Reminder for Sunday, November 16, 2014, 33rd Ordinary Time & Last of the Year

Mass: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.

Readings: 2 Kings 5, 14-17; Psalm 98; 2 Timothy 2, 8-13; Luke 17, 11-19.

Community Bulletin Board

Tree Project update: thanks to Diane McClug in Plano I am looking into some possibilities.

November 4, Sunday Mass of Remembrance, i.e., remembering family members & friends no longer with us, tying it in with the All Saints feast.  We are talking about putting pictures & candles on a table on the stage or just on the stage.  Other ideas are welcome.

Any adults or families interested in a spiritual growth program after Masses during the winter?  Jane Williams has offered to coordinate it.  I may even get to sit in occasionally.  J.S.

I am searching for a job for one of our own, Rick Turner.  The last 8 years he has worked as a night warehouse man for Home Depot, which is now laying off numerous workers.  Does anyone have a lead on this kind of work or something similar?  He can do fork lift work, night work, etc. A good man. 

See you Sunday.

J.S.

Mass:   Coffee on the house.   Christmas Brunch this Sunday.

Time: 9:30;  Tony Celebrating 

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side

Readings: Isaiah 35, 1-10; Psalm 146, Lord, Come and Save Us; James 5, 7-10; Matthew 11, 2-11. 

Community Bulletin Board: 

No Discussion after Mass This Sunday, Brunch.  

December 12, This Sunday, Christmas Brunch 

Toys for Kids: Beth Robinson says she is collecting this Sunday only.  Then they distribute.  For more info, 214-675-0310.

Need a Taxi during the holidays:  our man, Rick Turner, the best, Jackie Johnson's husband, 214-707-6536

Picture 1:   Wendy & Shonda & Ray 

Picture 2:   Ryan with his mom, Michelle

Picture 3:   Chloe & Hunter at the Pastry Shoppe

Picture 4:   Sienna with her grandmother, Robin

Picture 5:    Paul

Picture 6:    The Sailor, Port Royal Sound, SC

Picture 7:     Emma

What's going on in The Church:

  1.  Change in Catholic Church possible, Daniel Maguire, Mirabili Dictu, 12-3-10,  Download The Church Change 12-10-10

 2.  Christmas Peace, Editorial, National Catholic Reporter, 12-8-10, Download Christmas Peace 12-10-10

True?  

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing,
life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Sogyal Rinpoche
Glimpse After Glimpse

See you Sunday, December 12

Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side

Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating 

Readings:  Wisdom 9, 13-18; Psalm 90, In every age, O Lord, You have been Our Refuge; Philemon 9-10, 12-17 (expand, 4-22); Luke 14, 24-33

Community Bulletin Board:

Advent Celebrations already: this is way early, but two of my favorite performances are already scheduled for December, and tickets will go quickly.  As in past years, if you would like to join Rosemary & me, give me your name and the number of tickets you want.  We’ll have our usual evening of wine & cheese before each performance.

 1.  December 3, Friday, 8:00 P.M.: Dallas Symphony Pops Christmas concert (special for kids) at the Meyerson.  Tickets in the Choral Terrace (behind & above the stage & orchestra), $33.00.

  2.  December 14, Tuesday, 8:00 P.M.: Dallas Symphony Christmas Pageant (a platinum event) at the Meyerson. Tickets on the Orchestra Floor (like last year) $55.00.

I will place our orders by September 16 or 17.  Welcome to one or both wonderful evenings.

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  Good Article on John Paul II, Fr. McBrien, National Catholic Reporter, 8-30-10,  Download Popes of the 20th Century 9-3-10

2.  Fear in Our Church: Download Fear Based Church 9-3-10

Super Bowl XLV: want to win 2 tickets to the Super Bowl, plus 4 nights at The Mansion, along with a 2nd place and 3rd place prize?

My Rotary Club, Dallas North, is sponsoring a raffle, 1,000 tickets only to be sold, $100 each.  Check the brochures this Sunday.  J.S.

Picture 2:   Cameron & Nikki  

Picture 4:  Sunrise on the HHH, Hotter 'N Hell Hundred; The sprinters are off while the rest of us wait for them to pass

Picture 5:   20 Mile rest stop

Picture 6:   30 mile rest stop

Picture 7:   14,000 riders, one little boy sitting at the edge of the road said, "They just keep coming!"

Picture 8:  The Bar!  98 mile rest stop.  This Wichita Falls bar every year offers free beer and bratwurst to all riders doing the 100 miles who want to stop and come in.  Talk about motivation!  I unfortunately could not eat a bite, let alone with a beer. 

J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Proverbs 8:   … then was I beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day;

Romans 5:  … because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through  the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

John 16:  But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.

The Kiss of Peace

Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference, same as last week )

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7428208829?pwd=VERncTBxaWdkaFpkTUZKL3RROW81UT09

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

Brent gets a cupcake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230

 
Mass:   Coffee, pastries, Nope, not this week.  Too busy  

Time: 9:30;  Stack Celebrating

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side

 
 
 
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 10, 34-43; Psalm 118, This is the The Day the Lord has made, let & Rejoice and be Glad; Corinthians 5, 6-8; John 20, 1-9. 

Special Notice: Good Friday Services 7:00 PM at the home of Curtis & Mabel Ekes, 2514 Grandview Drive, Richardson 75080, where we celebrated Ash Wednesday.

Picture 1:   Brooklyn Michelle awake                                

Picture 2:   Leo & admirers   

Picture 3:   Beth & her sister, Janet     

Picture 4:   Rob & Bill, Janet's husband     

Picture 5:   Buddy with his momma, Michelle      

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Remember Margie Dugan's mom, who died Sunday night.

 2.  The Big Easter Egg Hunt: Hey, You Kids, get ready, Easter Sunday after Mass.

 3.  Save the Date & 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.

4.  Girl Scouts Honoring Troops at Heritage Farm: Download Girl Scouts at Heritage Farm 4-22-11.  Also check, www.heritagefarmstead.org

5.  "Getting the Love You Want" Seminars with David & Margie McKeon, Download Seminar for Couples 4-22-11

6.  I have a person who is selling 2 burial sites at Calvary Hill.  Let me know if interested.

 
 
   
 Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. Richard McBrien, National Catholic Reporter, 4-18-11, Download The origins of Holy Week liturgies 4-22-11 

 2.  Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., National Catholic Reporter, 4-22-11, Download The hidden Catholic exodus 4-22-11

 
 
  
Picture 6:   Torry & Zoe with grandma Bernadette     

Picture 7:   Tony  with admirers, Nancy, Marilyn, & Joanne

 True?

This is my creed: For man the vast marvel is to be alive. For man as for flower and beast and bird the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know they cannot know the beauty, the marvel of being alive in the flesh. The dead may look after the afterward. But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours alone, and ours only for a time. We ought to dance with rapture that we should be alive and in the flesh and part of the living incarnate cosmos.

 D. H. LAWRENCE

 Video:  Blessing of the Palms 

See you, April 24, 2011, Easter Sunday

  J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Two Special Notices: (which we forgot)

  1.  Mass will be celebrated at Wilson Middle School, on Custer, west side between 15^th & Plano Parkway.

  2.  Clock change Saturday night-Sunday morning.  Daylight Saving Time returns.

See you in a couple of weeks, J.S.