Announcements

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 

What good did it do when you frowned?  Let me ask:

Did it help you at all to accomplish your task?

Did it lighten your burden or help you along?

Did the frown that you wore make a right out of wrong?

                                                      

What good did it do to be grouchy today?

Did your surliness drive any trouble away?

Did you cover more ground than you usually do?

Because of the grouch that you carried with you?

                                                                    

If not, what’s the use of a grouch or a frown?

If it won’t smooth a path or a grim trouble down?

If it doesn’t assist you , it isn’t worth while:

Your work may be hard, but just do it and smile.

Anonymous

 

 

Geri reading Jonah.

 

 

Thanks to these special people:

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

 

 

 

 

Mike reading 1 Corinthians.

 

 

Birthdays:   Candy Kern (Monday); Geri Moran (65, Wednesday), Tom Quinn, (Thursday)

 

 Ash Wednesday Notice:  7:00 P.M., Marlene's, 2017 Keystone.  Welcome.

 

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Remember these special people

 For Ray & Beth & Barb, all operated on this week;    For 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 Nadia's 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

 

 

 

 

 Even on her birthday, Geri has to work reading.   Thanks, Geri, for excellent reading and Happy Birthday. 

 

 

 

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 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 to you, Mike, and thanks for all you do for the community and the Old Geezer.

 

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, Leo, for lighting the candles and being our Candle Lighter of The Week.  Brent loves you for that shirt.

 

 

Your Finances, February 4, 2018

Expenses:   $925.00

Outreach:   $315.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

 

My Dear Fred, take this cupcake as a great remedy for double vision.  On the other hand, maybe you have 2 cupcakes there.  Plus, you see two of me.  What blessings.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

 

 

 

Here they are again folks, those Juliettes, eating out and causing a ruckus, not like the quiet & polite Romeos.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Here she is, Folks, Cathy home & in Mardi Gras form.  Welcome Home, Cathy.

Rosemary's Blessing:   

We end this meal with grace

For the joy and nourishment of food,

The slowed time away from the world

To come into presence with each other

We pray the wise spirit who keeps us

To change the structures that make others hunger

And that after such grace we might go forth

And impart dignity wherever we partake.

John O’Donohue    To Bless the Space Between Us

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Lou Federico & Megan Dulenti

• For the Communion Bread:  Alison, Sabrina & Anthony

• For Serving:  Kevin & T.J.

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Carol & Beth & Rob

• For the Music: Ben & Wendy & Celeste

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the donuts & coffee: Jackie & the Baack Family

Happy Birthday:    Alison Degenova, Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas, Bernadette Delgado, Joey Cade (John's daughter)

Happy Anniversary:

Diane & Kent McClurg (37th)

Ray & Loretta Garcia Williams (41st)

George & Marianne Elwell (14th)

Doug & Julie Kite (23rd)

Lou & Lorraine Federico (39th)

2 anniversaries of ordination: Tony O'Donovan (36th), The Old Geezer (38th)

 

Please Remember:  Gayle O'Donovan's mom; Sabrina on her trip to France, Italy, and Greece; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis;  Jack Carlson's friend Tommy Ketchum, 37, in the hospital with emergency brain surgery after a stroke; Rita in the hospital starting to walk again & hoping to return home; Tyler Hayden Reed born last week prematurely at less than 2 lbs.; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living;  Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; 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 Teri Knapke 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 & his brother Hugh in the hospital; 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:  Lou, alias "Federico" reading Exodus

 

Picture 2:  Megan reading Hebrews

 

Picture 3:  Kayla with her mommy Christi & Alison: birthdays

 

Picture 4:  Bill Hammond with some Old Geezer, Collin Co. Classic (55 mi.)

 

 

 

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

 

Your Finances:

 

June 14: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,818.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  857.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

 

 

Rosemary’s Blessing

As the Lord sent His Disciples into the world

and assured them He would be with them until the End of Time,

so, too, may the Holy Spirit be with You and Yours

as you share the Word of God’s Love with All

you meet along the road.

Edited and adapted from a prayer on Sacred Space. 

 

    Special Thanks: 

·   For Reading: Spring Graduates Jeremy & Ashley

· For the Communion Bread: Bonnie 

· For Serving: Kevin

· For the Wine Cups & Cross:  Rob & Beth

· For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste 

· For the Pictures: Jan & Emily

· For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

· For the coffee & donuts & cake: Jo & Tony & Joanne & Joan & Cindy

 
 
 
    
 Happy Birthday:  Monica Froebe & Richard, Debbie Ekes, Larry Thompson, Tasse Bailey

 

Happy Anniversary:

Jon & Nina Waldron

Greg & Bonnie Rogers (24th)

 

 

 

 

Please Remember:

 

Margie Weynant, who just died this afternoon, Sunday; The Robinsons' Geordie; Mary Kee's son, John; Cathy Lynn; Marilyn Ackerman's mother who broke her hip & who is visiting now in Dallas from Rochester; Dina McPherson after a motorcycle fall; Jim Drescher; Jean Wright's back operation & her daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy; Jackie Ritter's friends Bob Minarik with cancer & Todd Fred with leukemia;  Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents;   Rita Dore;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & also Casey in a bad motorcycle accident & Phil Fruge;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode'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;  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:   Jeremy reading and his twin sister,

