

     

    What is going on in Our Catholic World:

    1.    Francis on the existence hell,  Religious News Service,  April 3, 2018,  626 words ,  Download FRANCIS AND HELL 4-12-18                 

    2.    Married Priest possibilities, Corpus & The Tablet, April 6, 2018,  369 words,     Download MARRIED PRIESTS 4-19-18

     

     

     

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    Georgie reading our Blessing of The Candles.

     

     

    True?

     

     “The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but also lends us His ear. So it is His work ..

     

    On Listening: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

     

     

     

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    Play Station #1.

     

     

    See you Sunday.

    J.S., 214-783-0443

     

     

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    Watch out, here comes trouble.  She's back.

     

     

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     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

     

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    John practices his dance steps for celebrating the next two Sunday Masses.

     

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

     Gracious God, slow my pace and soften my heart this Christmas. 

    Keep me

    from rushing through the season, but missing the Way . . .

    from decorating the tree, but missing the Light . . .

    from wrapping the gifts, but missing the Gift. 

    www.PrayersAtWork.com

     

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    Denni reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah.




    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom
    •    For The Team:    Georgie & Buddy & Kevin
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie  & Mary 
    •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:   Ray & David & Bethany                    
    •     For all who helped with Communion 



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    Tom reading James.

     

    Birthdays:   T.C. Fleming (Sunday), Loretta Garcia Williams (Monday),  Allen Stryker (Saturday)

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week 

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Carol's recuperation from her operation;      For Bill Carey, who had open heart surgery;  For Tom Good;   For Dee;      For John Schanot's treatment;     For Frank with Hospice;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;    For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;    For Anthony;   For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues;  For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;     For John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

     

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    Happy Birthday, Cathy. 
     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;     Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

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    Happy Birthday to you, too, David. 

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala;   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

      

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    Happy Retirement, Joe, and may your golf be blessed with many birdies.                                                                                                                 

    Your Finances, December 11, 2016

    Expenses:   $5230.00

    Outreach:   $ 530.00

     Donated:   $2,000 to Souls Harbor.                                  

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    Happy 4th, Mary, to you and Ray.


     

    Have a Great Week, J.S

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    Happy Homecoming to you, Sabrina.  This is to lure you into coming back home even more often.

     

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          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    It is the second week of Advent.

    As we hear about Isaiah’s beautiful dream of peace in the animal kingdom,

    May we too have peace in our hearts

    And share it with all we meet.

    J & R Creations

    Emily 12-5-10 
       

    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Julie & Emily Kite 
    • For Serving:  
    • For the Communion Bread: Alison DeGenova
    • For the Wine Cups:  Rob & Beth
    • For the Music:  Ray & Shonda & Wendy
    • For the Pictures:  Jan & Beth & Bobby
    • For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
    • For the coffee and pastries: Maureen & Fred, Jackie & Joan   

    Julie 12-5-10 
                                                                                        
      

    Happy Birthday: Diane Drescher, David Delgado, Cathy Bambanek, Ginny Mattingly, T.C. Fleming, Sean Kless (5), & Noah (14)

    Happy Anniversary: Tom & Denni Zurchin (35th)

     
      The Girls 12-5-10

    Please Remember:

     Beth's foot operation recuperation;   John Cade's mother in law;  Libby's dad who just died this Sunday morning;  Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;   Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;  Jim Drescher with cancer & his family, including Diane, Christine, Megan, & D'Arcy;  Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.  

      
     H & C 12-5-10 
      
     
    Picture 1:   Emily Kite reading with her mom,   

    Picture 2:   Julie

    Picture 3:   The Girls, Margie, Jackie, Joanne

    Picture 4:   Hunter & Chloe 

    Video:         Beginning of Mass



      

                                  

     Your Finances:  December 5 &

    Expenses:   $1130.00

    Outreach:   $ 785.00

    November 28

    Expenses:  $935.00

    Outreach:   $440.00

    Thanks for the Generosity

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

     

  • 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 12, 2026

    Isaiah 55:  Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, . . .
    Romans 8:  . . . for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
    Matthew 13:  “A sower went out to sow.  And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.  Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold . . .

     

    David reading from the Book of Isaiah

    Readers,  David & Linda
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
    The Organization men,  Richard & Mike
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Linda reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans

    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

    For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;    For Ed Kless;  For Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

    Buddy reading the prayer for the candle lighting


    Birthdays: 
    John Schanot
    Anniversaries:  

    Expenses: $  380.00
    Outreach: $  0.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Dear person behind me, the world is a better place with you in it. Love the person in front of you
    You are enough

     

     

    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Lord Jesus Christ,
    who are called the Prince of Peace,
    who are yourself our peace and reconciliation,
    who so often said, “Peace to you,”
    grant us peace.
    Make all men and women witnesses of
    truth, justice, and brotherly love.
    Banish from their hearts whatever might endanger peace.
    Enlighten our rulers that they may guarantee
    and defend the great gift of peace.
    May all peoples of the earth becomes as brothers and sisters.
    May longed-for peace blossom forth
    and reign always over us all.
    Amen.

    Prayer for Peace– by St. John XXIII

     

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
    9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
    902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.


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    Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s
    People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total
    growth.   Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged &
    make the world we live in a better place to live.