Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14, 2025

Numbers 21:  Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
 Philippians 2:  Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, …
John 3:  For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

 

Mary Jane reading from the Book of Numbers


Thanks…   

Music,   Shonda & Ben
Readers,  Mary Jane & John
Homily,   John Cade
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Tom
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

John reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians


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.


Mary Jane gets a cookie for her birthday


Birthdays:
    Mary Jane Stevenson 9/20
Anniversaries:   Lynda & Tom Fleming 9/18

 

John gets a cookie for doing so well after hip surgery


Expenses: $  
600.00
Outreach: $  80.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.


Rosemary’s Blessing:

May those that love us, love us. And those that don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts.  And if He doesn’t turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles, so we will know them by their limping.

An Irish Blessing

 

 

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

 

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Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,
provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.
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    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Loving God,

    Let us sink into your Word,

    Let us nourish it to life,

    Let it lead us beyond the burdens of the day

    So that we may become

    The people you desire us to be.

     

    Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell I the Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister

    John 6-2-13

    John reading Genesis.

    Our Special Thanks 

    • For Reading:  John & Jean
    • For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine & Cups: Jan
    • For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie & Rick,  
    • For the coffee and pastries:  Rich & Carol, Jackie & Jerry & Chris & Cecily
    • For the  altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany

     

    Jean 6-2-13

    Jean reading 1 Corinthians.

    Birthdays:  Cary Eschelbrenner (Saturday), Matt Wilson (54,
    Friday), Brent (6th, Thursday), Zach Read (17, Tuesday), Christy
    Occhipinti & Daddy Ray (38 & 73, both on Tuesday), Shonda (tomorrow,
    Monday), and Mabel (81, Wednesday)

     

     

     

    Saturday Morning 6-2-13

    Our Habitat House, Saturday morning, 7:30.

     We Remember:

    Ron Kovatis recuperating from a heart attack;  Emma, who broke her collar bone when she fell out of bed;  Rob ‘s continued recuperation;  Bobby who broke his arm;  Tom Quinn's postponed shoulder surgery, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Diane
    Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;   Dee's friend Carole;

     

    Beth 6-2-13

    Beth looking to avoid all that work.

     

    John Simari’s friend Kieth;  Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;    Barb &
    Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara, plus their family friends who lost a 20 week old baby son;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;     Judy Carrell's Mom, Marie, who died Monday
    morning, plus Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's
    husband, Jim;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot
    operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery & 2
    broken ribs this week;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

    House Wrap 6-2-13

    Ever wrap a house? We did it. The whole house.

    Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; 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; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Habitat Team 6-2-13

    An old geezer and Beth, Jerry, Connie and John and Renee all on lunch break. Renee just arrived from K State. Look at the wrapped house.

    Your Finances: June 2, 2013

    Expenses:   $500.00 

    Outreach:   $370.00 

    We donated this week: 

    1.   Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity.

    Video: Exit Hymn, We are One in the Spirit, 1 minute,  

      

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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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     Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:  
    •    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups:    John & Alison
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Connie & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy,  Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
    •    For the Music:  Ray &  Bethany & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion  
    •    For John celebrating Mass today                                                      

                          

     Birthdays:   Emma (6, Tuesday), Mike Moran (Wednesday), Grace LeBlanc & Cathy Bambanek (Friday)

    Anniversaries:

    Frank & Mary Esparza (52, Sunday, today)

    John & Michelle Simari (30th, Sunday, today) 

    Erin & Chuck (9th, Tuesday)

    Brent & Meredith (3, Tuesday)

                     

                

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Jerry's back; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Bernadette's mom;    For Dawn;   Michelle Simari’s sister;   For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder & new grandbaby;  For Frank;     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 Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;            

                   

    For Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   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; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;     Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   

                                                                        

     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;   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.

                                    

    Your Finances, November 29, 2015 (Next Week)

    Expenses:   $

    Outreach:   $   

    Donated today:   Nothing this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

    Have a Good Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

       

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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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    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Bernadette Delgado & Mark Williams
    • For Serving: Kevin
    • For the Communion Bread: Cindy & Kim
    • For the Wine Cups:
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Jon
    • For the Pictures & Video: Jan
    • For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
    • For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan

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    Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection; Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter; Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick; Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Gilberto Delgado's mom; 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; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Finances: July 24, 2011. Finances will be reported next week.

    Expenses: $

    Outreach: $

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    May you look back with confidence and pride.

    May you look forward with eagerness in your eyes.

    May you enjoy the challenges of today’s ride,

    And await all your tomorrows with openness to surprise.

