Announcements

Rosemary's Blessing:  

Come, O Dancing God, Spirit of Life and Love, of Beauty and Diversity, stir up my soul, bathe me in your light, and unleash my own spirit that I may dance with you and be light for those around me and reflect your love to all that I meet this week.

Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading: Donna & Noah

• For the Communion Bread:  Christine & Megan

• For Serving:   Kevin Doherty & TJ Gleason

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Ray & Shonda & Ray & Claire & Rob

• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the donuts & coffee:  Charley & Jan

Happy Birthday:  Eric Wittek, Becky Nugent, Stephen Farmer (19), Emery Zurchin (20), Lynda Fleming

Happy Anniversary: Hue & Linda Beavers (34th)

Please Remember:   Chris Phipp's mom with cancer; Cara Kless who is having eye surgery; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis now on a heart transplant waiting list;   Rita at home & recuperating; Jackie's friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage;  Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Cathy Lynn's mom, Catherine, 93; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;   Mary's son John; 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;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip; David Hoover; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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:  Noah reading Kings

Picture 2:  Birthdays & Anniversaries–Lynda, Emery, & Hue

Picture 3:  Yosemite 10: The Geezer, Tom, Mike, Bill, Rob, Ray; Daniel, Beth, Lynda, & Rose

Picture 4: Lynda & Friend on Jackass Pass, Yosemite (10,000 Ft. plus)

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

Your Finances:

August 9: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 981.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 338.00 

 Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Rosemary's Blessing:  

None this week. 

 Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  
•    For The Team:  Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Sir Charlie and Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Beth & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Mary
•    For all who helped with communion

Birthdays:    Frank Reyes (Today, Sunday), Erin McClurg (Tuesday),  Sabrina (20, Saturday in Chicago),  & Leo (5, from last Thursday),  

Anniversaries:

 Richard and Sheila Baack (33^rd, Friday)

 Special Announcement: 

We have moved!  To Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:      View this photo

Special Announcement #2:

From Carol Eshelbrenner about being a math tutor:

 If interested in helping to tutor math on Tuesday evenings, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm, at Harrington Library you can find out more about the program at:  http://www.intellichoice.org/   You will work with kids from grade 1 to grade 12.  Materials provided.  I have helped out for about 5 years.  The program is wonderful and the kids at Harrington are great.

Call Corina Sadler or Robin Popik at City of Plano, (972) 941-7617, to volunteer and apply for a background check.  Since we work with children a background check is required.  Carol Eshelbrenner  972-423-0069 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder;  For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  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 Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;    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 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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  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;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;  

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;   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.

Your Finances, October 4, 2015

Expenses:   $

Outreach:   $

Donated today:  nothing special

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Good 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 of  The Week: 

 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)

Beth reading from Zechariah.

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

Rob reading from Romans.

Birthdays:    Kim Crossk (last Friday), Paul Bieda, 56, & Aggie Stryker, (both last Saturday), Cindy Cramer (today, Sunday), John Schanot, Joe Gorham (82, Friday)

Anniversaries:

Aggie & Allen (50^th, Sunday, today)

Ron & Marilyn (54^th, Thursday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

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 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 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

It doesn't get better than this, Shonda, Bethany, and David.

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 56th Birthday, Paul.  You may be getting so old you may not be able to do Matterhorn Canyon this September.  But, I'll help you.

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 Birthday, Cindy, and congratulations.  You got me beat again.

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 Lighter of The Week.  You get better every time we do this.

Your Finances, July 9, 2017

Expenses:   $940.00

Outreach:   $195.00

 Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

It is wonderful to have you back, Bethany, even for one weekend.  I am jealous of Houston.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Happy Birthday, Aggie, and happy 50th Anniversary today to both you and Allen.

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.

Happy 82nd Birthday, Joe.  You are a marvel and a beautiful person.

Rosemary’s Blessing

Oh, God who is love,

Help me to love others as You love them

And as You love me. 

Help me to see in those who love me most,

Hints of you and your love.

 Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

John reading Numbers.

