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Rosemary’s Blessing:

May you be vigilant, watching for the beauty

And aware of the blessings in every moment.

May you not be afraid

But feel the loving presence of God and those around
you.

J&R
Creations

  Our Special Thanks 

•    For Reading:  Claire & Lynda
•    For The Team: Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups: Claire & Ray
•    For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie & Rick & Jan
•    For the coffee and pastries:  Beth Dugan,  Jackie & Jerry
•    For the  altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Shonda & Ray

Lynda reading Colossians.

 Birthdays:  Emery (24, Saturday), Lynda Fleming (53, Thursday), Eric Wittek (Thursday), Linda Beavers (Today, Sunday), Curtis ( 84, Tomorrow)

Anniversaries:

Brian Bambanek and Kendal (8th, Tuesday)

Linda and Hue (38th Friday)

Mike and Judy (49th, Thursday)

Almost finished and ready for its new family.

Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick;  Mike Moran’s dad, who just died, and his family;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;  Bobby who broke his arm;  Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;   Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara 

Remember the start in May?

Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister &
Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

The Saturday we did the walls.

Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;  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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, &  Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

And right across the little street, 2 new houses.

Your Finances: August 4, 2013

Expenses:   $1345,00

Outreach:   $ 290.00

Starting the building probably in September.

We donated this week: 

1.  $300 to Plano Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: Entrance, Glory & Praise, 2 minutes, 

Have a Great Week, J.S

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 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

May you see the Light in the darkness.

May this Light shine upon you

And may you share the Light with others.

 J & R Creations

Jackie reading Isaiah II.

Our Special Thanks:

•    For Reading:  Jackie and Hugh
•    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,  Denni and Judy and Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray &  Shonda

Hugh reading 1 Corinthians.

  Birthdays:    Sienna (4, Thursday), Erin (Monday), Chloe (8, Friday) and Kevin (18, Friday)

Anniversaries:

Ray & Claire (43rd, Thursday)

Begin Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Please Remember these special people:

Jackie Urbanczyk's recovery;  From Mary Hall, Debbie Hooper with serious cancer;   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);  Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;   for Tasha and Missy,

John and Cathy pretending to be quiet.

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 new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike and Tara, and her dad in ICU;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita;

And here comes The Best. Kevin.

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 heading to Korea, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Zoe, winner of The Best Dressed of The Day.

 Your Finances: January 19, 2014

Expenses:   $1835.00

Outreach:   $1130.00

Video:  Exit, Sing to the Mountains, 2 min.,

We Donated this week:

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Rosemary says, "Anybody want this food?"

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

Loving God…

Give us hearts
where all may enter in,
ears to hear your call,
hands to do your will,
voices to sing your praise
and soul enough
to recognize You
in everything we do.

Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell In A Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister

Connie reading from Isaiah

Thanks to these special people:  

•    For  the Readings:   Connie & John
•    For The Team:   Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie  & Hue & Shonda & Cody
•    For the Music:     Ben  & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion

John reading from James.
 

Birthdays:   Marsha Farmer (61, last Tuessday), Marilyn Ackerman (last Tuesday), Teresa Quinn (last Thursday); Warren Wittek 

Anniversaries: 

Kerry & Nina (31^st last Wednesday)

David & Caroline (33^rd last Thursday)

Mike & Geri (43^rd Wednesday)

Rob & Beth (44^th last Friday)

Aggie & Allen (51^st Today, Sunday!)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week. 

Remember these special people

For Bruno, Ray and Claire's son-in-law with a heart attack;  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim,  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; 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;   

Happy 31st, Nina & Kerry.  You cannot be so old.  They still card you?

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    or 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;  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; 

Rob & Beth, you are not old enough to be celebrating The Big 44!

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.

Alan, Aggie being up here is getting to be a routine.  Next week?  

Your Finances, September 9, 2018

Expenses:    $ 1,215.00

Outreach:    $ 490.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

Happy Birthday, Marilyn.  I saved your cupcake from last week  (& from Rosemary).

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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Jim & Natalie, you deserve a cupcake for just trying to help John grow up.  Sadly, you failed.  He still acts like a kid.
 

