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Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Oh God who made me absolutely unique,

Help me to value more the Person You made Me to be.

And protect me from comparisons and envy and

discouragement over what I am not.

Andrew Greeley,  Irish American Blessings  

Frank reading from the Prophet Jeremiah.

Thanks to these special people:

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

Mary reading from Hebrews.

Birthdays:    Ken Cramer, Kaliope (92, Friday)

Anniversary:  (last week)

Fred and Martha (9^th, last Thursday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of  The Week.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his 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

Thanks, Emma, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.  You may now open your eyes.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   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;

 Remember, John, this cupcake is for Kaliope, you mother in law celebrating 92 years.

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 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.

Welcome Home, Kayla and CC.  When you are here the whole place is brighter.

Your Finances, March 18, 2018

Expenses:    $850.00

Outreach:    $270.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Peighton and Emma, you make my week with your presence here.  It is so much fun.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Buddy, this community obviously loves you as much as I love you.  I ask, "Who ought to get the extra cupcake?"  What did I hear, "Buddy!"

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.

say John and Alison, "See you next week for Palm Sunday."

 
Rosemary's Blessing: 

Let us pray to our God

To the God of Mary and Joseph,

To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.

May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.

May our hearts forgive without limit.

May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.

May our needs be few and our living simple.

Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

   Special Thanks:

• For Reading:   John and Mary Jane 
• For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Jan
• For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
• For the Music: Ray  & Ben
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick, John & Connie and Mike
• For the coffee and pastries:  Marlene & Jerry & Jackie
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Leon

Mary Jane reading Philippians.

Birthdays: Anthony DeGenova (Tuesday), Diane McClurg (Wedneday), Michelle Brown (Saturday)

We Remember  

Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  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;

Our Big Help Man from PISD, Miguel.

Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer & Tom’s upcoming shoulder surgery;     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.

The Food Drive, part of it.

  
 Your Finances: February 24, 2013

Expenses:     $2155.00 

Outreach:     $1270.00  

 We donated this week: 

1.   Food

2.  $300 to Plano Homes

3.  $2000 to Soul's Harbor, Mens' Homeless Shelter

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

  Video:   John reading Genesis (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 of  The Week

 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 St. Terese of Liseaux

Rosemary doing her Blessing of The Week.

From Ken &  Cindy Cramer:  (blame them!) 

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Mike, with broken foot, reading from Exodus.

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:  Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   Ray & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Ray &  Shonda.  Bethany Had Her Baby!!    
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Geri reading from Romans.
 

Birthdays:   Ken Cramer (Sunday), Kaliope (90), Sheila Baach (Saturday)

Happy Birthday, Ken.

Please Remember these special people:

For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;   For Christine Drescher in hospital;   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 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 John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery; Connie Bresson's mom & friend struggling with cancer;

John, I don't know.  Can we trust you to get this birthday cupcake to Kaliope, your dear mother in law from Greece on her 91st?
 

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;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   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;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Thanks, Brandon, for being our Candle Man of The Week and for being such a neat kid.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

One of the Minor Elevations.

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 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.

 Welcome back, Carol, so good to see you.  And, wow, you got more hair on your head than Richard, though not quite as much as Bernadette, yet.  

Your Finances, March 12, 2017

Expenses:   $520.00

Outreach:   $205.00                        

                                March 19, 2017

Expenses:   $1685.00

Outreach:   $ 835.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Could we even dream of a better team than this? 

Have a Great Week, J.S

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 Peace, Everybody.

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 

 Today we celebrate the baptisms of Zoe, Tori, and Buddy.

We welcome them into our community and

into the greater community of God’s love.

