Reminder for Sunday, June 21, 2015, Ordinary Time & Fathers’ Day

Thanksgiving Mass: Last Sunday of this Church Calendar Year: 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Sirach 50 22-24; Psalm 113; 1 Corinthians 1, 3-9; Luke 17, 11-19 (these are the readings for Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, page 88 in our booklets) 

Thankgiving Tree: we will set up a tree with lights on the stage.  Nearby will be paper ornaments on which you may answer the question, " I thank God this year for…"  Use the ribbons to tie it onto the tree.  Kids will find special ornaments that have a picture to color on one side, while the blessing can be put on the other side.  We will keep it up every Sunday into Christmas Eve Mass at 4:00.  Perhaps a couple of blessings can be read anonymously each Sunday.  Our Thanksgiving continues into Christmas.

Community Bulletin Board

Result of the informal poll on our Mass time: wide preference for 9:30, as it is. 

Tree Project update: maybe in December?  Waiting to hear from Collin Co. Child Advocacy Center, Park & Los Rios.

Nov. 17 Work Project: Alex Moore of Lakepoint Church helped us tremendously with our Rowlett house.  He now has a special renovation project which needs volunteer help.  It is quite a project involving another church in south Dallas.  Check out the project:  Download Nov. 17 Project.doc    Rosemary & I will be there. J.S.

From Tom Quinn: Do you know anyone interested in an entertainment center?  It’s a beautiful piece of blonde furniture that is in great condition.  I can’t seem to get any of the Charities to pick it up as I don’t have the vehicle to deliver it.  Quinn, Tom & Theresa, E-mail Address:  tntquinn@peoplepc.com

November 25: No Mass the Sunday just after Thanksgiving.  Rosemary & I will be at her sister Clare’s house.

December 9: Save Your Blood for the Christmas Blood Drive and Brunch. 

See you Sunday.

Isaiah 8:  The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shown.

Corinthians 1:  Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.

Matthew 4:  …Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has risen.

Some members of the community

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

Loretta Williams

John and Rosemary will be out of town from Monday, 1/23/23 until Monday, 1/30/23. Mass on Sunday, 1/29/23 will be on Zoom with John Cade.  The Blog will not be published during the  week that we are out of town.

Connie Doherty
        

Jeremiah 31, I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel.

Psalm 130, Create a clean heart in me, O Lord.

Hebrew 5, He became the source of salvation

John 12, Sir, we would like to see Jesus.

Please let Rosemary or me know if you would like to attend Easter Sunday at Legacy.  We plan on 20 people and as of today ten places remain open.  Please be ready to mask and have the vaccine.  Do you realize how consoling it is to send out this note!!

Hey, who is in charge here!!

Reminder for Sunday, March 21, 2021, 4th Lent

Here are the links for Sunday:

2. search for "john stack ministries"

 

 

 

What's going on in Ye Olde Catholic Church

 

1.   Rome won't bless same sex weddings, https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/vatican-says-priests-cant-bless-gay-couples-why-did-pope-francis-approve-decree 

2.  Bishops against vaccines, http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2021/03/editorial-bishops-opposition-to-vaccine.html

 

 

 

 

A Bridge to Peace.

 

 

 

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.

 

John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230

 

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.  Again, Welcome.

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

Ray, Tom and Lynda.

Leo.

 Readings:

Isaiah 6, 1-8,  Whom shall I send?  Send me.

Psalm 138,  In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord.

1 Corinthians 15, 1-11, I am the least of the apostles.

Luke 5, 1-11, They caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.

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. 

Buying a bible?  The Jerusalem Bible. 

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  February 10, This Sunday, Mardi Gras Brunch and Valentines

Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Pros & cons of parish shopping, National Cathoic Reporter, January 25, 800 words,   Download Parish Shopping 2-1-13

2. Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles,  National Catholic Reporter and The Observer, January 24, 600 words,    Download Editorial 2-8-13

3.  LA Archbishop dismisses Cardinal Mahoney, Christian Post Reporter, February 1, 575 words,   Download LA Archbishop 2-8-13

Brooklyn

Play Zone with Emma, CC, and Sienna, while Claire care takes.

