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.
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 today there be peace within.

    May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

    May you not forget the infinite possibilities

    that are born of faith in yourself and others.

     From a prayer by St. Therese of Liseaux

     

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    Michelle reading Genesis' account of Abraham.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:  Michelle & Claire
    •    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan & Charlie
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie, Mike & Beth
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & David & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion                                                     

     

      Claire 2

    Claire reading Paul's letter to the Philippians

     

    Birthdays:   Ray (Monday), Anthony DeGenova (Friday & 10 anniversary of John & Alison from last Sunday), Diane McClurg (Saturday), & Rosemary (19th, no smoking)

    Anniversaries: 

    John & Alison (Today, Sunday)

    John & Lambrini (22, Thursday)

     

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    Happy Anniversary & Congratulations, Rosemary, for 19 years of no smoking. 

     

     Please Remember these special people:

    For Beth’s mom & family;  For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom who fell recently;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;      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 recovering from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;    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 Jackie's friend, Barbara 

      

      DeGenova

    Happy Anniversary, John & Alison.

                     

    For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman;   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 who just died;     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;

     

    Diane-Cole

     Happy Birthday, Diane, and thanks for the candles, Cole.

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for Sophie; 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.

     

    Denise & James

    Denise and James, you are having too much fun here.

                               

    Your Finances, February 21, 2016

    Expenses:   $1960.00

    Outreach:   $ 890.00

    Donated today:   

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

    Buddy 4

                         

    Do we have a new volunteer here to help out?

     

     Have a Great Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

      Buddy 5

    So, Buddy, do you want to help us all out and especially your big sister?

     

    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.

     

      Gen 3

    See you all next week, Folks.

  • Special Announcement

    A Special Note from Cathy Bambanek 

    My mom passed away Friday from congestive heart failure.  

    Visitation is at 7:00PM-8 Tuesday, with a rosary at 8, more visitation until 9.  This is at Ted Dickey West on the George Bush Highway.

    A funeral mass will be said at 10:30  Wednesday at St. Marks on 15th Street.  There will be a luncheon afterwards at the church and all are welcome to attend.  Then the cemetary at 1:30.  

    I would love to have you come to any or all of them.

    If you would like to bring something to the house, we need beer, wine, and appetizers to serve to relatives coming from out of town.  They will only be here Tues and Wed, so we do not need a lot of food.

    My address is 2505 heather hill lane.

    Thanks to all of you for being great friends.  Please pray for my family at this stressful time.

     

    (Sorry, Cathy, I did not get this before publishing the Sunday blog.)

     

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    Cathy helping Harper, her granddaughter, light the Easter Candle.

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

        O God, when I have food,
    help me to remember the hungry; 
        When I have work,
    help me to remember the jobless; 
        When I have a home,
    help me to remember those who have no home at all; 
        When I am without pain,
    help me to remember those who suffer, 
        And remembering,
    help me to destroy my complacency;
    bestir my compassion,
    and be concerned enough to help;
    By word and deed,
    those who cry out for what we take for granted.
    Amen.

     Samuel F. Pugh

    Zach 11-20-11

     Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Taylor & Zack Read 
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread: Claire
    • For the Wine Cups:  Beth & Rob Robinson
    • For the Music: Ray & Jon & John Cade
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth & John & Mike
    • For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
    • For the coffee & specials:  Ron & Marilyn, Jackie & Joan 

     Taylor 11-20-11
     

    Birthdays:   Mary Ellen, Ron Ackerman, Diane McMahon, John Cade,  

     Anniversary: 

    Cliff & Jean Wright  16th)

    Ron & Barb Senter (40th)

     Ray & Claire 11-20-11

     

    Please Remember:

    Barb Wittek's mom & her & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer; Jackie Urbanczyk's sister, Carol, with a back operation; Mike Miller's recuperation from his eye operation, Mike and Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bernadette Delgado's mom & 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; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;  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 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.

    Coffee Shoppe 11-20-11

    Picture 1:    Zach                     

    Picture 2:    Taylor            

    Picture 3:    Ray & Claire with flowers from Ron & Barb's 40th anniversary party Saturday night       

    Picture 4:    The Coffee Shoppe                                                    

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    Your Finances: November 20, 2011,

    Expenses:   $1995.00

    Outreach:   $1110.00

    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.

       

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

    During this Lenten season, may you …

    Fast from selfishness; feast on service.
    Fast from criticism; feast on praise.
    Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.
    Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
    Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude.

    Doherty 3-14-10
      

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     ·     For Reading: Kevin & his father, John

    ·     ·     For the Communion Bread: Gayle 

    ·     ·     For Serving: Kevin

    ·     ·     For the Wine Cups & Cross: Alison & John

    ·     ·     For the Music: Ben &  Shonda

    ·     ·     For the Pictures: Jan & Beth & Sabrina

    ·     ·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    ·     ·     For the coffee & cake: Nina & Jon & Joan


    Kevin 3-14-10
     

    Happy Birthday:   Tori Rogers, Christine Drescher, Michael Kern, Joanne Languel, & Ken Cramer

    Happy Anniversary:

    Fred Martinez & Martha (1st)

    Margie & John Dugan (42nd) 

     Communion 3-14-10

    The Status of The Hips:

    One week from Monday, I get my medical check out and am off home confinement.  Yeah!  Swelling continues to slowly recede.  No pain at all. 

