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Resource: to check the source for the marriage homilies, Project Everlasting, click the link.  Thanks to Carol Eshelbrenner for finding this lost resource.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19031744/

Rosemary’s Blessing: 

May God grant you the strength and faith to …

Count your blessings not your crosses; Count your gains not your losses;  Count your joys not your woes; Count your friends not your foes;  Count your smiles not your tears; Count your courage not your fears; Count your full years not your lean; Count your kind deeds not your mean; Count your health not your wealth; And love your neighbor as much as yourself.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Carl & Jessica
• For the Communion Bread: Kim & Cindy
• For Serving: T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Beth & Rob
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste, Hue

Happy Birthday: Michelle Brown, Diane McClurg, Sara Varnau (14), Gabriella Robinson (2).

Happy Anniversary: Tara & Scott Blankenship

Please Remember:  Rose Banzhaf’s mom; Victor Lozada (the policeman who died Friday), Terry his wife & his family; Jackie’s brother John & neighbor Earl; Dee Miller; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Mike Gertisen & cousin Judy; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Shawn in a car wreck; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann and Dawn’s back op. March 11; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com     —   Note: we are forming a "Quad Squad" of volunteers to help take care of these jewels.  More in Friday’s blog.

Your Finances:

• March 2:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 786.00
• March 2:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 771.00
• February Expenses:  In: $4,600      Out: $5,400
• February Outreach:  In: $2,100      Out: $2,800

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing:                                  

When the decorations of Christmas have been packed away
then the work of Christmas begins:

 Lord, help us …

to find the lost,
to heal those broken in spirit,
to feed the hungry,
to release the oppressed,
to rebuild the nations,
to bring peace among all peoples,
and to make a little music with the heart…

 Adapted from Work of Christmas Begins by Howard Thurman

Patricia reading the beautiful Isaiah 60.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Patricia and Mike
•    For The Team:   Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Dick & Judy
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike, John & Connie 
•    For the coffee and extras:   John, Beth & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Shonda, Wendy 
•    For all who helped with communion

Mike reading Ephesians 3.

Birthdays:   Tom Fleming (56, Monday, tomorrow), Jan Keszler (Friday)

Anniversaries:

Carol & Richard (40^th, today, Sunday)

Grace, our Board President, handing out our monthly contributions to Souls Harbor and DARCC (Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, featured last Sunday in The Dallas Morning News)

Please Remember these special people:

For Beth's sister, Katy, who just died late this week;   The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla; For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side recently;    For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who  died recently, and for the family;    For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor;    for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;   For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;    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;  

Brent receiving our monthly $2000 for Souls Harbor.

Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  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.

John receiving our monthly $300 for DARCC

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;  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.

Shonda making beautiful music.

Your Finances, January 4, 2015

Expenses:   $875.00

Outreach:   $360.00

Thanks for your Generosity.

 We donated this week:

    $2,000 to Soul's Harbor

    $300 to DARCC (Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center)

Shonda, Ray, and Leo making beautiful music.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Rosemary says, "Hey, don't forget…."  Response, "Forget?  Forget what?"

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

Rosemary's Blessing: 

May we be always mindful of God’s wondrous love for us

And in accepting this love

May we go the extra mile

And be equally crazy in our acceptance of others.

J and R Creations

   

 
 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Noah &  Mike
• For Serving: Kevin on school project 
• For the Communion Bread: Alison &
• For the Wine Cups: John DeGenova 
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda, Bethany & Jon
• For the Pictures & Video:  Rick & Richard & Beth
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
• For the coffee & specials:  Tony & Jo, Jackie & Joan

Birthdays:  Don Mattingly, Erin McClurg, Georgie Brown (10), & my Aunt Kitty in Midland (105); Jackie Johnson (today), Leo (1); Buddy & Torri (1)

Anniversaries:

Patricia Jansky & Fred (1st year)

Claire & Andrew (1st day)

Payton & Erin (1st year)

Greetings to the Community from the Detroit Lions for whom I celebrated a 6:30 A.M. Sunday Team Mass.

Please Remember:

Bernadette Delgado's brother, Danny, & Gilberto's mom;    Chuck Pratt's recuperation;  Judy Carrell's mom, Marie, 93;  Jackie Ritter's good friend, Narges Akbari, with colon cancer;  Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; Rita Dore; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Picture 1:    Noah                          

Picture 2:    Mike                    

Picture 3:    Claire & Andrew & Chloe   

Picture 4:    Georgie with her grandmother, Bernadette                         

       Video:    Mass Beginning

Finances: October 2, 2011

Expenses:   $600.00

Outreach:   $260.00   

Thanks for the Generosity

Have a Great Week, 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.

