Announcements

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Alexandra & Morgan  
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread: Nina Waldron
• For the Wine Cups: Jan & Sir Charlie 
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Jon
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Dean & John
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
• For the coffee & specials:  none this week
• For all of you who contributed to the food drive & the toy drive & the blanket drive & the shoe drive
• For Cindy & Ken Cramer who coordinated the food drive and Beth & Rob Robinson who coordinated the toy drive and George Price who did the blankets and Rosemary who handled the shoes
• For all, finally, who volunteered at the big picnic for the underprivileged kids, Love for Kids, Dec. 10 

 Birthdays:   Amanda Baack (22), Connie Bresson, Diane Holcomb, George Elwell (65 & Medicaire), Tom Gleason & T.J. Gleason

 Anniversaries: Tom & Teresa Quinn (44th)

 Please Remember:

Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Mike Moran's parents, especially his dad with ALS;     Barb Wittek's mom who died recently, plus Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer; Jackie Urbanczyk's sister, Carol, with a back operation;  Mike and Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; 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 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;  Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; 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; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Picture 1:    Alexandra reading Isaiah 9

Picture 2:    Morgan reading Titus                                

Picture 3:    Santa has arrived 

Picture 4:    Santa with Chloe

Picture 5:    Santa

       Video:    Mass Beginning & Candle Lighting (9 min.)

Your Finances: December 24, 2011

Expenses:   $2530.00

Outreach:   $1455.00

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.

A Special Note from Cathy Bambanek 

My mom passed away Friday from congestive heart failure.  

Visitation is at 7:00PM-8 Tuesday, with a rosary at 8, more visitation until 9.  This is at Ted Dickey West on the George Bush Highway.

A funeral mass will be said at 10:30  Wednesday at St. Marks on 15th Street.  There will be a luncheon afterwards at the church and all are welcome to attend.  Then the cemetary at 1:30.  

I would love to have you come to any or all of them.

If you would like to bring something to the house, we need beer, wine, and appetizers to serve to relatives coming from out of town.  They will only be here Tues and Wed, so we do not need a lot of food.

My address is 2505 heather hill lane.

Thanks to all of you for being great friends.  Please pray for my family at this stressful time.

(Sorry, Cathy, I did not get this before publishing the Sunday blog.)

Cathy helping Harper, her granddaughter, light the Easter Candle.

Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week:

May the Lord grant you

       A tolerance for those who don’t agree with you,

       A refusal to judge others,

       A willingness to forgive,

       A calm and hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,

       And a holy anger for injustice in the world.

From Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiedwrkehr

John reading from the book of Sirach.

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

Mary Jane reading from Romans

Birthdays:   Sandra (77, Monday, a good age, yeah!), Claire Zurchin (Tuesday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Wednesday), Patty Hammond (71, Saturday), Bethany (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Lynda & Tom (35^th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.                                            

Please Remember these special people

Mike's swollen knee;   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 Geri's  nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   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;    For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition

Happy 35th Anniversary, Lynda & Tom.

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;

Happy Birthday, Mary Jane, and thanks for all you do.

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 for being our Candle Lighters of The Week,  Brady & Trey.

Your Finances, September 17, 2017

Expenses:   $905.00

Outreach:    $295.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Alpen Glow, evening, from a large granite boulder above one of the best campsites, after descending from Burrow pass, 11k plus, on the shore of Piutte Creek, night 6 or 7, probably night 6 because on night 7 we had an enormous rain, wind, lightening, and thunder storm about 8-9 P.M. Everybody survived the storm quite well.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Dinner at Frog Lake on the first night of our 8 nights.

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.

Stream crossing on the very last day of the 9 days.   A humbling experience for an old ex-Jesuit who thinks he knows the Matterhorn hike like a bike ride around White Rock Lake.  Since the past two Matterhorn hikes had low water in the creeks, so must be the case this year.  Wrong!  High water was everywhere.  Late & heavy snow.  Thanks, Andy, for loaning me your Keene sandals all 8 or 10 times I needed them.

