Reminder for Sunday, September 28, 2014, 26th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Hi, Tori, who's your little friend?

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.  

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade 

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Says Zoe, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

Isaiah 5, 1-7,  The fruitless vineyard

Psalm 80,  The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Phlippians 4, 6-9,  Have no anxiety at all

Matthew 21, 33-43,  The vineyard owner & the unfaithful tenants. 

Seth, you are the best sleeper I know.  

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 6, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  Sorry, this old geezer will be in Grand Canyon for a wedding. 

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),   October 6th at 1:00 at Apollonia's Italian Kitchen, 3610 Shire Blvd., Richardson.   Download Juliet Letterhead

The Best Team.

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1.  St. Augustine creates the idea of original sin, The New Yorker Magazine, June 19, 2017 18, Words, lots, but worth it.   Download ST. AUGUSTINE  

Who is that  boy behind those glasses?

True?

Free Tummy Rubs with Exams.  Sorry, Pets only.

St. Joe Center Veterinary Hospital 

And The Best Music.

 See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

See you next week, Everybody.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

My Dearest Harper, I will really miss you this upcoming month because your grandmother Cathy is taking a trip.  Have a fun month and we will rejoice to see you at the end of the month.

James says, "Hi, Everybody, Welcome in."

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.

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

With her mom, Beth, looking on, Emma solves world problems.

Readings:

Isaiah 40, 1-5, 9-11,  Comfort, give comfort to my people (excellent, see Handel’s Messiah)

 Psalm 85,    Lord, Let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.

2 Peter 3, 8-14,  With the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day.

Mark 1, 1-8,   The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Cowboy Cole works on the same problems.

 

Community Activities:

1.    ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 5, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  All left over turkeys welcome.

2.    LADIES' LUNCHEON, Thursday,  December 4, 1:00, Cantina Laredo, Royal & Preston (northeast corner on Royal side)

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol

Cupcake of The Week to Maureen.

 3.  Love for the Kids’ picnic, December 13, Saturday, from 8:00-1:00 more or less.  More info from Bill Hammond.

4.    Interested in a French Christmas Market here in Dallas?  Check the International School, Dec. 7, this Sunday,  Download French Xmas Market 11-20-14

5.  Christmas gift toffee will be on sale Sunday & following Sundays, $13.  Proceeds go to Dallas North Rotary, my club.

Cupcake of The Week to Tom & Denni for 39 years.

What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.    Fr. Charles Curran, friend of our community and theology professor at S.M.U.,  National Catholic Reporter,November 21,  2500 words,    Download Curran 12-4-14

2,    The Great ex-priest James Carroll on Thanksgiving,  Boston Globe,  November 24, 800 words,     Download James Carroll 12-4-14

3.  Kennedy on Synod Follies, National Catholic Reporter, November 26,  800 words,   Download Kennedy 12-4-14   

Beginning, 1st Sunday of Advent.

True? 

Your work is not to drag the world kicking and screaming into a new awareness.  Your job is to simply do your work  …  sacredly, secretly, and silently  …  and those with eyes to see and ears to hear will respond.

The Arcturians 

The Magic Hatmakers, Cathy & Harper, Bern & Victoria.

See you Sunday, December 7, 2014, 2nd Advent, Cycle B

J.S., 214-783-0443

Want a teddy bear?

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s
People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

Mass:   Coffee, donuts, and specials on the house.  

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

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

 Readings: 2 Kings 5, 14-17; Psalm 98, The Lord has revealed to The Nations His Saving Power; 2 Timothy 2, 8-13; Luke 17, 11-19. 

Community Bulletin Board: 

Discussion after Mass this Sunday 

 Charles Curran will deliver a talk which will be excellent from past experience: Download Curran Lecture 10-8-10

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  Good article  by Fr. Richard McBrien on our Charles Curran,National Catholic Reporter, 10-8-10  Download McBrien 108-10

2.  Excellent article on the state of the Catholic world written by Anthony Padovano, a married priest & scholar.  The article is both excellent and long.  Therefore, I will publish it over three weeks.  The second edition repeated because last week the link did not seem to work for some: Download Padovano 10-8-10 

 Helpful information for strokes,Continuous Chest Compression (CCC):

True? 

