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Rosemary's Blessing

Loving God,

As I journey into the unknown territory of a new year…

As I hurt in the process of loving those I dislike or find difficult…

As I learn to accept my strengths, weaknesses and mistakes…

As I keep searching for the truth in times of confusion, doubt and conflict…

As I try to be a voice for the voiceless and powerless…

As I strive to live and witness your inclusive love, compassion, forgiveness, justice and peace…

As I do the work of the Christmas message and make Christ visible to others…

Walk closely with me, my God.

Taken from A New Year’s Prayer by Sister Jean Amore CSJ, Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, NY

Beth reads from The Great Prophet Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Beth  & Rob
•    For our team:   Mike  &  John  &  John, Ben & David &  Shonda,  Georgie & Buddy
•   For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  John
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Hue & David & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion         

Rob reads from The Acts of the Apostles

Birthdays:  Tom Fleming, 61,  Jan, Becky Good, Doug Kite & the Quads, 12

Anniversaries:

Jackie & Rick, 19th

Happy 19th Anniversary, Jackie & Rick.

Please Remember these special people:

For Bill Hammond,  For John Simari's sister in law, who died in her sleep;   For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie who is spoiling Pete;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  for Michelle; 

Happy 61st, Tom.

 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; 

Offering of the gifts with Bill, Connie & John, & Jim

John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

Hi, Dearest Betsy.

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 a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Happy Birthday, Dearest Jan.

Your Finances, January 12, 2020

Expenses:  $1020.00

 Outreach: $ 295.00

Thanks, Everybody 

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Peace, 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.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

May you learn to see yourself

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

Bernadette reading Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks 

•    For Reading:   The Delgados, Bernadette and Gilberto
•    For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups: Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:   John, Beth & Rick 
•    For the coffee
  and pastries:   Jackie & Jerry
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany

Gil reading Hebrews.

 Birthdays:  Teresa Quinn (Saturday), Marsha Farmer (Thursday), Marilyn Ackerman (Wednesday), Kara Butterly (13 Monday)

Anniversaries:

Rose & Wally Banzhaf (42^nd Tuesday)

If you did not consider yourself crazy for riding 100 miles in the heat, this will confirm it. Mile 20 rest stop. Local kids put on a tableau.

 For Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;   Monica's medical deal last Tuesday;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Chuck Pratt and his cancer; John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;  JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri. 

See that blue and white tent? Check it out for boxes of 5-6 varieties of cookies home made by the ladies of the town of Electra. All rest stop personnel are volunteer. Rest stop 30 miles.

 Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends,Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti;  Rita

Best Rest Stop for shade and comfort at 75 miles. A grove of pecan trees and live oaks.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

68 mile rest stop. The later the ride, the more the gassed riders. Lots of medical support with IV's and cold packs.

Your Finances: August 25, 2013

Expenses:   $2335.00

Outreach:   $ 980.00

We donated this week: 

1.   $2000 to Soul's Harbor through Brent, the director.

2.   $300 to Plano Community Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Hell's Gate at the 60 mile rest stop. 100 milers have to pass this point before a given time, like 11:30, or they get turned back to Wichita Falls by a short route.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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 Video: Entrance hymn, 2 minutes

 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

I, God, am in your midst.

Whoever knows me can never fall.

Not in the heights, nor the depths, nor in the breadths.

For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.

Hildegard of Bingen

Patricia reading from 1 Samuel.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Patricia & Frank 
•    For The Team:  Rick
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Alison & John
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Jackie  & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom  &  Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
•    For the Music:  Shonda & Ben 
•    For all who helped with communion 
•    For John celebrating today   
•    For the Nativity drama, Bernadette & helper elfs                      

Frank reading from Luke.

 Birthdays:   Meredith (last Wednesday), Hugh Bivona (Wednesday), Tom Fleming (59, Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Carol & Rich Eshelbrenner (43^rd)

 Tom & Teresa Quinn (51^st)

Rosemary reading her blessing of the week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA & for Darbyanne;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; 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 Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Thanks, Rick, for lighting our candles this morning–and even for bringing the Cowboys good luck with your shirt.   Also. congratulations on losing 30 pounds.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  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 and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

Brent, thanks for the great work you do as director of Souls Harbor.  Hopefully this $1500 will be useful.  Sorry about OU.

