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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.

17th Century Nun’s Prayer

 

 

Ash Wednesday this week.  Evening service, 7:00, Marlene's home,  2017 Keystone, Plano.   Welcome.

 

 


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Denni reading from the book of Sirach.

                                                                                       

Our Special Thanks

  •    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom
  •    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
  •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
  •    For the Wine & Cups:  Ken & Cindy
  •    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Mike,  Connie, & Rick
  •    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
  •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & Shonda
  •     For all who helped with communion
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Tom reading from 1 Corinthians.

 

Birthdays:   Anthony DeGenova (20 last Tuesday),  Diane McClurg (last Wednesday),  (candle lighter)

 

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Rosemary reading from her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery & his brother;      For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;    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; 

 

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The Candle Lighting Team, Sophia lighting & Buddy reading The Blessing of The Winter Candles.

 

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;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      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;  Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine,   

   

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Thanks for your special help, Sophia.

 

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.

 

 

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Thanks, Bob for stopping by and rekindling old Jesuit memories.

 

Your Finances, March 3, 2019

Expenses:   $850.00

Outreach:    $150.00 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

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Brent, it is a privilege to be able to give you & Souls Harbor $2000.  You are doing superb work.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

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Who let these Juliettes out on the streets?

 

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.

 

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And there is even more of them!

 

 

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    •    For our Celebration Mass: John at 80
    •    For  the Readings:  John & Jean O'Donnell
    •    For The Team:   Georgie & Kevin
    •    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  John Cade
    •    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike, John & Connie, & Beth  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Marilyn & Ron, Jackie, Cheryl,  & Connie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Wendy
    •    For the help Saturday at Jackie & Rick's house, Richard and Mike 

     

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    Jean reading Thessalonians.

     

    Birthdays:   Ron Ackerman (Saturday); Mary Ellen (Friday), Freddy (4, Friday), Frank Esparza (Wednesday), Blake & Blair (25, today, Sunday) 

     

    The Team

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    Please Remember these special people:

    For Mike Carrell;  For Fred; For Ray;  For Bethany & her coming Little Vistor;   For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; 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;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  

     

    Music

    Our Best, Bethany, Wendy, and Ray.

     

     

    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   Jackie's sister, Shellie; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   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 with her new baby;    Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson;  

     

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    Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; 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.

     

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    Your Finances, November 16

    Expenses:   $595.00

    Outreach:   $475.00

    Video:  Exit hymn, Glory of the Lord, 90 seconds,

     

      

     
     We Donated this week:  

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    Thanks for your Generosity.

    Have a Good Week, J.S

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          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live

     

     

     

  • 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 18, 2026

    Isaiah 49:  I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
    1 Corinthians 1:  … to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
    John 1:  He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’

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    Music,  Ben & Shonda
    Readers,  Pat & Fred
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
    The Organization man,  Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

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    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

    For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;  For Ron and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.


    Birthdays: 
    Becky Good 1/8, Kevin Doherty 1/24
    Anniversaries:  Claire & Ray Occhipinti 1/23

    Kevin gets a cookie for his birthday


    Expenses: $ 
    550.00
    Outreach: $   80.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

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    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Oh God of humor enable us to laugh at your mischievous plans.
    Life can become serious during these cold winter months, and our hearts can become heavy and burdened with responsibilities, decisions and trying to keep everyone happy.
    Let us look for the funny things that happen, the unexpected surprise that catches us off-guard, along with the incongruences that we encounter.
    Smile, snicker, giggle, give a belly laugh, and spontaneously guffaw.
    You will be amazed at how God works through laughter.

    Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger

     

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
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    John reads from the beautiful Isaiah (3)

     

    Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

    Lord

    May we never take our freedom for granted

    and help us to strive so that this same freedom

    may be experienced by everyone in our country,

    especially the poor and the oppressed,

    and eventually by all humankind.

