Sunday Mass Reminder 12-7-08, 2nd Advent

"Welcome in, Everybody," says Brandon.

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

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

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

Special Event this Sunday: The Old Geezer invites you to his Birthday Party and after Mass covered dish brunch.  Welcome. 

It doesn't get better than this, Shonda, Bethany (yeah!, she's back!), Ray, and David.
 

Readings:

Isaiah 8, 23 – 9, 3,   The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

 Psalm 27,  The Lord is my light and my salvation.

 1 Corinthians 1, 01-13, 17,   I urge you that there be no divisions among you.

 Matthew 4, 12-23,    Come after me and I will make you fishers of others.

Healing for Brent.
 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 20, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

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

Healing for Michael.

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Nothing special this week.    

Communion team ready.

Thanks, John Simari, for this note.  Could this not be the welcome from our community?   (With the exception, of course, of Sir Charlie!)

True?

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.

Karl, age 5

"May I come in, too," says Aviana.  Unfortunately not.

Special notice from our bar tender:

The coffee bar will be open before mass

for those who arrive early…

( closes promptly at 0930 until after the service :-)

-mike

Watch out, Mary.  Watch out, Judy.  Here comes Cathy. 

 See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

You may be The Best Coffee Bar Man, Mike, but your taste in teams is questionable, even though they beat our Cowboys.

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.

Peace, Everybody.

         Brandon, our welcome man, says, "Hi, Folks, come in."

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, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence.

 And guess who also says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

 Wisdom  1,  13-15, 2, 23-24  God did not make death.

Psalm 30,    I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

2 Corinthians 8, 7, 9, 13-15,  You excel in every respect.

 Mark  5, 21-43, My daughter is at the point of death.  Please come.  Also, Who has touched my clothes?

  
          Harper says, "Cupcake time yet?"    Maybe next week.   

Community Activities:  

1.            ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 26, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   More for us, because those campers are all out of town.

 2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  June 25, Thursday, 4:30 P.M.,  Steve Fields Steak & Lobster Lounge, 503 West Park Blvd.

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

Carol 

   What are you holding onto that umbrella for, Cowboy Cole?

What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Francis' encyclical, National Catholic Reporter, June 18, 2600 words,    Download Francis' Laudato Si 6-25-15

2.      Ten Takeaways from encyclical, National Catholic Reporter, June 18, 2000 words,    Download Top Ten Takeaways from Laudato Si 6-25-15

 Buddy and Victoria working on that book about life as a twin.

True?  

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

Thornton Wilder

                        Can music get any better than this?

See you Sunday, June 28, 2015, 13^th Ordinary Time

J.S., 214-783-0443

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

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: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, muffins (home made), & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Acts 5, 27-41; Psalm 30; Revelation 5, 11-14; John 21, 1-19

Community Bulletin Board

Invitation: Rosemary & I invite you all to our 2nd anniversary party, May 5, Fairview Farms (same place as last year), Parker & Central, northeast corner, ca. 7:00. Watch for the signs: Circuit City, Ross, Joe’s Crab Shack. Fairview Farms is behind them.

Seven couples will renew their vows. Guess Who? Also, we will do a covered dish hors d’oeuvres & desserts, and music for dancing. Moreover, the slide show of The Great East African trip.

Download the Anniversary Party 2007 Invitation.

From Angie Carroll: I am a volunteer at the Heritage Farmstead Museum on 15th and Custer in Plano and am currently helping them to find volunteer docents to give tours of the house and grounds. There is a great training program that is held every Tuesday in May from 7 to 9pm and every Saturday in June from 3-5pm.

This has been a really fun job because there is an opportunity to meet other volunteers, learn a great deal about life in Collin County at the turn of the century, meet lots of visitors who are from all over the country and also attend several social events each year.

We are looking for any women or men who have just a few hours each month to come and give tours. Anyone interested can call me at 972-612-8169, or e-mail me at acarroll@heritagefarmstead.org.

Important technology announcement

As you may have noticed in our emails, we have set up a blog. What is a blog? Essentially it is a web site that allows for someone like me to post writings to one place for viewing by others. For the past few months we have been posting my emails to the site in addition to sending them out as we have been via regular email.

Over the course of the next few weeks we are going to transition to using the blog as the main source for distributing this information. Why? Three reasons.

First, this will dramatically reduce the amount of time I need to spend on this process. Right now, I have to break the distribution into many groups of people, taking about an hour per week. With this new process I will just have to post the text to the site and an email will be automatically generated to you.

Second, I believe the blog will allow us to cultivate a greater sense of community. In addition to allowing me to post, a blog allows you to comment on the posts. As my homilies usually end with a question, I think it would be neat for some of you (if you feel inspired of course) to answer the question or pose your own question back to me.

