16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 19, 2026

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 

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

 

 

 

Mary Jane reading from Isaiah 25.

 

 

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:  Mary Jane & John
•    For The Team:     Buddy  &  Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben & Shonda
•    For all who helped with Communion 

 

 

 

 

John reading from Thessalonians.

 

 

Birthdays:  Rosemary (Tuesday), John Anderlick (60, Wednesday), Diane McMahon (80, Saturday)

 

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Anniversaries:

John & Connie (31, Tuesday)

 

 

 

 

The Special Team, Buddy, Georgie, and Mike preparing to homilize. 

 

 

Please Remember these special people

For John O'Donnell;  For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year;  Trey, age 19, recuperating from 8 gun shot wouonds;    For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  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;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Emma for being Our Candle Lighter of the Week and especially for leading our singing.

 

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;     For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Rose, for including us on your visit in Dallas, your old home.

 

 

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; 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 Mary Ellen;  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.

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Buddy, for all your help and for being such a neat kid.
 

 

 

Your Finances, November 12, 2017

Expenses:   $760.00

Outreach:   $730.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

 

Watch out, Everybody, she is back.  
 

 

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

 

 

 

It is so nice to have you back, Harper.  I have really missed you.  It is so much more fun with you here (and your grandmother).

 

 

 

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 an abundance of gratitude burst forth in our minds and hearts as we remember all the blessings in our life.

May we slow our hurried pace these days so we can be aware of, and enjoy, what we can too easily take for granted.

May we always be open, willing and ready to share our blessings with others and never forget the God who loves us lavishly and unconditionally.

And may we remember that our thanksgiving is incomplete until we pay it forward by doing for others what they cannot do for themselves.

Amen.

From a  prayer by Sr. Jean Amore CSJ, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

 

 

John reading from The Prophet Isaiah.

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   John & Patricia
•    For The Team:    Georgie & Buddy & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike  
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Ray & David & Bethany & Shonda                   
•     For all who helped with Communion 

Patricia reading from Romans.

 

Birthdays:   Alex Grattifiori (19 Sunday, today) & Ben Porter (Sunday, today)

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week with a little help from her friend.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol's recuperation from her operation;      For Frank's family & friends;   For Tom Good;   For Dee;      For John Schanot's continued recuperation;     For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;    For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;    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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

 

 

The Best, Shonda, Bethany, Ray, & David.

 

Gor Geri's friend, Elsa Billman, 88, whose house burned;  For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;     Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

Can we trust David to take this cupcake home to his son on his birthday today?

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala;   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     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.

  

Thanks, Leo, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

                                                                                          

Your Finances, December 18, 2016

Expenses:   $ 1,470.00

Outreach:   $  879.00     

Our food drive brought in over 280 lbs. of food.                       

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Best buddies.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Have a Beautiful & Peaceful Christmas from Cathy & Donna.

 

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.

 

Says Zoe, "See you Christmas Eve, 4:00, in the gym, bring flowers for the altar and stage, and get ready for a great Nativity Drama."

 

Isaiah  25:  On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
Philippians 4:  My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 22:  Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’

I have to apologize.  I forgot to take pictures today until I got to the birthdays.

Readers,  Annette & Roger
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
The Organization men,  Richard & Mike & Tom
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 Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;    For John Schanot;  For Ed Kless;  For Rosemary’s nephew, Patrick; For 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:    Richard Eshelbrenner 10/15
Anniversaries:   Shonda & Cody Mashburn last week

Expenses: $  890.00
Outreach: $   50.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s
compassion is to look out to the world,
Yours are the feet with which Christ is to
go about doing good,
Yours are the hands, with which Christ is to
bless all people now.

From a prayer by Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)

 

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.

 

Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week:  next week.  Check Father's Day Blessing.

 

 

Connie reading from Deuteronomy.

