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Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

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.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

John reading from Exodus.

Thanks to these special people:

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

Connie reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Dee (80, Saturday), Ben  (11, Saturday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & Barb & Bill & John O'Donnell;   For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation;   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;   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 problem

Anybody claim to know this character?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93;   For Connie's nephew, Fred;  For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;           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 Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Diane.

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.

Happy Birthday, Ben.  We've been saving this cupcake for you for weeks. (not really)

Your Finances, March 4, 2018

Expenses:   $870.00

Outreach:    $565.00

This week we donated $2,000 to Soul's Harbor.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Tori, Thanks to you and Zoe for bering our Candle Lighters of The Week.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Happy Birthday, Dee, and thanks for inviting us to celebrate your 80 years.

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.

Sorry, Brent, no more cupcakes for you.  Just this little check for Souls Harbor.

Rosemary's Blessing: 

• May your Voice this day be a Voice of Encouragement

• May your Life be an Answer to someone's Prayer.

• May you own a Grateful Heart. 

Seven Sacred Pauses, Macrina Wiederkehr

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Nancy & Alexandra
• For the Communion Bread: Jan & Charlie
• For Serving:  T.J. 
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol & Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the coffee & Juice: Marlene & Cindy
• For the pictures:  Patricia Jansky & Beth Robinson

Happy Birthday: Rob Robinson & Patricia Jansky

Happy Anniversary:  

• Steve & Gloria Landry (15th) 

Please Remember:     For Ray's comps Nov.7 & 8; Frank's mother Mela who went into the hospital last week with a bad cold/bronchitis; Andy Goode; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl;  Nina's friend Nancy doing badly;  Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon & Ken's brother Don;  Diane's dad & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, & Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and especially Brady who has an operation Monday.

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

Picture 4: Nancy Kovatis

Picture 5: Alexandra Hoover

Picture 6: Guess Who!  The Gerwers!!

Your Finances:

October 26: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,029.00  
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   859.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

Next Week's Mass, Nov. 2, Feast of All Souls, we will have a Mass of Remembrance.  Bring pictures of your loved ones who have died and we will remember them in a special way.  You may also bring a plant to decorate the stage where we will have most of the pictures. 

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

Video:     Lynn's presentation on Samaritan Inn (4 min.)

 Rosemary's Blessing:

On this third Sunday of Advent

As Isaiah paints an extraordinary picture of the coming of our God,

May we stop, be still and listen

To Emmanuel as he comes.

J & R Creations

Beth reading Zephaniah.

 Special Thanks–

• For Reading:   Beth and Jackie 
• For Serving:  Kevin & Georgie 
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine & Cups:  Beth and Rob
• For the Music: Ray & Sh0nda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Beth & Jan & Mike, John & Connie  
• For the coffee and pastries:  Mike & Geri, Jackie & Jerry 
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Jackie reading Philippians.

 Birthdays: Ben Porter (Tuesday) and Lorynne Ackerman (16, today, Sunday)

Lynne Sipiora offering our homily on Samaritan Inn homeless center in Plano, for which she is the director.

   We Remember  

Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer;  Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Judy with some of the material brought for Samaritan Inn.

 Lisa's Ackerman’s  Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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 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;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 Video:     Mike explaining our penitential service  (4 min.) 

  Your Finances: December 16, 2012

Expenses:     $2250.00  

Outreach:     $1580.00 

 We donated this week: 

     1.  Items to Samaritan Inn, only homeless shelter in Plano & Collin County

     Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 
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 you be blessed with the gifts

of compassion to comfort those who mourn and hunger and thirst,

of strength to seek righteousness and peace,

and of joy to rejoice and be glad in the love of God.

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Zack & Taylor Read
• For Serving:  Kevin Doherty
• For the Communion Bread:  Angie Carroll
• For the Wine Cups:  none today 
• For the Music:  Ray & Shonda & Wendy & Jon
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Mike
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Hugh & Sydney; Joan  & Jan 
    
   
   
   
    
   
  Happy Birthday:   Betty Myrick (today), Dillon (today, 10), Angie Carroll, John Doherty, Rick Turner, Kevin Bresson (22, at Nebraska), Candy Kern, Gilberto, Natalie Gorman (9), Gracie Reidell (2), Reed (2), & Mike Carrell

Please Remember:

 Cliff Wright & his back operation & Jean;  Jim Drescher's family;  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, Lisa & sr. in law, Nancy;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Kim Burkhart's dad;   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;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Chebino;   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;   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:   Zack                

 Picture 2:   Taylor                    

Picture 3:   Mike handing over our $2000 to Collin Co. Adult Clinic with Cathy & Claire          

Picture 4:   Tom giving a summary of the Board meeting   

   Video:       Beginning of Mass

 
            
Your Finances:  January 30, 2011

Expenses:   $967.00 

Outreach:   $605.00   

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary’s Blessing:

May there always be work for your hands to do.  May your purse always hold a coin or two.  May the sun always shine on your windowpane.  May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.  May the hand of a friend always be near you.  May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Elwells, George & Marianne
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: TJ
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy, Hue, Jackie & Rick

Happy Birthday: Megan Carroll & her mom Angie, John Doherty, Dillon, Gil Delgado, Natalie Gorman (6) Geri Moran, Becky & Christine Shaw, & Ron Kovatis. 

Please Remember:  Dee Miller’s Thursday operation; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Shawn in a car wreck; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Feb. 6, Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Mass & Ashes at Mary Kee’s house, 2625 Millington, Plano 75093, near Ohio & Tulane.

February 10: Get ready–Mass, Birthday Brunch, Name Tags, Food Drive, Baby Shower for Gerwers

Your Finances:

• February 3:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,227.00 
• February 3:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1,039.00      

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing

May those who have died …

be at peace and fulfillment

And

May we who are living …

be filled always with gratefulness for each day,

thankful for relationships, our health and spirit

And

May we leave this world a better place for our having been here.

Mike reading the beautifully consoling passage from Isaiah 43, Do not be afraid, because I have redeemed you. 
 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:    Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie, Mike & Beth  
•    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
•    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with The All Souls presentation   

Geri reading the equally consoling verses from John 14 & 15, I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Birthdays:    Ryan McCabe (Sunday), Ted Wittek (Wednesday), Renee Bresson (25, Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Bill Carey, who just last night had open heart surgery;  For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Charlie's mom who also died recently;   For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg  (3 years old); 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 & Ray.  And where is Genevieve?

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;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    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;

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

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   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.

Happy Birthday, Karen. 

Your Finances, November 6, 2016

Expenses:   $795.00

Outreach:   $545.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Thanks, Cindy, for all the time you have put into serving on Our Board.  

Have a Great Week, J.S

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Welcome back home, Jon, so good to see you.

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.

Welcome to our dear friend, Chuck.