Reminder for Sunday 9-18-11, 25th Ordinary Time

"Hi, Everybody, Welcome," say Mary and Frank, Alison and John

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade

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

Planning the next ladies' luncheon, Cathy, Judy, Carol, and Sandra.

Readings:

Acts 3,  13-15, 17-19,  God raised him from the dead.

Psalm 4,    Lord, let you face shine on us.

1 John 2, 1-5,   He is expiation for our sins.

 Luke  24, 35-48,  Peace be with you.

Our dear and faithful friend, Angela.

 Community Activities:        

1.      ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 17, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Last one to the ice cream won’t get any.  Just because the old geezer is not there, please no spectacle.

2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  Pass this month, too much going on.  Up next, May.

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

Carol 

Healing for Fred.

3.    Welcome all, The Great Annual Anniversary Party, 10^th Anniversary (bet you figured it would never last this long),  April 25^th, Saturday,  Heritage Farm, 15^th & Custer, 6:00 P.M., Covered dish, kids welcomed (the wagon rides).    Vows will be renewed by numerous special couples, like usual. 

Healing for Carrie and Paul (heading to The Boston Marathon)

 What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Failure to stay alive, Commonweal & Corpus, March 25, 730 words, Download Failure to Stay Young 4-16-15  

 2.      Harper Lee & Spring Hill College (where my Jesuit classmates from '58 reunite this weekend), National Catholic Reporter, April 11, 777 words, Download Harper Lee & Spring Hill College 4-16-15    

 3.      Why go to Mass?, America & Corpus,  April 13,   730  words,       Download Why Go to Mass 4-16-15 

Guess who got cupcakes for lighting the candles. Yep, Brooklyn and Sienna with Brian, their grandfather.

 True?  

“What day is it?” asked Pooh

“It is today,” squeaked Piglet. 

“My favorite day,” said Pooh

Communion for Emma.

See you Sunday, March 19, 2015, 3rd Easter,  Cycle B

J.S., 214-783-0443

Leo shags books, too.

 JSM Mission-Faith Statement

   Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’sPeople, 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.

Says Harper, "Bye, Folks, See you next Week.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack., Reggie giving the homily.

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Connie and Cathy having too much fun.

Readings:

Genesis  14, 18-20,  Blessed be Abraham.

Psalm 110,  You are a priest forever  in the line of Melchizedek.

1 Corinthians 11, 23-26,  Do this in remembrance of me.

Luke 9, 11-17,  Give them some food yourselves.

Our beloved, faithful Georgie in service.

Offertory with Chuck and Sandra, Cecily and Chris, Amelia and Olivia.

  Community Events:  

1.   Habitat build, new house, June 1, this Saturday, the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th & Ave. E.  We have 4 special JSMinistry days, June 1, this week & 21 (a Friday), July 13, and
August 3.  A person may also work any Saturday.  The house will need
about 18 Saturdays of work.  I’ll be there Saturday.

2.   Romeos’ lunch Friday, May 31, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin
Creek.  

 3.   The  Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays at noon has started.  For info talk with Rosemary, Carol, Bernadette, or Maureen.

4.  Note: I will be in Moore, OK, Monday-Wednesday, working with Bona Responds.  I will hand deliver our $1000 contribution to OK to be implemented on the ground by Bona Responds and Jim Mahar.   Thanks, Everyone.

Toy World with Emma and Zoe, Buddy and Torri, Michelle and Beth.

  What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.  Another great contemporary theologian, Gary

Wills, publishes a book, Why Priests?  Here is a good review from Corpus, May-June, 2013.  Is this the end of my job security?  Note there are 4 pages,  
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2.  The State of Catholic Marriage, Corpus, May 20, 950 words,   
Download Marriage 5-31-13

3.  July in Rio with Francis, National Catholic Reporter, May 24, 1000 words,   
Download Rio 5-31-13

4.  7 Differences made by Francis,  (One of my ex-S.J. classmates informs me that we all share the same entry date, 1958.  In light of our planning another marvelous reunion, we plan to invite him.  I will also invite him to San Vino!),    
Download 7 Differences 5-31-13

Communion Helpers.

