Reminder for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21, 2025

 Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Homily by Mike Carrell.   Again, Welcome.

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

The Community

Celeste

 Readings:

Isaiah 62, 1-5,  The Lord delights in you.

Psalm 96,  Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations.

1 Corinthians 12, 4-11, There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.

John 2, 1-11, There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee.

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).  

The difference?  The first is Protestant more or less, and the second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha. 

Both are good translations.  

   

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a signup sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois out officially, National Cathoic Reporter, January 10, 500 words,   Download Bourgeois out 1-18-13 

2.  Elect bishops locally?,  National Catholic Reporter, January 15, 750 words,   Download Swiss abbot urges change in how bishops are selected

 

True?

Simple expressions of concern or affection are revitalizing

Dr. Peter McGinn (Rosemary’s brother, deceased)

  See you Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2nd Ordinary Tim, C cycle 

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 & Donuts, Juice & Extras

Place:  Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Wisdom 2, 12-20; Psalm 54, The Lord upholds My Life; James 5, 1-6; Mark 9, 38-48.

 

Community Bulletin Board: 

Brunch: After Mass this Sunday, A-P bring hors d'oeurves; Q-Z bring deserts.

Food Drive: Next Sunday, Sept. 27

Travel Deals from Marianne: Download Marianne 9-17-09

2 Christmas Performances:   Here are two performances at two different venues, one at the Meyerson as usual, the other at the brand new Winspear Opera House.  The plans:

    1.  December 10, Thursday, 7:30: The Meyerson.  Christmas Special, $55 (New Director this Christmas.  David Davidson died of cancer Saturday.)

    2.  December 15, Tuesday, 8:00:   The Winspear, South Pacific, $50 (cheapest in the house; with 15 or more we get better seats at $55)

As an extra: pre-performance wine & cheese at the Tulip Lane parsonage with a tour through the best Christmas decorations in Dallas, i.e., Highland Park.

Let Rosemary or me know if you would like one or both performances, say, by the end of September 

True? "When we drink, we get drunk.  When we get drunk, we fall asleep.  When we fall asleep, we commit no sin  When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.  So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" 

George Bernard Shaw 

     

Picture 1:  Sabrina & Anthony

Picture 2:  Fred, Marianne, Ray, & Celeste

Picture 3:  The Donut Shope with Taylor, Richard & Sheila

Picture 4:  Shonda & Celeste 

Picture 5: Guess who?

                     

 See you Sunday, September 20

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Readings:

Isaiah 55, 10-11, Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down.

Psalm 65,  The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest

Romans  8, 18-23,  The sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us,

Matthew 13, 25-30,  A sower went out to sow.

 

 

John & Mary Jane, last Sunday's readers

 

ROMEOS, Friday, July 10, 1:00,  as usual.    Welcome!

ROMEOs' Virtual Jason's Deli BYOB lunch
This is a recurring meeting, Friday, 1:00 pm
Link :
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798571623?pwd=NmFSTW1ocVMzRGdIc0QzUGxKdHM3dz09

Meeting ID: 857 9857 1623
Password: saladbar

 

Greenland

 

Reminder for 15th Sunday Ordinary Time, July 12, 2020

Here are the links for Sunday:

 

 

 Mass: 9:30; Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

     

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings:  Isaiah 61, 1-11 (good); Psalm is Luke 1, 46-54 (Magnificat); 1 Thessalonians 5, 16-24; John 1, 6-8, 19-28 

      

Holden & Cole Bentley

 

Community Bulletin Board:

• True?  "My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty."  Issur Danielovitch (1916 – present)         Issur Danielovitch was born in Amsterdam, New York, son to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents from Gomel, now part of Belarus, and grew up selling snacks to mill-workers to earn enough to buy bread and milk for his family.  Somehow he made it to Hollywood, where he changed his name to Kirk Douglas.  Tuesday he will be 92 years old. 

•  Charlie Keszler                                      Marilyn Ackerman, Maureen, Jerry, & Joan Gleason                                                Melissa, Jenny, & Diane Holcomb

Thanks so much for making our 4th Anniversary Brunch special, for the food, for the family, and for the blood donations.  We had 15 successful donors and the blood people were grateful. 

• Our Christmas family: mom, 3 little girls, and a baby boy on the way.  Date to finish: Dec. 14, this Sunday.  Beth says we have just about everything needed.  

• In case you missed our blood drive, this from Mary Ellen Munzell:                                       There is a woman in Plano, Alyse Ferguson, who I believe resides on Turnbil.  She is undergoing chemotherapy, has had more surgeries than expected and other troublesome health issues in her family.  Currently her bill for blood alone is in the $7,000 range.  No specific blood type is required.   Anyone who is making a donation to Carter Blood Care just needs to specify that Ms Ferguson be given credit for the donated blood.

• Jackie Ritter's friend, just laid off by Everest College, is job searching.  Has a masters in library science.  Any leads?  Contact:    jritter@unitedrenovations.com
   

 
Lorynne & Lacee Ackerman and T.J.

See you this Sunday, December 14

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Isaiah 9:  For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests.

Titus 2:  Beloved: The grace of God has appeared…

Luke 2:  Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

 

 

Christmas Eve Mass will be on Saturday, December 24th at 4:30 P.M.  There will not be a Mass on Christmas Day. 

 

 

 

 

Georgie reading from Isaiah

 

 

 

John Stack Ministries now meets at: 

The ArtCentre of Plano

902 E. 16th St, Plano

 

 

Please use the Haggard Park side entrance.  Latecomers please use the 16th Street entrance.

 

 

From Connie Bresson:                                                                                 

Jim Mahar and the BonaResponds team is heading to Florida January 2-13 to do hurricane relief efforts at Pine Island.  This is a tremendous group of students and adults from St. Bonaventure that work so hard to help others.  If you want to help any of the days they are there, please read the attached in the following link. 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqyl-QXF_emKTqbBhNGw4XCoBtq6zn_DuLkeTXMw-P5WJTcA/viewform

                                                       

          

 

Mass: Sunday, 9:30.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.

Readings: Acts 10, 34-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3, 1-4; John 20, 1-9.

Easter Sunday please bring an extra flower or two to decorate the stage for Mass. We’ll have our usual instant décor. Afterwards, you may take the flowers home.

Invitation: Rosemary & I invite you all to our 2nd anniversary party, May 5, Fairview Farms (same place as last year), Parker & Central, northeast corner, ca. 6:00. We will have some couples renew their vows, covered dish hors d’oeuvres & desserts, and music for dancing. Also, the slide show of The Great East African trip. More later.

Book Recommendation: Love in the Driest Season, Neeley Tucker

See you this Sunday, April 8, Easter.