Announcements 2-28-10, Lent 2

 

In connection with our First Blessing of The Men:

 

Life is a circle; it's beginning is its end,

Going on forever, beginning when time began.

 

Enclosed within the circle is every thought of love, 

Gliding on the winds of time, on the wings of a dove.

 

In the center of the circle is the hardened core of hate,

Bringing upon the wars of the world and may someday bring its fate.

 

But then life is a circle; it's beginning is it's end,

Going on forever beginning when time began.

 

 Life is a circle; it's beginning is it's end,

As it was in the beginning it shall be again.

 

Poem by our David Hoover

  

 

Special Thanks: 

·   For Reading:  Larry Thompson & Chuck Pratt

· For the Communion Bread: Carol Eshelbrenner 

 

· For the Wine Cups & Cross:  Nancy & Ron

· For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy

· For the Pictures:  Jan & Beth & Richard Baack

· For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

· For the coffee & donuts & cake: Jo & Tony & Joan

 

For all the women who helped with the special blessing

 

  
 
    
Happy Birthday:   Jessica Bresson (28 last Thursday), Sue Tomas (last Friday),  Alison DeGenova (last Tuesday), 

Happy Anniversary:

George & Marianne Elwell (15th last Tuesday)

Joe & Rita Hogan (29th)

Warren & Barb Wittek (31st)

Louie & Lorraine Federico (40)

Jeff & Penny Morrow (40)

Chuck & Sandra Pratt (49)

 

 

 

 
 

 

Please Remember:

 

 Tony's Daughter & newbord baby girl; Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who broke her hip; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Cathy Lynn; Marilyn Ackerman's mother who broke her hip & who is visiting now in Dallas from Rochester; Dina McPherson after a motorcycle fall; Jim Drescher; Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents;   Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, 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:   Larry Thompson reading

 

Picture 2:   Chuck Pratt reading

Picture 3:   Blessing of all The Men

Picture 4:    Blessing of all The Men

Video:  The Final Blessing for all The Men   

 

Special Announcement: June 13 through August 1 we are meeting at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

   

 

 

 

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

Your Finances: June 20:

 

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 2020.00

 

Income for Outreach Expenses: $   925.00

 

Thanks for the Generosity

 

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

Revelation 7:  These are those who come from the great tribulation.  And they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb.  That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne.
1 John 3:  For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other.  Let’s not just talk about love.  Let’s practice real love.
 Matthew 5:  When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside.  Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed ones, climbed with him.  Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. 

Thanks…     

Music,   Shonda & Ben
Readers,  Connie & John
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
The Organization man,  Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

 

Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;    For Ron

Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

 

Birthdays:   Ed Kless 11/2,  Karen Anderlick 11/4
Anniversaries:  

Expenses: $  1,465.00
Outreach: $  500.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

 

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Gracious God inspire us with the hope in the gift of shalom, the gift of wholeness and the promise of your presence.

Give wisdom to seek nonviolence as an answer to the violence of our lives and world.

Give us courage to seek wholeness in a fractured and divided world, to find reconciliation rather than revenge, to abandon the instruments of violence and death and entrust our lives, our homes and our families to you.

May your presence fill us and others with the thirst for unity, wholeness, and the desire to see all people valued as created in your image.

May we and others receive your shalom, that we might be faithful instruments of your love.

Blessed be your name forever,

Amen.

Rabbi Andrew M. Paley, senior rabbi with Temple Shalom, Dallas.  He emailed this letter to his congregation in 2018 after a gunman shot members of the Tree of Life Synagogue.

 

John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at the
ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

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 always follow your Inviting Star and watch not the bitter earth but the Starry Sky.

May you delight in Wonders Unforseen and New Adventures only now begun,

And may the God of Adventure & Pilgrimage Bless You on Your Way.

                 Andrew Greeley, "A Blessing for Little Christmas," Irish American Blessings
 

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Mary Ellen Munzell & Daniel Fleming (home from A&M)
• For the Communion Bread:  Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: T.J.
• For the Books & Wine Cups: Cliff & Jean & Roy & Rob & Beth
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy & Hue
• For the Pictures:  Beth Robinson, Jan Keszler

Happy Birthday:   Sean Kless (3); Tom Fleming (50);  Roy Strom; Hugh Bivona & T.J.

