Reminder for Sunday, January 6, 2018, Epiphany

 

 

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

Readings:

 Ezekiel, 34, 11-12, 15-17, As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. 

 Psalm 23,   The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. (good one)

1 Corinthians 15, 20-26, 28,  Christ has been raised.

Matthew 25, 31-46,  He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

 

 

 Community Events:

1.    ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 21, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  All misfits welcome.

2.    LADIES' LUNCHEON, Thursday,  December 4, 1:00, Cantina Laredo, Royal & Preston (northeast corner on Royal side)

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol

 

 

3.  Love for the Kids’ picnic, December 13, Saturday, from 8:00-1:00 more or less.  More info from Bill Hammond.

4.    Interested in a French Christmas Market here in Dallas?  Check the International School, Dec. 7,   Download French Xmas Market 11-20-14

5.  Christmas gift toffee will be on sale Sunday & following Sundays, $13.  Proceeds go to Dallas North Rotary, my club.

 

 

What's going on in our Catholic world:

1,    25th Anniversary of the 6 Jesuits in El Salvador, National Catholic Reporter, November 4, 2900 words,    Download 25th Anniversary 11-20-14

2.    Murder of Jesuits 2, National Catholic Reporter, November 15,  1700 words,     Download Murder of Salvadoran Jesuits 11-20-14

 

 

True? 

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. 

Kahlil Gibran

 

And again in the Thanksgiving Spirit, a Bonus:  

 

 

See you Sunday, November 23, 2014, Christ the King, End of 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.

 

 

 

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: 

 Amos 6, 1, 4-7,   Woe to the complacent.

Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, my
sould.

1
Timothy 6, 11-16,  Pursue
righteousness, devotion, faith, love.

Luke 16, 19-31,  The rich man and Lazarus.

 

 

 Community Events:  

 1.  Highly
recommended: This Saturday,  The Open Window of Dallas is
bringing to Dallas Francis Vanderwall, a biblical scholar and great
presenter.  He is a long time friend and former Jesuit.

He will join us for Mass on Sunday, Sept. 29, but will
share his insights

into the Bible on Saturday, the 28th.  You will
find it a fascinating and

amusing Saturday.  Don’t judge him badly because
he is my long time friend.  Welcome.
  Download Fall Conference 9-13-13

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, September 27,
1:00.  We are home.

 Welcome All.

 3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays begins
again, this time at The Olive Garden, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service
road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

 

 

4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

We have the date: 
December 19; cost:$45 (cheaper than last year).  Rosemary says that you may still sign
up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we
usually have a few additional people. 

Welcome, also, to the Rectory for wine
& cheese and a ride through Highland Park to see the best lights.  

Connected
with this, a plan is developing to visit the Christmas lights in Highland
Park on bikes one evening, a common event.  We have our guide, Chris Phipps,
who lives there, and the old geezer can second, since this is his old
neighborhood.  Get your bike lights polished.

 

  What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      Curse of Institutional Religions, The Observer and Corpus,  September 15, 700 words, Download Institutional Religion 9-27-13

2.      Age of Change
Ahead,  Bloomberg
News, September 22,  675 words,
Download Bloomberg 9-27-13      

3.      Francis’ real test, The Great Hans Kung, National
Catholic  Reporter, September
23, 1200 words,   
Download The real test of Francis 9-27-13

4.       The
big Meeting, the 8 cardinals and Francis, October 1, National Catholic Reporter, September 25, 1300 words,   
Download G8 Meeting 9-27-13

True? 

 Finish each day and
be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities
have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall
begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old
nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 See you
Sunday, September 29, 2013, 26^th  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
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: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, muffins (home made), & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Isaiah 49, 1-6; Psalm 139 (good); Acts of the Apostles 13, 22-26; Luke 1, 57-66

Community Bulletin Board

John Cade update on CCAC: Download john_cade_2.doc

2 Important Events Coming Up:

• Sunday, July 1: Summer Blood Drive.  Sign up this Sunday.  We need your Blood!  Can we get 20 People?
• Saturday, July 7: Roofing job in Rowlette, starting at 8:00 A.M., partnering with Lake Point Baptist.  If you can use a hammer, I need you.  Pizza for lunch.   Also, if you have them: bring tools like a framing nail gun, table saw, circular saw, extension ladder, old paint brushes for tar, extension cords, levels, and hand tools like hammers.  Get ready: We will have a ball!

Special for Jimmy Kee: not doing well.

See you Sunday. J.S.

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

 

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

 

Time: 9:30; Tony celebrating 

 

 

 

Readings: Proverbs 8, 22-31; Psalm 8, O Lord, Our God, how Wonderful your Name in all the Earth; Romans 5, 1-5; John 16, 12-15.

  


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Community Bulletin Board:

 

 

Take Note:  June 13 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, National Catholic Reporter, 5-26-10:

Download Ewens 5-28-10.  The author, Jim Ewens & I studied theology together in Toronto, '68-'72, a great guy, a good Jesuit, a member of the Wisconsin Province.  This gives a picture of what it is like to exit.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 Picture 5:  The Juice Bar

 Video: Offertory & Sacrament of the Sick

 

See you Sunday, 5-30-10

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

 

 

 

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

 

 

 

 

 

 Welcome in, Sophie.    Want to blend in?  Change your hair color.  However, it is too pretty to do that, for sure

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

Should we dare ask Lynda & Tom what is so funny?

 

 

Readings:  

 Jeremiah 23, 1-6,  Woe to the shepherds who mislead the flock.

 Psalm 23,   The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.   (a good one!)

 Ephesians 2, 13-18, He is our peace.

Mark 6, 30-34,  They were like sheep without a shepherd.

 

 

 

 

Beth, just because it is your birthday, you still don't get to taste each cupcake before you take one.

 

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 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), August, TBA

 

 

 

 

Our Father.

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1. World Cup and Peace, National Catholic Reporter,  7-11-18,    Download WORLD CUP 7-19-18

     2.   Catholic backlash to #MeToo, National Catholic Reporter, 7-17-18,   Download CATHOLIC BACKLASH 7-19-18 

 

 

 

Peace, John & Tom. 

 

 

True?

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

 

 

 

 

Peace, Bernadette and Rick.

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

 

 

And more Peace.  Does it get better?

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

And even More Peace!