Picture 2:   Ashley reading (both just graduated)

Picture 3:   Cole (aka Jesus in Christmas pageant) & his buddy

Picture 4:    Jim Meyer with his kids and mom, Marilyn

 

Special Announcement: June 13 through August 1 we will meet at Sigler Elementary School on Janwood, corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma.  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

   

 

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

Your Finances: May 23:

 

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 2000.00

 

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1400.00 

 

 

 

Thanks for the Generosity

 

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

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Nancy (Luciano) & Victor
• For the Altar Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Sabrina
• For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice: Margie, Jackie, Marilyn & Ron
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol Strom, Rob & Beth Robinson
• For the music: Ray & Wendy, Hue, Rick & Jackie

Happy Birthday: Cindy Ekes, Marlene Ekes, Stephen Farmer (17), Lance Anderson (50), Megan Robinson & Perry Robinson, Hunter Bentley, C.J. Lackey, Amanda Miller (22), Carolyn Harrell, & Jim Drescher,

Happy Anniversary:

• Bridget & Bryan (Day One)
• Karen & Rick (Day One)
• Don & Genny Mattingly
• Alicia & Bill Harris (29th)
• Bernadette & Gilberto Delgado (42nd)

Please Remember:  Jack Flovin; Gil Swift; Cheryl Ann’s dad with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed, Greg, & Yolanda; little 8 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, 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; & Shonda.

Your Finances:

• August 19: Income for Running Expenses:              $ 1,405.00 
• August 19: Income for Outreach Expenses:             $   673.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk's Blessing:  

May you be blessed with all things good.
May your joys, like the stars at night, be too numerous to count.
May your victories be more abundant than all the grains of sand
on all the beaches on all the oceans in all the world.
May lack and struggle only serve to make you stronger
and may beauty, order and abundance be your constant companions.
May every pathway you choose lead to
that which is pure and good and lovely.
May every doubt and fear be replaced by a deep abiding trust
as you behold evidence of a Higher Power all around you.
And when there is only darkness and the storms of life are closing in…
May the light at the core of your being illuminate the world.
May you always be aware you are loved beyond measure
and may you be willing to love unconditionally in return.
May you always feel protected and cradled in the arms of God,
like the cherished child you are.
And when you are tempted to judge,
may you be reminded that we are all one
and that every thought you think reverberates across the universe,
touching everyone and everything.
And when you are tempted to hold back,
may you remember that love flows best when it flows freely…
and it is in giving that we receive the greatest gift.
May you always have music and laughter
and may a rainbow follow every storm.
May gladness wash away every disappointment,
may joy dissolve every sorrow…and may love ease every pain.
May every wound bring wisdom and every trial bring triumph
and with each passing day may you live more abundantly
than the day before.
May you be blessed.
And may others be blessed by you.
This is my heartfelt wish for you.
May you be blessed.

Copyright Simple Truths, LLC.

 

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading: Scott & Patricia

• For the Communion Bread:  Alison, Sabrina & Anthony

• For Serving:  Noah & Kevin

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Carol & Jackie

• For the Music: Ben & Wendy

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Leon Campise

• For the donuts & coffee: Jackie & the Baack Family

 

Happy Birthday:     Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas,  Nina Waldron, & Rick Urbanczyk (today)

Happy Anniversary:

Barb & Warren Wittek (30th)

Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk (34th, today)

Chuck & Sandra Pratt (48th)

Please Remember:  Sabrina on her trip to France, Italy, and Greece; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis;  Jack Carlson's friend Tommy Ketchum, 37, in the hospital with emergency brain surgery after a stroke; Rita at home & recuperating; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue Scott and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living;  Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Cathy Lynn's mom, Catherine, 93, who just had hip surgery; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; 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 & his brother Hugh in the hospital; 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:  Patricia reading 2 Corinthians

 

Picture 2:  Final blessing on their Anniversary, Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk

 

Picture 3:  The Reads, Doug, Teresa, & Zack

 

Picture 4:  Ron making our monthly donation to CCAC, $3000 this month because of everyone's generosity, Ray & Clair Occhipinti & Jackie McGrath

 

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

 

Your Finances:

 

June 28: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,288.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $    585.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

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 me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

 

 

 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Bill & Nancy           
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Claire & Jan
•  For the Wine Cups: Sir Charlie 
• For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Shonda & Leo
• For the Pictures & Video:  Charlie & Beth & John
• For the pastries & coffee: Joan & Jackie, Ron & Marilyn
•  For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Ray

 Birthdays: Jackie Urbanczyk, Marianne Elwell, Dee Miller   

 

  Lisa's sister, Pam and Louis & Jim;  Dorothy Perry;  Bob Dunbar with shingles;    Rita;     Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Julia Grenier;   Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  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  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; 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; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

  Video:   Candle Lighting (1 minute)  

 

                                                                                                                                    

Your Finances: March 4, 2012

Expenses:   $1500.00

 Outreach:  $ 935.00

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.