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Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

 

Lord

May we never take our freedom for granted

and help us to strive so that this same freedom

may be experienced by everyone in our country,

especially the poor and the oppressed,

and eventually by all humankind.

 

Andrew Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers  

 

 

 

 

Tom reading from Wisdom.

 

 

Thanks to these special people:  

•    For  the Readings:    Tom & John
•    For The Team:   Vacation time
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups: Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Connie  &  Beth
•    For the coffee and extras: John Cade  &  Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie  & Hue
•    For the Music:     Katie  &  Wendy
•    For all who helped with Communion

 

 

 

 

 

John reading from 2 Coronthians

 

 

Birthdays:   Brent (62, Wednesday),  Carol Eshelbrenner (Thursday),  Kim (Saturday)

Anniversaries

Jan & Charlie (56^th, Thursday)

 

 

 

 

Rosemary reading the financial statement and her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Remember these special people

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;   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.

 

 

 

Thanks, Emma, for always being willing to be our Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

 

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;

 

 

 

 

Happy 62nd Birthday, Brent, and thanks especially for giving Life to so many men in recovery.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Carol, and thanks for being such a gracious and courageous women for all of us.

 

 

Your Finances, July 1, 2018

Expenses:    $870.00

Outreach:    $615.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

 

Financial Report for Q1 2018: 

    Expenses  Download Blog Operations Q1 2018

    Outreach  Download Blog Outreach Q1 2018

 

 

 

 

 

My Dearest Atlas, you have two marvelous parents.

 

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

 

 

Watch out, Folks, she is back, Cathy with Judy.

 

 

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.

 

 

Peace, Everybody from Mike & Carol.

Rosemary's Blessing:   

May the sun bring you new energy by day

May the moon softly restore you by night

May the rain wash away your worries

May the breeze blow new strength into your being

May you walk gently through the world

and know its beauty

all the days of your life.

 Apache Blessing

 

                            Patricia reading Wisdom.

                                                                               

 Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Patricia & Jackie
•    For The Team:  Kevin 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Marilyn  & Mary
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Mary
•    For all who helped with communion

                                Jackie reading Hebrews. 

 

Birthdays:    Angela (today, Sunday), Bill Hammond (72, Tuesday), Celeste (Thursday in Serbia?), Rich Eshelbrenner, CC Reidel (9 Saturday, Occhipinti granddaughter)

 

                      On the Rhine River, the Viking ship Kara.

 

 Special Announcement: 

We have moved!  To Sigler Elementary on Janwood.

Check the map:      View this photo

 

Viking Kara, about 190 passengers, going from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland, 7 days & nights.

 

Special Announcement #2:

From Carol Eshelbrenner about being a math tutor:

 If interested in helping to tutor math on Tuesday evenings, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm, at Harrington Library you can find out more about the program at:  http://www.intellichoice.org/   You will work with kids from grade 1 to grade 12.  Materials provided.  I have helped out for about 5 years.  The program is wonderful and the kids at Harrington are great.

Call Corina Sadler or Robin Popik at City of Plano, (972) 941-7617, to volunteer and apply for a background check.  Since we work with children a background check is required.  Carol Eshelbrenner  972-423-0069 

 

 Village with vineyards, some of which were begun by the Romans.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's mom;     For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder;  For Frank;  For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  For Anthony;    For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues;  For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

 

                    One castle among many along the Rhine.

 

Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  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;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   

 

Guess what, guess where, guess what river.  (The Eiffel Tower in Paris on the Seine River.)

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   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;  for Mary Ellen; for 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.

 

Heard of Locks of Love?  This seems to be where it began.  A lock is secured to the chain link fence, the key is thrown in the river, and your relationship will never be broken.

Trouble was, the weight of the locks was breaking down the bridge, the Bridge of Art, Paris, over the Seine with the Louvre on the opposite side. 

So, the locks had to come off and those red & white plywood panels were put up.  Locks are only on the edges, like in the picture.  The Locks of Love idea has spread everywhere in Europe.

 

Your Finances, October 11, 2015

Expenses:   $1015.00

Outreach:   $ 175.00

                                  October 4, 2015

Expenses:   $610.00  

 Outreach:  $315.00

Donated today:  nothing special

 

 

                     Hey, Mike, here is your new Uber Black.

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

Advantages: low or no gas mileage, fresh air, leading edge German technology (remember Mercedes & BMW), and can go between lanes on LBJ, the Bush, & Central during rush hours.   

 

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

What good did it do when you frowned?  Let me ask:

Did it help you at all to accomplish your task?

Did it lighten your burden or help you along?

Did the frown that you wore make a right out of wrong?

 

What good did it do to be grouchy today?

Did your surliness drive any trouble away?

Did you cover more ground than you usually do?

Because of the grouch that you carried with you?

 

If not, what’s the use of a grouch or a frown?