     

    Andrew Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers  

     

     

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    Connie reads from Galatians

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   John & Connie
    •    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie (on vac.)
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Jan
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Connie
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike Carrell & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & David
    •    For all who helped with communion
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    Rosemary reads her Blessing of the Week

     

     

    Birthdays:   Brent (63, celebration to be delayed two weeks, July 14), John Schanot (Save until July 21), Kim, Cindy Cramer (80 Tuesday), Paul Bieda (63, Monday)

     

    Anniversaries:

    Ron & Marilyn,  (56, the 13th)

     

     

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    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder replacement;      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 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;  

     

     

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    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;  

     

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

     



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    All God's critters are welcome at this celebration, including this guilty looking dog drinking the ice water.  Fear not the drinking water was all bottled.

     

     

     

    Your Finances, July 7, 2019

    Expenses:   $ 250.00

    Outreach:    $  75.00

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    The most popular concession at the picnic, Rosemary's treats and in particular the 24 dozen donut holes that vanished in an hour.  The kids were always lined up in front front of her.

     

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

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          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

     

     

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

    Gracious God, slow my pace and soften My Heart this Christmas. 

    Keep me from rushing through the Season, but losing the Way . . .

    from decorating the Tree, but missing the Light . . .

    from wrapping the Gifts, but missing the Gift

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     Karen 12-20-09
     

     Special Thanks: 

    · For Reading: Patricia & Karen

    · For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

    · For Serving:   Kevin

    · For the Wine Cups & Cross: Beth & Rob

    · For the Music: Ben & Celeste & Wendy

    · For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

    · For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    For the coffee: Sydney & Hugh Bivona

    Patricia 12-20-09
     


    Happy Birthday:  Karen Steele, Lorynne 13, Jeremy & Ashley 22, Dawn

    Anniversary: Mark Leutkemeyer & Annette (Day 1)  
     

     

     

    Community Members' Blessings for 2009:

     

    • Heritage Farm renovation project.
    • Vines experience. I feel secure.

     Please Remember:  Bob McGrath's badly cut foot; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny, who just died this week; all our kids taking semester finals; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer; 12 year old Becca Stevens very sick in Childrens with something the doctors cannot diagnose;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Bonnie's sister Laurie recuperating from open heart surgery; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Kim's right foot;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  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;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; &  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;  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;  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. 


     
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    Picture 1:  Karen reading

    Picture 2:  Patricia reading

    Picture 3:  The Froebes, Richard, Morgan, Alexandra, & Monica

     

    Picture 4: Chloe with her grand parents & mom, Tom, Denni, & Clare, Ron & Nancy in the background

     

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

    Your Finances: December 20:

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1073.00

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $  372.00

     

     

    Thanks for your Generosity!

     

     

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

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    In recognition of Veterans' Day 11/11/16

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow
    Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place: and in the sky
    The larks still bravely singing fly
    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the dead: Short days ago,
    We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved: and now we lie
    In Flanders fields!

     

    Taken from IN FLANDERS FIELDS
    By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

    Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 
    during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

     

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    Mary reading from Malachi.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Mary & Sandra
    •    For The Team:    Georgie & Buddy 
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Mary
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
    •    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda 
    •    For all who helped with Communion   

     

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    Sandra reading from 2 Thessalonians.

     

     

    Birthdays:    Rosemary (Monday), Richard Baach (Sunday), John Anderlick (59, Tuesday), Blair & Blake Reyes (27, Wednesday), Diane McMahon (79, Friday), Frank Esparza, (Saturday)

    Anniversaries:

    John & Connie (30th, Monday)

     

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    Happy Birthday, Rosemary, and thanks for another excellent choice for a blessing.

     

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    For Bill Carey, who just last night had open heart surgery;  For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Charlie's mom who also died recently;   For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg  (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;    For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron;    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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

     

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    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    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;    Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

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    And Happy Birthday to you, too, Diane.

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala;   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

      

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    And Happy Birthday to you, Frank.

     

    Your Finances, November 6, 2016

    Expenses:   $920.00

    Outreach:   $390.00

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    And to you, Kim, Welcome Home.  So nice to have you back on your old home turf.

      

    Have a Great Week, J.S

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    Cody, a special cupcake to you because of your new marriage to person in our community we adore, Shonda.

     

     

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          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.


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