 True? 

You have enemies?  Good.  That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

Rob inviting Sandra to join him on his   after Mass motorcycle ride?

Ye Olde Pastry Shoppe with Gil, Fred, and even Mary Ellen.

 See you Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4th Ordinary Time, C cycle 

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.

Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house celebrating Ray & Shonda's new family member.   Welcome!

Place: Welcome back to Vines

Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating 

Readings:  Wisdom 18, 6-9; Psalm 33, Blessed the People the Lord has chosen to be his own; Hebrews 11, 1 & 2, 8-19; Luke 12, 32-48. 
 
 

Community Bulletin Board:

Note:  Welcome back to Vines this Sunday!

Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's coming arrival, this Sunday, August 8, our first Sunday back home at the new edition Vines High School.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  Check the invitation: Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

Helpful video on what to do when a person collapses:    Learn Sarver Heart Center's Continuous Chest Compression CPR

And on the lighter side, 4 good commercials: Download 4_commercials1

Frank Reyes & the Art Center Theater Fundraiser:  

Download Art Center Theater 8-6-10

http://www.artcentretheatre.com/tickets/

A thank you note from Plano Community Homes to which we are donating ca. 300 per month, now maybe less, as they indicate:     Download Plano Community Homes 8-6-10

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  David Brooks, National Catholic Reporter, 8-4-10, On two paths in our lives (I might term this Type A & Type B, or using Myers-Briggs terminology, Judging vs Perceiving): Download The Summoned Self 8-6-10

Picture 1:   Celeste 

Picture 2:   John, Jim, Maddie & her dad, Paul

Picture 3:   Bob & Tony

Picture 4:   Lauren

Picture 5:    The Music Gang, Wendy, Shonda, Ray, & Celeste

Picture 6:    The Commuity

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.  Again, Welcome.

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

John sharing the blessing of the sacrament of the sick.

The Gang.

 Readings:

Isaiah 43,16-21, In the desert I make a way.

Psalm 126,  The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy. 

Philippians 3, 8-14,  For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things.

John 8, 1-11,  They brought a woman who had been caught in adultery.

Torri and Buddy at the Pastry Shoppe.

Emma and Zoe also at The Pastry Shoppe with Beth.

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  March 17, This Sunday, Soul’s Harbor truck will collect everything brought in, clothes, utensils, furniture, appliances.  We are also collecting powdered laundry soap for Soul's Harbor.

Also this week, a penance service before the sign of peace.

2.  March 24, next Sunday, Palm Sunday 

3.  April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

4.  Romeos’ lunch Friday, March 15, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek.  24 again like last week, according to Fred?

The Coffee Shoppe with Bill, Ray, and Claire.

City Bikes for rent, guess where.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, March 13, 1600 words,   Download Pope Francis 3-15-13

2.  Papal Profile,  National Catholic Reporter, March 14, 1600 words,    Download Papal Profile 3-15-13

3.  Hope for the Pope, Boston Globe,  March 14, 800 words,    Download Hope for the Pope 3-15-13

4.  Personal observations: Being of optimistic disposition, I dream, could Pope Francis stand a bit in the tradition of John XXIII?  Still speaking optimistically, might he not at least offer a more balanced administration than the previous two popes?

April in Paris? No, March in Paris.

Your faithful editors.

True? 

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER

Le Pont d'Art or the Art Bridge in snow, Paris.

The Art Bridge also known as the bridge of locks. A couple puts a lock on the fence and throws the key in the Seine, a token to lock their relationship forever. Those are locks on the fence, tons of locks.

 See you Sunday, March 17, 2013, 5th Lent, C cycle 

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.