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Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week: next week

  Mary Jane

Mary Jane reading from Acts.

 

Special Thanks to these special people:

  •    For  the Readings:  Mary Jane & John
  •    For The Team:   Buddy & Kevin
  •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
  •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
  •    For the Pictures:   Mike & Beth
  •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
  •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
  •    For the Music:   Ray and David and Shonda and Bethany
  •    For all who helped with Communion 
  •    For John & Mike who covered while John & Rosemary were away

 

John

 

John reading from 1 Peter.
 

 

Birthdays:  John Simari & Cliff Wright (Sunday), Denni (Monday),  Cole McClurg (8, Saturday)

Anniversaries:

The Two Aliens (12th, Cinco de Mayo)

Hugh & Sydney Bivona (20th, Thursday)

 

Bill

 Happy 49th Anniversary, Bill.

 

Please Remember these special people:

 For Connie Bresson's mom;  For Rose Banzhaf who broke some bones in a skiing accident;  For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   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 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 John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery; Connie Bresson's mom & friend struggling with cancer;

 

Harper

 

Hi, Harper, thanks for being such a neat girl!
 

 

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;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

Tori

 

Hi, to you, too, Tori, and also  thanks for being such a neat girl!

 

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;

 

Leo

 

And you, Leo, I have been watching you grow into a marvelous young boy.  Thanks.

 

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 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.

 

Beth
 

 Thanks for reading two Sundays ago, Beth.

 

Your Finances, April 30, 2017

Expenses:   $ next Sundays.

Outreach:   $

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

  Rob

 

And thanks to you, Rob, for reading two Sundays ago.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

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Mike

 

Thanks, Mike, for covering the homily two weeks ago.

 

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      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.

 

Cole

 

And thanks to you, Cole, for picking up everybody's books each week.

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      Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  John & Jackie
    • For Serving: Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Dee Miller
    • For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    • For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Jon
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Beth 
    • For the altar & sound: Denni & Tom & Hue
    • For the coffee and pastries: Jackie, Joan

     John 5-1-11

     
     
     Happy Birthday:   Ashley Pastula (14 tomorrow), Cole McClurg (2) Fred Martinez (38th of Ordination); Greg Rogers (today), & Denni (t0day)

     Happy Anniversary:

    Hugh & Sydney Bivona (4th)

    Carl & Chris Falke (18th)

    Bill & Patty Hammond (43rd)

     Jackie 5-1-11 
     
     

     Please Remember:

      Loretta Garcia Williams' husband, Ray, with multiple myeloma;  Barb Wittek's dad having hip surgery;  Ben Porter's dad who died this week (Ben is the guitarist who takes Ray's place occasionally);  Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4;  Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back;  Warren & Barb's friend,  Mike, fighting cancer;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   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.   
       

    5 Boro 
     

    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 & desserts.  John & Rosemary

     Queensborough Bridge 
      
     

     Picture 1:    John reading                       

     Picture 2:    Jackie reading            

     Picture 3:   Astoria Park rest stop with only a small percent of the 32,000 riders, under the Robert Kennedy Bridge, 5 Boro Bike Tour, Manhattan (Harlem), Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, & Staten Island.   

     Picture 4:   Rosemary in her home town on the beautiful Queensborough Bridge       

     Picture 5:   Delgados & McGinn clan, her nephew Brian, Bobby & Joe & The Old Geezer, family reunion                                              

      Mcginn Clan 5-1-11 
      
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    Expenses:   $  Next Week

    Outreach:   $    "         "

    Thanks for the Generosity

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    Rosemary's Blessing

    May we be blessed with the gift of contemplation

    of the blessings we have received and then put

    this appreciation into action to help others.

    And may there always be someone on our life’s

    journey to help us on your way.

     

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    Mary Jane reading from Leviticus.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Mary Jane & John
    •    For our team:   John  &  John,   Shonda & Ben
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

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    John reading from 1 Corinthians

     

    Birthdays:  Dianne McClurg, Leighton Wittek, 7. Anthony DeGenova 

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,    For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  for Michelle;  For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.;    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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    Bringing up the Gifts, Becky & Tom, Marcia & Cheryl.

     

     

    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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    Our Dearest Zoe & Tori.

     

    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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    Who is that cute little girl?  Why, that's Betsy.  Hi, Betsy

     

    Your Finances, February 16, 2020

    Expenses:  $700.00

     Outreach:  $220.00

    Thanks, Everybody 

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    Grand Mommy of the Year.

