22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31, 2025

Sirach 3:  My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.   Humble yourself the more, the greater you are,  and you will find favor with God.   

Hebrews 12:  No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, …

Luke 14:  Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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Denni reading from Sirach

Thanks…     

Music,   Ben & Shonda

Readers,  Denni & Tom

Homily,   John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing,  Rosemary

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Tom reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews

Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by the floods;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; 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 Mary Hall’s family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn’s niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;

 

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 recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools

 

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The Kiss of Peace

Birthdays:

Anniversaries:    

Expenses: $  1,570.00

Outreach: $  450.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people,

A heart that forgives the worst,

A mind that forgets the bad,

And a soul that never loses faith in God.

 

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John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

 

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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    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Bernadette & Mike         
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Lynda Fleming
    • For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Sir Charlie
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video: Beth
    • For the pastries & coffee:  Joan & Jackie & The Wyndham Group
    • For the altar & sound:   Jackie & Hue

     

    Bernadette 5-27-12

    Bernadette reading Acts

     

     Birthdays:  Judy Thompson & Scott Simari, John’s son (25)

    Anniversaries:

    John & Maria Gorman (14th)

    M. Miller 5-27-12

    Mike reading 1 John

     

     We Remember  

    A young man, Andy, who died of an overdose & his mom, Beverly;   Rich & Carol Eshebrenner's new grandson, Oscar, & his mom, Gloria, in Seattle;  Denni's older sister Patti who just died recently;  Michael Kern’s dad;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;     Rita;     Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  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  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including 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.

     

    Your Finances: May 27, 2012

    Expenses:    $1405.00

     Outreach:   $  685.00  

     

    Thanks for your 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.

     

      

  • 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025

    Isaiah 11:  Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.
    Romans 15:  May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    Matthew 3:  I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I.  I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

     

    John reading from the Book of Isaiah


    Thanks…   

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

    Connie reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans


    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 Warren Wittek; 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

    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:   Fred 12/8
    Anniversaries:

     

    The Juliets’ Christmas Lunch


    Expenses: $  
    610.00
    Outreach: $   130.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Donna giving the hoodies and other gifts to Brent for the men at Soul’s Harbor


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Prayer for Good Humor
    by St. Thomas More

    Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest.
    Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it.
    Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good
    and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil,
    but rather finds the means to put things back in their place.
    Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,
    nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing thing called “I.”
    Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.
    Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,
    and to be able to share it with others.

     

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
    9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
    902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.


    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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    Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

      

    Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

    Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face,

    kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

      

     Mother Teresa

     

      Mary Jane

     

    Mary Jane reading from Jeremiah.

     

     

     Thanks to these special people:  

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

     

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     John reading Psalm 23.

     

     

    Birthdays:  Dawson Dinsmore

     

    Anniversaries:  David and Donna Dinsmore

     

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    Remember these special people

    For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  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 problem.

     

      Georgie and Buddy

     Georgie and Buddy.

     

     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;   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 Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

     

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     Zoe, Emma and Tori. 

      

    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 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.

     

     

      Harper

     Harper.

     

     

    Your Finances, July 22, 2018

    Expenses:    $945.00

    Outreach:    $ 240.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody, 

     

      Kevin

     Kevin. 

      

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S.

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Kiss of Peace. 

     

     

    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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    Rosemary's Blessing:  
     

    I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
    I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
    I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
    I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
    I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
    I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
    I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye.

    Geri 11-1-09 

    Special Thanks: 

    • For Reading: Patricia, Jackie, Geri

    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

    • For Serving:   Kevin

    • For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: John & Alison 

    • For the Music: Ben & Wendy

    • For the Pictures:  

    • For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    • For the donuts & coffee:  Jackie & Joan & Gayle & Sydney & Hue Bivona

    • For all the work put into the All Saints Celebration: Jackie, JoJo, Geri

    • For all the help with Heritage Farm, Warren, Grace, Carmen, Greg, Tony & Gayle, and our guest helpers

    Ekes' Wedding 11-1-09

      

    Happy Birthday:  Ed Kless and Christine Kless, Megan Dulenti (14), Rob, & John Degenova (50)

     

    Anniversary: Bill Ekes & Zaile (Day 1)

     

    Please Remember:   Theresa Quinn's dad; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   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; 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. 

     


     
      Heritage Farm 11-1-09


    Picture 1:  Geri Moran

    Picture 2:  Patrica Jansky

    Picture 3:  Bill Ekes & Zaile

     

    Picture 4:  Heritage Farm, Saturday morning, Gayle, Warren, Carmen, Grace, & Tony

     

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


     

    Your Finances: November 1

    • Income for Running   Expenses: $  1,272.00
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $  492.00 

     

     Thanks for your Generosity!

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

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    Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

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

     

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    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 

     

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    Mary Jane reading from Titus.

     

     

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

    Anniversaries:

    Tom & Theresa Quinn, (50th, Saturday}

     

     

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    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;

     

     

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    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;

     

     

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    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.

     

     

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    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.

     

     

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    Hi, Tara & Dana & Dawson.

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S.

    (214-783-0443)

     

     

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    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.

     

     

    Meals 2

     

    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.

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    Choir 12-13-09

    A Special Thanks: 

    · For Reading: Ray & Claire

    · For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

    · For Serving:   Kevin

    · For the Wine Cups & Cross: Beth & Rob

    · For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste

    · For the Pictures: Charlie & Beth

    · For the altar & sound:  Denni & Margie & Hue

    For the coffee: Sydney & Hugh Bivona

     


    Happy Birthday:  Loretta Garcia Williams,  Noah (13), John Gorman, Alex Gratifiori, & Lorynne 13 

      Charlie 12-13-09
     

     

     

    Community Members' Blessings for 2009:

     

    • Heritage Farm renovation project.
    • Vines experience. I feel secure.
    • Our first great grandchild, Raven Elyse McSweeney

       

    Raven 12-13-09 

     Please Remember:  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; Beth Dugan & her little baby, Emma; 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; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; 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. 


     Maggie 12-13-09 
      
      

      

    Picture 1:  Choir, Shonda, Ben, & Celeste

    Picture 2:  Charlie, one of our photographers today

    Picture 3:  Raven Elyse McKenzie with Maureen, David, & Kathleen

     

    Picture 4: Maggie

     

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

    Your Finances: December 13:

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 3960.00

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1828.00

     

     

    Thanks for your Generosity!

     

     

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