Reminder for Sunday, December 22, 2013, 4th Advent

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 3:   Cathy

 

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) 

 

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

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

Readings: Ezekiel 37, 12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8, 8-11; John 11, 1-45.

Community Bulletin Board

Quad Squad:

    

See you Sunday.

Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.  Welcome!

 

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's.  We will be here through August 1, while Vines is being renovated.

 

Time: 9:30; Tony celebrating 

 

  

 

 

Readings: 2 Samuel 12, 7-13; Psalm 32, Lord, Forgive the Wrong I have done: Galatians 2, 16, 19-21; Luke 7, 36-8, 3.

 

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Community Bulletin Board:

 

 

Take Note:  June 13, this Sunday through August 1 we will meet at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

 

 

 

Thoughts on The Church, National Catholic Reporter, 6-7-10;

1.  What happened to the Legionaries of Christ, Fr. McBrien:  Download Legionaries 6-11-10

2.  Mandatory Celebacy, 6-9-10, James Carroll, a former priest: Download Mandatory celibacy at the heart of what

Food Drive: Father’s Day, June 20 

 

 Picture 5:  Lake Travis from the north side, Austin barely visible

 

See you Sunday, 6-13-10

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

 

Mass: Christmas Eve Special with a Nativity Drama and a Visit by You know Whom.

Time: 4:oo; Celebrate with Stack & all the community.  Welcome. 

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

To decorate the Stage, please bring flowers & plants. 

Readings: Isaiah 9, 1-6, The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Psalm 96, Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord; Titus, 1, 11-14, The Grace of God has appeared; Luke 2, 1-14, In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.  Terrific Readings!

 

 
                                                                                                                                                                                           Picture  Picture 1:    Mass Begins     

Picture 2:    Mike & John         

Picture 3:    Mike homilizes        

Picture 4:    Penitential Rite        

Picture 5:    Cameron & Nikki with Frank & Mary, their grandparents      

Picture 6:    Leo walking            

 

                                                                                            
 Community Bulletin Board:

Note: No Mass on Christmas Day.  Next Mass, New Year's Day, January 1, 9:30 A.M.

 

  

     

Picture 7:    Cole & Leo meet with Rosemary & John     

Picture 8:    Emma arrives with her mom, Beth     

Picture 9:    Kayla & cupcake        

Picture 10:   Kayla with Claire, grandmom   
   

 

What's going on in our Catholic World:

Tha Magic of Christianity, Progressive Christianity.Org, Download Magic 12-23-11

 

       

                        

True?

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,
but the parent of all others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

Picture 11:   Bill & Zaile

Picture 12:   Brooklyn & Sienna with Erin & Payton

Picture 13:   Sienna

 
 

 

  Video: Thanks & Final Blessing

  

  See you Christmas Eve, Saturday, 4:00  

  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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mass:  Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

                      

Place:  Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Acts 3, 13-19; Psalm 42, Lord, let your face shine on us; 1 John 2, 1-5; Luke 24, 35-48.

               

Community Bulletin Board: 

Our next big party: The Annual Anniversay Celebration, May 23, 7:00, as usual, at  Fairview Farms & covered dish.  Book it.  Welcome!!

From Louie Federico:   One of our established solutions/staffing clients needs to find a professional sales person here to sell staff augmentation services…this
will be the only staff aug sales person they have in Dallas…there are
three solution sales people who turn the staffing business over to this
person…the company is solid, well established, has great stability…
the successful candidate should be in the IT staffing sales profession
now…should have stability…know Dallas and be ready to have all of the
DFW area as their territory…
up to an $80,000 base…$140,000 on quota…could be the last job someone
would need for a long long time..
do you know of anyone like that??..please have them call me

Anthony Beshara, Ph.D. President, Babich & Associates Texas’ Oldest
Placement and Recruitment Firm 6030 E. Mockingbird Lane Dallas, Texas
75206 Phone 214-823-9999 Fax 214-823-9430 Email: tony@babich.com

 

A Video on our Wendy: 

True?  Work is love made visible.  If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, better that you leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and takes alms of those who work with Joy.

Kahlil Gibran

Picture 1:  Bernadette Delgado, Marianne & George Elwell

Picture 2:  Tony O'Conovan, Dave & M.J. Tichner

Picture 3:  Lisa Ackerman & Jerry Gleason (Birthday Guy)

Picture 4: Maureen & Fred Macchio

Picture 5: Celeste & Ray

     

 See you Sunday, April 26.

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

 

 

 

 

 

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

 

 

 

 

Jan, The Most Welcoming Person, says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

 

 

 

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

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

Place: Legacy Charter School, Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

 

 

Here, Buddy, let me get that bug out of your ear.

 

 

Readings:  

 

 Proverbs 9, 1-6,  Wisdom has built her house.  

Psalm 34,   Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.  (Wow, 2^nd week in a row, terrific)

 Ephesians 5, 15-20,  Watch carefully how you live. 

John 6: 51-58,  I am the living bread.

                                                                                                   

 

 

 

Sir Charlie, I am scared with you standing there so close to me.

 

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 17, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. 

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), September, TBA

 

  

 

 

Wake up, Joe.  Just because Marsha is not here you think you can sleep during my homily.  

 

 

TRUE?

 

I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair.

He turned to me and asked, "Are you having it catered?"

And that, my friend, is the sad definition of "OLD".

 

 

 

 

 

You are lucky, John.  When I was supposedly growing up in Christ the King parish, they had ushers who knocked sleepers on the head when they got caught sleeping during the sermons of old Monsignor Bender.   How come we got so many sleepers this morning, John?

 

 

Anything happening in our Catholic World?

1.  Why not report clerical sexual harassment, America, 8-1-18,   Download SEXUAL SECRECY 8-16-18

2.   Steve Blow used to write column for the Dallas Morning News.  On at least two occasions, one of which was our wedding, Steve wrote me up & we became friends.  John Cade came across this article, which I had never seen.   It is a homily subject.  It will make your day.  Enjoy.   Download PET DELIGHTS 8-15-18

 

 

 

 

Donna, Bernadette, and Dana, I don't even want to ask what is going on there.  You even got Cody and Ben watching.

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

 

Peace, 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.

 

 

 

And even more Peace, Everybody.