 

 

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:  Connie & John
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rosemary  & Connie, Mike & Rick
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie 
•    For the Music:   Shonda and Ben
•    For all who helped with Communion 

 

 

John reading from 1 Corinthians.

 

Birthdays:   Bernadette (Monday, 72), Harper (6)

Anniversaries:

Barb & Warren (38^th, Sunday)

 

 

 

Shonda & Ben leading the singing.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Grace's mom who died Thursday a week ago;  For Jackie Urbanczyk;   For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa;    For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;      For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;    For Anthony & Sabrina;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    

 

 

Thanks, Sophia, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

Happy 6th Birthday, Harper.  

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

 

 

Jack, what is your momma feeding you?  The last time I saw you, you were about as big as your sister, Sophia.  Now look at you!.

 

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 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.

 

 

 

Happy 38th Anniversary, Barb & Warren.

 

Your Finances, June 18, 2017

Expenses:   $900.00

Outreach:   $240.00

 Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

Welcome Home, Meredith.  While you have been going to school and studying, we have been missing you.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Special Blessing for all you guys.
 

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.

 

May God bless all you guys with peace and love.  

 

Rosemary's Blessing:

 

Father,

Please wrap your loving arms around the children of the world

who have special needs.

We pray that you give special blessings to their caregivers

and all who love them.

Please teach us to be kind, patient and understanding.

Help us to really see the person and not just the disability.

  

Special Thanks: 

·   For Reading: John & Kevin

· For the Communion Bread: Gayle 

· For Serving: Kevin

· For the Wine Cups & Cross: Alison & John

· For the Music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste

· For the Pictures: Jan & Sabrina

· For the altar & sound: Denni & Hue

· For the coffee & cake: Nina & Jon & Mary Ellen

 

 

Happy Birthday:   Sheila Baack & Bob McGrath 

Happy Anniversary:

Buddy & Cathy Good (30th)

The Status of The Hips:

Monday, I get my medical check out and am off home confinement.  Yeah!  Swelling continues to slowly recede.  No pain at all.  See you all next Sunday! 

 

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.   
 

 

Picture 1:  John Simari reading

 

Picture 2:  Kim Yaklin & Laura Chollick reading about autism

 

Picture 3:  First Day of Spring at the Parsonage, March 21, Sunday morning

 

Picture 4:  Rosemary digging out Sunday Morning for Mass

  

 

 

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

Your Finances: March 21:

 

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,625.00

 

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 980.00 

 

Thanks for your Generosity!

 

 

 

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

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week

 

Author Unknown

 

 

 

Denni reading from the Prophet Jeremiah.

 

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Denni & Tom
•    For The Team:  Georgie  &  Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom &  Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie 
•    For the Music:  Ben & Shonda & David
•    For all who helped with communion  
•    For John celebrating Masses these weeks                                                      

                      

                  

Tom reading from Thessalonians.  

 

 

 Birthdays:   Mike Moran (69, today),  Cathy (69, Tuesday), Grace (Tuesday), Fred Jansky (71, Saturday), & Patricia 's last cigarette this date 2010)
 

Anniversaries:

Shonda & Cody ( 2nd, tomorrow, Monday)

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.                 

            

Please Remember these special people:

  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's cousin in W. VA & for Darbyanne;  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;  

          

 

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Cody and Shonda.

 

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;    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; 

 

 

 

Happy 61st Birthday, Mike.

 

 

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.

 

         

 

Welcome into the 60's, Dear Grace, and Happy Birthday.

                

Your Finances, December, 2 2018

Expenses:   $710.00

Outreach:   $195.00   

Donated today:   Nothing this week.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

Yep, Cathy, that red velvet cupcake was saved just for you.  Happy Birthday.

 

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

   

Congratulations, Patricia.  Why??  Because on this date in 2010 you smoked your last one.   Today is also your husband Fred's birthday.  A nice combination of special events.

 

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.

 

       

 

Cupcake of The Week time.  Everybody's favorite time, especially the kids.