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Rosemary's Blessing of The Week

The Christmas Story will always be the story of Emmanuel, of God-with-us, always and everywhere, in the everyday, in the chaos, in the flight into exile, in the love between a man and a woman and in the birth of a child. It is the story of God who heals, empowers and loves us just as we are – in our greatness and our foolishness. As we anticipate the joy, the love and the peace that are God's Christmas gifts to us, let us receive them with gratitude and be sure to unfold them and share them especially where they need to be more visible.

Sister Jean Amore, CSJ, Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

Mary Jane reading from the prophet Micah

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mary Jane & John
•    For The Team:  Georgie  &  Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Mary
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Mike  &  Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom &  Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
•    For the Music:  Shonda & Ben
•    For all who helped with communion 
•    For John & Mike helping with the celebration                                                    

John reading from Hebrews.

 Birthdays:   Ben (last Tuesday), Alex Grattifiori (21, Tuesday), Meredith (Wednesday), Connie Bresson (Thursday)

Please Remember these special people:

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, 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 Darbyanne;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   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;  

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

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; 

Happy Birthday, Ben.  How come you are still a kid at heart?  To say nothing about being a wako!   Thanks, Ben for being The Best.  Yes, I am jealous of your music students, too.  Room for me in one of your classes?

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.

Can we trust Caroline to deliver Alex' birthday cupcake to him without more than a slice missing?  Thanks, Caroline. 

Your Finances, December, 23,  2018

Expenses:   $1100.00

Outreach:    $530.00 

Donated last week: 250 lbs. food & a $25 check to the Network of Community Ministries.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy Birthday, My Dear Connie.

Thanks, Dear Zoe, for lighting our 4 Advent candles this morning.

Bulletin 3 on the Lumbar Stenosis event:

1. Back operation date, 12/28/18, Day surgery at Dallas Presby.
2. Spinal surgeon, Dr. Jones-Quaidoo.  Check the September, 2018 issue of D Magazine.
3. The process: a laminectomy & a discectomy, work on pinched nerves and discs.

Welcome back, Jim Simari.  Nice to see you seated next to your son, John

Have a Good Week, J.S

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Thanks, My Dear Harper, for making my special Christmas tree ornament.  You are special to me.

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.

Welcome home, My Dear Sabrina.  Not only have your parents and I missed you, but all of Dallas, too.

Welcome tomorrow Christmas Eve to this marvelous room.   Is that not Van Gogh on the back wall?

Rosemary's Blessing:     May you …

• Take time to be aware that in the very midst of our busy preparations for the celebration of Christ's birth in ancient Bethlehem, Christ is reborn in the Bethlehems of our homes and daily lives. 
• Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary yet is wondrously present.

Edward Hays, Take Time to Be Aware from A Pilgrim's Almanac

  Ron reading Isaiah

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Ron & Claire 
• For the Communion Bread:  Claire
• For Serving: Noah
• For the Books & Wine Cups: Cliff & Jean & Rob & Beth
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the Coffee & Juice: Richard & Monica 
• For the Pictures:  Jan Keszler & Beth Robinson 

Claire reads 2 Peter     

Happy Birthday:    Genny Mattingly, Loretta Garcia Williams, Chebino, T.C. Fleming; Sean Kless (3), and Noah (12) 

Happy Anniversary:

• Tom & Denni Zurchin (33rd)

• Joff & Gail Bentley (20th)

• Gene Huffler & Jill (1 week)

Please Remember:     Rose Banzhaf's dad who died Monday Morning; Lacee's friend Alexcia Rey, who was related to the family of 7 who all died when their car went over the bridge in Mexico; Maureen's brother Michael; Mary's recuperation from her knee operation & son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & Rick in Chicago;  Ken Cramer's brother Don; Jackie's friend Jack Brown;  Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time; Alice Culhain's cousin Janiva's husband Jeff Turmes sick in the hospital with fluid on his lungs; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis;   Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman recuperating from an operation & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, son, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, & Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite who is not doing well; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President elect that he someday holds his grandchildren in his lap.

  Brunch

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

Your Finances:

December 7: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,362.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $    794.00      

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Mike reading from Ecclesiastes

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed.  And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow even if that faith is not always deserved.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

Geri reading from Colossians.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mike  & Geri
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Jan
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Shonda & Ben
•    For all who helped with communion
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Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

Birthdays:  Linda Beavers (today), Lynda Fleming (Thursday), Carrie Bieda (Saturday), Cindy Ekes (last Wednesday)

Anniversaries:

Hue & Linda, 44, Friday

Mike & Judy, 55, Thursday

Happy 44th Anniversary, Hue & Linda.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;   For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

Happy 55th, Judy & Mike.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    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;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Welcome home, Luciano.

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.

Happy Birthday, Dear Cindy.

