Rosemary's Blessing:                                  

Dear Lord, please give me

A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;

A work to do which has real value,

     without which the world would be the poorer;

A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed; 

A sense of humor;

Time for quiet, silent meditation;

The patience to wait for the coming of these things,

Anonymous

Mary Jane and John team reading the extended fun story in Genesis.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  John & Mary Jane and Bill
•    For The Team:   Kevin 
•    For the Communion Bread:  Claire & Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick, John & Connie 
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy, Beth & Jackie & Jerry
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Bethany
•    For all who helped with communion

Bill reading Hebrews.

Birthdays:   Diane Holcomb ( Sunday); Amanda Baack (Monday); T.J. Gleason (Wednesday); Robyn Pack (57, Thursday); Hugh Bivona (Friday)

Anniversaries:

Tom and Teresa Quinn (47^th, Tuesday)

Sophia lighting the candles.

Please Remember these special people:

For Jamie Wilson;  The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla; For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side recently;    For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who  died recently, and for the family;    For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor;    for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery; for Beth's sister, Katy, in Baylor;  For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;    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;  

Jack, Sophia's big brother, lighting the candles.

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;   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.

December 26 wedding of Karen and John.

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.

Exchange of Vows.

Your Finances, December 28

Expenses:   $550.00

Outreach:   $300.00

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video:  Exit, Go, Tell it on the Mountains, 90 seconds,

 Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Go and have a Beautiful Life, Karen and John.

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

Happy New Year, Everybody. See you next year, from Harper.

Remember….

JSM is now streaming live thanks to the enormous efforts of Mike Moran.

The link: Coming Sunday

From our Dearest Becky:

Legacy Preparatory Charter Academy is now your drop off point for needed medical supplies such as gloves and masks. We are also combining this with a food pantry drive.

If you feel the need to help during this special time and can bring any or all of these needed medical supplies and/or food donations, Legacy will get them to the appropriate sites.

Hours are between 8 am and 4 pm Monday – Fridays. Week end hours by appointment only for large donations.

Location: 601 Accent Dr., Plano 75075

Please share share share !

Also from Becky:

Legacy has just spent the last week preparing to be closed for probably the year and yet still have school. We are fortunate that the Texas Education Agency and the Commissioner of Education  has allowed educators to continue to be paid if we make an attempt to instruct children while they are home.

Not only at Legacy, but educators around the state have been doing just that. Many districts like us will be starting online school or giving out instructional packets on Monday. We also started our food program back early last week and on Tuesday handed out over 1000 meals in one day. Every Monday now families can come and receive 7 days worth of food for each child in the home. For many families, especially for the ones who has a parent or two who has been laid off, it’s making a tremendous difference.

I am proud of my leadership team and what they have accomplished in one week’s time. But you know what’s even better? Knowing that Legacy is not unique. You will continue to hear wonderful stories of what school districts around the state of Texas are doing to meet the needs of families through food support and low tech and high tech learning. It’s a great time to be proud of your public school system!

#ClosedNotClosed

How goes Ye Ole Catholic Church https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/202003/life-under-lockdown-8-ways-handle-staying-home-31994

Please Remember these special people:

For all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people, in particular locally, Cindy's staff at Presby; For Joe Hogan with cancer,  For Loretta's aunt Alicia;   For Ryan, Rosemary's nephew, who had surgery; For Bill Hammond,    For Sydney & her dear Husband, Hugh, who just moved to the Other Side,  & 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; 

Remember….

Safe grocery shopping: 

PSA Safe Grocery Shopping in COVID-19 Pandemic UPDATED!!! www.DrJeffVW.com

Rosemary's Blessing:                                  

May the blessings of peace be yours,

the peace to build and grow,

to live in harmony and sympathy with others,

and to plant seeds of a better world for future generations. 

Adapted from a Christmas Blessing from Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, New York

Scott reading from the great book of Samuel.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Scott & Lily
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Claire & Ray
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick &  Mike, John & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy, Jackie & Beth & Bernadette
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda

Lily reading Romans.

Birthdays:   Jeremy and Ashley (27, Tuesday), Rosemary Beavers (Wednesday), Meredith Burmaster (Friday), Connie Bresson (59, Saturday), and Tom Gleason (Saturday)

Christmas Eve Mass: 4:00 P.M.