Communion with Tom and John.

True?

 The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of
activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Albert Einstein 

Brent receiving $2000 from the Community for Soul's Harbor.

Rosemary giving out the word on coffee.

 See you Sunday, June 2, 2013, Trinity, C cycle 

 J.S., 214-783-0443

Tom getting out the word that this Saturday we, Our Community, hosts the Habitat build. We begin about 8:00. Welcome.

Our fantastic choir, Bethany, Shonda, and Ray. Leo took the day off with his grandparents.

 
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.

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.

Says Geri, "Welcome, You Kids, all 1000 of you.  We are ready for you."   Love for Kids Christmas picnic.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. 

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 John, John, & Karen getting ready to feed all 1000 kids, plus teachers and chaperones.  

Readings:

Isaiah 7, 10-14,  Ask for a sign from the Lord

 Psalm 24,  Let the Lord enter, he is king of glory

 Romans 1, 1-7,  Grace to you and peace

 Matthew 1, 18-24,   Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son.

Hi, Tori and Zoe, thanks for being our Candle Lighters of The Week.

Hi, David and Caroline.  As always, nice having you here.

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 15, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), Jamuary, TBA

   Some of the contributions to our Advent Food Drive

You are looking at another Romeos, this one, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.   Joe, Rosemary's brother in law, is 3rd from left.  A breakfast group at another deli.

Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This Friday: the Meyerson, December 16th at 7:30 pm.  

Come at 5:30 to the condo of Beth & Rob, at 2111 Marilla on the corner with S. Pearl across the street from the Dallas Farmers’ Market.   

 Attached are instructions on how to arrive at Robinson’s, including how to arrive via DART.  Note also that you may leave your car at Robinsons and take the free DART shuttle to the Meyerson (saving you $10 parking).    We will depart the Robinsons at 6:45.    Download DART to Robinsons'

So, who are these women??

The Original and Only Juliettes.  

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Priests are burning out, The Tablet, December 1, 730 words,    Download PRIESTS BURNING OUT 12-15-16
2. Vatican burn out, Commonweal, December 3, 730 words,    Download VATICAN BURN OUT 12-15-16 

Our twice a year reconciliation service.  Everyone asks for forgiveness and grants forgiveness.

Please forgive me…

True? 

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Statue of Liberty, New York harbor

Please forgive me.  You are forgiven.

Please forgive me, Mary.  You are forgiven, John.

 See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Advent Peace. 

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.

 Advent Peace, Everyone.

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

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

Readings: 2 Maccabees, 7, 1-14; Psalm 19; 2 Thessalonians 2, 16-3, 5; Luke 20, 27-38.

Community Bulletin Board 

November 4, Sunday Mass of Remembrance, thanks to all of you who made this Mass so special.

Tree Project update: maybe in December we will plant 100 or so trees at the new facility of Collin Co. Child Advocacy Center, Park & Los Rios.  Waiting to hear from them.

Nov. 17 Work Project: Alex Moore of Lakepoint Church helped us tremendously with our Rowlett house.  He now has a special renovation project which needs volunteer help.  It is quite a project involving another church in south Dallas.  Can you give a few hours?  Check out the project:  Download Nov. 17 Project.doc    I will be there. J.S.

November 25: advance notice–no Mass the Sunday just after Thanksgiving.  We will celebrate Thanksgiving Nov. 18.  Rosemary & I will be at her sister Clare’s house. 

See you Sunday.

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:  Numbers 21, 4-9; Psalm 78; Philippians 2, 6-11; John 3, 13-17.

Community Bulletin Board:   

See you this Sunday, September 14

J.S.   (214-387-0443)