Reminder for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 17, 2025

 

Want to start your week off on a beautiful note?   

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.  Also, A Birthday Brunch and Memorial for Jerry.

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

         

The Cafe' – Pattisserie will also help make for a sweet start.

 

Readings:

Nehemiah  8, 2-10,   Do not be sad and do not weep.

Psalm 19, Your words, Lord, are spirit and life.

 1 Corinthians 12, 12-30,  A body is one though it has many parts.

Luke 1, 1-4; 4, 14-21,   He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives.

 

                                                                       

 The Girls.

 

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 22, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in,                                                                                                                                             
2. JULIETS’ LUNCHEON (aka., just us ladies into eating together) ,  Friday, February 5, 1:00,   Place undetermined yet.  Please RSVP to  Jeanne Vogel [pickincotton26@verizon.net] or Geri Moran at  GeriinTX@gmail.com.   Thanks, Jeanne, for organizing the outing.                                                                                                         

     3. Informaton on Jerry:  

Visitation is at Aria from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Mass Will be Wednesday January 27th at 11:00 a.m. at Elisabeth Seton.

Cards may be sent to Jerry's house at 2609 Timbercreek Dr. Plano, Texas  75075.   Sean lives there.

    4.  Brunch this Sunday: honoring Jerry and an old geezer's birthday.

 

Kayla, how did you end up with those 2 cupcakes?

                                                              

 What is going on in our Catholic World  

1. Francis vs Trump, National Catholic Reporter, January 16,   910  words,       Download Francis vs Trump 1-21-16                                                                      

 

 

 

The Offertory with the Wyndhams, Bill, Ray & Claire & Kayla, and Barb & Ron.

 

True? 

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family,

in another city.

George Burns

 

Carrie & Paul, Believe not a word Occhipinti is telling you.

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

Welcome to the Sigler Community.                     

 

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.

 

Peace, Everybody. 

 Welcome: Coffee & juice & specials on the house

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

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

Readings:  Isaiah 60, 1-6, Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem, your light has come!; Psalm 72, Lord, every nation on earth will adore you; Ephesians, 3, 2-6, The Gentiles are coheirs; Matthew 2, 1-12, The Magi arrived from the east asking, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews?"  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                           Picture  Picture1:    The Delgados, Randolph, Michelle, Natalie, Zoe, Bernadette, and Buddy

Picture 2:    Bernadette with Torri   

Picture 3:    Leo with his dad, Ray

Picture 4:    Bethany

Picture 5:    Jon

         

Community Bulletin Board  

    1.  Special Date: January 26, a Thursday.   Celebrate an old geezer's 72nd.  Help City House census Plano homeless that evening.  We will form teams, 3-4 per car.   Download Volunteers needed, City House 1-1-12

    2.  Information on Rosemary.  Yes, she fell crashed her bike Friday, Jan. 6 & broke off a piece of her elbow.  Tuesday, January 17, it will be reattached.  Her road rash needs to heal before operating.   

 
 

                                                                                            

 

 What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.  Observations on new cardinals,  National Catholic Reporter, January 6 , (words 675), Download Five observations on the new cardinals 1-13-12

 2. Fr. McBrien on U.S. Bishops, National Catholic Reporter, January 9, (words 800), Download Fr. McBrien 1-13-12

 

 

                      
 
True?

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself

 Mark Twain.

  
Picture 6:    John Cade 

Picture 7:    Sienna with her dad, Payton

Picture 8:    Brooklyn with Robyn, her grand mom   

Picture 9:    Natalie & Georgie selling Girl Scout Cookies

Picture 10:   Grace & Sandra at the Pastry Shoppe  

 

  Video: Final Blessing & Hymn (1 Min.)

  

 

  See you Sunday,  January 15, 2012

 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

 

 

 

 

 
Mass:   Coffee, pastries, Nope, not this week.  Too busy  

Time: 9:30;  Stack Celebrating

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

 
 
 
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 10, 34-43; Psalm 118, This is the The Day the Lord has made, let & Rejoice and be Glad; Corinthians 5, 6-8; John 20, 1-9. 

 

Special Notice: Good Friday Services 7:00 PM at the home of Curtis & Mabel Ekes, 2514 Grandview Drive, Richardson 75080, where we celebrated Ash Wednesday.