     

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          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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  • 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 5, 2026

    Zechariah 9:  He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; the warrior’s bow shall be banished, and he shall proclaim peace to the nations.  His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
    Romans 8:  If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.
    Matthew 11:  “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

     

    David reading from the Book of Zechariah

    Readers,  David & Mary
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
    The Organization men,  Richard & Mike
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Mary reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans

    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 Ed Kless;  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.

    Paul shows off his Rangers/USA 250 years shirt


    Birthdays:  

    Anniversaries:  

    Expenses: $  300.00
    Outreach: $  130.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

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    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Breathe of Summer

    Creator God
    who breathed this world into being,
    who is discernible within
    the harmony of nature,
    the perfection of a butterfly’s wing,
    the grandeur of a mountain range,
    the soaring eagle and humming bird,
    thank you for this world
    which you have created.
    Thank you for summer sun,
    which reminds us
    that your creative breath
    is still alive and active.
    Thank you for the warmth of your love,
    sustaining this world,

    Your garden

     

    Found on http://www.faithandworship.com/Prayers_Summer.htm

     

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    Rosemary in Alsace.


      Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  John &  Jean O'Donnell  
    • For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
    • For the Communion Bread:  Jan & Claire
    • For the Wine & Cups:  Beth
    • For the Music: Ray  & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video:   Next week
    •  For the coffee and pastries:  Fred & Maureen,  Jerry & Jackie
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

                                                                                                                             

     Birthdays: Dee Miller (today, Sunday), John O’Donnell (Thursday), Michael Kern (49 Saturday), Christine Drescher (Saturday)

    Anniversary:  Fred Martinez & Martha (4th, Friday)

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    Strasbourg Train Station, the new and the old.

    We Remember  

    Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth;  Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

      Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

     

     

      Your Finances: March 10, 2013

    Expenses:     $    See next weeks blog.

    Outreach:     $  

     We donated this week: 

    1.   Catholic Charities.

        Thanks for your Generosity 

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

      

            

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          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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  • 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 7, 2025

    Note: We are testing a new system for the blog. You should have received this post previously.

     

    Wisdom 9: Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends?  For the deliberations of mortals are timid,  and unsure are our plans.

    Philemon: Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.

    Luke 14: Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

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    Becky reading from the Book of Wisdom

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Shonda

    Readers,  Becky & Brent

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    IMG_4032Brent reading from St. Paul’s Letter to Philemon

     

    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by the floods;  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 Mary Hall’s family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn’s niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;

    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.

     

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    Warren gets a cookie for his birthday

    Birthdays:    Warren Wittek 9/12, Annette Miller 9/13

    Anniversaries:   Rob & Beth  Robinson 9/7,  Mike & Geri Moran (50) 9/12

    Expenses: $  1,360.00

    Outreach: $  660.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

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    Annette gets a cookie for her birthday

    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Loving God…

    Give us hearts
    where all may enter in,
    ears to hear your call,
    hands to do your will,
    voices to sing your praise
    and soul enough
    to recognize You
    in everything we do.

    Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell In A Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister

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    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

    Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

    Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

    I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

    Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

    Amen.

     Seventeenth Century Nun’s Prayer

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    Geri reading Revelations.

    Our Special Thanks 

    • For Reading:   Mike & Geri 
    • For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
    • For the Communion Bread:  Cindy & Kim
    • For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    • For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie, Jan & Rick,  and Beth
    • For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn, Jackie  
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    • For the Music: Ray  &  Shonda & Bethany

    Mike 4-21-13

    Mike reading Acts.

      
    Birthdays:  Brittany Carey (27, Friday), Tony Whitley (75, Thursday), Fred Macchio (75, Tuesday)

    Anniversaries:

    Katie Tomas & Jeremy Foust (0 Day, just married)

    Daniel Fleming & Stephanie (Day 1, today)

    Rob & Casey (10th, Saturday)

    Randolph & Michelle (16th, Thursday)

    John & Alison (19th, Tuesday)

    Tony & Jo (35th, Wednesday)

    John & Connie (22nd, today, Sunday)

    Chuck 4-21-13

    Chuck receiving the special, total community blessing for his struggle with cancer.

    We Remember:

    Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who fell last Sunday;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;  John Simari’s friend Kieth;  Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;  Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up May 15, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara, plus their family friends who lost a 20 week old baby son;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;     Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;      Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

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    Katie & Jeremy at their wedding.

    Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Jeremy 4-21-13

    Reception time for Jeremy and Katie Tomas.



     
    Your Finances: April 21, 2013

    Expenses:     $765.00

    Outreach:     $675.00    

    We donated this week: 

    1.   Nothing special this week.

        Thanks for your Generosity 

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

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    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.