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Rosemary's Blessing

Lord God who is endlessly patient

with our foolish and annoying frailties,

instill in us patience for our fellow humans. 

Help us to keep our temper cool,

our nerves calm,

and our disposition amiable.

 

Andrew N Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers           

 

 

 

Hue reads the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Hue, Lynda, Claire & Mary Jane & Tom
•    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Rick & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky Good & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with communion             

 

 

Lynda reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother;      For a friend, Karen with brain cancer; For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Ryan with some health problems; For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;

 

 

Tom reads the role of Jesus while Claire narrates and Mary Jane (not pictured) reads the Crowd role.

 

 

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;     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;  

 

 

Zoe lights the Lenten Candles, while her brother reads.

 

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  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.

 

 

 

Rosemary prepares to read her Blessing of The Week.

 

Your Finances, April 14, 2019

Expenses:   $ 940.00

Outreach:    $ 315.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Brent, the Director of Souls Harbor, accepts our monthly $2000 donation.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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Holy Thursday & Good Friday,  7:00, Marlene's, 2017 Keystone, Plano.

 

 

Watch out , Everybody.  They let him out of the hospital and Sir Charlie is back.

 

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.

 

 

The "A" Team.

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing:

May you look back with confidence and pride.

May you look forward with eagerness in your eyes.

May you enjoy the challenges of today’s ride,

And await all your tomorrows with openness to surprise.

A book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers     Andrew Greeley

 

Special Thanks: 

·     For Reading:  John & Beth

·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

·     For the Communion Bread: Nina

·     For the Wine Cups:  Beth & Rob

·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste & Wendy

·     For the Pictures:  Jan & John & Beth 

·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

·     For the coffee and donuts: Charlie & Jan & Joan

 

 

    

 

Happy Birthday:  Alice Culhain, Linda Beavers, Curtis Ekes (81)

 

Happy Anniversary: Brian Bambanek & Kendal (5th, Cathy's son)

 

 

Please Remember:

 

Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge; Matt Wilson's dad who just died; Diane Holcomb's grandmother, Margaret, who died this week just short of 100 years;  Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who broke her hip; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip;   Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
 

 

Picture 1:   John reading 

 

Picture 2:   Beth reading

 

Picture 3:   Last year's Yosemites, Rob & Rose, Mike & Tom

 

Picture 4:   The Girls, Mary Ellen, Margie, Jackie, & Gayle

  

 

Special Announcements: 

 

1.   This coming Sunday, August 8, we return home to Vines High School, renovated edition.

 

2.   Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's new arrival.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  The invitation:    Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

 

Gilberto Delgado sent in this info that might help those of you who have had difficulty with one or more of our file attachments on the blog:

I heard that some in our community are having problems downloading the articles in the blog.

I do not know if they realize that the files are Word files.  So when they key on the highlighted titles, a Word file is downloaded to their computers.

The file name will probably appear on their desktops as a Word executable file.  They must them key or double key on that to bring up the program Word and the file contents.

It is a little different than most emails, since most of them are just text files in the email content.

 

Resending the 2 attachments that people had trouble downloading

Letter from John Ernst at CCAC:  Download CCAC-Ernst 7-30-10

Article in Advocate:  Download Advocate Magazine 7-30-10 

Your Finances: August 1: 

 

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 960.00

 

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 830.00

 

 

Thanks for the Generosity

 

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

 

Rosemary's Blessing:  

O God from whom all blessings come,

we thank you for our homes and families and friends.

We also thank you for all the joys with which you have blessed us

During this year.

May our lives shine forth as bright  lights of gratitude

For all your gifts.

Adampted from Andrew Greeley

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading: Tom & Denni Zurchin

• For the Communion Bread:  Cindy Cramer & Kim Crossk

• For Serving:   Kevin

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Ray & Beth & Rob

• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the donuts & coffee:  Jackie & Tony & Gayle

• For the food drive.  Ken Cramer wrote, "Three cheers for the congregation of St. Vines. We donated 189 pounds of food and supplies to the Network of Community Ministries. The folks there were most appreciative of our efforts."

 

Happy Birthday:   Nancy Kovatis, Don Mattingly, Frank Reyes (today), Georgie Brown (8), Sabrina (14)

 

Happy Anniversary: 

Justin Sellers & Adriana (Day 1)

Richard & Sheila Baack (27th)

 

Please Remember:    Chris Phipp's mom who just died this morning;  Celeste's sister Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom who is failing;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore; Jackie's friend Jack Brown with various cancers;  Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece just diagnosed with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.  

             

Picture 1:  Justin Sellers with groomsmen

Picture 2:  Harper, the flower girl

Picture 3:  Make a Wish Charity Bike Rally: in a sea of color waiting to depart

 

Picture 4:  Behold, 3 of ours, Beth, Rob, & Bill

 

 

 

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

 

Your Finances: October 4

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,216.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   340.00

 Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 

“Father and Mother of all:

We give thanks for food and remember the hungry,

We give thanks for health and remember the sick,

We give thanks for friends and remember the friendless,

We give thanks for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May our giving thanks stir us to service, that our blessings may be shared with others. Amen

 

A Thanksgiving prayer from a Dear Abbey column 

 

 

 

Lynda reading from Proverbs.