Happy Anniversary: 

• Richard & Carol Eshelbrenner (34th)
• Tom & Theresa Quinn (41st)

Please Remember:   Beth's sister Katie who is having a knee operation Thursday;  Fred Doyle's mom who died just before Christmas; Becky Good's mom Mimi Backus, who died last Sunday;  Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & Rick in Chicago;  Jackie's friend Jack Brown;  Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time;  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, 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, Bill Mehalco's son Mike on his 3rd in Iraq; 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 have great success and someday holds his grandchildren in his lap.

 

Picture 1:  Mary Ellen Munzell reads Isaiah 

Picture 2:  Daniel Fleming home from A&M reads Ephesians

 Picture 3:  The Candle Shop of Carina & Maria Luisa

 Picture 4:  The passageway of the arcade in which is the candle shop

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

Your Finances:

Christmas and End of Year: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 6,215.00  
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1,141.00 

January 4: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,188.00  
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 583.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

 Have a Great Week & a Peaceful New Year, J.S    (214-783-0443)

Rosemary's Blessing: 

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Scott & Jo 
• For the Communion Bread:  Kim & Cindy 
• For Serving: Noah
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the coffee & Juice: Alicia
• For the pictures:  Jan Keszler 

  

Happy Birthday:  Megan Dulenti (13);  Renee Bresson (17); Richard Baack; Blair & Blake (19); Jane Drake; Penny Morrow; Danny McCoy, & Mary Ellen.

Happy Anniversary: John & Connie Bresson (23rd)

Please Remember:     Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon who just went on life support & Ken's brother Don; Jackie's friends Earl Martineau & Jack Brown; Grace Leal's friend Paul Weaver; Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis;    Mary's son John; 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; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, 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; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; 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.

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

Picture 4: Jo Whitley

Picture 5: Guess Who

Picture 6: The First Halloween

Your Finances:

November 16: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,105.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $    150.00  

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 

Do you want to fast this Lent?

• Fast from hurting words and say kind words
• Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude
• Fast from anger and be filled with patience
• Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope
• Fast from worries and trust in God
• Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity
• Fast from pressures and be prayerful
• Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy
• Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others
• Fast from grudges and be reconciled
• Fast from words and be silent so you can listen

Attributed to Pope Francis

 

 

 

John reading from Genesis.

 

 

 

Thanks to these special people:

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

 

 

 

Mary reading from 1 Peter.

 

 

Birthdays:   Leighton Elizabeth Wittek (5, Saturday), Rosemary (21 years no smoking, Thursday)

 

Anniversaries:

John & Lambrini (24^th today, Sunday)

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Thanks, Emma, for being our dear Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

 

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, Tom, a few weeks late.  We saved that cupcake just for you.

 

 

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 24th Anniversary, John, to you and Lambrini.

 

 

Your Finances, February 18, 2018

Expenses:   $1005.00

Outreach:   $ 570.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

21 Years without smoking!  Congratulations, Rosemary.

 

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

 

 

Where can you find better Music?

 

 

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.

 

 

Buddy, don't leave us yet and go outside.  We are almost finished.  Moreover, it is cold and rainy out there.

Special Thanks:

• For reading, Alexandra Froebe & Mary Kee
• For the Altar Bread, Cindy Cramer and Kim Crossk
• For Serving, T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice, Margie, Jackie, Richard & Monica & Alexandra & Morgan, Lisa & Margarita
• For the Books, Roy & Carol Strom
• For the music, Ray & Shonda & Wendy, Hue, Rick & Jackie

Happy Birthday: Ray’s daughter Christi, Mable Ekes, Lindsay Kite (16), Matt Wilson, Mary Kee, Ann Pequigney, Christin Urbanczyk, Wally Banzhaf, Ricky Leal, Allyson DaGenova, & Rita Dore

Happy Anniversary:

• Mark Casey & Jill Pratt (Day 1)
• Ron & Christine Montesserin (2nd)
• Pam & Allen (3rd)
• George & Marianne Elwell (12th)
• Richard & Laura Chollick (14th)
• Pete & Lynn Varnum (17th)
• Doug & Julie Kite (21st)
• Trent & Diane McClurg (35th)
• Ray & Loretta (39th)

Please Remember: Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Ray’s brother Anthony with 4 blocked arteries; Jim Kee; Gina Adcock’s six months pregnant friend Lorraine; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed & Yolanda; little 6 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Tom Quinn’s brother Tim; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom & friend Connie Flovin who died this week; Dona & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; Rob’s mom & dad; & a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Richard Chenault (Pastula friend) & those in the plane wreck in Lake Michigan; & Shawn in a car wreck.

Your Finances:

• June 10: Income for Running Expenses:   $1,128.00
• June 10: Income for Outreach Expenses:  $908.00

                  

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S.