Reminder for Sunday 1-9-11, 2nd Ordinary Time

 Mass:  Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

                              

Place:  Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings:  Job 38, 1-11; Psalm 107, Give Thanks to the Lord, his Love is Everlasting; 2 Corinthians 5, 14-17; Mark 4, 35-41                      

Community Bulletin Board: 

True?   Rings & jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts.  The only true gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Rita Dore is returning home and needs help in getting around the house & cleaning  up the place.  Visitors welcome!  Come in work clothes.  Two months she's been in the hospital.

A legend, the Old Geezer?  Download Bradshaw 6-18-09;  Download TX Trees Foundation 6-18-09

Notice new summer color for blog heading, plus mountains!

North TX Food Bank needing Help:  Download North TX Food Bank 6-18-09

Picture 1:  Lisa with Cole Ryan

Picture 2:  Carson

Picture 3:  Gavin

Picture 4:  Campisi & The Winner

Picture 5:  Rest stop on Collin County Classic

              

 See you Sunday, June 21 

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Mass: 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.

Readings: Genesis 2, 7-9, 3, 1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5, 12-19; Matthew 4, 1-11.

Community Bulletin Board

Feb. 10 Mass, this Sunday: Birthday Brunch, Baby Shower for the G-Kids, Food Drive, Name Tags.          

Tree Project update: ??

Kathleen Gardiner is looking for a used computer with internet access.  Anyone got one?                          (h) 1-972-542-0288

Rotary Camp Ryla: any high school juniors who would like me to sponsor you to an all expense paid, one week camp for leadership?  The camp has great press.  Takes place in June.

See you Sunday.

Readings:

Exodus 22, 20-26, You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves  

Psalm 18, I love you, Lord, my strength

Thessalonians  1, 5-10, You know what sort of people we were among you.

Matthew 22, 34-40, Which commandment is the greatest.

Sunday Homily: John Cade

 

A Touching Story from John Cade & his sister:

Officer James Givens has served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 26 years, but has never quite experienced anything like this before. He was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he got an unexpected visitor.
A goose came up to his car and started pecking on the side of it. He threw
food out for her, thinking that's what she wanted, but she didn't take it.

 

 

She continued to peck and quack, then walked away, stopped and looked back at Officer Givens.  Then she came back to his car and pecked at it again.  She made it very obvious that she wanted Officer Givens to follow her, so he finally got out of his car and did just that.

 

The goose led him 100 yards away to a grassy area near a creek. Sitting there was one of her babies, tangled up in a balloon string. The baby was kicking its feet, desperate for help.

 

Luckily, Given's colleague, Officer Cecilia Charron, came to help.  She began to untangle the baby, and the mother goose just stood there and watched, quacking.  She didn't become aggressive, and just let Officer Charron do what she had to do to set the baby free

It was like the mother goose knew they were helping.  Once Charron untangled the baby, she put it down and it ran right to her mom, and they went right to swimming in the creek.

 Charron teared up and said it was the highlight of her 24 years on the force.

 

 

"It seems like something made up.  It was just incredible," Givens said. "I honestly don't know why I decided to follow her, but I did.  It makes me wonder – how do they know to turn to humans when they need help.

Life is precious.

 

 

ROMEOS, Friday, October 23, 1:00,  as usual.    Welcome!

ROMEOs' Virtual Jason's Deli BYOB lunch
This is a recurring meeting, Friday, 1:00 pm
Link :
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798571623?pwd=NmFSTW1ocVMzRGdIc0QzUGxKdHM3dz09

Meeting ID: 857 9857 1623
Password: saladbar

 

Reminder for 30th Sunday Ordinary Time, October 25, 2020

Here are the links for Sunday:

Mass: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, muffins (home made), & juice on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.

Readings: Isaiah 66, 10-14; Psalm 66; Galacians 6, 14-18; Luke 10, 1-20.

Community Bulletin Board

We have a family who would like to collect crushed aluminum cans. The income will help them through some economic stress right now. I will put out a container weekly.

Want to know about a Hidden Treasure?  I verify this from our Saturday roofing experience.  After getting tired of corporate, he started his own.  Our Greg Rogers, Able-Bodied Construction (214) 686-0892.

