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Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week: 

 May the sun bring you new energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength into your being.

Apache Blessing

Mike reading from Acts.

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:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Mike & Rosemary
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie & Marsha
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   David and Shonda and Bethany
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Geri reading from 1 Peter.

Birthdays:  Patricia (Monday); Ron & Barb Senter (Tuesday & Saturday),  

Anniversaries:

Dick & Judy Thompson (14th, Saturday)

Hi Joe, Brent, and Cheryl.  Good to see you back, Joe.

Please Remember these special people:

 For Connie Bresson's mom;  For Rose Banzhaf who broke some bones in a skiing accident;  For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   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 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;

Happy Birthday, Patricia.

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;

Would you trust Lynda with the Senters' cupcake?  

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;

Happy 20th Anniversary, Sydney and Hugh.
 

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.

And Happy Birthday to you, Denni.

Your Finances, May 7, 2017

Expenses:   $865.00 

Outreach:   $330.00

                                   April 23, 2017

Expenses:    $815.00

Outreach:    $325.00

                                    April 30, 2017

Expenses:    $1780.00

Outreach:    $630.00

Thanks for lighting the candles, Zoe.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy Birthday to you, John.
 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

A Viking river boat.

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.

A Viking boat seen from the top deck of another Viking.

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)

Rosemary’s Blessing

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

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

Mike reading the marvelous Isaiah.

  Our Special Thanks:

•    For Reading:  Mike & Jackie
•    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Beth, Mike & John
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Mike & Geri,  Jackie, and Jerry
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray d& Bethany

Jackie reading 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:     Jackie Urbanczyk (62, Friday), Michelle Brown (Today, Sunday)

Ash Wednesday: Marlene's House,  7:00, 2017 Keystone, Plano

Lenten Plan:    Download Lent 2014

Tom, our now former board president, doing his last official financial report.

 Please Remember these special people:

Connie Bresson's brother, Lee, who just died last Saturday, and Connie’s family;  Jackie Urbanczyk's recovery;  From Mary Hall, Debbie Hooper with serious cancer;   for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Fred and Maureen’s friend, Real Giguere;  Mary Templeton seriously hurt in a surfing accident (from Chris Phipps & Beth);  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;  Margie McKeon’s brother, Bill, with lung cancer;

Rosemary doing her blessing.

 Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   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, and her dad in ICU;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita;  the Silvers, dad, Dave, and son, Andrew;

Bethany and Ray leading us.

 Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg heading to Korea, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Your Finances, March 2, 2014

Expenses:   $735.00

Outreach:   $180.00

Financial Report:  Download Financials 3-2-14

Communion helpers Connie, Mike, Denni, and Lynda.

 We Donated this week:

Thanks for your Generosity.

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.

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

May you learn to see your self

With the same delight,

Pride and expectation

With which God sees you in every moment.                                                                          

To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue

Denni reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah (the third here).

Our Special Thanks

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

Tom reading from Hebrews.

Birthdays:    Kara Butterly (16, Wednesday), John Simari (retiring the end of the week

Anniversaries:

Bernadette & Gilberto (51, Today, Sunday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Special:  Please don't forget Anthony's Legos. 

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent's mom;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;   For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;     For Cliff & Jean;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom;  For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;          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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

Thanks, Buddy, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  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;   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;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 51 Years, Gil and Bern.  Who are those little kiddies hanging around you and for what reason?

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;    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 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.

Congratulations, John, on retirement this week.

Your Finances, August 21, 2016

Expenses:   $1910.00 

Outreach:   $  875.00

Donated today:  $1500 to Souls Harbor via Brent.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Thanks, Brent, for the marvelous work you do as director of Souls Harbor.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Welcome in, Molly, a delight to have you with us. 

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.

Georgie says, "See you all next week, Folks, welcome back."

    Video: Rosemary doing her blessing (30 sec.)

Rosemary’s Blessing

May you live a long life full of gladness and health,
With a pocket full of gold as the least of your wealth.
May the dreams you hold dearest be those which come true,
The kindness you spread keep returning to you.
May the friendships you make be those which endure,
And all of your grey clouds be small ones for sure.
And trusting in Him to Whom we all pray,
May a song fill your heart every step of the way.

Grace E. Easley

Christine reading Wisdom

• For Reading: Christine and Diane, daughter & mom
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Music: Ray &  Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth, Rick, John & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Tom & Lynda & Jackie & Jerry
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Diane reading James, a mother and daughter team

Birthdays:  Patty Hammond (66 today), Hunter Whitley (10 Monday), Judy Carrell (Thursday), Beth Dugan (41 Wednesday)

  We Remember  

Fr. Tom Reese, Jesuit, former editor of American Magazine

Erin McClurg's friend Chris Hutchins;  Sue Tomas;  Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a week ago;   Fred Macchio's sister, Toni, who died a week ago;  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; 

Tom giving his optimistic and pessimistic observations on the state of The Church today, at Open Window Conference, Saturday

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.

Fr. Charlie Curran of Perkins, S.M.U., celebrating Mass after the conference and Lisa

 Your Finances: September 23, 2012

Expenses:    $   1,635.00 

Outreach:    $   765.00

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

Video:  Entrance hymn (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:    

 A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully 

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.

15th Century Nun's Prayer

Geri doing an excellent job of reading a special chapter in Genesis. Unfortunately, the editor had printed out the previous chapter than the reading of the day.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Geri & Mike
•    For The Team:    Kevin  & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison 
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Ken & Cindy 
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike & Connie & Beth
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Geri;  Jackie, Beth Dugan
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Wendy 
•    For all who helped with communion 

Mike Reading Romans.

 Birthdays:  Michelle Brown (Monday, tomorrow),  Jackie Urbanczyk (Saturday)

Brent, the director of Souls Harbor, accepting our monthly aid of $2000.

 Please Remember these special people:

For John Bresson's mom, who just died;  For John Doherty's dad, Frank, who died on the 17th;  For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;  For Marilyn who is struggling with high blood pressure;  For Bernadette's recuperation from knee surgery;  For a little friend, Heather;  For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Loraine, a girl I knew in Tanzania, whose wedding I did some years ago, and who has breast cancer;   For Connie's nephew, Fred and her little friend, Heart; For Mary Jane Stevenson's brother Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Fred's daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;     For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor, Vivian;    And for Mary’s coming Little Visitor, Genevieve;   For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;  

John accepting our monthy gift of $300 for Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center (DARCC)

For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   Claudette’s little 9-10 day old niece, Mica Rose, not doing well;  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;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;  

Georgie and Kevin, The Greatest Helpers.

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;   Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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.

And The Best Music, Ray, Bethany, and Wendy.

Your Finances, March 1, 2015

Expenses:   $350.00

Outreach:   $300.00

 Thanks for your Generosity.

 We donated this week:  

$2000 to Souls Harbor

$300 to DARCC, Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Snow in Dallas? No. Yes, and Aviana loves it, especially when she is out with her momma.

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