Sunday Mass Reminder 7-6-08, 14th, Ordinary Time

Sez Harper, "Happiness is chocolate cake."

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence. 

Our special book collectors, Cole and Emma.

Readings:

Exodus  22, 20-26,  You shall not molest or oppress an alien.

Psalm 18,   I love you Lord, My Strength

1 Thessalonians 1, 5-10,  You know what sort of people we were among you.

Matthew 22, 34-40,  The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.

And more books, from Celeste.

 Community Events:

1.    DOMEO MEET: Friday, October 24, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Free cookie from Michelle (the manager), if you can find invisible Fred.

2.     November 1, All Saints:  we will decorate the stage.  Bring pictures from your life, family and friends.  We will celebrate them.

3.    Ladies' luncheon, Thursdays,  

November; we are meeting Thursday, November 6, 4:30 pm, Steve Fields, 5013 W Park Blvd, Plano, TX 75093, (972) 596-7100.  NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME!!!!    We’re going to happy hour, the lobster pizza is to die for and ½ price.

December; location not yet determined.  We’re looking for something holiday-ish to do.  Ideas?  Time not yet decided on.  Cathy says, "Elkes at Greenville in Allen or 5th St. Pizza, Stacy Furniture in Allen."

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol

"Carol, Don't let that witch in here."

 4.       November 9, 10^th Anniversary of our Community, Sunday brunch.

5.      Our annual pilgrimage to the Meyerson for the marvelous Christmas Concert will take place December 18, Thursday.  Rosemary requests that you get your names in quickly because we are running a bit late this year.  

Denni, John, and Connie conjuring up new problems.

What's going on in our Catholic world:

1.    Family Synod, surprising change,  America, October 13, 500 words,   Download Family Synod document 10-23-14   

2    Family Synod update II,  National Catholic Reporter, October 18, 950 words,      Download Synod report 10-23-14

Zaile with Teresa and Mabel also conjuring up problems.

True? 

 Do not regret growing old.  It is a privilege denied to many.

Zoe, Buddy, and Leo solving the problems.

See you Sunday, October 26, 2014, 30^th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Chairs up. Everybody pitching in to return Vines to being a school.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

     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.

Mass: Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side, Plano

Readings: 1 Kings 3, 5-12; Psalm 119, Lord, I love your Commands; Romans 8, 28-30; Matthew 13, 44-52

Picture 1: Leo with Bernadette

Picture 2: Christina, Ray, & Jon

Picture 3: Barb

Picture 4: Jo

Picture 5: The Wedding

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Thanks again to all of you for the excellent community survey. We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done. At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

2. We are looking at updating the community directory. More in September.

Picture 6: Kelli & Mickey

Picture 7: departing

Picture 8: Kay Lynn

Church Happenings:

1. Excellent articles on contemporary Catholic Church by a top Catholic theologian, long but insightful, National Catholic Reporter, 6-30-11, 7-7-11:

A. Download Kennedy A, 7-22-11

B. Download Kennedy B, 7-22-11

True?

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack & Mike homilizing.

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

                                       Says Zoe, "Hi, Everybody."

Readings:

Numbers  11, 25-29, Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets.

 Psalm 19,    The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.

James 5, 1-6, Come now, You Rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.  

Mark 9, 38-48, If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.

                    Cupcake of The Week to Mary Jane
 

Community Activities:  

1.        ROMEO MEET: Friday, September 25, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Mike will be searched on the way out.

 2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  October ?, Thursday, 1:00 P.M.,  

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol 

        Offertory with Paul & Carrie, Alison & John (just retired) 

What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Is this the end of Francis' honeymoon?, Religious News Service, September 3, 950 words,      Download Francis' honeymoon over 9-24-15  

 2.      What kind of Catholic are you?,   Religious News Service, September 17, 767 words,    Download What kind of Catholic 9-24-15

3.        San Francisco priest sanctioned, National Catholic Reporter, September 22, 540 words,  Download Priest sanctioned 9-24-15    

                                  The Team, Kevin & Georgie 

Special Announcement: We have moved to Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:    View this photo 

Special Announcement #2:

From Carol Eshelbrenner about being a math tutor:

If interested in helping to tutor math on Tuesday evenings, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm, at Harrington Library you can find out more about the program at:  http://www.intellichoice.org/   You will work with kids from grade 1 to grade 12.  Materials provided.  I have helped out for about 5 years.  The program is wonderful and the kids at Harrington are great.

Call Corina Sadler or Robin Popik at City of Plano, (972) 941-7617, to volunteer and apply for a background check.  Since we work with children a background check is required.  Carol Eshelbrenner  972-423-0069 

  
                                       Zoe, The Candle Lighter                                                                                             

True?  

 There never was a good war or a bad peace.

 Ben Franklin

 
                                "Good Work, Zoe, thanks."

See you this Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

                              Rosemary reads her final blessing. 

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

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.

                           Genevieve says, "See you next week, Folks."

Welcome:  Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.    Again, Welcome.

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence.

The Kless Family, Christine, Cara, Sean, and Ed

 Readings:    

Wisdom  2, 12, 17-20,  Let us beset the just one.

 Psalm 54,   The Lord upholds my life

 James 3, 16-4, 3,   Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder.

Mark 9, 30-37,  Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me.

Emma and Leo

Here comes Zoe step by step

Community Bulletin Board:   

1.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

2.  Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center Newsletter:  Download DARCC 9-21-12

Zoe arrived, 3 Special Kids playing on the stair right in front of the altar

What's going on in our Catholic World:     

1.    Bishop Finn fallout, National Catholic Reporter, September 10, 225 words,    Download Bishop Finn 9-21-12

2.    Legionaries fallout, National Catholic Reporter, September 13, 600 words,  Download Legionaries 9-21-12

Offertory, Richard, Ray, Bill, Ron, Barb, and Claire

True? 

If you are depressed, you a living in the past.

If you are anxious, you a living in the future.

If you you are at peace, you a living in the present.

Lao Tzu

Chris, Ray, and unidentified foreign object

Richard, Chris, and Ray in Paradise

See you Sunday, September 23 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Rose and Lisa

Evening in camp

JSM Mission-Faith Statement   

      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.

Isaiah 9: For a child is born to us, a son is given us; …

Titus 2:   Beloved: the grace of God has appeared, ..

Luke 2:  … the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son, …

John reading from Micah.

Christmas Mass will be celebrated on Friday, December 24th at 4:30 PM.  There will be no Mass on Sunday, December 26th.

Another Reminder for Christmas Eve, December 24 2021.

Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference, same as last week )

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7428208829?pwd=VERncTBxaWdkaFpkTUZKL3RROW81UT09

 

 

 

 

 

A birthday cupcake for Connie.

 

 

JSM Mission-Faith Statement  

      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.

 

John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230