 

 

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Lynda & Tom
•    For The Team:     Buddy  &  Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie & John
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben  & David  & Wendy
•    For all who helped with Communion 

 

 

 

 

Tom reading from Thessalonians.

 

 

Birthdays:  Frank Esparza (Sunday, today), Ron Ackerman (Wednesday),  John Anderlick (60, last Wednesday), Diane McMahon (80, last Saturday), Joe Barnes (Friday) John Cade (83, Saturday)

 

Anniversaries:

Jean & Cliff Wright (22^nd, Friday)

John & Connie (31, lastTuesday)

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

 

 

Please Remember these special people

For Kathleen Macchio & her family;  For John O'Donnell;  For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotator cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year;  Trey, age 19, recuperating from 8 gun shot wounds;    For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  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 a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Dearest Emma, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;     For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      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;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, John.

 

 

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 Mary Ellen;  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.

 

 

 

 

Congratulations, Wendy, he's almost ready for his debut here.

 

 

Your Finances, November 19, 2017

Expenses:   $1085.00

Outreach:   $ 215.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving, our Dearest Tori & Zoe.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Welcome Home, Dearest Loretta.

 

 

 

The Offertory Team, Bernadette, Loretta, Carol, and Richard

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Emma, holding Mike's three military medals, says, Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody.  

Rosemary's Blessing:  

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don't think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

"Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

 

 

                        Mike reading Isaiah 50, Isaiah #2.                                                                                                                  

 

Our Special Thanks:  

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

 

                                  Geri reading James.

 

Birthdays:    Warren Wittek (today),  Donna Pitri (Thursday), Sandra Pratt (75, Friday), Daniel Fleming (27, Saturday), Taylor Read (21, Saturday at OU), Claire Zurchin (30, Saturday)

 

Welcome to Matterhorn Canyon, eastern Yosemite National Park.  The Canyon is reached by a long series of descending switch backs.  Then we proceed up the Canyon as it angles to the left.   This leads to Burrow Pass, over 10 thousand feet high.  

 

 

Anniversaries:   

Mark Anderlick & Julie (3^rd, Tuesday)

Doug & Teresa Read (26^th, Tuesday)

Bill & Julie Carey (32^nd, Sunday, today)

Lynda & Tom (34^th, Friday)

 Mike & Geri (40^th, Sunday, today)

 

Welcome to a high altitude Yosemite lake.  Cold water and it gets cold at night, like freezing.

 

Special Announcement: 

We have moved!  To Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:      View this photo

 

Home Sweet Home.  Of the 9 days we spend, 2 are rest days, one near the beginning, one near the end.  Thus, we spend 2 nights in one campsite on 2 occasions.   Very relaxing.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Lily's Dad;   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;

 

                             Our campsite at Miller Lake.

 

 

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;  

 

 

    Beth has just arrived at one of the 3 passes, top of the world.

 

 

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.

 

 

Rose even cooks our dinner, despite the fact that she has made 8 casseroles & cobblers, freeze dried them, and packaged them.  We eat better than at most restaurants thanks to Rose.

 

Your Finances, September 13, 2015

Expenses:   $1475.00

Outreach:   $ 380.00

Donated today: nothing today.

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

               Nicole has just arrived at the Top of The World.

 

 

Have a Good Week, J.S

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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.

 

 

Can it get better than this!  Home Sweet Home, our last night in the wilderness of Yosemite.  

 

  

 

 

Izzy, you are a Blessing for our Community and we will bless you with the sacrament of Baptism.

 

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Tom & Lynda
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Mike & John
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & David & Hue
•    For all who helped with communion         
•    For Izzy & her family who blessed us with her baptism

 

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 Get ready, Izzy.

 

 

Birthdays:    Leo (9), Jackie,  Tori & Buddy (9), Georgie (18), Warren.

 

Anniversaries:

Fred & Patricia, 9th

 

 

Are you ready, Izzy?  Your grandmother, Lynda, will be right with you.

 

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 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; 

 

 

Your mom, Megan, and your dad, T.C., as well as you cousins, aunts,  & uncles will be all here to cheer you.

 

 

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;  

 

 

 

So, Izzy, how does it feel to be baptized?  We are all proud of you and proud to know such a beautiful girl.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

And now, Dearest Izzy, because you such a special little girl, I would like you to share your first blessing with all of us.

 

 

Your Finances, September 29, 2019 (for 3 weeks)

Expenses:   $2950.00  

Outreach:    $ 895.00  

 

 

 

Thanks, Megan and T.C., for sharing your beautiful and wonderful daughter with all of us.

 

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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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.