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Rosemary's Blessing: 

Fear less and hope more,

Eat less and chew more,

Whine less and breathe more,

Talk less and say more,

Hate less and love more,

And all good things are yours. 

Swedish Proverb

Erin reading Isaiah 63 & 64.

  Our Special Thanks:

•    For  the Readings:  Erin & Diane
•    For The Team:   Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:  John Cade
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick, John & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   Marilyn & Ron, Jackie, Beth
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda & Wendy

2 Special notices and announcements:

1.  Explanation of our plans for the following 3 Sundays of Advent, for example, food drive next Sunday, penitential rite the third Sunday, and so forth,     Download Advent 2014

2.  For an excellent glipse into the life of a good young Jesuit, with whom I lived in the 80's, (thanks Lynda Fleming), 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84FpS06HQEY

Diane, Erin's mom, reading 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:  Diane Drescher & David Delgado (both, Friday), Grace LeBlanc (Thursday), Mike Moran (65, Tuesday), and Emma (5, tomorrow)

Anniversaries:

Brent & Meredith (2^nd, Monday)

Erin & Chuck (8^th, Monday)

Tom & Denni (39^th, Saturday) 

Brent accepting our monthly community contribution of $2000 to Souls Harbor.

Please Remember these special people:

For Fred;  For Rick Froebe's mom, who died last Saturday morning, and for Rick;  For Ray;  For Bethany & her coming Little Visitor; For a bike rider named Brian who broke his left arm badly Saturday afternoon at White Rock when he fell;  For T.J. Martinez, S.J. who just died (he was a good young priest at Jesuit when I lived there);  For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;   Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer;  Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  

Cupcake of the Week to Maureen for Fred in the hospital.

 Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece with her new baby;    Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson;

Cupcake of The Week to Denni and Tom for 39 years and to Denni for her smile.

 Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; for 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.

Rosemary, ready to share her blessing of the week, surrenders, temporarily, to Bill for…

 Your Finances, November 30

Expenses:   $1255.00

Outreach:   $ 690.00

Video:  Entrance hymn, Come, O Come, 3 minutes,

We Donated this week:  

$2000 to Souls Harbor

$300   to Plano Homes

Thanks for your Generosity.

"The Love for the Kids picnic, Dec. 13," says Bill, "Come, it is marvelous."

Have a Good Week, J.S

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 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:

Dear Lord

 Draw me into the radiant glory of your presence and into the small lights

 Of those with whom I live and work. 

 Inspire me to take time for those who are discouraged. 

 And may I live with the kind of presence that enables others to feel at  home.

Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr

Patricia reading Isaiah 1, chapter 25.

 Our Special Thanks:

•    For Reading:  Patricia & Hugh
•    For The Team:  Kevin and Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups: Mike & Judy
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Beth & Connie & Mike
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Jan & Sir Charlie, Beth D. & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray &  Wendy

Birthdays:    Bill Hammond (71, Monday), Amy Carey (25, Wednesday), Celeste (Wednesday), Richard Eschelbrenner (Thursday), CC Reidel – Occhipinti (8, Friday)

Cupcakes of The Week, Bill, Richard, and Nikki.

 Please Remember these special people:

Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  For Tom Quinn's continued recuperation from shoulder surgery;    for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer;  Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  

The Brown-Delgado Corner with Buddy & Tori, Bernadette, Michelle, & Kerry.

Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   Jackie's sister, Shellie; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson;  Rita; 

Rosemary reading her blessing with Wendy.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; 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.

Your Finances,  October 12

Expenses:   $495.00

Outreach:   $260.00

We Donated this week:  

Nothing special 

Video:  Next Week.   

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Good Week, J.S

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 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 those who have died …

be at peace and fulfillment

And

May we who are living …

be filled always with gratefulness for each day,

thankful for relationships, our health and spirit

And

May we leave this world a better place for our having been here.

Mike reading the beautifully consoling passage from Isaiah 43, Do not be afraid, because I have redeemed you. 
 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:    Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie, Mike & Beth  
•    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
•    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with The All Souls presentation   

Geri reading the equally consoling verses from John 14 & 15, I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Birthdays:    Ryan McCabe (Sunday), Ted Wittek (Wednesday), Renee Bresson (25, Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Bill Carey, who just last night had open heart surgery;  For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Charlie's mom who also died recently;   For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg  (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;    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 Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

The Best, Shonda & Ray.  And where is Genevieve?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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;

Thanks, Cole, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

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;     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 Birthday, Karen. 

