3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 25, 2026

Isaiah 8: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as people make merry when dividing spoils.
1 Corinthians 1: I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.
Matthew 4: … Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.

Music,  Ben
Readers,  Connie & John
Homily,   John Cade
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
The Organization man,  Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary


Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

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 Ron and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  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 ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.


Birthdays:  
John Stack 1/26, Mary Hall 1/29
Anniversaries:  

Expenses: $  750.00
Outreach: $    0.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.


Rosemary’s Blessing:

I was regretting the past
And fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking
“My name is I AM.”

He paused.  I waited
He continued,

“When you live in the past
With its mistakes and regrets,
It is hard.  I am not there.
My name is not I WAS.

“When you live in the future,
With its problems and fears,
It is hard.  I am not there.
My name is not I WILL BE.

“When you live in this moment,
It is not hard. I am here.
My name is I AM.”

I Am by Helen Mallicoat

 

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


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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    Buddy reading the prayer for the lighting of the candles
    Thanks…     

    Music,   Shonda
    Readers,  Mary & Frank
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
    Setup,  Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Shonda sings solo this week


    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters;  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 Ron ;

    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.

    Zoe gets a cookie for her birthday


    Birthdays:
        Zoe Brown 10/25
    Anniversaries:   

    Expenses: $  910.00
    Outreach: $  125.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    The Browns except for Randolph and Geordie


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Autumn Months

    O God of Creation, you have blessed us with the changing of the seasons.

    As we welcome the autumn months,
    may the earlier setting of the sun
    remind us to take time to rest.

    May the brilliant colors of the leaves
    remind us of the wonder of your creation.

    May the steam of our breath in the cool air
    remind us that it is you who give us the breath of life.

    May the harvest from the fields remind us of the abundance we have been given and bounty we are to share with others.
    May the dying of summer’s spirit remind us of your great promise that death is temporary and life is eternal.
    We praise you for your goodness forever and ever.

    – Author Unknown,  found on jesuitresource.org

     

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

     

    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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    75??!!  You got to be kidding    

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow
    Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place: and in the sky
    The larks still bravely singing fly
    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the dead: Short days ago,
    We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved: and now we lie
    In Flanders fields!

     

    Taken from IN FLANDERS FIELDS
    By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

     

    Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 
    during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

     

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    Juliets know how to party!!

     

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Karen  &  Connie
    •    For out team: Buddy & Georgie  & John  &  Mike
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike & Connie & others
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & David & Hue
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

     

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    This is how you celebrate 75!!

     

    Birthdays:   Rosemary (75!) & John Anderlick, 

     

    Anniversaries:

    John & Connie Bresson, 33rd

     

     

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    Happy 33rd, John & Connie

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,  For Cindy Cramer;  For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For my buddy since grade school, Pete Wacks;  For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement last Tuesday;    For Michelle;   For a friend & neighbor & doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

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    Happy Birthday, John.

     

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

     

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    The Team.

     

    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, especially Mark Terain; 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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    Thanks, Tori & Zoe, for today's candles.

     

     

    Your Finances, November 3, 2019 

    Expenses:   $ 770.00

    Outreach:    $ 375.00

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

    House 2

     

    6107 Tulip Lane with a cleaner yard.

     

    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.

     

    House 1

     

    For sale.  Notice Rosemary's wreath on the door.   The bay window just to the left was blown in, but the wreath was only turned around on its cord.

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

     

    Rosemary’s Blessing 

    Life is short …

    Break the rules,

    Forgive quickly,

    Kiss slowly,

    Love truly,

    Laugh uncontrollably,

    And never regret anything that made you smile.

    Author Unknown

     

    Mary 1

    Mary reading from Acts.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:  Mary & Grace
    •    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Mike & Judy
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Beth & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Jackie, Tom & Becky 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    •    For all who helped with communion  

     

    Grace 2

    Grace reading from Revelation.

     

    Birthdays:   Jean O’Donnell (79, Wednesday), Hugh Bivona (26th, Wednesday), Betty Porterfield (84, Friday)

    Anniversaries: 

    Casey & Robbie (13th, Tuesday)

     

      Harper & cupcake

     

    Harper, everybody with a little cold should get a cupcake, right? 

     

     

     Please Remember these special people:

    For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom in Alberta;  For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom;   For Teresa's dad who died a week ago;    For Cliff & Jean;   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, to remain 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 

     

    Buddy & cupcake

     

    Buddy, this cupcake is for you being such a super helper, thanks.

     

     

    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;

     

    Mike & cupcake

    Mike, this is a consolation cupcake.   Welcome, everybody, Monday Evening.   Mike will spend his last night at their old house in his tent  in the back yard after an evening campfire. 

    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 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.

     

    Brent
     

    Sorry, Brent, no cupcake for you (just $2,000).

     

    Your Finances, April 3, 2016

    Expenses:   $760.00

    Outreach:   $275.00

    Donated today:  $2,000 to Souls Harbor

                                    $300 to Plano Homes

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

      Zoe 1

     

    Hi, Zoe, how come you look so pretty?

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

    Gen reaching

    Who is that on her tiptoes?   Watch out, something is going to go missing.

