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Rosemary's Blessing:

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don't think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

"Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

   

John

John reading Isaiah 2, chap. 55.


                                                                                           

 Our Special Thanks:

  •    For Reading:  Connie & John
  •    For The Team:   Kevin
  •    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
  •    For the Wine & Cups: Ron & Marilyn
  •    For the Pictures & Video:  Connie & John, Rick & Beth 
  •    For the coffee and pastries:   Beth D. & Jerry 
  •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
  •    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany

 

Connie

Connie reading Philippians.


 

Birthdays:  Patty Hammond (Tuesday), Beth Duggan (43, Friday), Judy Carrell (Saturday), Bethany ( Tuesday).

 

Wedding 1

Saturday Evening Wedding of Reagan and Brian.

 

Please Remember these special people:

Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  For Tom Quinn's continued recuperation from shoulder surgery;    for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; 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;  

 

Wedding 2

Wedding venue, Gazebo, Highland Park, Versailles & west of Douglas.

 

Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   Jackie's sister, Shellie; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson;  Rita; 

 

Wedding 3

Gazebos are becoming popular for weddings. No cost, not even a reservation needed usually.

 

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; 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.

 

Wedding 4

Reagan & Brian at the edge of the reflecting pond.

 

Your Finances, September 21, 2014

Expenses:   $2121.00  

Outreach:   $1275.00

                                                                                  

We Donated this week:  

$2000 to Soul’s Harbor

Video:  Exit,  2 minutes,    

                                            

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

Wedding 5

A beautiful setting for a wedding.

 

 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.

 

 

 

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    Amos:  Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!
    1 Timothy 2: It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.
    Luke 16: No servant can serve two masters.  He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve both God and mammon.

    Lynda reading from the Book of Amos


    Thanks…   

    Music,   Shonda & Ben
    Readers,  Lynda and Tom
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue, Kevin & Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Tom reading from St. Paul’s first Letter to Timothy

    Remember these special people:
    For all the people affected by the floods;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall’s family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn’s niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
    Birthdays:
    Anniversaries:   Becky & Tom Good 9/26
    Becky and Tom get a cookie for their anniversary

    Expenses: $  335.00
    Outreach: $  30.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    … May God bless you with enough foolishness
    to believe that you can make a difference
    in this world, in your neighborhood,
    so that you will courageously try
    what you don’t think you can do, but,
    in Jesus Christ you’ll have all the strength necessary.

    “Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine,” published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

     

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
    The ArtCentre of Plano,
    902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

    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.

     

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    Tom 5-10-09

    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  Tom & Lynda Fleming

    • For the Communion Bread:  Torri Rogers & her dad Greg

    • For Serving:  T.J.

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

    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda, & Celeste

    • For the Pictures: Ryan

    • For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    • For the donuts & coffee: Jackie & Jon & Nina Waldron

    Lynda 5-10-09

    Happy Birthday:   Ron Senter,/ Steven Kern, Monica Froebe, Margie Duggan, and today, Tanya McGrath and Abby Waldron (17 & born on Mothers' Day)

     

    Happy Anniversary:

    Eileen Quinn & Robert Pennington (1 week)

    Julie Harris & Joe Sidhom (3rd)

    The Odd Couple celebrating their 4th

    Scott & Lily Shaw (17th)

     

    Amanda & David 5-10-09

     

    Please Remember:   Jan Keszler's son Michael doing cancer tests;  Tony & Gayle's grandson, 10, who had an accident on his bicycle & is in the hospital hoping to save his thumb;  Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis;  Rita in the hospital starting to walk again & hoping to return home; Jackie's sister Sandy & friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living;  Richard Baack's shoulder recuperation; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Cathy Lynn's mom who at 93 has skin cancer;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Mike Bulger;  Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom plus her daughter in law's father; 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.

     

      Mitchells 5-10-09            


    Picture 1:  Tom reading Acts

     

    Picture 2:  Lynda readings 1 John

     

    Picture 3:  Amanda & David

     

    Picture 4:  Mitch, Mandy, Amanda, & David

     

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

     

     

    Your Finances:

     

    May 10: 

    • Income for Running   Expenses: $ 895.00  
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 259.00    

     

    Thanks for your Generosity!