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars.
Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings.
Now, think.
What delight God gives to humankind
with all these things. . . .
All nature is at the disposal of humankind.

We are to work with it.

Hildegard of Bingen

Patricia reading from Deuteronomy.

Thanks to these special people:  

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

Richard reading from James.

Birthdays:   Marsha Farmer (61, last Tuessday), Marilyn Ackerman (last Tuesday), Teresa Quinn (last Thursday); Aggie Stryker (Saturday) 

 Anniversaries: 

Kerry & Nina (31^st Wednesday)

David & Caroline (33^rd Thursday)

Rob & Beth (44^th Friday)

Dee & Mike (61^st Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Bruno, Ray and Claire's son-in-law with a heart attack;  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;   

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay 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;

Happy Birthday, Aggie.

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 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 61st Anniversary, Dee, to you and Mike.  I feel his presence with us.

This week we donated $2,000.00 to Soul's Harbor. 

Your Finances, September 2, 2018

Expenses:    $ 855.00

Outreach:    $ 245.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

This cupcake is for you, Buddy, for being such a neat kid and faithful helper.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Thanks, Tori, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week and a special girl.

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.

$2000 to you, Brent for the wonderful work that is Souls Harbor.

What makes me think you two are having too much fun back there!

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

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Matt & John
• For Serving:  Kevin
• For the Communion Bread: Alison DeGenova
• For the Wine Cups:  Rob & Beth
• For the Music:  Ben & Shonda & Wendy
• For the Pictures:  Jan & Beth & Mike
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Mike & Judy, Jackie & Joan   

Happy Birthday:   Noah (14), Alex Grattifiori (13), Lorynne (14), Loretta Garcia Williams & Dawn Schultz, & Linda Cardenas (55 tomorrow)

Please Remember:

 Beth's foot operation recuperation;   John Cade's mother in law;   Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;   Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;  Jim Drescher with cancer & his family, including Diane, Christine, Megan, & D'Arcy;  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;    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     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;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, 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:    Matt in from London reading with

Picture 2:    His dad, John

Picture 3:    Kids on floor, Beth & Eleanor

Picture 4:    Eleanor & Sienna   

Video:           Mass begins–

  
Your Finances:  December 12

Expenses:   $1830.00

Outreach:   $ 404.00

 Mexico:      $ 125.00

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary's Blessing: 

Father,

We thank you for our political freedom. 

Help us never to take it for granted and to strive that freedom

be experienced by everyone in our land, 

especially the poor and the oppressed  and eventually  by all mankind.

 Adapted from A Prayer on the Fourth of July  by Andrew  Greeley.  Taken from A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

                                           Claire reading the prophet Ezekiel.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Claire and Beth
•    For The Team:  Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:   Cindy
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Mary
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Marlene, Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Collin, Wendy, & Bethany 
•    For all who helped with communion

  Beth reading 2 Corinthians with Emma volunteering to help.

Birthdays:  Carol Eshelbrenner (today), Brent (38^th, Monday), Ryan Ekes, Kim Cross (both Tuesday), Paul Bieda (54, Wednesday), Cindy Cramer (Thursday)

Anniversaries:

Jan & Sir Charlie (53^rd, Sunday, today)

        For Carol's birthday, no cupcake, thanks, but a Cliff Bar.

Please Remember these special people:

For our three special little dears, Vivian and Genevieve and McKinley;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  For Anthony;    For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;   For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Loraine, a girl I knew in Tanzania, whose wedding I did some years ago, and who has breast cancer;  For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Fred & Maureen’s  daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;     For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor, Vivian;        For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

                Cupcake of The Week to Cindy for her birthday.
 

Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   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; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;  Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;  

   For their 53rd, Cupcake of The Week to Jan & Sir Charlie.  How did she do it??

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom and brother; 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 our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

              The debut of Collin subbing for Ray.  Excellent music.

Your Finances, July 5, 2015

Expenses:   $785.00

Outreach:   $320.00

We donated this week $300 to Plano Homes.

 Thanks for your Generosity.

                                              The Team

 Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

              A special friend says, "See you next week, Folks."
 

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