If it won’t smooth a path or a grim trouble down?

If it doesn’t assist you , it isn’t worth while:

Your work may be hard, but just do it and smile.

 

Anonymous

 

 

 

Lynda reading from the Great Old Prophet Jeremiah.

                                                                                              

Our Special Thanks

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

 

 

Tom reading the sublime 1 Corinthians 13.

 

 

 Birthdays:   Tom Fleming (60, Tuesday), Cheryl O'Hagan (Saturday)

 

Anniversaries:

Richard & Carol (44th, Monday)

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's sister Sharon, who just died Saturday morning,  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery;  For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother, Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued 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 Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

   

Thanks, Dearest Emma, for lighting our Winter Candles.

 

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  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 and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

 

Thanks, My Dear Buddy, for reading so well our Blessing of the Winter Candles.

 

 

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, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

What??!! No more Girl Scout cookies, Harper?

 

Your Finances, February 3, 2019

Expenses:   $1195.00

Outreach:    $ 385.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Hi, Dearest Tori.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Hey, who let this monster in here??!!

 

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.

 

 

This guy, Noah, used to be a nice little guy who was one of my favorite altar boys at St. Marks in the great 10:30 Mass in the cafetorium.  He is still The Best.

  
    Video: Rosemary reads her blessing (1 min.)

    

Rosemary’s Blessing

O God from whom all blessings come,

We thank you for this celebration and meal and community. 

We also thank you for the joys with which you have blessed us through the years. 

May our lives shine forth as bright lights of gratitude for all your gifts. 

 Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

   Our Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Denni & Tom 
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Dee Miller
• For the Wine Cups:  Mary Ellen
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda
• For the Pictures & Video:  Rick & Jan, Connie & John
• For the coffee and pastries:   John & Mary Jane, Jerry & Jackie
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Birthdays:  Perry Robinson, Joan (75 Tuesday), Jim Drescher (66 Tuesday, celebration Mass next Sunday)

Anniversaries:

Bernadette & Gilberto (47^th Tuesday)

We Remember  

Joan & her great family;   Jackie Ritter's operation Thursday;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;  Sydney Bivona’s  grandson, Isaiah & his mom & dad;  Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  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, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 Your Finances: August 19, 2012

Expenses:    $1740.00    

Outreach:    $ 850.00

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 

 Video: Entrance Hymn (2 min.)    

    

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,  

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old.  Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.

 

Scott reading from Genesis. 

 

Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

 

 

Lily reading from Romans. 

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

Ash Wednesday: Thanks, Marlene, for hosting us.

 

Birthdays:   Jackie Urbanczyk (Tuesday), Dee Miller (Friday), Ben (10, Friday)

 

 

Happy Birthday, Dee, and congratulations on walking up here on that new hip.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, who died this past Wednesday;  For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;   For Christine Drescher in hospital;   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 John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

 

 

 

Happy 10th Birthday, Ben, thanks for being such a neat guy.

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   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;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

 

Congratulations, Cole, You get better on those candles every week.

 

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;

 

 

 

The Best Music, Shonda, Bethany, Ray, & David.

 

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.

 

 The Team today, Kevin, Georgie, Buddy, & Mike

 

Your Finances, March 5, 2017

Expenses:   $750.00

Outreach:   $405.00                        

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

Mike homilizing for us all.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

Anybody in the community specialize in home deliveries? How many weeks overdue has it now been, Bethany?  Good Karma to you.

 

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.

 

 Our Dear Genevieve says, "have a Peaceful and Happy Lent, Everybody."

   
Special Thanks:    

• For Reading:  Mary Ellen Munzell & John DeGenova
• For Serving: Kevin 
• For the Communion Bread: Alison DeGenova
• For the Wine Cups:  Rob & Beth
• For the Music:  Ray & Ben
• For the Pictures:   Beth
• For the altar & sound: Denni & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Maureen & Fred & Tony &  Gayle & Joan   
• For all of you who contributed over 400 punds of food last Sunday                                                                                              
  

 
  

Happy Birthday:  Mike Moran

Happy Anniversary:

Frank & Mary Esparza (47th) 
 
 

Please Remember:

 Beth's foot operation recuperation;   Jackie Ritter with a pulled back putting up Christmas decor;  Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;  Shonda & the new member of our music team, Mr. Leo Winkler,  AND Michelle, with Buddy & Torri ;  Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;  Jim Drescher with cancer & his family, including Diane, Christine, Megan, & D'Arcy;  Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   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:   Mary Ellen reading

Picture 2:   John reading 

Picture 3:   Communion helpers   

Picture 4:   Bobby giving Jackie our monthly $2000 to the Collin Co. Adult Clinic   

 
                              

 Your Finances: November 28

Expenses:   $  Check next week.  The Editors are away!

Outreach:   $

Thanks for the Generosity

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