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

  • Announcements

    Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

     

    Oh God who made me absolutely unique,

     

    Help me to value more the Person You made Me to be.

     

    And protect me from comparisons and envy and

    discouragement over what I am not.

     

    Andrew Greeley,  Irish American Blessings  

     

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    Frank reading from the Prophet Jeremiah.

     

     

    Thanks to these special people:

    •    For  the Readings:   Frank & Mary
    •    For The Team:   Buddy  & Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick &  Mike & Connie 
    •    For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie
    •    For the Music:     Ben  & David 
    •    For all who helped with Communion 

     

     

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    Mary reading from Hebrews.

     

     

    Birthdays:    Ken Cramer, Kaliope (92, Friday)

     

    Anniversary:  (last week)

    Fred and Martha (9th, last Thursday)

     

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of  The Week.

     

     

    Remember these special people

    For Ray & Beth & John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his recuperation;   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 Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a  young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart problem

     

     

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    Thanks, Emma, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.  You may now open your eyes.

     

     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   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;

     

     

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     Remember, John, this cupcake is for Kaliope, you mother in law celebrating 92 years.

     

     

    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.

     

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    Welcome Home, Kayla and CC.  When you are here the whole place is brighter.

     

     

    Your Finances, March 18, 2018

    Expenses:    $850.00

    Outreach:    $270.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

     

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    Peighton and Emma, you make my week with your presence here.  It is so much fun.

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S.

    (214-783-0443)

     

     

     

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    Buddy, this community obviously loves you as much as I love you.  I ask, "Who ought to get the extra cupcake?"  What did I hear, "Buddy!"

     

     

    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.

     

     

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    say John and Alison, "See you next week for Palm Sunday."

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    Rosemary's Blessing of The Week,  

     May God’s love and mercy encircle you today

    With living laughter that renews and saves

    May bright hope lead you further on your way

    And in your life may you celebrate his word

    And be a witness to a gentle and gracious Lord.

     A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers    Andrew Greeley

     

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    Nina reading from Sirach


    Special Thanks to these special people:

    •    For  the Readings:   Nina and John
    •    For The Team:  Kevin &  Georgie & Buddy
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Beth & Mike & Connie  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:   Ray & David & Bethany             
    •    For all who helped with Communion 

     

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    John reading from 1 Corinthians.

     

    Birthdays:   Dana Dinsmore (25, Tuesday), 

     

     Anniversaries:  

    John & Alison (23rd, Tuesday)

    John & Lambrini (23rd, Saturday)

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;   For Christine Drescher in hopital;   For Dee;    For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;   For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;    For Anthony;   For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;     For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

     

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    Happy 23rd Anniversary, John, to you and Lambrini.

     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;     Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

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    And Happy 23rd Anniversary to you two, Alison and John.  Wanna take bets on who gets that cupcake?

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

     

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    And Happy Birthday to you, Hue.  Thanks for all you do for our sound system.


     

    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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;  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.

     

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    Happy Birthday to you, too, Tom, a week late.  We saved that cupcake for you all week.  (Not really, folks.)

     

    Your Finances, February 12, 2017

    Expenses:   $720.00

    Outreach:   $380.00                            

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

                                                                                                                 

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    Thanks for being our special Candle Lighters of The Week, Tori and Zoe.  You did great.                                                                                                                    

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Happiness is an iPad in a corner, sez Zoe.  

     

    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.

     

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     And says the Beautiful Harper, "See you all next week."

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    Palm Sunday

     

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  • Sunday Announcements, May 25, 08

    Jeff & Penny

    Rosemary's Blessing:   May you always have these blessings: a soft breeze when summer comes – a warm fireside in winter – and always – the gentle smile of a friend.

    Special Thanks:

    • For reading: Jeff & Penny 
    • For the Communion Bread: Bonnie
    • For Serving: Noah 
    • For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol and Rob & Beth
    • For the music: Ben, Fred, & Hue

    Happy Birthday:  Monica & Richard, Luciano, & Doug Read (50!)

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    • John & Nina Waldron
    • Greg & Bonnie (22nd)

    Noah

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    Maggie & Chloe

    For Quad Updates: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com   

    Your Finances:

    May 25: 

    • Income for Running  Expenses: $ 975.00 
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 483.00 

    Thanks for your Generosity!

    Have a Great Week, J.S