 

 

 
 
 

Picture 1:   Brooklyn Michelle awake                                

Picture 2:   Leo & admirers   

Picture 3:   Beth & her sister, Janet     

Picture 4:   Rob & Bill, Janet's husband     

Picture 5:   Buddy with his momma, Michelle      

  

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Remember Margie Dugan's mom, who died Sunday night.

 2.  The Big Easter Egg Hunt: Hey, You Kids, get ready, Easter Sunday after Mass.

 3.  Save the Date & Welcome: Our Annual Anniversary Party (6th), May 7, Saturday evening, 6:00, Heritage Farm, like last year.  The mules and hay wagon will be taking rides.  We'll supply cold drinks & water.  BYOB.

4.  Girl Scouts Honoring Troops at Heritage Farm: Download Girl Scouts at Heritage Farm 4-22-11.  Also check, www.heritagefarmstead.org

5.  "Getting the Love You Want" Seminars with David & Margie McKeon, Download Seminar for Couples 4-22-11

6.  I have a person who is selling 2 burial sites at Calvary Hill.  Let me know if interested.

 
 
   
 Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. Richard McBrien, National Catholic Reporter, 4-18-11, Download The origins of Holy Week liturgies 4-22-11 

 2.  Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., National Catholic Reporter, 4-22-11, Download The hidden Catholic exodus 4-22-11

 
 
  
Picture 6:   Torry & Zoe with grandma Bernadette     

Picture 7:   Tony  with admirers, Nancy, Marilyn, & Joanne

 
     

 True?

This is my creed: For man the vast marvel is to be alive. For man as for flower and beast and bird the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know they cannot know the beauty, the marvel of being alive in the flesh. The dead may look after the afterward. But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours alone, and ours only for a time. We ought to dance with rapture that we should be alive and in the flesh and part of the living incarnate cosmos.

 D. H. LAWRENCE

 

 Video:  Blessing of the Palms 

  

See you, April 24, 2011, Easter Sunday

  J.S.   (214-783-0443)

 

      

 

Poor Jan, that rabbit is going to smother you.

 

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John & Mike

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

The offertory team, Dick & Judy, John & Karen, Nina & Kerry.

 

Readings:

Acts of the Apostles 2, 42-47.   All who believed had all things in common.

Psalm 118,  Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.

1 Peter 1, 3-9,   You rejoice with glorious joy.  (Wow, 3 long sentences)

 John 20,  19-31,    Unless I see the marks.

 

Hey, who let these clowns in?, Mike, Little Jim, Ron, & Big Jim.   We need TSA around here.

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 21, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  No old geezer this week & the next.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),  May Final Date- Wed. May 3 @12:30 pm, Chef's Gallery Restaurant at The Institute of Art  of Dallas, 8080 Park Lane, (east side of Central Expy)

Genevieve found a new buddy, Rick, who is usually the one taking the picture.

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Nothing this week.

 

 

 Donna, Sean & their daughter

 

True? 

 What does love mean–

Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.

Tommy, age 6

 

 

 

My Dear Rookie, you are one lucky guy to have such neat grandparents.
 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 Daddy, would you show me how to play this?

 

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.

 

 

Peace, Everybody, from the Holy Thursday celebration at Marlene's.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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

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

 

Readings: 

Malachi 3, 19-20, There will arise the sun of justice.

Psalm 98,  Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12,  Night and day we worked.

Luke  21, 5-19, Nation will rise against nation.

 

  Community Events:

1.  Quarter 3 Financial Report:   Download Q3 Report 11-15-13  

 2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, October 15, 1:00, Jason's Deli   Welcome All. 

 3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

 

 

  4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

The date:  December 19.   Rosemary says that you may still sign up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we usually have a few additional people.   Total so far, 29 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 in that neighborhood.  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.

5.  Got an iPhone?  Use it instead of visiting a doctor?  Check this out:   

     iDoctor

 

 What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      US Bishops' Meeting results, National Catholic Reporter, November 12, 550 words,     Download US Bishops Meet 11-15-13

2.      Spot Players, Corpus, November 7,  550 words,   Download Spot Players 11-15-13

 3.      Francis with Newly Weds, ABC News, November, 200 words,     Download Francis and Newlyweds 11-15-13

  True? 

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

RAY BRADBURY

 

 See you Sunday, November 17, 2013, 33rd & last of this year's cycle C, Ordinary Time

 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.