Reminder for Sunday, July 7, 2013, 14th Ordinary Time C

 

 

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. 

 

 Readings:

Isaiah 61, 1-2, 10-11,  He has sent me to bring glad tiding to the poor,  (excellent, see Handel’s Messiah)

 Psalm – Luke 1,    My soul rejoices in my God

1 Thessalonians 5, 16-24,  Rejoice always.

Mark 1, 1-8,   I am the voice of one crying out in the desert

 

 

 Community Activities:

1.    ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 12, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  All left over turkeys welcome.  The Old Geezer will miss.

2.    LADIES' LUNCHEON, Thursday,  January? 1:00?

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

Carol

 

 

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

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

 

 

  What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.    10 Things Francis should do in Philly, Fr. James Martin, S.J.,  America,  November 21,  1000 words,    

 

 

 

True? 

Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.

Mark Twain

 

 

See you Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3rd Advent, Cycle B

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, Tori, Welcome in.  You look beautiful today.

 

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John & Mike. 

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

 

 

And off they go, Leo taking Genevieve for a little ride.  

 

Readings:

Acts  5, 27-32, 40-41,  The Sanhedrin ordered the apostles to stop speaking in the name of Jesus

Psalm 30,  I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

Revelation  5, 11-14, I heard to voices of many angels.

John 21, 19-31,  Simon, do you love me more than these?   

 

 

Offertory with Bernadette, Carol, and Richard

 

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 8 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in. An Old Geezer will be out of town.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together) To be announced.

 

 

Healing & Life for Tom.

 

What is going on in our Catholic World 

    1.  Catholic Women speak out, Commonweal, March 29,   777 words,   Download Catholic Women 4-7-16

    2.  Cardinal chides clergy for lack of mercy, National Catholic Reporter,  March 31,   415 words,     Download Carfdinal on Mercy 4-7-16

    3.  Obama to Cuba,  National Catholic Reporter,   April 2,  606 words.    Download Obama to Cuba 4-7-16

 

 

 Healing & Life for Paul & Carrie.

 

True? 

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

Communion for All.

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

Communion for All, even Little Ones

 

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.

 

Our Father.  Peace, Everyone.

                           Who let these crazies in here?  Marsha and Cathy say,                                                           "Hi, Folks, 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, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence.

 

                  Genevieve, too, says, "Hi, Everybody, Nice to be here."

 

Readings:

Deuteronomy 4,  32-34, 39-40  Moses said to the people.

Psalm 33,    Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Romans 8, 14-17,   Those who are led by the Spirit of God are people of God.

 Matthew  28, 16-20, The disciples went to the mountain.

 

                            Emma and Victoria got it all planned.

 

Community Activities:  

Special:  Rick Urbanczyk's mom just died Monday.  May she and Rick and the family be at peace.      

1.      ROMEO MEET: Friday, May, The Twenty Nineth, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   We also welcome the Working Classes, especially if you pick up the tab for the Old Guys.

 2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  June 4, Thursday, Papadeaux, 725 S. Center (East side, the side the sun comes up), 1:00.  It was heard that Cathy is covering set ups. 

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

Carol 

3.    Harville Hendrick's free family communication workshop,   Download Flyer (2) Family Workshop 5-28-15

 

Offertory, The Ekes Clan, Cindy, Marlene, Zaile and Bill.  Where's Lily?

 

What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Get rid of nuclear weapons,  National Catholic Reporter,  May 20,  876 words,     Download No Nuclear Weapons 5-28-15     

2.       Controversial pastor in S.F.,  Corpus, May 20, 270 words,      Download Controversial SF pastor 5-28-15

3.        Conflicts with S.F. Archbishop,  National Catholic Reporter,  May 22,  1900 words,    Download Conflict with S.F. Archbishop 5-28-15

4.        The Irish Vote, National Catholic Reporter, May 20,  725 words,    Download Irish Vote 5-28-15

 

 

                         Says Leo, "Thanks, but I would prefer a cupcake."

 

True?  

 Don Juan assured me that in order to accomplish the feat of making myself miserable I had to work in a most intense fashion, and that it was absurd I had never realized I could work just the same in making myself complete and strong. "The trick is in what one emphasizes." he said, "We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."

Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan

 

 

                       Says Vivian Grace, "Don't forget me.  I'm coming."

 

See you Sunday, May 31,, 2015, Trinity, 

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

                             "Yes," Emma says, "I love this bread."

 

 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.

 

                     Says Genevieve, "Bye, Folks, See you next Sunday."

 

P.S.   Just in case…..