Rosemary's Blessing:  From To Bless the Space Between Us ("For A Leader") by John O'Donohue.

May you know

• the wisdom of deep listening,
• the healing of wholesome words,
• and the encouragement of an appreciative gaze.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Karen & Patricia
• For the Communion Bread: Christine & Megan 
• For Serving Ashley 
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol and Rob & Beth and Bob & Jackie 
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Hue & Roy 

Happy Birthday:   Susie Dillon, Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas,

Happy Anniversary:

• Barb & Warren Wittek (29th)
• Jackie & Rick Urbanczyk (33rd)
• Lou & Lorraine Federico (38th)
• Chuck & Sandra Pratt (47th)

Welcome to our Community: Jonathan Michael Sidhom

Please Remember:   Carol's sister Ann; Nina's mom & Jon's back operation;  Julie's knee recuperration; Cliff's knee recuperation; Claire's June 20 operation; Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl; Dee Miller; Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane's friend Mike Gertisen & cousin Judy; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood's foot operation June 13 & friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita's Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, including Margarita's Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris; Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon. 

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

Name & number of the lady who is Aviana's breeder: Diana Bryant, 903-883-3770

Your Finances:

June 22: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,053.00  
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   372.00    

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

None today because a man in a red suit crashed the party. 

John reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah.

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Claire, John, & Mary Jane
•    For The Team:     Buddy & Leo & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Beth 
•    For the coffee and extras:  None today
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben & David,  Shonda & Wendy
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Mary Jane reading from Titus.

Birthdays:  Meredith (Tuesday), Connie Bresson (62, Wednesday)

Anniversaries:

Tom & Theresa Quinn, (50^th, Saturday}

Claire reading Luke's Nativity narrative.

Please Remember these special people

 For Myron's dear wife, Chris & the family;   For two moms who recently died, Connie’s mom and Marilyn’s mom;   For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's rcuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation;     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;

Here they are, Folks, the Ekes, Marlene & Zaile, Davis & Billy, Ashley & Cindy, and Jeremy.   And there are more.

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;

Remember when Sabrina was The Most Active Altar Helper?  Here she is graduated from University and working.   Plus, John & Alison.

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.

Rosemary (almost a doctor & always gifting us with her marvelous smile) and her mom, Linda. 

Your Finances, December 24, 2017

Expenses:   $2500.00

Outreach:   $1015.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Tara & Dana & Dawson.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

The Best Music, Wendy & Shonda, Ben & David.

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.

A beautiful way to spend a late Christmas morning: Meals on Wheels.  Lots  of cars weave through this maze, collecting meals.  Lots of volunteers help guide the cars to their allotted parcels, and the volunteers are almost all Indian, old and young, men & women.

Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week:

May the Lord grant you

       A tolerance for those who don’t agree with you,

       A refusal to judge others,

       A willingness to forgive,

       A calm and hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,

       And a holy anger for injustice in the world.

From Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiedwrkehr

John reading from the book of Sirach.

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   John & Mary Jane
•    For The Team:    Georgie & Buddy 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Mike & Geri
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike  & Carrie
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Judy & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Mary Jane reading from Romans

Birthdays:   Sandra (77, Monday, a good age, yeah!), Claire Zurchin (Tuesday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Wednesday), Patty Hammond (71, Saturday), Bethany (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Lynda & Tom (35^th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.                                            

Please Remember these special people

Mike's swollen knee;   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 Geri's  nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;   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

Happy 35th Anniversary, Lynda & Tom.

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, Mary Jane, and thanks for all you do.

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.

Thanks for being our Candle Lighters of The Week,  Brady & Trey.

Your Finances, September 17, 2017

Expenses:   $905.00

Outreach:    $295.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Alpen Glow, evening, from a large granite boulder above one of the best campsites, after descending from Burrow pass, 11k plus, on the shore of Piutte Creek, night 6 or 7, probably night 6 because on night 7 we had an enormous rain, wind, lightening, and thunder storm about 8-9 P.M. Everybody survived the storm quite well.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Dinner at Frog Lake on the first night of our 8 nights.

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.

Stream crossing on the very last day of the 9 days.   A humbling experience for an old ex-Jesuit who thinks he knows the Matterhorn hike like a bike ride around White Rock Lake.  Since the past two Matterhorn hikes had low water in the creeks, so must be the case this year.  Wrong!  High water was everywhere.  Late & heavy snow.  Thanks, Andy, for loaning me your Keene sandals all 8 or 10 times I needed them.