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Rosemary's Blessing:  

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don't think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

"Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

                        Mike reading Isaiah 50, Isaiah #2.                                                                                                                  

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:  Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Sir Charlie and Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy, Jackie & Beth
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Shonda & Bethany
•    For all who helped with communion

                                  Geri reading James.

Birthdays:    Warren Wittek (today),  Donna Pitri (Thursday), Sandra Pratt (75, Friday), Daniel Fleming (27, Saturday), Taylor Read (21, Saturday at OU), Claire Zurchin (30, Saturday)

Welcome to Matterhorn Canyon, eastern Yosemite National Park.  The Canyon is reached by a long series of descending switch backs.  Then we proceed up the Canyon as it angles to the left.   This leads to Burrow Pass, over 10 thousand feet high.  

Anniversaries:   

Mark Anderlick & Julie (3^rd, Tuesday)

Doug & Teresa Read (26^th, Tuesday)

Bill & Julie Carey (32^nd, Sunday, today)

Lynda & Tom (34^th, Friday)

 Mike & Geri (40^th, Sunday, today)

Welcome to a high altitude Yosemite lake.  Cold water and it gets cold at night, like freezing.

Special Announcement: 

We have moved!  To Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:      View this photo

Home Sweet Home.  Of the 9 days we spend, 2 are rest days, one near the beginning, one near the end.  Thus, we spend 2 nights in one campsite on 2 occasions.   Very relaxing.

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Lily's Dad;   For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  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 Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

                             Our campsite at Miller Lake.

Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;  

    Beth has just arrived at one of the 3 passes, top of the world.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   Gilberto's mom and brother; 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; for 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.

Rose even cooks our dinner, despite the fact that she has made 8 casseroles & cobblers, freeze dried them, and packaged them.  We eat better than at most restaurants thanks to Rose.

Your Finances, September 13, 2015

Expenses:   $1475.00

Outreach:   $ 380.00

Donated today: nothing today.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

               Nicole has just arrived at the Top of The World.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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.

Can it get better than this!  Home Sweet Home, our last night in the wilderness of Yosemite.  

Rosemary's Blessing: 

May we shine like lights in the world

Never hiding the brightness under a basket

But rather spreading the glow of God’s love

To all we come in contact with.

J and R Creations

 

 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Jackie & Richard 
• For Serving:  Kevin on band competition 
• For the Communion Bread: Alison
• For the Wine Cups: Alison 
• For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Jon
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Rick & Richard
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
• For the coffee & specials:  Mike Carrell, Jackie & Joan & Carol 
• For the help from so many who helped clean up the glass after Rosemary fell down during Mass

Birthdays:  Amy Carey (22), D'Arcy Drescher, & Richard Eschelbrenner (today)

Anniversaries:   

Richard & Sheila Baack (29th)

Please Remember:

Bernadette Delgado's brother, Danny, & Gilberto's mom;    Chuck Pratt's recuperation;  Judy Carrell's mom, Marie, 93;  Jackie Ritter's good friend, Narges Akbari, with colon cancer;  Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; 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 moving into assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Picture 1:    Jackie                                

Picture 2:    Richard                       

Picture 3:    Leo & Alison          

Picture 4:    Buddy                              

       Video:    Mass Beginning

Finances: October 16, 2011

Expenses:   $830.00

Outreach:   $500.00  

Q3 Financial Report Download Q3 Financial Report

Thanks for your Generosity

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

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 you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.                                                                                     

From a prayer by Saint Terese of Liseaux 

Mike reading about Moses' call in the book of Exodus.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & David 
•    For all who helped with communion                                                     

Geri reading 1 Corinthians

Birthdays:  Michelle Brown (Wednesday) 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

 Please Remember these special people:

For Beth’s mom, who died this week, & the family;  For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;      For Frank;     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 Stacey McKinley recovering from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;     For Jackie's friend, Barbara 

Congratulations to Rick and Jackie.  Is she not looking great, Folks!

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman;   For Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad who just died;     Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;  For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Happy Birthday, Michelle.   Need volunteers to help with the cupcake?  Look behind you.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   Gilberto's mom and brother; 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 Sophie; 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.

Cupcake to Cole the Candleman, who shares his cupcake with someone each week.  Congratulations, Cole, you are The Best.

Your Finances, February 28, 2016

Expenses:   $895.00

Outreach:   $525.00

Donated today:  $2000 to Brent for Souls Harbor 

                                 $300 to Plano Homes

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

The Best, Bethany, Ray, and David.

For those who have wondered about where our food drives go, Ken explains:

The food goes to the Network of Community Ministries which provides food, clothing, some limited financial assistance, and referrals, etc. to needy persons who live in the city of Richardson or the Richardson School District. We got started there because Cindy was volunteering there.

Jim Mahar of St. Bonaventure & the Bona Responds Team in Dallas to work for a week on the tornado damage.  Jim, instead of taking a cupcake (can you believe!), accepted from us a chain saw.

 Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Brent, who also refuses our cupcakes, instead accepts our $2000 for Souls Harbor for this month.

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.

He is still there, Folks, right to the end.  Says he, "Bye, Everybody."

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

John reading from Exodus.

Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   John & Connie
•    For The Team:   Buddy  & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben  & David & Shonda
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Connie reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Dee (80, Saturday), Ben  (11, Saturday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & Barb & Bill & John O'Donnell;   For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation;   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 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 problem

Anybody claim to know this character?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93;   For Connie's nephew, Fred;  For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;           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 Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Diane.

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 Birthday, Ben.  We've been saving this cupcake for you for weeks. (not really)

Your Finances, March 4, 2018

Expenses:   $870.00

Outreach:    $565.00

This week we donated $2,000 to Soul's Harbor.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Tori, Thanks to you and Zoe for bering our Candle Lighters of The Week.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Happy Birthday, Dee, and thanks for inviting us to celebrate your 80 years.

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.

Sorry, Brent, no more cupcakes for you.  Just this little check for Souls Harbor.

Rosemary's Blessing: Oh God,

Open my eyes to the Beauty that surrounds me that I may walk through this day with the kind of Awareness that calls forth Grateful Living.  Seven Sacred Pauses, Macrina Widerkehr

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Carl & Cathy 
• For the Communion Bread: Carol & Richard 
• For Serving:  Sabrina & Anthony 
• For the Books & wine cups: John & Allison, Sabrina & Anthony, Rob & Beth 
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue and Jay
• For the coffee & Juice: George & Marianne 
• For the pictures: Jan 

Happy Birthday: Carl Falke; Julie Kite; Claire Zurchin (23rd); Teresa McClure; Daniel Fleming (20th); Taylor Read (14th); & Shon

Happy Anniversary: 

• Doug & Teresa Read (14th)

• Mike & Geri Moran

Please Remember:   The refugees from Ike; John Cade's Monday by pass operation; Andy Goode; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Rick Cardenas's wife Linda & brother Bob;  Mike's Moran's mom, Marge; Carol's sister Ann; Nina's mom & Jon's back operation;  Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl;  Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon & Ken's brother Don;  Diane's dad & cousin Judy; 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 Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris,  Margarita's Matt Gomez on tour 3, & 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; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey.

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

Your Finances:

September 14: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,430.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  353.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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