Welcome, Everyone,
Our 6th Annual Anniversary Party, May 7, around 6:00 P.M. to—
Place: Heritage Farm, 15th between Custer & Alma, south east corner, Plano
Covered Dish as usual, hors d'oeuvres & Deserts. We will supply cold drinks & water. BYOB.
The mules are awaiting you kids with their hay wagon. The main house will be open for visiting.
Love, John & Rosemary (214-783-0443)
Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence.
Readings:
Exodus 22, 20-26, You shall not molest or oppress an alien.
Psalm 18, I love you Lord, My Strength
1 Thessalonians 1, 5-10, You know what sort of people we were among you.
Matthew 22, 34-40, The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.
Community Events:
1. DOMEO MEET: Friday, October 24, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Free cookie from Michelle (the manager), if you can find invisible Fred.
2. November 1, All Saints: we will decorate the stage. Bring pictures from your life, family and friends. We will celebrate them.
3. Ladies' luncheon, Thursdays,
November; we are meeting Thursday, November 6, 4:30 pm, Steve Fields, 5013 W Park Blvd, Plano, TX 75093, (972) 596-7100. NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME!!!! We’re going to happy hour, the lobster pizza is to die for and ½ price.
December; location not yet determined. We’re looking for something holiday-ish to do. Ideas? Time not yet decided on. Cathy says, "Elkes at Greenville in Allen or 5th St. Pizza, Stacy Furniture in Allen."
Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested. If you let me know I will add their email to the list.
Carol
4. November 9, 10th Anniversary of our Community, Sunday brunch.
5. Our annual pilgrimage to the Meyerson for the marvelous Christmas Concert will take place December 18, Thursday. Rosemary requests that you get your names in quickly because we are running a bit late this year.
What's going on in our Catholic world:
1. Family Synod, surprising change, America, October 13, 500 words, Download Family Synod document 10-23-14
2 Family Synod update II, National Catholic Reporter, October 18, 950 words, Download Synod report 10-23-14
True?
Do not regret growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.
See you Sunday, October 26, 2014, 30th Ordinary Time, Cycle A
J.S., 214-783-0443
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.
Mass: Coffee & donuts & treats on the house. Welcome!
Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's. We will be here through August 1, while Vines is being renovated.
Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating
Readings: Zephaniah 12, 10-11, 13, 1; Psalm 63, My Soul is Thirsting for You, O Lord my God; Galatians 3, 26-29; Luke 9, 18-24.
Community Bulletin Board:
Food Drive this Sunday, Father’s Day, June 20
Take Note: the Sundays through August 1 we will meet at
Thoughts on The Church, Newsweek 6-5-10; An article by Charlie Curran, a marvelous theologian and gentleman, a good priest from the Rochester diocese, and our neighbor & friend now at S.M.U.:
See you Sunday, 6-20-10, Father's Day
Isaiah 49: I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
1 Corinthians 1: … to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
John 1: He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’
John Cade’s Homily from last Sunday: 01-11-26 Homily -The Baptism of the Lord
The real problem in life is when we accept what other people say we are. We learn not to change, not to try, not to begin all over again. But the poet Rumi says, “You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for The Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 18, 2026
Here are the links for Sunday:
For Zoom ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993
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.
Welcome: Coffee & juice & specials on the house.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade. Welcome.
Readings:
Deuteronomy 4, 32-34, 39-40, Ask from one end of the sky to the other, did anything so great ever happen?
Psalm 33, Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Romans 8, 14-17, The Spirit bears witness to our spirit.
Matthew 28, 16-20, Behold, I am with all days until the end of the ages.
Community Bulletin Board:
1. Check with Tom Fleming about the Habitat build coming.
2. This weekend Rosemary & I will be at in New Orleans, my old Jesuit home office. We will be attending a class reunion of my original Jesuit class of ’58. Out of about 40 guys about 5-6 are still Jesuits & priests. The rest all left & got married.
What's going on in our Catholic World:
1. Pittsburg priest on American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, 5-28-12, (325 words), Download Pittsburg Priest & Nuns 6-1-12
2. Pastor of Blessed Trinity Parish, Cleveland, giving an excellent summary of the American Nuns situation. From one of my S.J. buddies whom I will be with this weekend in N.O., (830 words), Download BLESSED TRINITY PARISH 6-1-12
3. Vatican II observations by one of the few left who was there. Again from one of my S.J. buddies, working in Peru & still a Jesuit priest, (5600 words, long but a superb summary), Download Vat. II from one there 6-1-12
True?
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
— Buddha
See you Sunday, June 3, Trinity Sunday
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.
Want color? This school has it!
Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack & John Cade
Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075
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Welcome, Everybody.
Readings:
Sirach 3, 17-18, 20, 28-29, Conduct your affairs with humility.
Psalm 68, God, in your goodness you have made a home for the poor.
Hebrews 12, 18-19, 22-24, You have approached Mt. Zion
Luke 14, 1, 7-14, When you hold a banquet, invite the poor
If this looks like a choir invasion, it is!
Community Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 30, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
Juliets, September, TBA
After you reach a certain age, you cannot even dress yourself.
True?
Mark Twain: Heaven for the climate,
Hell for the company.
Our Father.
What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…
Ignatian Solidarity Network (a Jesuit effort), https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/ignatian-solidarity-network-educates-inspires-young-immigration-activists?clickSource=email
After 45 years of excellent church music, The St. Louis Jesuits move on, https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/after-45-years-music-final-concert-st-louis-jesuits
214-783-0443
Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe.
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.
Peace, Everybody.
Mass: Coffee & donuts & treats on the house. Welcome!
Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.
Time: 9:30; Stack celebrating
Readings: Genesis 14, 18-20; Psalm 110, You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek; 1 Corinthians 11, 23-26; Luke 9, 11-17
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Community Bulletin Board:
Take Note: June 13 through August 1 we will meet at
2nd Notice: Our Sunday Evening-Monday Morning blog will be delayed one day because The Editors have a wedding in Austin Sunday evening for Jack Carlson's son Jim & fiancee Lindsay.
Thoughts on The Church, National Catholic Reporter, 6-1-10: Ever wonder what happened to the Catholic efforts in China? Read this:
True?
Myths are precisely what give people the faith to undertake projects which rational calculation or common sense would reject.
Thomas Friedman, From Beirut to Jerusalem
Picture 1: Brittany Bigelow & Andy Cotter with Tony
Picture 2: Jeff Courtman & Patty Jennings with their families & spouses
Picture 3: Patty & Jeff at their vows
Picture 4: Skyler, daughter of Patty's daughter Andrea & Matt
Picture 5: Beverly & Mike at their vows
Picture 6: Mike & Beverly with Maya, Jim (her dad), and Tesse
See you Sunday, 6-6-10, Corpus Christi Sunday