Your Finances, August 4, 2019

Expenses:   $875.00  

Outreach:    $245.00  

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Thanks for your help with the candles, Dear Tori & Zoe.

Thanks, Everybody 

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Hey, Leo, I'll swap you a cupcake for an ounce of that energy you got.

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.

May the blessing of light be upon you, 

Light on the outside, Light on the inside.

With God's sunlight shining on you,

May your heart glow with warmth,

Like a turf fire that welcomes friends and strangers alike.

Taken from a work of music By Phil Coulter

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Bernadette and Patricia 
• For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine & Cups:  Beth
• For the Music: Ray  & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan, Rick & Beth, John & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Ron & Marilyn, Jerry & Jackie  
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Bernadette reading 1 Corinthians 12

Birthdays: Sir Charlie, Melissa Holcomb (21, Monday), Dillon (13 Wednesday), Randolph Brown (Friday), John Doherty (Saturday), Rick Turner (54, Saturday), and Mike Carrell (Friday)

We Remember  

Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on the death of Kate, their twin daughter;  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;        Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Cole

  Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;     Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Plano Census of the Homeless 2 teams from our community. 20 teams were involved. We were teams 13 and 19. Last Thursday night.

 Your Finances: January 27, 2013

Expenses:     $640.00 

Outreach:     $750.00  

 We donated this week: 

1.   $2000 to Soul’s Harbor. 

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

  Video:   Entrance Hymn, City of God  (2 min.)

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.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

May fear be banished from your spirit

And anxiety never visit your life

May laughter fill all your days

And peace be always in your heart.

J and R Creations

 Our Special
Thanks 

•    For Reading:  Zach and his mom, Teresa
     For The
  Team: Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the
  Wine & Cups: Claire & Ray
•    For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie & Rick & Mike & Sir Charlie
•    For the coffee and pastries:  Beth Dugan,  Jackie & Jerry
•    For the  altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ben & Shonda & Bethany

Birthdays:  Rose Banzhaf (64, Thursday), Stephen Farmer (23, Monday), Marlene, (Thursday)

Anniversaries:

John & Jean O’Donnell (55^th, Friday)

Zach's mom, Teresa, reading Hebrews.

Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick, now home;  Mike Moran’s family after his dad’s death;   Monica's medical deal on the 21st;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;  Bobby who broke his arm;  Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Chuck Pratt and his cancer; John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;  John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri. 

Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

Guess who is stuck.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

Rosemary reading her blessing.

Your Finances: August 11, 2013

Expenses:   $1000.00

Outreach:   $ 885.00

We donated this week: 

1.   $2000 to Soul's Harbor, the men's shelter 

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video:   Cupcakes of The Week,  2 minutes, 

Have a Great Week, J.S

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 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.

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Here is a prayer said to be written by St. Thomas Moore reminding us to live joyfully.  

Prayer to live Joyfully:

Grant me, O Lord good digestion and also something to digest.

Grant me, O Lord a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it.

Grant me a simple soul that knows no boredom, grumblings, sighs or laments.

Grant me, O Lord, a sense of humor.

Allow me grace to be able to take a joke–to discover in life a bit of Joy and to be able to share it with others.

Amen

Mike reading from the Great Prophet Isaiah (3)

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:     Buddy  &  Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Mike & Judy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie & Rosemary
•    For the coffee and extras:  Becky & Tom & Geri
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben  & David  & Wendy
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Geri reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:  Emma (8, last week), Grace LeBlanc, (Monday), Cathy Bambaneck (Monday), Patricia, (7 years no smoking), & her Fred (70, same day)

Anniversaries:

Shonda & Cody (1^st, Sunday, today)

Brent & Meredith (5th, last week, the 1st of December)

Denni & Tom, (42^nd, Wednesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Day.

Please Remember these special people

For two moms who just died, Connie’s mom and Marilyn’s mom;  For Aggie's 99 year old dad who just died;   For Kathleen Macchio & her family;  For John O'Donnell;  For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotator cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year;    For Myron Hubble;        For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

Happy 8th Birthday, Dearest Emma.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;     For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      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;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 5th Anniversary, Meredith & Brent.  How come you two are so happy this morning?  Especially Mr. Brent.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 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 Mary Ellen;  For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Happy 42 Anniversary to you, Tom and to Denni.  This is for both of you.  I will check with Denni.  

Your Finances, December 3, 2017

Expenses:   $5365.00

Outreach:   $1090.00

Last Week,  November 26, 2017

Expenses:    $1810.00

Outreach:    $ 590.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy Birthday, Grace.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Happy Birthday, Cathy.  And, Harper, you are a lucky girl to have such a nice (maybe,sometimes) grandmother.
 

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.

Happy 7th Anniversary of No Smoking, Patricia, and Happy 70th to Fred, both on the same day.

Sez Our Dearest Harper, "See you next week, Everybody."