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.

Thank you, Dearest Zoe, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week and for looking so pretty when you do it.

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week,  

Loving Father,

often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

Show us how to look again, to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

Amen 

www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf

Tom reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah.

•    For  the Readings:   Tom & Lynda
•    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 & Jackiey
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Michael & Bethany & Shonda              
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Lynda reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Sunday: Natalie Gorman, 14 & Lisa Anderlick, 31; Tuesday, Geri Moran; Wednesday, Tom Quinn; Thursday, Becky & Christine; Saturday, Scott Shaw (along with the girls Thursday), Hue, Dick Thompson, & John Bresson

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 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;

Happy Birthday, Geri, and thanks for all you do for our community.

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;

Happy Birthday, Dick and thanks to you for all you have done for our country.

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

Happy Birthday, John, and thanks for sharing your gift to gather us together to celebrate.
 

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.

Thanks, Buddy, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week and for being such a neat kid. 

Your Finances, February 5, 2017

Expenses:   $1,225.00 

Outreach:   $  550.00                          

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Thanks, Michael, for helping us with the music today and for fitting so smoothly into our community.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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Happy Birthday, Gilbert, and thanks for being such a neat granddad, to say nothing about specials we won't mention around Christmas time.

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.

Ugh, oh, looks like Beth is getting bored.  I better shut it down!

Resource: to check the source for the marriage homilies, Project Everlasting, click the link.  Thanks to Carol Eshelbrenner for finding this lost resource.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19031744/

Rosemary’s Blessing: 

May God grant you the strength and faith to …

Count your blessings not your crosses; Count your gains not your losses;  Count your joys not your woes; Count your friends not your foes;  Count your smiles not your tears; Count your courage not your fears; Count your full years not your lean; Count your kind deeds not your mean; Count your health not your wealth; And love your neighbor as much as yourself.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Carl & Jessica
• For the Communion Bread: Kim & Cindy
• For Serving: T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Beth & Rob
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste, Hue

Happy Birthday: Michelle Brown, Diane McClurg, Sara Varnau (14), Gabriella Robinson (2).

Happy Anniversary: Tara & Scott Blankenship

Please Remember:  Rose Banzhaf’s mom; Victor Lozada (the policeman who died Friday), Terry his wife & his family; Jackie’s brother John & neighbor Earl; Dee Miller; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Mike Gertisen & cousin Judy; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & 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; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann and Dawn’s back op. March 11; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com     —   Note: we are forming a "Quad Squad" of volunteers to help take care of these jewels.  More in Friday’s blog.

Your Finances:

• March 2:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 786.00
• March 2:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 771.00
• February Expenses:  In: $4,600      Out: $5,400
• February Outreach:  In: $2,100      Out: $2,800

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing: May God protect You

From Silly Fears and from Bitter Tears,

From Foolish Fights and from Sleepless Nights,

From Excessive Needs and from Nasty Deeds,

From Self-made Hells and from All Bad Times.

Irish American Blessings, Andrew Greeley

Special Thanks:

Happy Birthday:  Alexandra Froebe (today), Fred Macchio , & Tony Whitley

Happy Anniversary:

John & Alison Degenova 15th)

John & Connie Doherty (18th)

Mike & Angie Carroll (19th)

Tony & Jo Whitley (31st)

Fred & Maureen Macchio (46th)

Please Remember:   Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis;  Rita in the hospital paralyzed; Lisa's friend Michael Johnson having an operation this week; Jean Wright's brother who died this week;  Richard Baack's shoulder recuperation; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned; Rick Cardenas' friend Joyce McKinstry; Charlie Sawtelle's friends Manuel & Suzanna Ruiz; 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;  Jackie's sister Sandy & friend Jack Brown;  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.

Picture 1:  Jackie reading Acts

Picture 2:  Rick reading 1 John

Picture 3:  Birthday Boys plus Jo: Guess who's reached the 70's even 75!

Picture 4:  Lily with grand dad Buddy

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

Your Finances:

April 19: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 765.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 285.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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