May we rejoice of the gifts and reflect on the responsibilities

that this membership brings

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Sabrina & Jackie   
• For Serving: Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Cindy Cramer
• For the Wine Cups:  John & Alison 
• For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Jon 
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Mike Moran
• For the altar & sound:  Margie &  Hue
• For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan

  

 
 Happy Birthday:  John Schanot & Mike Miller

 Happy Anniversary:

Ron & Marilyn Ackermen (48th)  

Please Remember:

   Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection;  Loretta Garcia Williams' husband, Ray, needing a bone marrow transplant;  Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4;  Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back;  Warren & Barb's friend,  Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom;  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; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
   

  
 
  Picture 1:   Sabrina                                    

  Picture 2:   Jackie                             

  Picture 3:   Baptism of  Zoe, Buddy, & Torri

  Picture 4:   Special blessing of the family           

     Video:   Morning has Broken  

     Video:  Baptism of Buddy

Finances:  July 10, 2011 

 Expenses:   $790.00

 Outreach:   $900.00 

 Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary's Blessing: Oh God,

Who called us forth from dust and breathed into us the soul of Life and a Hunger for Immortality and for You,

Help us to remember that not only are We made from Dust and will return to Dust, but that We are also destined to rise again and live forever in Glory with You. 

                Andrew Greeley, Irish American Blessings 

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Mike & Geri Moran 
• For the Communion Bread:  Jan Keszler 
• For Serving: Noah
• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Alison & John, Roy & Beth & Rob
• For the Music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the Pictures: Beth & Jan

Happy Birthday:     Gabrielle Robinson (3) & Nikki 

Happy Anniversary:

Clif & Diana Cameron (40th)

Please Remember:  Jon Waldron's dad who died ealier this week; Tanya's recuperation from surgery last Wednesday; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Cliff's daughters;  Geri's sister Tana with a hip operation; Maureen Gleason's continued recuperation; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis; Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Mike Bulger;  Bill Smith's eye operation; Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark & Becky's coming baby, plus Lee Ford in a car wreck;  Jackie's sister Sandy & friend Jack Brown;  Andy Goode;   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  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & 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; David & Rita; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 Picture 1:  Mike reading Genesis

Picture 2:  Geri reading Peter

 Picture 3:  Audry

 Picture 4:  Ray & his mom with Wendy & Celeste

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

Your Finances:

March 1: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $1416.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  530.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

I will be in Galveston this week doing hurricane rebuilding work with the spring break kids from St. Boniventure U. (Buffalo, Franciscans), Bill Hammond, & Bob McGrath (alumni).

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

Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week:

May the Lord grant you

       A tolerance for those who don’t agree with you,

       A refusal to judge others,

       A willingness to forgive,

       A calm and hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,

       And a holy anger for injustice in the world.

From Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiedwrkehr

John reading from the book of Sirach.

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

Mary Jane reading from Romans

Birthdays:   Sandra (77, Monday, a good age, yeah!), Claire Zurchin (Tuesday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Wednesday), Patty Hammond (71, Saturday), Bethany (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Lynda & Tom (35^th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.                                            

Please Remember these special people

Mike's swollen knee;   For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa;    For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;   For Geri's  nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;   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 35th Anniversary, Lynda & Tom.

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 Birthday, Mary Jane, and thanks for all you do.

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.

Thanks for being our Candle Lighters of The Week,  Brady & Trey.

Your Finances, September 17, 2017

Expenses:   $905.00

Outreach:    $295.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Alpen Glow, evening, from a large granite boulder above one of the best campsites, after descending from Burrow pass, 11k plus, on the shore of Piutte Creek, night 6 or 7, probably night 6 because on night 7 we had an enormous rain, wind, lightening, and thunder storm about 8-9 P.M. Everybody survived the storm quite well.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Dinner at Frog Lake on the first night of our 8 nights.

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.

Stream crossing on the very last day of the 9 days.   A humbling experience for an old ex-Jesuit who thinks he knows the Matterhorn hike like a bike ride around White Rock Lake.  Since the past two Matterhorn hikes had low water in the creeks, so must be the case this year.  Wrong!  High water was everywhere.  Late & heavy snow.  Thanks, Andy, for loaning me your Keene sandals all 8 or 10 times I needed them.