Reminder for Sunday, July 16, 2017, 15th Ordinary time

Welcome:  Special Mass & Brunch celebrating Joan Gleason.   

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

Sisters, Sienna &

Brooklyn

Readings:  

 Exodus, 16, 2-4 & 12-15, I will rain down bread from heaven for you.

 Psalm 78, The Lord gave them bread from heaven

Ephesians 4, 17, 20-24, You should put away the old self of your former way of life.

John 6, 24-35, Sir, give us this bread always. 

Aunt Joanie with sisters' mom and dad, Erin and Payton

Community Bulletin Board:

Nancy reading

1.  This coming Sunday, August 5, Special Mass & Brunch celebrating Joan Gleason's marvelous life.  Covered dish as usual.

2.  Apologies again for failing to get out the blog/bulletins last Monday & Friday.  In Iowa the internet connections were poor in the small towns where we camped out at night.  Moreover, after a day of riding a bike for 85 miles, exhaustion took over.  And try to find an electrical outlet!

3.  Habitat News for this Saturday, our Saturday:  Download Habitat 8-3-12

She's back, hat & all, Cathy

Rosemary with Blessing

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Kennedy on the Vatican Leaks, National Catholic Reporter, July 13, (1100 words),  Download Vatican Leaks 7-20-12

2.  Bishops lash out at American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, July 17, (600 words),  Download Bishops lash out 7-20-12

 3.  Beautiful letter of support from Dominican priests to the Dominican sisters, July 19, (400 words),  Download Dominicans 7-20-12

Guess who is a sophomore at Iowa State, Ames, Morgan with her mom, Monica

We go to Ragrai in Iowa & Chris gets a T shirt for causing us to make this trip, Ragbrai is Register's Annual Great Bike Ride across Iowa, ca. 500 miles, 7 days, 10,000 riders this year.

True? 

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. 

 See you Sunday, Augst 5

One of many crazy buses owned by teams of riders.



The team prepared for the unknown the next morning.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Lutheran Church Sanctuary: when the police made us all take refuge from a violent storm that flattened our tent & many others, hundreds of us spent the night in this hospitable church.

People spent the night everywhere. Great spirit despite it all. Next morning everyone mounted up and rode on.

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.

Sirach 35:  The LORD is a God of justice,  who knows no favorites.
2 Timothy 4:  The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom.
Luke 18:  But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’

I have a friend who follows the sun around her back yard in a deck chair with a glass of fresh fruit juice in one hand and a book in the other. Here’s the question: Is she “wasting” time or “celebrating” time? Think carefully before you answer. It can get to be a very important question as life goes by.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Another Reminder for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2025
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.

Sirach 35:  The Lord is a God of justice, who  knows no favorites.

2 Timothy 4:  But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it.

Luke 18:  I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

John Cade sharing his homily

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.

Shonda, Sophia and Ben

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

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

Readings: Special All Saints Mass of Remembrance using Sunday’s readings with 2 poems during the celebration. Therefore: Wisdom 11, 22-12, 2; 2 Thessalonians 1, 11-2, 2; Luke 19, 1-10 (Zacheus).  See links for poems.

Community Bulletin Board 

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.

Thanks to all of you who volunteered to drive those from the CCAC going for mammograms this Saturday.  We have all the ladies covered.

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.  Waiting to hear from them.

Special Search: Suburban or Exhibition XL to accommodate Casey, Robbie, and their 4 new family members arriving in February. For specifics: Download Gerwer.doc

Want to see which candidate you most agree with? Try this link: Download candidate_selection_process.doc

November 25: advance notice–no Mass the Sunday just after Thanksgiving.  We will celebrate Thanksgiving Nov. 18.  Rosemary & I will be at her sister Clare’s house. 

See you Sunday.

Cupcake of The Week to Brian with two little mice awaiting crumbs, Brooklyn and Sienna.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

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

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

For all Kevin's years of service, the least our community could do was give him a gift of $100. He is on a band trip to Europe.

Readings:

Acts  12, 1-11,   The chains fell from his wrists.

Psalm 34,   The angel of the Lord will rescue those who fear him.

2 Timothy  4, 6-8, 17-18,  The Lord stood by me and gave me strength.

John  21, 15-19,  Simon, son of John, do you love me.  (this reading comes from the vigil Mass)

Jackie & Rick, our special honorees, for Rick's retirement from RISD, his birthday, their anniversary, and Jackie's recuperatiion.

Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, June 27,  Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers & kids, plus the Real Romeos.  Take a break July 4.  

2.   Meatball Macchio, all you ever want to know, plus even more,     Download Meatball Macchio 6-26-14

Harper with her grandmother, Cathy, and our honoree on her retirement from years with PISD.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.    Francis cleaning house!, New York Times,  June 13, 1450 words,     Download Vatican clean-up 6-26-14  

2.    The American Parish, National Catholic Reporter,  June 21, 900 words,     Download The American Parish 6-26-14

Buddy, the Candle Man, with his mom, Michelle.

True? 

Know what sparks the light in you.  Then use that light to illuminate the world.

Oprah Winfrey 

Offertory with Cheryl, Meredith, and Brent.

See you Sunday, June 29, 2014, Peter & Paul, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

The Beginning. Are hats in this Sunday? In honor of Cathy.

 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.

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

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

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

Emma arrives dancing.

No holding back Curtis from arriving.

 Readings:

 Isaiah  66, 10-14,  Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad.

Psalm 66,  Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Galatians 6, 14-18,  You are all called for freedom.

Luke 10, 1-12, 17-20, The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.

Knight Leo consulting with The Head Man about community defense against the bad guys.

Who is that down there? Could that be Torri in a favorite place to play, under the tables.

Community Events:  

  1.    Our next Habitat special day is, July 13.    Look for the neighborhood
behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th &Ave. E.  We also have August 3.  A person may, likewise, work any Saturday. 

2.   ROMEO (sic Fred) lunch Friday, July 5, 1:00, as usual. 

 3.   The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is ON.    Place:
Southern Recipe, 1381 W Campbell Rd.,  Richardson, TX 75080, (972) 231-7891, time, 1:00.    For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.  

Sisters Zoe and Torri expecting to have a fun Mass.

NO place better than Toy World, Buddy, Torri, Zoe, Emma, and Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.   Dump the Vatican Bank?, National Cathoic Reporter, July 1, 700 words,    
Download Beyond reform 7-5-13

2.   Kennedy on Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, June 27,
2013, 850 words,    
Download Why is Pope Francis familiar 7-5-13

Cupcake of the Week, Carol.

Two more Cupcakes of the Week, Jim and Brent.

True? 

"Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite.  Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river." 

 Cyril Connolly (1903 – 1974)

Anniversary Cupcakes of the Week, Warren and Barb.

Another Anniversary Cupcake of the Week, Sir Charlie and Jan.

See you Sunday, July 7, 2013, 14th  Ordinary Time, C cycle   

J.S., 214-783-0443

Beware when she crosses her arms.

 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.

And for her second responsibility, hosting the treats at the 4th of July neighborhood parade and festival.

Along with Aviana's help, of course.