Reminder for Sunday, October 20, 2013, 29th Ordinary Time C cycle

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

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30,  Fr. Tony celebrating; Stack returns to harangue

Readings: Acts 13, 14, 43-52; Psalm 100, We are His People, The Sheep of His Flock; Revelation 7, 9, 14-17; John 10, 27-30
 

Community Bulletin Board: 

Save the Date: May 1, Saturday evening, 6:00, Heritage Farm, our neighbor (15th, just east of Custer on the south side), Community party and 5th Anniversary of Rosemary and hubby.  Covered dish, BYOB (sorry), renewal of marriage vows, music & dancing a la Hue, hay rides with mules, indoors and outdoors.  For food, A-O, hors d'oeurves; P-Z, desserts; or whatever you like.  Please bring enough for you and two others.

Note we are not at Fairview Farm like the past few years, but at Heritage Farm, which is a block east of Vines on the same side of the street, just east of Custer beyond the Chase Bank.

Check out A Special Project dear to John Cade of which he is the vice president, Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center: Download DARCC 4-25-10

Recognize a Stroke?  Download RECOGNIZING A STROKE 4-23-10

 See you Sunday, 4-18-10

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Jesus (Jake) says, "Hi, Folks, Happy Christmas."

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

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

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

"Happy Christmas from all of us."

Readings:

Sirach 3, 2-6, 12-14, My son, take care of your father when he is old.

Psalm 128,  Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.

Colossians 3, 12-21,  Overall, put on love, the bond of perfection.

Matthew 2, 13-15, 19-23, Take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt and stay there until I tell you.

Two angels, Sienna and Brooklyn.

 Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, December 20,   Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers  

2.  The Women's Lunch Group on 1st Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

Bernadette coordinating our Nativity.

 What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      Francis' Bishops, National Catholic Reporter, December 17, 1000 words,   Download Francis' bishops 12-27-13

Sabrina home from college helping Bernadette with the kids.

True? 

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

Kara and James ready for Santa.

 See you Sunday, December 29, 2013, Holy Family

 J.S., 214-783-0443

CC, one of our angels.

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.

Emmett, Jesus' big brother this year and who was Jesus the year before last, Emmett, with his grandmother, Lisa.

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

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

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

Readings: Sirach 35, 12-18; Psalm 34, The Lord hears the Cry of the Poor; 2 Timothy 4, 6-8, 16-18; Luke 18 9-14.

Community Bulletin Board: 

 Discussion after Mass this Sunday 

Dates to Check: 

October 30, Saturday: Our special day at our Habitat house.  Tom Fleming will explain Sunday. 

November 20, Saturday before Thanksgiving: help us feed the homeless like we did last year.  More information coming.

November 21, Sunday before Thanksgiving: our holiday food drive.                                                             

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  Fr. Donald Cozzens talks about priests' silence, Mirabile Dictu, 10-17-10: Download Priests Silent 10-22-10                                                                                               

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.  Issue #4:  Download Padovano #4 or 4, 10-22-10 

3.  20 Parishes also closing in Twin Cities, Mirabile Dictu, 10-17-10:  Download 20 Churches Closing 10-22-10 

True? 

We are each other's harvest;
we are each other's business;
we are each other's magnitude and bond.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Picture 1:   Sienna 

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Isaiah 43:  … for I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink.

Philippians 3:   … I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.

John 8:  Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you.  Go, and from now on do not sin any more."

Mary reading from Joshua

Here are the links for Sunday:

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Tom reading from 2 Corinthians

 

 

 

A message from Richard Eshelbrenner:

The Purple Stride Event to raise money for pancreatic cancer (this is the cancer Carol had) is being help at Klyde Warren park in Dallas on April 30^th between 8:00 and 12:00.   The event is a 5K walk or run.  You can find more information at the following URL: 

https://secure.pancan.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=purplestride_contact_us&fr_id=2297

 

 

 

The Community

 

 

 

Another message from Richard Eshelbrenner about Love For Kids:

There is a volunteer opportunity on Saturday, April 9, 2022.   The Annual All Kids Count Event and we need help from amazing people like you! The volunteer hours will be from 9 AM – 3 PM at Circle R. Ranch in Flower Mound. 

They need volunteers to come out and help set up for the event, and assist at certain activities including horses, arts and crafts, games, bounce houses, food and drink stations, and more.

If you are interested in helping out, then fill out this form to let us know you want to volunteer and make a huge difference  for children with rare diseases and disabilities: https://loveforkidsinc.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/all-kids-count-volunteer-sign-up 

 

 

 

 

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

Emma and Brooklyn say, "Welcome, there is a place for you here."

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

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

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

Harper receiving the Sacrament of Health.

Readings:

Acts 2, 1-11,   How does each of us hear them speaking in our own tongues?

Psalm  104,  Lord, send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth

1 Corinthians 12, 3-13,  There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same spirit.

John  17, 1-11,  Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Healing for Cathy's rotator cuff operation

 Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, June 6,  Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers & kids, plus the Real Romeos. 

 2.  The Women's Lunch Group on 1st Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

3.    Excellent seminar for couples, married or unmarried, free, too,  Download Couples' Seminar 5-29-14

Sisters, Georgie and Zoe.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.    Can bishops be held accountable?, Natinal Catholic Reporter,  June 2, 650 words,    Download Bishops held accountable 6-5-14

2.    Cardinal defends Francis on Capitalism,  National Catholic Reporter, June 3, 950 words,    Download Cardinal defends Francis 6-5-14   

Communion, Bill, Barb, and Warren.

         
True? 

 Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Will Rogers

The Girls, Jean, Mary, and Judy.

 See you Sunday, June 8, 2014, Pentecost, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Who let in these characters, Gil & John, Jerry, Mike, and Bill.

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.

Where we send characters, "Take time along the way to smell the flowers."

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

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

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

Angels Sienna and Brooklyn with Payton and Brian

Our Bambino Emmit

 Readings:

1 Samuel 1, 20-28, Hannah conceived and bore a son whom she called Samuel.

Psalm 84, Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.

1 John 3, 1-2, 21-24, We are God’s children.

Luke 2, 41-52, After 3 days they found him in the temple. 

The Nativity

Leo future guitarist learning from dad

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  This Sunday: Celebrate the Last Sunday of The Year 2012.

CC

Our Special Elf, Georgie

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.     Implosion in the Catholic Higherarchy, National Catholic Reporter, December 14, 950 words,  Download Implosions 12-28-12

Santa and Elf arriving

Santa with a Good Kid

2.     Swiss Abbott insistent about Church reform, The Tablet, December 20, 600 words,  Download Swiss abbot 12-28-12

3.     Editorial on The Catholic of the Year, National Catholic Reporter, December 26, 700 words,  Download Editorial 12-28-12 

4.    The Special Meaning of this year's Nativity, by James Carroll, ex Jesuit, The Boston Globe & Corpus, Dec. 24, 750 words,   Download This Christmas 12-28-12

Emma with mom and dad, Beth and Tom

Geordie, The Graduate, with Santa

 True?

 There must be more to life than having everything!

MAURICE SENDAK

Megan with her grandmother, Diane

Offertory, the Ekes Cousins, Carlie, Megan, Ashley, Ryan, and Jeremy

 See you Sunday, December 30, 2012, Last of The Year

J.S., 214-783-0443

Meredith preparing for Christmas dinner at Soul's Harbor

Brent and Rosemary, dining room ready.

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.

Soul's Harbor Christmas Dinner, here they come.