Third, the postings are available for future viewing and listening. All previous homilies (including the audio files) and announcements will be automatically archived. If you want to view or listen to them in the future you just need to go to the site and they will be there.

What does this mean for you? After this email (the one that you are reading) we will begin to upload the email address up to what is called an RSS feeder system. You will receive an email from a service call FeedBlitz asking you to subscribe to the service. Please accept this. This is a private list. You will not be solicited in any way and your information is kept private.

For the next two or three weeks you will receive both the standard emails from me and an email from the FeedBlitz service. Once we are satisfied that this new system is working properly you will only receive the one from FeedBlitz on an ongoing basis.

If you have any questions, please let me or Ed Kless (ed.kless@choosegreat.com) know.

Rick, our ever reliable picture man, says, "Welcome  in out of the cold, Everybody."

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

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

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

Despite the freezing temps and the light drizzle, these Brave Hearts ventured out and provided a really fun celebration on the first day of the New Year.

Look back I wish I had canceled our Sunday Mass on Saturday.   No need to risk people getting hurt.

Readings:

Isaiah 60, 1-6,   Upoon you the Lord shines

Psalm 72,  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Ephesians 3, 2-3, 5-6,  You have heard of the stewardship.

Matthew, 2 , 1-12  The Epiphany (the Magi)

Best Buddies, Emma & Harper.

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 5, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),  January Lunch, TBA

Dickenson Trip:  February 23- March 3

Healing for John.

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1    The MeToo movement, National Catholic Reporter, December 29,  articles from Catholics,    Download #MeToo 1-4-18

2. Catholics on the tax plan part 2, National Catholic Reporter,   December 21, 888 words    Download THE TAX 1-4-18

Healing for Harper.

True?

What to be in Life:   Whatever you do, do some service to someone else.  Then and only then will you know, on your last dying breath, that it mattered that you were born

Bob Curry, father of Ann Curry, TV commentator

Our Father.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Peace!

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.

Peace, Everybody.

Connie and Cathy (The Retiree Party Girl) say "Welcome, Everybody,"  (Who let these crazies in?)

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and a special Retirement Party after Mass for Cathy & Rick, retiring from many years of public education.

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

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

Father's Day Blessing.

Readings:

Deuteronomy  8, 2-3, 14-16,   He let you be afflicted with hunger, then fed you.

Psalm 147,   Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 10, 16-17,  We all partake of the one loaf.

John  6, 51-58,  Whoever eats this bread will live forever.

…for all The Guys.

Community Events:

1.   This Sunday:  The Great Retirement Party and Brunch for Cathy and Rick, after Mass.  Welcome All. 

2.   ROMEO lunch Friday, June 20,  Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers & kids, plus the Real Romeos. 

3.  Harville Hendrix seminar for couples, excellent reviews, this Saturday, FREE,  Download Couples' Seminar 5-29-14

4.  Cathy B's mom's estate sale this week: 

2715 North Cypress Circle  plano  75075

 6/20/2014 10am to 5pm (Fri)

6/21/2014 10am to 5pm (Sat)

Emma, the girl with the Special Smile.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.    Francis vs the Italian clergy,  Corpus from Commonweal,  June 5, 1800 words,    Download Francis vs Italian Church 6-19-14    

2.    Priests accuse their bishop, National Catholic Reporter,  June 16, 876 words,    Download Priests accuse bishop 6-19-14

Tori and Emma solving world problems.

True? 

There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.

Casey Stengel

Buddy says, "So, when do I get to light the candle?" This week, buddy.

See you Sunday, June 22, 2014, Corpus Christi, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Wendy, the Welcome Home Girl.

 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.

Cowboy Cole on a special mission, collecting the books. Ask Cheryl.

Mass: 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Isaiah 8, 23-9, 3; Psalm 27; 1 Corinthians 1, 10-17; Matthew 4, 12-23.

Community Bulletin Board

Heritage Farmstead Museum: From Angie Carroll Download heritage_farmstead.doc  This farmstead is our neighbor on 15th.  Needs help.  A garage sale is coming up too: Download heritage_sale.doc.  Angie says, If anyone has garage sale donations I can get them then, or they can be dropped off at the Heritage Farmstead Museum Tuesday through Sunday from 9am to 4:30om.  972-612-8169.

We are still looking for work for Rick Turner who was laid off by Home Depot before Christmas.

Nick Good notes (Tom & Becky’s son): Nick Good with Keller Williams Realty, www.NickGood.com, will donate 10% up to $1000 of his commissions to John Stack Ministries for every Real Estate transaction closed from a community member or from a referral from a community member.  Contact Nick for more details 469 951 4193.  Nick Good, helping bridge the gap between buyers and sellers.                     

Tree Project update: maybe plant the first week in February.

The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright.  Excellent, well written, informative book on the history & development of contemporary Islamic Fundamentalism from ca. 1928 in Egypt.

See you Sunday.