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Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

Be the living expression of God's kindness:

kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. 

Mother Teresa

Lily reading from the book of Genesis.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:     Scott & Lily
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan & Sir Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie, Mike & Beth
•    For the coffee and extras:   Jean & John & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Ray & David & Bethany & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion   

Scott reading from Colossians.
 

Birthdays:    Caroline (58, Monday), Beth (Tuesday), Lily (Thursday)

While getting ready to share her Blessing of The Week, Rosemary is sharing (with vigor) her ideas about Martha (got a bad deal).

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment;  For Nina's dad, Art, who died at 93, and for Nina and the family;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;   For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;     For Cliff & Jean;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom;  For Frank; For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;      For Frank's treatment;     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;

Happy Birthday, Beth.  

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 Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman;   For Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   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 sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

And Happy Birthday to you, too, Lily. 

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.

And Happy 80th to you, Mike.  

Your Finances, July 17, 2016

Expenses:   $1248.00   

Outreach:   $ 720.00

Donated today:  

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy Birthday to you, also, Mary.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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

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.

And Rosemary says, "Have a good week, Folks.  See you next week."

Rosemary's Blessing: 

Loving Father

often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed

through each day.

show us how to look again,

to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

Amen

www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf

 

Mary Ellen reads Genesis

 

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Mary Ellen & Richard           
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Jan
• For the Wine Cups: Sir Charlie 
• For the Music: Ray & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video:  Charlie & Beth & John
• For the pastries & coffee: Joan & Jackie, Chuck & Sandra
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue

Richard reading 1st Peter

Birthdays: Anthony DeGenova (13), Diane McClurg, Michelle Brown   

Our Father

 Dorothy Perry;  Bob Dunbar with shingles;  Christine Drescher;  Rita;   Rosemary's elbow recuperation;  Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Julia Grenier;  Mike Moran's parents, especially his dad with ALS;   Warredn Wittek's dad who died this week and Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  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;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including 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;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Rosemary offering her blessing

    Video:   Mary Ellen reading Genesis (3 minutes)  

Your Finances: February 26, 2012

Expenses:   $1655.00

 Outreach:  $ 890.00

Thanks for your Generosity 

 Have a Great Week, 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.

Rosemary's Blessing:          

 Next week.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  
•    For The Team:  Georgie and Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison 
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy 
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike,  & Beth
•    For the coffee and extras:   Jackie & Beth 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ben & Wendy & Shonda & Bethany
•    For all who helped with communion 

Cemetery

Jesuit Cemetery, Grand Coteau, LA

Birthdays:  Alexadra Froebe (26) & Jerry Gleason (81, both Sunday), special congratulations to Genevieve, a few days old, and her mother, Mary.

 Anniversaries

Randolph & Michelle (18^th, Saturday)

John and Alison (21^st, Thursday)

John & Connie Doherty (24^th, Tuesday)

Chair for contemplation, Grand Coteau.

 Please Remember these special people:

For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;  For Bernadette's recuperation from knee surgery;  For a little friend, Heather;  For Geri's sister Francine;  For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Loraine, a girl I knew in Tanzania, whose wedding I did some years ago, and who has breast cancer;  For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Fred & Maureen’s  daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;     For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor, Vivian;    And for Mary’s coming Little Visitor, Genevieve;   For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;  

Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   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; 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;  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;  

Path for contemplation, Grand Coteau, where the Old Geezer spent years 1 through 4 in training and 4 years after ordination setting up a spiritual center.

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;   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.

Your Finances, April 19, 2015

Expenses:   $ Next week.

Outreach:   $

 Thanks for your Generosity.

 Have a Good Week, 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

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

(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.

Rosemary's Blessing

O Holy One,

Abide with us

In this hour,

In our rest,

In all the time that is ours

    in the year to come.

Let your blessing rest

Upon us, within us, around us

    in this moment and in

    all the moments to come.

In your name we pray.

A Blessing by Ken Phillips

Hue reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks

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

Mary reading from Titus.

 Birthdays:    Jan (Monday), Doug Kite (Tuesday), Quads (11, Wednesday) Becky Good (61, Friday

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the week

Anniversaries:

Jackie & Rick (today, 18th)

Happy Birthday, Jan, and thanks for all you do each Sunday to get us up and running smoothly

Please Remember these special people:

For Mary Ellen, who moved to the Other Side last two Wednesdays ago, ca. 3:00;   Let's have a memorial Mass for her Sunday, Jan 20, plus a brunch afterward.

Happy 18th Anniversary, Jackie  Rick, and thanks for all the excellent pix you two take every Sunday.

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, 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 Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother, Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   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;  

Happy Birthday, Becky, and thanks so much for inviting us to celebrate in your creative and color filled school.  It is the best we have had all these  years.

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; 

Thanks, Robyn, for explaining to us the valuable work you do with The Single Parent Advocacy.  It has been a delight to work with you on Love for the Kids and now The Advocacy.

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.

Thanks, Tori, for lighting our candles this morning.  Sorry I got distracted & missed you this morning, I owe you a cupcake next week.

Your Finances, January 13, 2019

Expenses:   $1245.00

Outreach:    $535.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Guess what, Everybody.  It is Girl Scout cookie time again and Harper has just what you need.

Thanks, Everybody 

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It is board meeting time with Jim & Mike.

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.

Board Meeting #2 with John & Mike.

Rosemary's Blessing: from 7 Sacred Pauses, Macrina Wiederkehr

May the Lord grant you

• A tolerance for those who don't agree with you,
• A refusal to judge others,
• A willingness to forgive,
• A calm & hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,
• And a holy anger for injustice in the world.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Karen & Patricia
• For the Communion Bread: Jon & Nina, John & Allison 
• For Serving:  Anthony
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol & Rob & Beth 
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the coffee & Juice: Gilberto & Bernadette  

Happy Birthday:     Curtis Ekes & Marlene Ekes; Lynda Fleming; Emery Zurchin, 19; Stephen Farmer, 18; Austin Tucker, 16; Rose Banzhaf; & Linda Beavers

Happy Anniversary:   

• Brian Bambanek & Kendall (3rd)
• Mitch & Mandy Miller (30th)
• Hue & Linda Beavers (33rd)

Please Remember:   Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer; Beth's friend Alison Davies, who died this past week; Rick Cardena's wife Linda & brother Bob;  Mike's Moran's mom, Marge; Carol's sister Ann; Nina's mom & Jon's back operation;  Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl;  Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane's dad & cousin Judy; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood's friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita's Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris,  Margarita's Matt Gomez on tour 3, & 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; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey.

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

Your Finances:

August 10: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,456.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   210.00    

Thanks for your Generosity!

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