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 a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Congratulations on your birthday, Meredith, and even more congratulations on being declared cancer free.  You & Brent make a beautiful couple.

Your Finances, December, 30, 2018

Expenses:   $900.00

Outreach:    $300.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

This week we donated $1,500 to Soul's Harbor.

Elevation time.

Bulletin 5 on the Lumbar Stenosis event:

1. Surgery at Dallas Presby yesterday to take the pinch off of my spinal nerve which sent pain from my derriere all the way to my right foot & arch.
2. the only pain now comes from the incision.  This was expected to be pretty significant.  Remedy: 2 pain pills.  Result: no pain, but significant dizziness.  I thought I had downed 2 shots of Jack Daniels.    

A Little extra homily by Mike .

Thanks, Everybody 

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With Christmas candles in hand we wish you all a peaceful and happy New Year of 2019

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:

 On this feast of the Transfiguration

May we be blessed with fortitude and strength

To change those things which need changing

So that we may be more fully alive people.

J & R Creations

 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Fred & Maureen Macchio
• For Serving:  Ed Lamberty
• For the Communion Bread:  Dee Miller
• For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie 
• For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Jon
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth & John Simari
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Jackie, Joan, Gayle, Jan,  & Fred & Maureen
• Homily: Ed  
   
   
   
   
   
    

Happy Birthday:    Sheila Baack & Bob McGrath 

Happy Anniversary: Cathy & Buddy Goode (31st)

  Please Remember:

Sabrina who had dental surgery;  Loretta Garcia Williams' husband, Ray, in the hospital with multiple myeloma;  Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Carol Eshelbrenner's broken ankle;  Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Cliff Wright & his back operation;  Jackie Ritter's hand operation recuperation;  Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back;  Warren & Barb's friend,  Mike, fighting cancer;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    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;    Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;   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;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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;   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:   Maureen & her husband,           

 Picture 2:    Fred

 Picture 3:   Pastry Shoppe, Mary Ellen, Jackie, Chloe & her mom, Clare

 Picture 4:   Coffee Shoppe with Bob pouring, John Cindy, & Jerry                                           

   Video:    Mass Beginning  

Finances:  March 20, 2011

 Expenses:   $2120.00

  Outreach:   $ 960.00      

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week    

 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 

John reading from the minor Prophet, Amos.
 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   John & Connie
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Marlene
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie,
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
•    For the Music:   Ray & Bethany & Mary
•    For all who helped with communion   

Connie reading from 1 Timothy.

Birthdays:    Beth Dugan (45, Tuesday), Judy Carrell,  Leo (6, Saturday), John Cade (55^th of ordination, Friday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Tuesday), and Tom & Lynda (34^th, last week)

Anniversaries:

Tom & Becky (37^th, Tuesday)

Rosemary inviting everyone to the Christmas concert at the Meyerson.

Please Remember these special people:

For Dee and for Mike, who just moved to the other side Thursday afternoon;  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 Zaile's mom in the hospital in the Philippines;  For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg amd is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;     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;   

Okay, Mike, that cupcake is for Judy on her birthday.  Let's see if she gets a bite, Folks.

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 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 & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

John, even though you have forgotten, it was 55 years ago that you were ordained a Carmelite priest.  Congratulations.
 

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.

Happy 6th birthday, Leo.  Better watch out behind you.

Your Finances, September 25, 2016

Expenses:   $  541.00

Outreach:   $   327.00

Donated today:  $ 2,900.00 to Soul's Harbor

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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What could this little girl be looking for?

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.

Congratulations, Bethany.  This is for you and the little one coming, so he knows what good things await him.

4th Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2025

Sirach 3: God sets a father in honor over his children;  a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.
Colossians 3: And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Matthew 2:  Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.

Music,  Ben
Readers,  Carrie & Paul
Homily,   John Cade
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  David & Buddy
The Organization man,  Mike
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 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 and Marilyn

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:  Teresa & Tom Quinn

Christmas
Expenses: $  450.00
Outreach:         0.00

December 28th
Expenses: $  765.00
Outreach: $   135.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

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,
Amen.
Anonymous

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.