1.    Need roofing repair?  Yes, we discovered 2 leaks with all this rain.  Rosemary & I recommend Steven Summers of Pioneer Exteriors, 972-464-8488.  Hope you don't need him.  If you do, he is good.  

2.     Need bug control (roaches, ants, even mosquitoes) that is green (even the dog or cat can eat it safely)?   Try Lynn Ellis, 972-484-7287.  We have used her successfully for some years.  Been meaning to share this news for a long time.

Mention us at your own risk.

 

 

 

Bernadette & Carol calling all extra, unused plastic eggs. 

Bring them this Sunday, please.

 

 

Hey, who is that making off with our microphone?

 

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

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

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

 

 

 

"May I have one of those cookies, please, Mary Ellen?"  Actually, a non-verbal, but who can resist!

 

Readings:

Isaiah 60, 1-6,  Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem.

 Psalm 72,  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

 Ephesians 3, 2 & 3, 5 & 6, The Gentiles are coheirs.

 Matthew 2, 1-12,   The visit of the Magi to Bethlehem.

 

 

 

Hue doing his specialty, setting up the sound system. Thanks, Hue, for your non-stop, weekly help for the whole of our 13 years of celebrating together.
 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 6, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

 

 

Are you people crazy?!  This is 9:30, New Years Day, and all of you are up.  

 

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

Happy New Year, JULIET friends,

Please join us as we ring in 2017,
this Fri. Jan. 6th at 12:30pm, for a delightful luncheon at the
Chocolate Angel Cafe & Tea Room, located

inside the High Street Antique Mall, north bound access road
of 75/Central just north of  Plano Parkway
behind the Olive Garden Restaurant.
Please RSVP by email to Marilyn Ackerman by Thursday morning 1/5.

 

 

Good New Year's Morning to the O'Donnells, Aiden, John, and Jean

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Married priests?, National Catholic Reporter, December 16, 1090 words,      Download MAYBE MARRIED PRIESTS 1-5-17 

Yes, we know these people are crazy, up celebrating the New Year and now up at 9:30, John, Connie, and Tom.

 

True? 

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Burns, American comedian

 

Would you buy a used car from this character, even a new car?!  Hold on to your bag, John, Sir Charlie's hand is getting suspiciously close.  

 

 Special notice from our barrister:

The coffee bar will be open before mass

for those who arrive early…

( closes promptly at 0930 until after the service :-)

-mike

footnote 1:  The Matron of Blessings was heard saying that if the homily drags on too long, the coffee bar may open up for emergency service.

 See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

Think these people are having too much fun?  The Old Geezer is probably talking.

 

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.

 

Cindy and Ken, "Peace, Everyone, and Happy New Year."

 

Say Beth & Emma, "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: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

 

 

Just Us Ladies Into Eating Together, The Christmas Party.

 

 

Readings:

Isaiah 40, 1-5, 9-11,   Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God

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

2 Peter 3, 8-14,  One day with the Lord is like a thousand years.

Mark, 1, 1-,  He will prepare your way.

 

 

 

 

Sorry, Romeos, None of us guys invited.  Can you believe!

 

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, December  8, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  Apologies for the mix up last Friday.

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

 

 

 

 

Offertory Team, Ken & Cindy & Diane.   Says Ken, our food delivery man, we donated 303 lbs. of food to the food bank, 3rd best ever for us.

 

 

Love for Kids picnic:  December 9

Dickenson Trip:  February 23- March 3

 

Jackie & Rick: have a nice bedroom they would like to put up for rent, $500 per month.   Location: Garland, near a DART  train station.  Good News: 2 roomies found, one man, one woman.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for being our Candle Lighter Girl of The Week, Dearest Zoe.

 

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1.  Married Priests being considered, The Telegraph,  November 2, 285  Words,    Download MARRIED PRIESTS 12-7-17
2.  Arms Race, National Catholic Reporter,  November 30,  923 words,    Download ARMS RACE 12-7-17
3. Change the wording of the Our Father?  Should we do it as a community?   National Catholic Reporter,   December 6,  543 words,  Download OUR FATHER WORDING CHANGE 12-7-17     

 

 

 

 

The Girls, Carol, Barb, & Claire.

 

True?

Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.  

 

 

 

 

Bill talking up this Saturday's Love for the Kids Picnic and the February 23rd trip to Dickenson, TX to do rehab work together with the 100 more or less students & faculty (Jim Maher) from St. Bonaventure U. near Buffalo, NY.  Bill's Alma Mater.

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

 

After all these years, a standing ovation?  Doesn't count if I have to beg for it.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Advent Peace Kerry & Nina, Patricia & Bernadette.

 

 

 

Advent Peace Judy & Mary, Sydney, Hugh & Cathy, and Everybody.