    Please Remember:

    Marilyn Ackerman's mother who broke her hip; Jim Drescher; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle Guinigundo; Jackie Ritter's friends Bob Minarik with cancer & Todd Fred with leukemia; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; 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;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  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 & 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,  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.   
     
     Wilson 3-14-10

    Picture 1:  John Doherty reading and his son 

     

    Picture 2:  Kevin reading

     

    Picture 3:  Communion with Diane & David

     

    Picture 4:  Wilson Middle School

      

     

     

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

    Your Finances: March 14:

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,015.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $   325.00

     

    Thanks for your Generosity!

     

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

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    Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

     

    … May God bless you with enough foolishness
    to believe that you can make a difference
    in this world, in your neighborhood,
    so that you will courageously try
    what you don't think you can do, but,
    in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

    "Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

     

     

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    Mary Jane reading from Wisdom.

     

     

    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: Jan & Charlie
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Connie  & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:  Jackie & Becky & Tom
    •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue 
    •    For the Music:     Ben 
    •    For all who helped with communion

     

     

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    John reading from James.

     

     

    Special note on our community brunch: Next Sunday, Sept.30

     

    Note also: No blogs the weekends of October 7 & 14.

     

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

     

     

    Birthdays:   Leo (8, Monday), Jackie (53, Tuesday), Tori & Buddie (8, Wednesday),  Georgie (17, Friday),

     

    Sandra (78, last Tuesday, a good age!),  Wednesday), Mary Jane Stevenson (last Thursday) Tom & Teresa Quinn (last 3 Thursdays); Warren Wittek (Last week) 

     

     

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    Tom & Teresa lost all their checked luggage on their flight to a two week cruise.  The luggage has only been located a day or so ago.  Tom, here are some trendy pants for you.

     

     

    Anniversaries:

    Paul & Carrie (1st, Saturday)

    Fred & Patricia (8th, Tuesday)

    Tom  & Lynda (36th, Tuesday)

    John Cade (57th since ordination)

     

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    To take care of our friends we have donated jean pants and a jean shirt, well broken in and very haute de couture with holes in the knees.  All part of our aim to be a caring community.  Teresa you will be next.

     

    Job openings in Lovejoy via Lynda Fleming: flemfam@tx.rr.com

     

    Needed: special ed teacher & some educational aides. 

     

     

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    Happy 8th Anniversary to Fred & you, My Dear, Crazy Patricia

     

    Remember these special people

    For Meredith, cancer free;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim;  For Hue;  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;   

     

     

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    Congratulations, Lynda & Tom, on your 36th, and congratulations on the Berlin Marathon, to say nothing about the 6 marathons in 8 days & 6 northeastern states.

     

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    or 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;  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; 

     

     

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    Congratulations to you John on the 57th Anniversary of your ordination.

     

     

    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.

     

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    Happy special birthday to you, Mary Jane.
     

     

     

    Your Finances, September 23, 2018

    Expenses:    $1110.00

    Outreach:    $730.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

     

     

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     And Happy Birthday to you, Warren.

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S.

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    Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday, to you,  Teresa.  And have no fear.  We are collecting for you a wardrobe matching that of Tom's special.

     

     

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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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  • Sunday Announcements, July 22, 2007

    Special Thanks:

    • For reading: Morgan & her dad Richard
    • For the Altar Bread: Lynda Fleming
    • For Serving: Sabrina
    • For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice: Margie, Joanne, Lisa & Mark and Marguerite
    • For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol Strom and Rob & Beth
    • For the music: Ben & Kathleen & Roy, Hue, Rick & Jackie
    • For the past years we have had the privilege of helping one of our members who had fallen on really bad times. Recently he was successful in getting disability and some significant compensation.  Last Sunday at Mass he gave the ministry a check for $15,000. I and everyone was quite moved, never expecting or asking for return payment.  The board has suggested that we place this amount into a money market. We will use the interest and save the principle for emergencies. Thanks first to our member and secondly to you all for your non-stop generosity!

    Happy Birthday: Beth Robinson, Hope & Holden Bentley, Maria Gorman, Stacey McKinley, Jon Waldron.

    Happy Anniversary: Mark & Susie Dillon (26th)

    Please Remember: Mary Kee; Rob & his mom; Cheryl Ann’s dad with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Ray’s brother Anthony with 4 blocked arteries; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed, Greg, & Yolanda; little 8 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Tom Quinn’s brother Tim; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, 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; & Shonda.

    Note: July 29, next week, no Mass.  Yosemite calls!

    Your Finances:

    • July 22: Income for Running Expenses:   $ 676.00 
    • July 22: Income for Outreach Expenses:  $ 370.00   

    Thanks for your Generosity!

    Have a Great Week, J.S.