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Rosemary's Blessing

May we be blessed with the gift of contemplation

of the blessings we have received and then put

this appreciation into action to help others.

And may there always be someone on our life’s

journey to help us on your way.

Mary Jane reading from Leviticus.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mary Jane & John
•    For our team:   John  &  John,   Shonda & Ben
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For all who helped with communion         

John reading from 1 Corinthians

Birthdays:  Dianne McClurg, Leighton Wittek, 7. Anthony DeGenova 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Bill Hammond,    For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  for Michelle;  For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, 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 Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

Bringing up the Gifts, Becky & Tom, Marcia & Cheryl.

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;  

Our Dearest Zoe & Tori.

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 Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Who is that cute little girl?  Why, that's Betsy.  Hi, Betsy

Your Finances, February 16, 2020

Expenses:  $700.00

 Outreach:  $220.00

Thanks, Everybody 

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Grand Mommy of the Year.

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.

Peace and Happy Mardi Gras, Everybody.

Ash Wednesday Services at Marlene's house.  2017 Keystone, Plano 75075 at 7:00.

Rosemary's Blessing:  

Gracious God,

help us to work with You

to make the world

Alive with Your Spirit,

and to build on earth

a city of Justice, Love, and Peace.                 

Author Unknown

                           Jackie reading from Numbers.

 Our Special Thanks:  

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

                             Patricia reading from James.

Birthdays:    Judy Carrell (today, Sunday), John Cade (54^th of ordination, Wednesday), Leo (5, Thursday), Jackie (50, Friday), Tori & Buddy ( 5, Saturday).

  Anniversaries:

Claire and Andrew, (4^th, Thursday, celebrating also with Nora)

Patricia & Fred (5^th, Friday)

                                        Mike homilizing.

 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 

                         Grace reading the financial report.  (see below)

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder;  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;

             "Hey, Harper, you seen that gorilla around here?" 

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;  

  "Watch out, Harper, there he is, all dressed for winter a bit early."

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.

                    Cupcake of The Week to Judy for her birthday.

Your Finances, September 27, 2015

Expenses:   $ 780.00

Outreach:   $ 480.00

Donated today:

$2000 to Souls Harbor

$300 to Plano Homes

Financial report for second quarter: Download Financials Blog Q2 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Good Week, J.S

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                  "All this talk about money has worn me out."

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.

Good Morning!

This is God.

I will be handling all your problems today.

I do not need your help.

So have a good day!

Unknown

Denni reading from Deuteronomy.

Our Special Thanks

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

Tom reading from Colossians.

Birthdays:   Caroline,  Brent (63, celebration to be delayed two weeks, July 14), John Schanot (Save until July 21), Kim, Cindy Cramer (80 Tuesday), Paul Bieda (63, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week, while hiding her bike wreck wounds.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder replacement;      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 her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  

Happy 8th Birthday, Dearest Harper.

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;     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;  

Happy 80th, Dearest Cindy.   I'm right behind you.

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery;  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 57th Anniversary, Dearest  Jan & Crazy Sir Charlie.

Your Finances, July 14, 2019

Expenses:   $ 1415.00

Outreach:    $  450.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Welcome back, Dearest Luke.

Thanks, Everybody 

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Offertory Team of the Week, Bill, Cindy, & Marlene, all of the Ekes Clan.

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.

Yep, John & Connie, you snookered me by taking that cupcake to Bill.  Now I cannot pick on you.

Rosemary’s Blessing:  

Oh, Heavenly Father, 

We thank you for food and remember the hungry.

We thank you for health and remember the sick.

We thank you for friends and remember the friendless.

We thank you for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances stir us to service,

That your gifts to us may be used for others.

Amen. 

The original Dear Abby

Zach reading Isaiah.

•    For Reading:   Zach and Taylor (OU)
•    For The Team:  Georgie and Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:    Mike & Rick, John & Connie  & Beth 
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Bill and the whole community
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany
•    For especially all who made the community brunch terrific

Taylor, our rep to OU, reading James.

Jerry trying to keep warm at Love for the Kids picnic, while he awaits their arrival.

 Please Remember these special people:

Chuck Pratt dancing with the Father since Dec. 8.;   Antonella Escarfullery, 19, who died also on Dec. 8, she and especially her family;  Jackie Urbanczyk's recovery & Rick's mom, Irene, in Buffalo; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; 

Two old bums trying to make off with the kids' popcorn, Mike and Ray.

Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike and Tara; Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita;

Even Aviana welcomed the kids along with Beth and a friend, Ann.

 

Video: Ophelia and Amelia light the Advent Candles, 1 minute

Your Finances: December 15, 2013

Expenses:   $1585.00

Outreach:   $1300.00

Your Finances: December 1, 2013

Expenses:    $640.00

Outreach:    $180.00

Here they come, some of the 3800 kids who came.

We donated this week: 

To Samitan Inn

To DARCC, Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

270 pounds of food for the food pantry 

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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A small section of the welcome line as the kids came off of their buses.

 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

Oh, God who is love,

Help me to love others as You love them

And as You love me. 

Help me to see in those who love me most,

Hints of you and your love.

 Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

John reading Numbers.

 Special Thanks–

• For Reading:  Mary Jane & John
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Music: Ray &  Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video:   Mike, Beth & Rick, Richard & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Tom & Lynda & Jackie & Jerry  & Beth
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Mary Jane reading James.

Birthdays:  John Cade (51st of ordination, today), Don Mattingly, Gloria Landry, Frank Reyes, Jackie Johnson (47 Tuesday), Leo (2 tomorrow), Torri & Buddy (2 Wednesday, & Georgie (11 Friday)

 Anniversaries:

Claire Zurchin & Andrew (1st, Monday)

Patricia Jansky & Fred (2nd, Tuesday)

Erin & Payton (2nd, Tuesday)

M.J. & Dave Tichner (18th, Monday)

Jim (deceased) & Diane Drescher (46th, Monday)

Bethany, Shonda, & Ray

We Remember  

Erin McClurg's friend Chris Hutchins;  Sue Tomas;  Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;   Colleen Romero;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke. 

Remember this Habitat House?

Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including 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;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Look at it Sunday at its dedication and handing over to a family. Note in back another home going up.

Your Finances: September 30, 2012

Expenses:    $985.00    

Outreach:    $660.00  

Today we donated:

$ 300 to Plano Community Homes

 $ 500 to Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

$1000 to Habitat

$2000 to Soul's Harbor, a residence for men in recovery

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

Video:  Entrance hymn (2 1/2 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.