     

     

    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 2

    Sign of a successful homily?  Everybody asleep?  Peace, Everybody.


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    Rosemary’s Blessing

    Group blessing of all the women of our community.  See below.

     

    Mary Jane

    Mary Jane reading Acts.

     Our Special Thanks:

    •    For Reading:   John and Mary Jane
    •    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
    •    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
    •    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick, Mike, & John 
    •    For the coffee and pastries:   Mike & Judy,  Jackie and Beth Dugan & Jerry
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:  Bethany & Ray

     

    John

    John reading 1 Peter.

     

     Birthdays:    Barb Senter (Tuesday),  Monica Froebe (51, Friday & Rich on the 19th), Stephen Kern (17, Friday)

    Last week: Ron Senter (Friday), Patricia (68, Thursday), Cowboy Cole (5, Tuesday), Fred Martinez (41st of ordination, Monday)

     

    Our Women

    A Mother's Day blessing for some of the women of our community.

     

    Anniversaries:  

    Jessica Bresson & Steve (2nd, Monday)

    Dick & Judy Thompson (11th, Tuesday)

    Scott & Lily Thompson (22nd, Friday)

    Last week:    Hugh and Sydney Bivona (7th, Sunday)

                          Bill and Patty Hammond (46th, Sunday)

     

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    And a few more.

     

     Please Remember these special people:

    For Tom Quinn's surgery Friday;  for the father of Sheila Baach and Pat Haigh, who died this week;   for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;  Cathy’s mom, Mary Dzuro, in heaven, and the family;  For Patty Hammond’s recuperation from knee replacements;      for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Fred and Maureen’s friend, Real Giguere;   Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;  

     

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    And even these.


     

    John Simari's collegue with the final stages of cancer;  Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;  Margie McKeon’s brother, Bill, with lung cancer;  Jackie's sister, Shellie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   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; 

     

    Blessing

    The Community Blesses.

     

    Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg just home from Korea, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Video: A Mother's Day blessing for all the women of our community, ca. 2 minutes,

      

    Your Finances, May 11, 2014

    Expenses:   $1305.00

    Outreach:   $ 600.00

    Last Week:

    Expenses:   $260.00

    Outreach:   $175.00

     

    Blessing 2

    The Blessing.

     

    We Donated this week:  nothing special.

    Thanks for your Generosity.

    Have a Good Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Three Special Gifts receiving their Blessing, Zoe, Emma (with cupcake), and Tori.

     

     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:  

     

    Loving God,

    Lead us beyond ourselves

    To care and protect,

    To nourish and shape,

    To challenge and energize

    Both the life and the world

    You have given us.

    Joan Chittister, OSB   and   www.benetvision.org

    Lindsey 11-8-09

    Special Thanks: 

    • For Reading: Scott & Emily

    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

    • For Serving:   Kevin

    • For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Mike & Geri 

    • For the Music: Ben & Wendy & Celeste

    • For the Pictures: Jan 

    • For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    • For the donuts & coffee:  JoJo, Richard,  Joan and Jerry, & Sydney and Hugh Bivona

    • For all the help with Heritage Farm, Greg Rogers, Rich Eshelbrenner, Frank Esparza, Bill Hammond, Mike Moran, Diane & Ginny

     Greg & Mike 11-8-09 
     
    Happy Birthday:  Ted Wittek, Jamie Wilson, Renee Bresson (18), Richard Baack, and Rosemary!

     

    Anniversary: Bob & Jackie McGrath (55th)

     

    Please Remember:   Theresa Quinn's dad; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  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;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece just diagnosed 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. 

     

    Frank 11-8-09 
     


    Picture 1:  Lindsey home from OU 

    Picture 2:  Greg & Mike at Heritage

    Picture 3:  Frank at Heritage

     

    Picture 4:  Jerry off to get new knees

     

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

    Jerry 11-8-09

     

    Your Finances: November 8

    • Income for Running   Expenses: $ 2895.00 
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1692.00

     

     Thanks for your Generosity!

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

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    Rob Reading from Proverbs.

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

    Not this week – Father's Day.

                        

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    Beth reading from Romans.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Rob & Beth
    •    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie 
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Cindy & Ken
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky Good & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion             

     

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    Thanks, Dearest Zoe, for lighting our candles for the week.

     

    Birthdays:   Bernadette (74, Monday)

    Anniversaries:

    Chuck & Sandra, (58th, Thursday)

    Barb & Warren, (40 years, Friday)

     

     

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    Happy Birthday to you, Dearest Bernadette.

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother;      For a friend, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  

     

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    Warren, Happy 40th Anniversary to you & Barb, whom we will celebrate next week.

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;     for Steve Barrett,Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

     

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    Dearest Sandra, Happy 58th Anniversary to you & Chuck.

     

    For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  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, especially Mark Pelton; 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 Father's Day, All you guys.

     

    Your Finances, June 16, 2019

    Expenses:   $735.00

    Outreach:    $210.00

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

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    And doing to Blessing of all the guys, Rosemary.

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Who let that hat in here??!!

     

    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.