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Rosemary’s Blessing:

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

 Seventeenth Century Nun’s Prayer

Our Special Thanks 

• For Reading:   Mike & Geri 
• For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Cindy & Kim
• For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie, Jan & Rick,  and Beth
• For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn, Jackie  
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
• For the Music: Ray  &  Shonda & Bethany

  
Birthdays:  Brittany Carey (27, Friday), Tony Whitley (75, Thursday), Fred Macchio (75, Tuesday)

Anniversaries:

Katie Tomas & Jeremy Foust (0 Day, just married)

Daniel Fleming & Stephanie (Day 1, today)

Rob & Casey (10^th, Saturday)

Randolph & Michelle (16^th, Thursday)

John & Alison (19^th, Tuesday)

Tony & Jo (35^th, Wednesday)

John & Connie (22^nd, today, Sunday)

We Remember:

Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who fell last Sunday;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;  John Simari’s friend Kieth;  Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;  Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up May 15, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara, plus their family friends who lost a 20 week old baby son;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;     Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;      Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  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;  Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a 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 21, 2013

Expenses:     $765.00

Outreach:     $675.00    

We donated this week: 

1.   Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 Video: Recessional, City of God (2 1/2 min.) 

              

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.

  

 

 

 

 

Mike reading from Ecclesiastes

 

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed.  And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow even if that faith is not always deserved.

 

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

 

 

 

 

Geri reading from Colossians.

 

Our Special Thanks

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

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

 

Birthdays:  Linda Beavers (today), Lynda Fleming (Thursday), Carrie Bieda (Saturday), Cindy Ekes (last Wednesday)

 

Anniversaries:

Hue & Linda, 44, Friday

Mike & Judy, 55, Thursday

 

 

Happy 44th Anniversary, Hue & Linda.

 

 

 

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 Sandra's brother;  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 55th, Judy & Mike.

 

 

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;  

 

 

 

 

Welcome home, Luciano.

 

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.

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Dear Cindy.

 

Your Finances, August 4, 2019

Expenses:   $875.00  

Outreach:    $245.00  

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

Thanks for your help with the candles, Dear Tori & Zoe.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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Hey, Leo, I'll swap you a cupcake for an ounce of that energy you got.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Tom reads from Jeremiah.

 

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.

This is to have succeeded.

 

Success – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

May you succeed!

 

 

 

Patricia reads from Hebrews.

 

Our Special Thanks

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

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

Birthdays:   Carrie Bieda (from last week)

 

Anniversaries:

Bernadette & Gilbert (54th Wednesday)

 

 

 

 

Happy 54th to you and Gilbert, Bernadette

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's brother who died recently & for Sandra;

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; 

 

 

 

Thanks for lighting the candles, Tori & Zoe

 

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;  

 

 

 

Welcome the the United States, Terra.

 

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, Harper, for being such a special girl.

 

Your Finances, August 18, 2019

Expenses:   $ 615.00

Outreach:    $ 240.00  

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

Good Karma, Connie, for your eye operation tomorrow.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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It is an exhausting job.

 

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.

 

 

Peace, Everybody.

Rosemary's Blessing:  

None this week. 

 Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  
•    For The Team:  Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Sir Charlie and Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Beth & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Mary
•    For all who helped with communion

 

 

Birthdays:    Frank Reyes (Today, Sunday), Erin McClurg (Tuesday),  Sabrina (20, Saturday in Chicago),  & Leo (5, from last Thursday),  

Anniversaries:

 Richard and Sheila Baack (33^rd, Friday)

 

 Special Announcement: 

We have moved!  To Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:      View this photo

 

Special Announcement #2:

From Carol Eshelbrenner about being a math tutor:

 If interested in helping to tutor math on Tuesday evenings, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm, at Harrington Library you can find out more about the program at:  http://www.intellichoice.org/   You will work with kids from grade 1 to grade 12.  Materials provided.  I have helped out for about 5 years.  The program is wonderful and the kids at Harrington are great.

Call Corina Sadler or Robin Popik at City of Plano, (972) 941-7617, to volunteer and apply for a background check.  Since we work with children a background check is required.  Carol Eshelbrenner  972-423-0069 

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder;  For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  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 Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

 

 

Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  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;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;  

 

 

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;   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, October 4, 2015

Expenses:   $

Outreach:   $

Donated today:  nothing special

 

 

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

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:                            

Next week for sure.  
 

 

Karen reading our first reading.

                  

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:    Karen & Connie
•    For our team:   John  &  John  &  Mike, Ben & Shonda
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick   
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Hue & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion         

 

 

Rosemary reminding everybody about the Meyerson Christmas concert this Friday evening.

 

 

Birthdays:  Cathy B., Grace LeBlanc,

 

Anniversaries:

Shonda & Cody, 3rd

Brent & Meredith, 7th

Tom & Denni, 44th

Barb & Ron Center, 48th

John & Michelle Simari, 34th

 

 

 

Happy 7th Anniversary, Meredith and Brent.  So good to see you Cancer free, Meredith.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf  family; For Bill Hammond,  For Cindy Cramer;  For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie who is spoiling Pete;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement last Tuesday;    For Michelle; 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Dear Grace.

 

 For a friend & neighbor & doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

 

 

 

Betsy, Please tell your dear grandmother Happy Birthday from all of us.

 

 

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;  

 

 

 

Happy  48th Anniversary, Barbara & Ron.

 

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.

 

 

Your Finances, December 1, 2019 

Expenses: $1385.00 

 Outreach: $ 350.00

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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Advent Peace this first week of Advent, 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.

 

 

 

Bonaventure U. in N.Y.,  our community has been honored to be placed in a public placard of various people and communities who have contributed to Bona Responds.  Very humbling.  Thanks, Jim Maher.

 

 

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

 

But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed.  And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow even if that faith is not always deserved.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

 

 

 

Rob reading from Exodus.

 

 Thanks to these special people:  

•    For  the Readings:  Rob & Beth 
•    For The Team:   Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Connie  &  Mike
•    For the coffee and extras: Mike &  Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie  & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion

 

 

 

Beth reading from Ephesians.

 

 

Birthdays:  Dawson Dinsmore (last Thursday), Lynda Fleming (Wednesday, 58)

 

 

 

 

Rosemary sharing her Blessing of The Week.

 

Anniversaries: 

David & Donna Dinsmore (last Thursday, 32^nd)

Brian Bambanek & Kendal (Monday, 13^th, Harper’s mom & dad & guess whose son)

Hue & Linda Beavers (Thursday, 43^rd)

Mike & Judy (Wednesday, 54^th)

 

 

 

 

Happy 54th Anniversary, Judy & Mike.

 

Remember these special people

 

For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim,  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's 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 Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;   For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For Margie McKeon.  

 

 

Happy 43rd, Hue and Linda.

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 35, sick & don't know why;   For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    or Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

 

 Crazy Ragbrai riders, Stack, Dana and David Dinsmore.  Also David & Donna's Anniversary.

 

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 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; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Emma, for being our Candle Lighter of the Week.

 

Your Finances, August 5, 2018

Expenses:    $ 915.00

Outreach:    $ 135.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

 

 

 

Thanks, Buddy, for being such a faithful helper.

  

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Happy Days, John, you are now a granddad. 

 

 

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.

 

 

Peace, Everybody.

 

Please pardon our delay with the blog this week.  Internet broke down in the neighborhood.   Construction!