 Special Thanks–

• For Reading:  Mary Jane & John
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Music: Ray &  Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video:   Mike, Beth & Rick, Richard & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Tom & Lynda & Jackie & Jerry  & Beth
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Mary Jane reading James.

Birthdays:  John Cade (51st of ordination, today), Don Mattingly, Gloria Landry, Frank Reyes, Jackie Johnson (47 Tuesday), Leo (2 tomorrow), Torri & Buddy (2 Wednesday, & Georgie (11 Friday)

 Anniversaries:

Claire Zurchin & Andrew (1st, Monday)

Patricia Jansky & Fred (2nd, Tuesday)

Erin & Payton (2nd, Tuesday)

M.J. & Dave Tichner (18th, Monday)

Jim (deceased) & Diane Drescher (46th, Monday)

Bethany, Shonda, & Ray

We Remember  

Erin McClurg's friend Chris Hutchins;  Sue Tomas;  Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;   Colleen Romero;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke. 

Remember this Habitat House?

Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   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.

Look at it Sunday at its dedication and handing over to a family. Note in back another home going up.

Your Finances: September 30, 2012

Expenses:    $985.00    

Outreach:    $660.00  

Today we donated:

$ 300 to Plano Community Homes

 $ 500 to Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

$1000 to Habitat

$2000 to Soul's Harbor, a residence for men in recovery

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

Video:  Entrance hymn (2 1/2 min.)

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: 

Gracious God,

help us to work with You

to make the world

Alive with Your Spirit,

and to build on earth

a city of Justice, Love, and Peace. 

Author Unknown

                                    John reading Wisdom

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Jean & John
•    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:   Cindy
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Carol & Richard
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade, Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with communion

                                 Jean reading 2 Corinthians                                                

Birthdays:  Harper (4, Monday), Candice Porter (Tuesday), Jim Butterly (36^th, Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk (40^th, plus Rick 63^rd birthday, today, Sunday)

                                                   The Team 

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;

                  Would you trust your kids to these characters?

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;  

                                             Or to These?

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.

                            Ladies' Happy Hour, so they call it.

Your Finances, June 28, 2015

Expenses:   $1500.00   

Outreach:   $ 455.00

 Thanks for your Generosity.

Our Beautiful Georgie says, "Thanks for coming, Everybody, see you next week.
 

 Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

And Harper says, "Thanks, Everybody, for coming to my birthday party.

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

 We are the instruments of God’s gentle, motherly embrace. 

Let us make of ourselves a sanctuary

where God’s motherly love can embrace at least one person

who is lost, lonely or forgotten in our world

amid their struggles and despair. 

Come Lord Jesus, work through me.

 Taken from a  prayer by Benedictine Sr. Diana Seago

Mike reading Isaiah.

                                                                                                                                 Our Special Thanks:

•    For Reading:  Mike and Geri
•    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Beth, Mike Connie 
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Sir Charlie & Jan,  Jerry and Jackie and Judy
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray &  Shonda & Bethany

Geri reading Ephesians.

 Birthdays:   Ben Farmer (25, Saturday),  Bobby Ekes (Saturday), Jan Kezsler (Thursday), Tom Fleming (55, today, Sunday)

Jackie and Cathy having too much fun.

Please Remember these special people:

Chuck Pratt dancing with the Father since Dec. 8.;   Jackie Urbanczyk's recovery & Rick's mom, Irene, in Buffalo; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Frank Esparza recuperating from an operation;  Fred and Maureen’s friend, Real Giguere;  Mary Templeton seriously hurt in a surfing accident (from Chris Phipps);  Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;

Cupcakes of The Week to Robyn, Marsha for a 25 year old son, Jan, and Ben.

Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike and Tara, and her dad in ICU;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita;

Our muscians, Bethany, Shonda, and Ray.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; 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.

We begin, the Epiphany

 Your Finances: January 5, 2014

Expenses:   $975.00

Outreach:   $875.00

Viedo:  Entrance hymn, We 3 Kings, 2 min.,

 We Donated this week:

$2000 to Soul's Harbor for December.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Great New Year, 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.