Reminder for Sunday, May 5, 2013, 6th Easter C

Mass: Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating

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

Readings: 1 Kings 3, 5-12; Psalm 119, Lord, I love your Commands; Romans 8, 28-30; Matthew 13, 44-52

Picture 1: Leo with Bernadette

Picture 2: Christina, Ray, & Jon

Picture 3: Barb

Picture 4: Jo

Picture 5: The Wedding

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Thanks again to all of you for the excellent community survey. We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done. At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

2. We are looking at updating the community directory. More in September.

Picture 6: Kelli & Mickey

Picture 7: departing

Picture 8: Kay Lynn

Church Happenings:

1. Excellent articles on contemporary Catholic Church by a top Catholic theologian, long but insightful, National Catholic Reporter, 6-30-11, 7-7-11:

A. Download Kennedy A, 7-22-11

B. Download Kennedy B, 7-22-11

True?

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.

Joel 2:  For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich is kindness, and relenting in punishment.

Corinthians 5:  We are ambassadors for Christ…

Matthew 5:  Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; …

John had shoulder replacement surgery on Tuesday.  He is doing well and will see you on Sunday.

John Stack Ministries now meets at:  The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano

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

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

Readings: Acts 5, 12-16; Psalm 118; Revelations 1, 9-19; John 20, 19-31

Community Bulletin Board

Invitation: Rosemary & I invite you all to our 2nd anniversary party, May 5, Fairview Farms (same place as last year), Parker & Central, northeast corner, ca. 6:00. Watch for the signs: Circuit City, Ross, Joe’s Crab Shack. Fairview is behind them. Six couples will renew their vows. Guess Who? Also, we will do a covered dish hors d’oeuvres & desserts, and music for dancing. Moreover, the slide show of The Great East African trip. More later.

Step It Up Dallas – Global Warming Rally, Saturday, April 14

STEP IT UP! – a nationwide rally for GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS!

The Dallas Sierra Club invites you to join citizens around the country for a National Day of Climate Action and tell Congress to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050. This will be the first big nationwide rally for global warming/climate change solutions.

Where: The Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake, 521 East Lawther Drive in Dallas

When: Saturday, April 14, 2007, noon – 4 p.m. Be there at 12:30pm for the publicity photo. We need a big crowd for the kickoff to show that lots of people in Dallas care about global warming solutions.

Why now? We have an especially urgent need in Texas and opportunities in this session of the Texas Legislature for citizens to speak out in support of clean energy solutions.

Bring the family! Have fun. Bring friends. There will be special activities for the kids. Have a picnic at the lake, see the solar powered electric car, watch films, sign postcards to Congress and the Texas Legislature. Be entertained and learn how you can help create a healthier and safer world.

Directions: From Buckner Boulevard, take Northcliff Drive, at traffic light, south to the end of the road at White Rock Lake. The Bath House and parking are straight ahead after the stop sign. See this link for a simple map.

DART directions: Blue line to LBJ/Skillman station, then #60 bus to Buckner @ Tarlton. Walk .34 mile to Bath House Cultural Center.

More info at www.stepitup07.org.

A Happy Cowboy fan, Rick, says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

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

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

Place: Legacy Charter School, Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Watch out, Ben, for the train coming down that track.

Readings: 

Isaiah 60, 1-6, Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem. (good one)

Psalm 72, Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.  

Ephesians 3, 2-3, 5-6,  The Gentiles are co-heir, members of the same body.  

Matthew 2, 1-12, The Epiphany or opening to the Gentiles.

Ugh, oh, Looks like Barbara just told John & Karen that I have absconded with all the Christmas collection.

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 4, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   This old geezer will miss again Friday.

JULIETTE LUNCHEON: January, TBA 

Wow, just like that, Shonda has arrived at the station.

TRUE?

Always be on the look out for the presence of  Wonder (Homily this week?)

E. B. White

The Board discussing the News that the Pastor wife plans a red Tesla for the official car of the Pastor's wife.

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

1. From sex abuse to money, Francis has had a rough year,  http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2018/12/from-sex-abuse-to-money-2018-tested.html

Lumbar Stenosis update:

1.  Friday afternoon surgery on the back, spent the night in Presby Dallas.

2.  Wednesday morning about 9:30, I suddenly knew I could do it and I walked with no assistance from the dining room to the kitchen sink.  This was humbling and encouraging.    Actually, I felt like I had just climbed Kilimanjaro again.  Wow!

From Geri Moran: A Christmas Poem Download Christmas Poem

So you want to borrow the Red Tesla on weekends, Marilyn.  Like what do I get in return?

See you Sunday,

J.S., 214-783-0443

"Ah, yes," thinks John, "a red Tesla would be a help for the environment."

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.

Have a fun, peaceful, and wondrous New Year of 2019, Everybody.

Isaiah 55:  Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, . . .
Romans 8:  . . . for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Matthew 13:  “A sower went out to sow.  And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.  Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold . . .

The tragedy of life is to allow it to go by without appreciating something in every single day, without celebrating its fundamental goodness to us.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Rickey Turner
Please click on the link below for more information on Rick’s fund for ongoing treatment and medications for a kidney transplant. As Rick is now back on track for the transplant, we are helping to cover the medications necessary following the transplant.
Rick Turner Blog Post

Another Reminder for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 12, 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.