The Holy Family, December 28, 2025

Resource: to check the source for the marriage homilies, Project Everlasting, click the link.  Thanks to Carol Eshelbrenner for finding this lost resource.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19031744/

Rosemary’s Blessing:   A Dakota Indian Prayer (thanks to Lou Federico)

Grandfather, Great Spirit, you have been always. and before you nothing has been.  There is no one to pray to but you.  The star nations all over the heavens are yours,  and yours are the grasses of the earth.  You are older than all need, older than all pain and prayer.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, look upon your children.  The Spirit Lake Oyate, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, fill us with the light.  Give us with the light.  Give us the strength to understand and eyes to see.  Teach us to walk, the soft earth, as relatives, to all that live.

Help us, for without you we are nothing.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Mary & Mary Ellen
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Sabrina & Anthony & Lukas
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Beth & Rob
• For the music: Ray, Wendy & Celeste, Hue, Jackie & Rick

Happy Birthday: Erica Harrell, Diane McClurg, Anthony DeGenova (9).

Happy Anniversary: Roger & Karen Parks (32nd)

Please Remember:  Rose Banzhaf’s mom; Victor Lozada (the policeman who died Friday), Terry his wife & his family; Jackie’s brother John & neighbor Earl; Dee Miller’s operation; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & 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; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann and Dawn’s back op. March 11; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon; the people involved in the shooting at Northern IL U., Warren’s alma mater.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances:

• February 24:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,074.00
• February 24:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 397.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

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

 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

 

 

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

Anniversary:

Bill & Zaile (4th, Tuesday)

 

 

 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; 

 

 

 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;

 

 

 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.

 

 

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)

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosemary’s Blessing:  

As we near Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus

May you be blessed with

The joys of family and friends,

The contentment of home and hearth,

And the peace of loving and being loved.

 J & R Creations

 

 Our Special Thanks :

•    For Reading:   John & Jean O'Donell
•    For The Team:  Georgie and Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:    Rick, John & Connie  & Beth 
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Bill and the whole community
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda

 

 

 

 

Chuck Pratt dancing with the Father since Dec. 8.;   Jackie Urbanczyk's recovery & Rick's mom, Irene, in Buffalo; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; 

 

 

 

Video: Buddy lights the 4 Advent Candles, 1 minute:

  

Your Finances: December 22, 2013

Expenses:   $2650.00

Outreach:   $1440.00

 

 

We donated this week: 

To Soul's Harbor, hoodies & sweat shirts

$1000 to Habitat for Humanity

$2000 to Karina in Cuernavace, Mexico

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Rosemary’s Blessing:

May there always be work for your hands to do.  May your purse always hold a coin or two.  May the sun always shine on your windowpane.  May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.  May the hand of a friend always be near you.  May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Elwells, George & Marianne
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: TJ
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy, Hue, Jackie & Rick

Happy Birthday: Megan Carroll & her mom Angie, John Doherty, Dillon, Gil Delgado, Natalie Gorman (6) Geri Moran, Becky & Christine Shaw, & Ron Kovatis. 

Please Remember:  Dee Miller’s Thursday operation; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & 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; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Feb. 6, Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Mass & Ashes at Mary Kee’s house, 2625 Millington, Plano 75093, near Ohio & Tulane.

February 10: Get ready–Mass, Birthday Brunch, Name Tags, Food Drive, Baby Shower for Gerwers

Your Finances:

• February 3:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,227.00 
• February 3:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1,039.00      

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing:  

May the blessing of light be upon you,
Light without and light within,
And in all your comings and goings
May you ever have a kindly greeting
From them you meet along the road.

An Irish Blessing

 

 

           Beth reading Deuteronomy & preparing for Yosemite

 

 

Our Special Thanks:  

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

 

 

 Claire reading James, see the note on Santiago de Compostella

 

 

Birthdays:    Teresa Quinn (Monday), Mary Harrell (Wednesday)

Anniversaries:

Richard & Monica (28^th, Saturday)

Kerry & Nina (28^th, Saturday)

Ken & Cindy (53, Tuesday)

 

 

               Saturday Morning at Hotter 'N Hell Hundred

 

Special Announcement: We are moving This coming Sunday

After celebrating week after week for 10 years, PISD is asking us to move over to Sigler on Janwood.  Apparently it is quite expensive to A/C the large cafetorium at Vines.  Sigler will be more economical.  September 6 we begin our new adventure.

Check the map:      View this photo

 

 

 One of 11 Rest Stops on the 100 mile selection, some of which offer at least 6 varieties of hundreds of cookies baked by the ladies of that 30 mile rest stop.  Great hospitality every year.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Lily's Dad;   For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  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;

 

 

One, Two, Three, Go, and 14 thousand streak off, Wichita Falls

 

Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  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;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has 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;   For a little friend, Heather;  

 

 

Would you trust James to give his sister Kara her birthday cupcake?

 

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.

 

 

Want to see a Happy Leo?  How about a cupcake for lighting the candles, to say nothing of the melodrama of joy he displayed on his way up to collect his treasure.

 

Your Finances, August 30, 2015

Expenses:   $940.00

Outreach:   $160.00

Donated today: $2000 to Souls Harbor

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

Finally, Genevieve waves and says, "So long until next week in our new place."

 

Have a Good 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosemary’s Blessing      

May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.                                                                                     

From a prayer by Saint Terese of Liseaux 

 

Mike reading about Moses' call in the book of Exodus.

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan & Charlie
•    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 & David 
•    For all who helped with communion                                                     

 

Geri reading 1 Corinthians

 

Birthdays:  Michelle Brown (Wednesday) 

 

 

           

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

 

 

 Please Remember these special people:

For Beth’s mom, who died this week, & the family;  For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom;   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 

  

 

Congratulations to Rick and Jackie.  Is she not looking great, Folks!

                

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;

 

 

Happy Birthday, Michelle.   Need volunteers to help with the cupcake?  Look behind you.

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.

                           

 

Cupcake to Cole the Candleman, who shares his cupcake with someone each week.  Congratulations, Cole, you are The Best.

 

 

Your Finances, February 28, 2016

Expenses:   $895.00

Outreach:   $525.00

Donated today:  $2000 to Brent for Souls Harbor 

                                 $300 to Plano Homes

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

The Best, Bethany, Ray, and David.

 

For those who have wondered about where our food drives go, Ken explains:

The food goes to the Network of Community Ministries which provides food, clothing, some limited financial assistance, and referrals, etc. to needy persons who live in the city of Richardson or the Richardson School District. We got started there because Cindy was volunteering there.

 

Jim Mahar of St. Bonaventure & the Bona Responds Team in Dallas to work for a week on the tornado damage.  Jim, instead of taking a cupcake (can you believe!), accepted from us a chain saw.

 

 Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Brent, who also refuses our cupcakes, instead accepts our $2000 for Souls Harbor for this month.

 

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.

 

He is still there, Folks, right to the end.  Says he, "Bye, Everybody."