Reminder Sunday, January 3, 2016, Epiphany

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

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

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

 

 

Readings:

Acts 2, 1-11,   How does each of us hear them speaking in our own tongues?

Psalm  104,  Lord, send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth

1 Corinthians 12, 3-13,  There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same spirit.

John  17, 1-11,  Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

 

 

 Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, June 6,  Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers & kids, plus the Real Romeos. 

 2.  The Women's Lunch Group on 1st Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

3.    Excellent seminar for couples, married or unmarried, free, too,  Download Couples' Seminar 5-29-14

 

 

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.    Can bishops be held accountable?, Natinal Catholic Reporter,  June 2, 650 words,    Download Bishops held accountable 6-5-14

2.    Cardinal defends Francis on Capitalism,  National Catholic Reporter, June 3, 950 words,    Download Cardinal defends Francis 6-5-14   

 

         
True? 

 Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Will Rogers

 

 

 

 See you Sunday, June 8, 2014, Pentecost, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

 

Time: 9:30; Stack celebrating; we will rotate weeks. 

 

 

 

Readings: Acts 2, 1-11; Psalm 104, Lord Send our your Spirit, and Renew the Face of the Earth; 1 Corinthians 12, 3-13; John 20, 19-23.  

  

 

Community Bulletin Board:

   

Thoughts on The Church, National Catholic Reporter, 5-17:

Download Fr. Donald Cozzens, 5-21-10

 

 
 

 

  

Picture 5:  Marianne & George Elwell

Picture 6:  Gayle & Joanne caught at it

Picture 7:  Communion, Joanne, Jackie, & Rosemary

See you Sunday, 5-23-10

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Isaiah 9: For a child is born to us, a son is given us; …

Titus 2:   Beloved: the grace of God has appeared, ..

Luke 2:  … the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son, …

 

John reading from Micah.

 

 

Christmas Mass will be celebrated on Friday, December 24th at 4:30 PM.  There will be no Mass on Sunday, December 26th.

 

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
        

 

 

 

"Welcome in, Everybody," says Brandon.

 

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

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

Special Event this Sunday: The Old Geezer invites you to his Birthday Party and after Mass covered dish brunch.  Welcome. 

 

 

It doesn't get better than this, Shonda, Bethany (yeah!, she's back!), Ray, and David.
 

Readings:

Isaiah 8, 23 – 9, 3,   The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

 Psalm 27,  The Lord is my light and my salvation.

 1 Corinthians 1, 01-13, 17,   I urge you that there be no divisions among you.

 Matthew 4, 12-23,    Come after me and I will make you fishers of others.

 

 

Healing for Brent.
 

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 20, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), February, TBA

 

 

Healing for Michael.

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Nothing special this week.    

 

 

Communion team ready.

 

Thanks, John Simari, for this note.  Could this not be the welcome from our community?   (With the exception, of course, of Sir Charlie!)

 

True?

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.

Karl, age 5

 

"May I come in, too," says Aviana.  Unfortunately not.

 

 

Special notice from our bar tender:

The coffee bar will be open before mass

for those who arrive early…

( closes promptly at 0930 until after the service :-)

-mike

 

 

Watch out, Mary.  Watch out, Judy.  Here comes Cathy. 

 

 See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

You may be The Best Coffee Bar Man, Mike, but your taste in teams is questionable, even though they beat our Cowboys.

 

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, Everybody.

Mass:   Coffee, donuts, and specials on the house.  

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

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

 
 

 Readings: 2 Kings 5, 14-17; Psalm 98, The Lord has revealed to The Nations His Saving Power; 2 Timothy 2, 8-13; Luke 17, 11-19. 

 
  
 

Community Bulletin Board: 

                                                                                 

Discussion after Mass this Sunday 

                                                                                

 Charles Curran will deliver a talk which will be excellent from past experience: Download Curran Lecture 10-8-10

                                                             

 
  

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  Good article  by Fr. Richard McBrien on our Charles Curran,National Catholic Reporter, 10-8-10  Download McBrien 108-10

                                                                                           

2.  Excellent article on the state of the Catholic world written by Anthony Padovano, a married priest & scholar.  The article is both excellent and long.  Therefore, I will publish it over three weeks.  The second edition repeated because last week the link did not seem to work for some: Download Padovano 10-8-10 

  
    
                                                                           

 Helpful information for strokes,Continuous Chest Compression (CCC):

   

  

  
  

True? 

Picture 4:   Torri & Buddy at ca. 5 lbs.

Picture 5:   Michelle with Torri & Buddy

Picture 6:   Leo

Picture 7:   Leo with his mommy, Shonda

 

 
 See you Sunday, October 10 

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)