Picture 4:   Torri & Buddy at ca. 5 lbs.

Picture 5:   Michelle with Torri & Buddy

Picture 6:   Leo

Picture 7:   Leo with his mommy, Shonda

 
 See you Sunday, October 10 

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.

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

Emma with her mom, Beth.

 Readings:

Acts 7, 55-60,  They threw Stephen out of the city, and began to stone him. 

Psalm 97,  The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth.

 Revelation 22, 12-14, 16-17,  I, John, heard a voice speaking to me.

 John 17, 20-26,   I pray that they all may be one. 

Emma and Cole departing.

Community Events:  

1.  Habitat build, new house, May 11, Saturday, the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, where we have been building.

2.  Romeos’ lunch Friday, April 10, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek.  

 4.  There has been a request for a Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays at noon starting around May 16th.  We'll have a sign up sheet for those interested on Sunday.

Some of the McGinn clan.

The cause of all the trouble, the siblings, Joe, Patty, Rosemary, Clare, and Bobby.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.  The Vatican & American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, May 5, 600 words,   Download Vatican & Nuns 5-10-55

2.  Background on Soul's Harbor, an agency we are blessed to be able to help,   Download Soul's 5-10-13 



Some of the McGinn 5 Boro gang, which we had to divide into 2 teams, Les Lapins (rabbits) and Les Tortues (turtles). We were 14 total.

5 Boro, NYC, 30 thousand riders.

 True?    

 Divinity lies all about us, and culture is too hidebound to even suspect the fact.

WILLIAM JAMES

Queensboro Bridge, the prettiest, going from Manhatten into Queens over the East River.

Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, the finish.

 See you Sunday, May 12, 2013, 7th Sunday of Easter, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Staten Island Ferry heading into Manhatten with the new World Trade Center showing.

 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.

Riding north on 6th Ave., also called Avenue of the Americas, toward the new World Trade Center. Very moving experience.

Malachi 3:  But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.

2 Thessalonians 3:  Rather, w wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us.

Luke 21:  Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.

John and Rosemary will be taking a vacation from 11/16 – 12/1.  John Cade will have Mass on Zoom,  Sunday, 11/20 and Sunday, 11/27.

Hue,  the sound man

The Community will be collecting sweatshirts and hoodies for Soul's Harbor on Sunday, December 11th.

John Stack Ministries now meets at: 

The ArtCentre of Plano

902 E. 16th St, Plano

Please use the Haggard Park side entrance.  Latecomers please use the 16th Street entrance.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards. But not this week. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.  Again, Welcome.

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

Buddies,Connie and Cathy.

Celeste arriving.

 Readings:

Acts 10, 34, 37-43, He went about doing good.

Psalm 118,  This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. 

1 Corinthians  5, 6-8,  A little yeast leavens all the dough.

John 20, 1-9,  Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning.

Curtis processing with a prayer shawl.

Jim, Jerry, and Bobby forming a welcoming line.

Community Events:

1.  March 31, this Sunday, Easter Sunday.  Bring a flower and you kids bring Easter baskets–empty.  Easter Egg hunt after Mass.  Anybody free who would love to help Carol & Bernadette fill eggs Friday, Call Carol, 972-423-0069.  

2.  April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

3.  Romeos’ lunch Friday, March 29, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek. 

Georgie arriving.

Beth arrives.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Priests Married?, Corpus & NY Times, March 20, 1100 words,   Download Priestly Marriage 3-29-13

2.  Kids at Mass, Commonweal, Washington Post, March 15, 700 words,   

3.  One view from Argentina, Religion & Politics, March 18, 1600 words,   Download View from Argentina 3-29-13

  4.  5 Tests Ahead of Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, March 22, 1300 words, Download Five Papal Tests 3-29-13

Passion readers, Tom and Denni and John.

Kayla awaits.

True?    

It is only because of your love — only your love — that the poor will forgive you the bread you give them.

St. Vincent de Paul

Maureen with Finn and Raven and their momma, Becca.

Finn and Raven.

 See you Sunday, March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Olivia with her grandmother, Sandra.

Zoe, the Rabbit.

 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.

He who takes pictures, Rick.

Emma, one of Rick's favorite subjects.