Your Finances, November 6, 2016

Expenses:   $795.00

Outreach:   $545.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Thanks, Cindy, for all the time you have put into serving on Our Board.  

Have a Great Week, J.S

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Welcome back home, Jon, so good to see you.

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 to our dear friend, Chuck.

Rosemary's Blessing

Let us pray to our God      

To the God of Mary and Joseph,

To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.

May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.

May our hearts forgive without limit.

May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.

May our needs be few and my living simple.

Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

Frank reading from 1 Samuel.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Frank & Mary
•    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Mike,  Connie, & Rick
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
•     For all who helped with communion
•              

Mary reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Michelle Brown  (candle lighter)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Judy's ablation;  For Geri's' brother-in-law, Paul Guta;   For Sandra's sister Sharon, who died recently, & her brother;  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery & his brother;      For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA;  For   For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; 

Thanks, Dearest Zoe, for lighting our Winter Candles.

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;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine,   

It's a family affair, Happy Birthday, Dearest Michelle.

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  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.

Becky, our beloved & generous hostess at this colorful elementary school, giving us suggestions on what we could do to help her help the kids here at Legacy Charter.

Your Finances, February 24, 2019

Expenses:   $1250.00

Outreach:    $ 360.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Can somebody please help Ben.  He's having another one of his visions.

Thanks, Everybody 

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Two of The Best.

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.

Our offertory team of the day, Marsha, Lynda, Tom, & Joe.

Rosemary's Blessing:  O God,

• when I have Food, help me to remember the Hungry;
• when I have Work, help me to remember the Jobless;
• when I have a Home, help me to remember those who have no Home at all;
• when I am without Pain, help me remember those who Suffer,

And remembering,

• help me to destroy my Complacency;
• bestir my Compassion,
• amd be Concerned enough to Help;
• by Word and Deed, Those who cry out for what we Take for Granted.  Amen

Samuel F. Pugh

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Tom & Lynda 
• For the Communion Bread:  Kim & Cindy 
• For Serving: T. J. & Lacee & Lorynne
• For the Books & Wine Cups: Roy & Carol, John & Allison
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the Coffee & Juice: Alicia
• For the Pictures:  John Cade & Beth Robinson 

Happy Birthday:    Renee Bresson (17); David Delgado

Happy Anniversary:

• Cliff & Jean Wright (13th) 

• Tom & Denni Zurchin (33rd)

• Barb & Ron Senter (38th)

• Frank & Mary Esparza (45th)

• Gene Huffler & Jill (Day 1)

Please Remember:     Maureen's brother Michael; Warren & Barb's friend Jerry;  Ken Cramer's brother Don; Jackie's friend Jack Brown;  Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time; Alice Culhain's cousin Janiva's husband Jeff Turmes sick in the hospital with fluid on his lungs; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis;    Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman recuperating from an operation & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, & Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite who is not doing well; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President elect that he someday holds his grandchildren in his lap.

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com 

Picture 4: Tom Fleming

Picture 5: Lynda Fleming & choir

Picture 6:  Rosemary with Blessing

Your Finances:

November 30: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,044.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $    416.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Mary reading from the book of Wisdom.

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

O Lord, you mark the journey of life with change. Once again we witness your creation moving from one season to the other. Change is your instrument of growth that brings us to a deeper relationship with you. May your Word be the lantern that guides the roads of change in our lives. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

www.catholicrurallife.org/resources/spiritual/calendar-of-blessings/9-september-blessing-of-change-and-letting-go/

Cody reading from Philemon.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mary & Cody
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Shonda & Hue
•    For all who helped with communion         
•    

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Birthdays:    Marilyn Ackerman,  Aggie Stryker, Warren Wittek, Jean Wright

Anniversaries:

Aggie & Allen Stryker (52, Monday)

Mike & Geri (44, Thursday)

Rob & Beth (45, last Friday)

David & Caroline (34, Last Saturday)

Thanks for lighting our candles Zoe, Zoe, & Tori.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;    For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, 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 a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

Happy 52nd Anniversary, Aggie & Allen, and happy birthday to you, Aggie.

For 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;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Thanks for coming Tom & Susan, and welcome back any time.

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 Marilyn.

Your Finances, September 8, 2019

Expenses:   $  875.00

Outreach:    $ 303.00 

Special Welcome Back to both of you, Ron & Grace.

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.