Emma, The Candle Lighter. See the video.

 Please Remember these special people:

For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side recently;    For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who  died recently, and for the family;    For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor;    for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery; for Beth's sister, Katy, in Baylor;  For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;    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;  

What is everybody watching?

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;   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.

A small portion of the large group which went to the Meyerson Thursday night, braving a visit to The Rectory.

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.

Cupcakes of The Week, Renee, Meredith, and Connie.

Your Finances, December 21

Expenses:   $2440.00

Outreach:   $ 925.00 

Q3 Financial Report:  Download Blog Q3

Grace, our Board Chair Person, presenting the financial state of the community.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: Emma, the Candle Lighter, 75 seconds, 

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Renee & Cathy say, "See you Christmas Eve, 4:00, for a marvelous celebration."

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

Sirach 15:  Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him.
1 Corinthians 2:  What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him, this God has revealed to us through the Spirit.
Matthew 5:  Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Music,  Ben & Shonda
Readers,  Claire & Steve
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 the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

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 and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  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: 
Anniversaries: John & Lambrini Cade

Expenses: $  250.00
Outreach: $    75.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

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 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

 During this Thanksgiving month,

As the autumn leaves fall softly upon the earth

And families come together,

May gratitude permeate our spirits.

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:    

• For Reading:  Mary Ellen & Beth
• For Serving: Stack 
• For the Communion Bread: The Drakes, Paul & Jane & Maddie
• For the Wine Cups:  Rosemary
• For the Music:  Ray & Wendy
• For the Pictures:   Jan & Richard 
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Fred &  Maureen & Joan         

 Happy Birthday:  Ted Wittek (son of Warren & Barb), Jamie Wilson, Renee Bresson (19), & Richard Baack

Happy Anniversary: Bob & Jackie McGrath (56th)

Please Remember:

  Cathy & Dona's mother who has come home with Hospice;  Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;  Shonda & the new member of our music team, Mr. Leo Winkler,  AND Michelle, with Buddy & Torri ;  Jackie Ritter's recupertion;    Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;  Jim Drescher with cancer & his family, including Diane, Christine, Megan, & D'Arcy;  Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     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;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie'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:   Mary Ellen

Picture 2:   Beth 

Picture 3:   John 

Picture 4:    Rosemary's Blessing

Video:          Beginning: sometimes it just don't work out like you plan

Your Finances: November 7:

Expenses:  $1080.00

Outreach:   $ 435.00 

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary's Blessing:                                  

Gracious God, slow my pace and soften my heart this Christmas. 

Keep me

from rushing through the season, but missing the Way . . .

from decorating the tree, but missing the Light . . .

from wrapping the gifts, but missing the Gift. 

www.PrayersAtWork.com

Mary reading of the comfort of Isaiah 61.

 Our Special Thanks:  Denni & Tom

•    For  the Readings:   Mary and Cheryl
•    For The Team:   Absent today 
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Judy & Dick Thompson
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick,  Mike, & Rosemary
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy, Jackie & Beth
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Wendy

Cheryl reading 1 Thessalonians.

1 Special notice:

1.  This Thursday: Meyerson visit for the Christmas Concert.  Welcome to The Rectory around 5:00 – 5:30 for a cookie and then a ride through the H.P. Christmas lights.  The Meyerson begins at 7:30.

2.  Explanation of our plans for this Sunday, 4th of Advent,  Souls Harbor,      Download Advent 2014

Our Gang at the Love for Kids picnic Saturday, some of 18 all together.

Birthdays:  Ben Porter

 Please Remember these special people:

For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side Thursday evening;    For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who  died last Sunday evening at Presbyterian, Dallas, and for the family;    For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor;    for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery; for Beth's sister, Katy, in Baylor;  For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;    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;  

Love for Kids, Mike???

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;   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.

Instead of playing with those kids, Geri, you better go rescue Mike.

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.

 

 

Jessica and Colby exchanging their vows.  Another gazebo wedding.

 

 

Your Finances, December 14

Expenses:   $645.00

Outreach:   $245.00 

 

Jessica and Colby beginning their new life.

 

 We Donated this week:  Nothing special 

Thanks for your Generosity.

 

 

Victoria says, "Thanks for coming, Everybody. Come Christmas Eve, I'll be an angel.

 

 

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

And Leo says, "Bye, 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