    A book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers     Andrew Greeley

    John 8-1-10
     

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading:  John & Beth

    ·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

    ·     For the Communion Bread: Nina

    ·     For the Wine Cups:  Beth & Rob

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste & Wendy

    ·     For the Pictures:  Jan & John & Beth 

    ·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    ·     For the coffee and donuts: Charlie & Jan & Joan


     
    Beth 8-1-10
     

        

     

    Happy Birthday:  Alice Culhain, Linda Beavers, Curtis Ekes (81)

     

    Happy Anniversary: Brian Bambanek & Kendal (5th, Cathy's son)

     Old Yosemite Campers 8-1-10

     

    Please Remember:

     

    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge; Matt Wilson's dad who just died; Diane Holcomb's grandmother, Margaret, who died this week just short of 100 years;  Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who broke her hip; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip;   Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   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;   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.   
     

    The Girls 8-1-10

     

    Picture 1:   John reading 

     

    Picture 2:   Beth reading

     

    Picture 3:   Last year's Yosemites, Rob & Rose, Mike & Tom

     

    Picture 4:   The Girls, Mary Ellen, Margie, Jackie, & Gayle

      

     

    Special Announcements

     

    1.   This coming Sunday, August 8, we return home to Vines High School, renovated edition.

     

    2.   Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's new arrival.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  The invitation:    Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

     

    Gilberto Delgado sent in this info that might help those of you who have had difficulty with one or more of our file attachments on the blog:

    I heard that some in our community are having problems downloading the articles in the blog.

    I do not know if they realize that the files are Word files.  So when they key on the highlighted titles, a Word file is downloaded to their computers.

    The file name will probably appear on their desktops as a Word executable file.  They must them key or double key on that to bring up the program Word and the file contents.

    It is a little different than most emails, since most of them are just text files in the email content.

     

    Resending the 2 attachments that people had trouble downloading

    Letter from John Ernst at CCAC:  Download CCAC-Ernst 7-30-10

    Article in Advocate:  Download Advocate Magazine 7-30-10 


    Your Finances: August 1: 

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 960.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 830.00

     

     


    Thanks for the Generosity

     

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

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

    May the new year bring
    The warmth of home and hearth to you.
    The cheer and goodwill of friends to you,
    The hope of a childlike heart to you.
    The joy of a thousand angels to you,
    The love of the Son and God's peace to you.

     

    Denni 1-6-13

    Denni reading Isaiah

     Special Thanks–

    • For Reading:  Tom & Denni    
    • For Serving:  Georgie 
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Megan & Beth & Mike
    • For the coffee and pastries:  Ron & Marilyn & Jerry & Jackie & Denni & Grace  
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

     

    Tom 1-6-13

    Tom reading Ephesians

     Birthdays: Ben Farmer, Cole Carey (20, Saturday, on a ship in the Pacific),  Jan Keszler (Wednesday), Bobby Ekes (53, Friday)

     We Remember  

    Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery;  And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer;  Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

     

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    Rosemary reading her blessing

       Lisa's Ackerman’s  Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita;  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;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

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    Bethany, Shonda, and Ray

           Your Finances: January 6, 2013

    Expenses:     $365.00  

    Outreach:     $260.00

     We donated this week: 

    1. Nothing special this week.

      

         Thanks for your Generosity 

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      Video:   Special blessing and final hymn (2 min.)

       
    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: 

    May we know that we are loved,

    And because of that love,

    May we love ourselves,

    Love our neighbor by giving unto them, and

    Love our God by living life to the fullest.

     J
    and R Creations


    Tom 10-27-13

    Tom reading Sirach.

     Our Special Thanks 

    •    For Reading:   Tom & Lynda
    •    For The Team:  Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
    •    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
    •    For the Pictures & Video:    Mike & Rick 
    •    For the coffee and pastries:   Fred & Maureen, Jackie & Jerry & Michelle
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Ben

     

    Lynda 10-27-13

    Lynda reading Timothy.

     

     Birthdays:   Ed Kless (Saturday), John DeGenova (54, Friday), Rob (61, Monday, tomorrow), Patricia (a 15th); Zoe (5, Monday)

    Anniversary:

    Bill & Zaile (4th, Tuesday)

     

    Beginning 10-27-13

    Mass beginning.

     

     Please Remember these special people:

    Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli, who broke her hip/leg again just after the 3 of them returned from Greece;  Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; 

     

    Georgie 10-27-13

    Georgie ready to go.

     

     John Doherty's dad; Dee's friend Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike and Tara; Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita;

     

    Music 10-27-13

    Music with Ray and Ben.

     

     Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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.

     

    Toy World 10-27-13

    Toy World with Sophia and Spider Man Cole.

     

    Your Finances: October 27, 2013

    Expenses:   $1565.00

    Outreach:   $ 850.00 

     

     We donated this week: 

    1. $300 to Plano Homes for gas money for the vans to take the residents to doctor appointments.

     Thanks for your Generosity.

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

    Toy World B 10-27-13

    Toy World with Buddy and Sophia watched over by Michelle and Beth.


    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.