4th Sunday of Lent, March 15, 2026

 
Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.  

Time: 9:30;  Tony Celebrating

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

 
 
 
  
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 2, 42-47; Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1, 3-9; John 20, 19-31

Picture 1:   The Great Easter Egg Hunt                                   

Picture 2:   John Cade considering how he's going to swipe an Easter Egg      

Picture 3:   Awards table       

Picture 4:   Maggie & Emma       

Picture 5:   Emma        

  Community Bulletin Board:

  1.   Welcome: Our Annual Anniversary Party (6th), May 7, Saturday evening, 6:00, Heritage Farm, like last year.  The mules and hay wagon will be taking rides.  We'll supply cold drinks & water.  BYOB.  Covered dish, hors d'oeuvres & deserts.

 2.  Worth reminding you again, a new CPR method, more simple, more effective,                                   http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59

 
 
 
   Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. Richard McBrien on Easter, National Catholic Reporter, 4-25-11, Download Easter 4-29-11

 2.  John Allen on J.P. II Beatification, National Catholic Reporter, 4-25-11, Download Beatification Speed 4-29-11

 3.   Maureen Dowd on Beatification Hesitations, N.Y. Times, April 23, Download Beatification Problems 4-29-11 
  
Picture 6:   Leonardo       

Picture 7:   The Life Corner, the kids, Buddy, Georgie, Natalie, Zoe, Kendall, & Torri in the arms of her grand dad

Picture 8:   Communion Helpers

Picture 9:   Rosemary's Blessing

 True?

Seven Social Sins:

1. Politics without principle
2. Wealth without work
3. Commerce without morality
4. Pleasure without conscience
5. Education without character
6. Science without humanity
7. Worship without sacrifice

—Gandi

 See you, May 7, 2011

  J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Isaiah 56:  . . . for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
Romans 11:  I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.
Matthew 15:  Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.”

Some artists are cooks. Some of them are welders. Some of them are counselors. Some of them are technicians or accountants or teachers. “Just as writing can become calligraphy when it’s creatively, skillfully, and consciously performed,” H. E. Davey wrote, “so can all other activities become art.”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Jackie’s homily from last Sunday:  08-09-26 Homily

Rickey Turner
Please click on the link below for more information on Rick’s fund for ongoing treatment and medications for a kidney transplant. As Rick is now back on track for the transplant, we are helping to cover the medications necessary following the transplant.
Rick Turner Blog Post

Another Reminder for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 16, 2026
Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

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.

Reconciliation.

Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade, Mike Carrell,  &  Stack  

Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Reconciliation, Please forgive me.

We have heard that people discover that the Blog has not been coming.  Typepad tends to drop people for no reason.  So if this happens to you, just sign up again by going to www.johnstackministries.com

Reconciliation: You are forgiven.

Readings:

Isaiah 7, 10-14, Ask for a sign from the Lord.

Psalm 24,  Let the  Lord enter, he is king of glory

Romans 1, 1-7,  Grace to you and peace.

Matthew 1, 18-24,  This how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.

Advent Reconciliation.

Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 20,   Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.  

Reconciliation

True?

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucious

Our Bona Responders at Single Parents' Advocates.

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

Fallen Priests, hear their stories?  https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/fallen-priests

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Our Volunteers at Single Parents.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement: 

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

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

Advent Peace, Everybody.

Mass: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Sirach 35,12-18; Psalm 34; 2 Timothy 4, 6-18; Luke 18, 9-14.

Community Bulletin Board

Tree Project update: maybe in December we will plant 100 or so trees at the new facility of Collin Co. Child Advocacy Center, Park & Los Rios.

November 4, Sunday Mass of Remembrance, i.e., remembering family members & friends no longer with us, tying it in with the All Saints feast.  Bring a picture a little early and place it on the display.

Rick Turner got a job.  Thanks.

CCAC needs 7 people transported to and from the clinic to Plano Presbyterian for mamograms Saturday, November 3rd,  7:30 a.m. pickup at clinic, 12:00 pickup at hospital and return to clinic.  Contact J.S. if you are able to help.

CCAC thanks all for their help with the breast cancer patient.  Bridge Breast of Dallas will be managing the case.

See you Sunday.

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

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

Readings:  Amos 7, 12-15; Psalm 85, Lord, let us see Your Kindness and grant us Your Salvation; Ephesians, 1, 3-14; Mark 6, 7-13              

 Community Bulletin Board: 

Help: Our Mark Ackerman needs Job: Download Mark Ackerman

True?   People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Cruise Info: Marianne Elwell sez,

Picture 1:  Tony O'Donovan

Picture 2:  Mark Ackerman

Picture 3:  Choir, Wendy, Ben, & Celeste

Picture 4:  Claire & Charlie at the Coffee Shoppe

Picture 5:  Guess who at 1 year, 6 months         

 See you Sunday, July 12

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Welcome:  Catholic Mass with Coffee & juice & specials on the house. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.   Welcome. 

Our Joan

Our Father

Readings:  

 1 Kings, 19, 4-8, Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you.

 Psalm 34, Taste and see the Goodness of the Lord

Ephesians 4, 30-5, 2, Be imitators of God and live in love.

John 6, 24-35, I am the bread of life. 

Bethany, Shonda, Ray, & Leo

Leo and his daddy

Community Bulletin Board: 

1.  Habitat Build, Saturday morning, 11^th Street & Ave. E.  Welcome.  This is a unique experience of giving.

2.  Dallas Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert.  It may be only August, but this superb performance sells out.  We get discounted tickets as a group and because we know someone.  Date: December 14, 8:00, tickets will be $37 or $47.  Wine & Cheese at The Rectory pre-performance.  Traditionally, this has been a beautiful evening.

3.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

Emma & her momma, Beth

Delgado Corner

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Keynote speaker at Sisters’ National Conference, National Catholic Reporter, August 6, (550 words),  Download Keynote speaker 8-10-12

2.  Dangerous Women?, National Catholic Reporter, August 6, (800 words),  Download Nuns 8-10-12

 3.  What the keynoter said, National Catholic Reporter, August 8 (500 words),  Download Speaker 8-10-12

Sienna

 

Brooklyn with her momma, Erin

True? 

Always keep people in your life that charge your battery, not those who will drain it.

Torri blessing

Zoe

 See you Sunday, August 12

J.S., 214-783-0443

Shelter for Men in 12 Step Recovery. Brent Burmaster, director. Will pick up used furniture and appliances for sale in their 4 thrift stores, which support the residence.

Habitat: Richard measuring

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.

Habitat: measuring sheet rock

Habitat: sheet rock going up. Most satisfying work. You can do it too. Welcome.