Reminder for Sunday, August 10, 2014, 19th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Mass:  Coffee & Donuts & Extras 

Place: Vines High School

on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Jeremiah 33, 14-16; Psalm 25, To you, O Lord, I lift My Soul; 1 Thessalonians 3, 12-4, 2; Luke 21, 25-36

  
   
 Community Bulletin Board:   

Heritage Farm renovation: Off day this Saturday.  We have just about finished replacing rotten boards and look forward to a big paint day in December to finish up. 

Christmas Gifts for Child Advocacy: Beth will collect them.  Download Child Advocacy Gifts 

 
  
True? 

Beauty of any kind lifts the soul above the humdrum to the beatific.

Joan Chittister

  
 
 
Picture 1:  Janette Monear, director of TX Trees Foundation

Picture 2:  Wendy, Ben, & Celeste

Picture 3:  Jean, Mary & Frank

Picture 4:  Mike gives our $2000 to Frank & Gayle from Collin Co. Adult Clinic

Picture 5:  Tree recipients, Lynda, Elizabeth from D.C., Tom, Bill, Barb, & Maureen

Picture 6:  Lisa & Roger Shaffer

Picture 7:  McKenzie & Megan, flower girls

See you Sunday, November 29

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.  Welcome!

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's.  We will be here through August 1, while Vines is being renovated.

Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating 

Readings:  Isaiah 66, 10-14; Psalm 66, Let All the Earth Cry Out to God with Joy; Galatians 6, 14-18, Luke 10, 1-12, 17-20
  

Community Bulletin Board:

Take Note:  the Sundays through August 1 we will meet at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

Thoughts on The Church: 

From John Allen, National Catholic Reporter, June 28:  Download Belgium 7-2-10

In honor of July 4, Independence Day (watch out for Old Geezers),  Download GrannyAirBag  

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Sorry, all you other folks, only white Toyotas accepted to membership in this community.

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

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

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

Jan, keep your eyes on this Gil.  One second you turn away, he'll eat all the home made communion bread (it's so good).

Readings: 

Jeremiah 17,  5-8,   Cursed  is the one who trusts in human beings.

Psalm 1,  Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.  

1 Corinthians 15, 12, 16-20,    Christ has been raised from the dead.

Luke 6,  17, 20-26,  Blessed are you who are poor.  (beatitudes)

Sir Charlie, keep your clothes on.

Community Activities:  

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

JULIETTE LUNCHEON:  March, 2019 – TBA

Our Father 1.

TRUE?

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."   

William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

Our Father 2.

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

1.   A lesson from an Opus Dei leader,  https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/editorial-lesson-opus-dei-fr-mccloskeys-downfall?utm_source=JAN_15_EDITORIAL_MCCLOSKEY&utm_campaign=cc&utm_medium=email
2. Want a feel good video about Irving Berlin, dance, and how we are all really one in spirit? https://www.youtube.com/embed/KgoapkOo4vg?rel=0

Communion, Welcome, Everybody.

See you Sunday,

J.S., 214-783-0443

Peace, Everybody.

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.

Peace to you, too, Rookie

Welcome, Everybody, to the community bakery, Harper, Cathy, and Geri.

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

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

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

Special blessings for the kids.

Readings:

Wisdom  12, 13, 16-19,   You judge with clemency.

Psalm 86,   Lord, you are good and forgiving.

Romans 8, 26-27,  The spirit comes to the aid of our weakness.

Matthew  13, 24-43,  A farmer sowed good seed in his field.

The pretzel jar. Oops, only room for one hand at a time.

Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, July 18.   The Old Geezer will miss.  Those Iowa corn fields are calling, plus home made rhubarb & strawberry pie.   Sorry about your brother's death, Fred.

Community work station with busy workers.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.       A very interesting case about confessional secrecy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, National Catholic Reporter,  June 27, 555 words,      Download Confessional Secrecy Case 7-17-14 

2.        Fr. Tom Reese, an excellent man and a Jesuit, at that, National Catholic Reporter,  July 7, 280 words,     Download Excellent Man & Jesuit at that 7-17-14   

Offertory, Doug, Joe, John and Alison.

 True? 

 We make a living by what we get;

We make a life by what we give.

Says Harper, "Is is cupcake time yet?"

See you Sunday, July 20, 2014, 16^th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Says Emma, "Bye, see you next week."

 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.

Don't look. Iowa will get rid of all these extra calories.

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Homily by Mike Carrell.   Again, Welcome.

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

The Community

Celeste

 Readings:

Isaiah 62, 1-5,  The Lord delights in you.

Psalm 96,  Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations.

1 Corinthians 12, 4-11, There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.

John 2, 1-11, There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee.

Emma and her pal.

Emma's pal says, "Hi, Everybody, How you doing?"

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).  

The difference?  The first is Protestant more or less, and the second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha. 

Both are good translations.  

Meghan and Cindy.

Zaile and Billy.

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a signup sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois out officially, National Cathoic Reporter, January 10, 500 words,   Download Bourgeois out 1-18-13 

2.  Elect bishops locally?,  National Catholic Reporter, January 15, 750 words,   Download Swiss abbot urges change in how bishops are selected

Georgie getting ready to go to work.

Preparing for communion.

True?

Simple expressions of concern or affection are revitalizing

Dr. Peter McGinn (Rosemary’s brother, deceased)

Communion.

Bethany, Shonda, and Ray.

  See you Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2nd Ordinary Tim, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Wendy and Kasey's Wedding.

Kim reading at her sister's Wedding.

  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 9:  For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests.

Titus 2:  Beloved: The grace of God has appeared…

Luke 2:  Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Christmas Eve Mass will be on Saturday, December 24th at 4:30 P.M.  There will not be a Mass on Christmas Day. 

Georgie reading from Isaiah

John Stack Ministries now meets at: 

The ArtCentre of Plano

902 E. 16th St, Plano

Please use the Haggard Park side entrance.  Latecomers please use the 16th Street entrance.

From Connie Bresson:                                                                                 

Jim Mahar and the BonaResponds team is heading to Florida January 2-13 to do hurricane relief efforts at Pine Island.  This is a tremendous group of students and adults from St. Bonaventure that work so hard to help others.  If you want to help any of the days they are there, please read the attached in the following link. 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqyl-QXF_emKTqbBhNGw4XCoBtq6zn_DuLkeTXMw-P5WJTcA/viewform