Important Event Continuing:

• Saturday, July 14: Roofing job in Rowlette, starting at 8:00 A.M. If you can use a hammer, I need you.  Lunch will be provided.   Also, if you have them: bring tools like a framing nail gun, table saw, circular saw, extension cords, levels, and hand tools like hammers.  Get ready: We will have a ball! 

Special for Jimmy Kee: not doing well.

See you Sunday. J.S.

 

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.  This is for Sunday, not Christmas Eve

Time: 4:00, Christmas Eve;            9:30, Sunday;                                                                                                                                                                              Celebrate with the Community & Staff.

Place:   Christmas Eve, Vines High School (our old venue);            on Sunday, Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

Sabrina is Home!  Congratulations, John & Alison.

 

Readings for Christmas Eve

Isaiah 9,  1-6,  He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock

Psalm 96,    Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord

Titus 2, 11-14,  The grace of God has appeared.

Luke  2,  1-14, In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus…The Nativity narrative.

 

What's in that bag, Emma?  The one that matches your coat.

 

Readings for Sunday, December 27, Holy Family

1 Samuel 1, 20-28,  Hannah conceived a son, Samuel.

Psalm 84, Blessed are they who dwell in the house of the Lord.

1 John 3, 1-2, 21-24, See what love the father has bestowed upon us.

Luke 2, 41-52,  Each year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.

 

Leo, are you taking up ballet?  I'm out of here before he knows I asked the question. 

 

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 8, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Let’s take a break for two weeks.

2. LADIES' LUNCHEON, will be Friday, January 8?, at 1:00 at Juliet’s Luncheon, Please RSVP to  Jeanne Vogel [pickincotton26@verizon.net] or Geri Moran at  geriintx@gmail.com

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol

 

Reminder: Shonda, Bethany, and Ray will be doing the annual Christmas carol sing along at 3:30 Thursday, Christmas Eve.  (at Vines)
 

 

3. Christmas boxes for military people overseas.   See attachment for items to include. Boxes may be taken straight to the Post Office or brought to Sunday Mass.    Download Christmas Box items                    Address to send:  Ryan McClurg, 455 EAMXS/F16-EAMU,  APO,A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
   
4. Special Notice:  Christmas Eve, we are returning to Vines for only the Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00.  Don't go to Sigler.                                                                                                                                                                                       

  

 Welcome in, Shonda & Ken.

                                                              

 What is going on in our Catholic World

1. Francis: Decentralize the Vatican,  National Catholic Reporter, December 12, 410 words,    Download Francis, decentralize 12-24-15
2. Francis to visit Mexico, National Catholic Reporter, December 14,   360 words,      Download Francis to visit Mexico 12-25-15
3. Ed is Back, National Catholic Reporter, December 15, 1500 words,         Download Ed is back 12-24-15
4. Drug addictions, new cause discovered, Huffington Post, October 19, 2300 words,   Download Drug addiction cause 12-24-15

 

 

 And more hoodies for the 65 guys at Souls Harbor.

  

True?  

Live your life and forget your age.

See you Christmas Eve.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

She is taking over!  Ro reading her Blessing of The Week.

                       

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

 

Barb, you are on Candid Camera.

 Mass: 9:30; Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

 

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings:  Ezekiel 47, 1-12; Psalm 46; 1 Corinthians 3, 9-17; John 2, 13-22

  

Community Bulletin Board:

• True?  There are many different roads in the world, but the destination is the same.  I Ching, Confucianism, from Patrick Swift's One Mountain, Many Paths, p. 20

• November 16: Thanksgiving food & Kroger $20 gift card drive. 

•  December 7–Advent Blood Drive, Food Drive, & Community Brunch

• We are working with Children's Advocacy to find a family we may help for Christmas. 

Picture 1: Mass with Chuck, Sabrina, & her dad, John

Picture 2: Dedication Prayer at Habitat House with Aretha Lafayette & her son Jordan

Picture 3: Habitaters Greg Rogers, Stack & Aviana, Rob Robinson,  & Jerry Gleason

See you this Sunday, Novermber 9

J.S.   (214-783-0443)