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   Video:   Christine reading Jeremiah (1 min.)

    

 Rosemary’s Blessing: 

May leaves of autumn decorate your path

And mellow golden sunlight guide your way

May love and laughter overcome all wrath

And instill much joy in each coming day.

 Andrew Greeley    A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

 

Christine 10-28-12

Christine reading Jeremiah

Special Thanks–

  • For Reading:  Ed & Christine
  • For Serving:  Kevin  
  • For the Communion Bread:  Cindy & Kim
  • For the Wine Cups:  Alison
  • For the Music: Ray & Bethany
  • For the Pictures & Video: Mike & Rick,  John & Connie
  • For the coffee and pastries:  Mike & Geri & Jackie & Jerry 
  • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

 

Ed & Sean 10-28-12

Ed with Sean reading Hebrews.

Birthdays:  Rob (60, Tuesday), Patricia (Tuesday anniversary), John DeGenova (52, Thursday), Ed Kless (Friday, & Christine, Monday a week, & Cara 4, last Tuesday), Nikki & Cameron (12 Thursday), Zoe (4, today)

 Anniversary:

Ed & Christine Kless (8th, last Tuesday)

We Remember  

Colleen Romero who died a week ago Friday evening and for her husband, Fred;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;   Colleen Romero;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke. 

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Rob & Frances at their wedding last weekend

Lisa's Ackerman’s  Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom depressed about it;   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.

 

B & R 10-28-12

Bethany and Ray

Your Finances: October 28, 2012

Expenses:    $810.00    

Outreach:    $755.00    

 Thanks for your Generosity 

Quarterly Financial Report Download Blog Financials Q3

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

Video:  3 final blessings &  closing hymn (3 1/2 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.

 

 

 

 

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  • Sunday Announcements, March 2

    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.

    Carmen

    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.

    Mommywreidandtrey

    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

  • Announcements

    Rosemary's Blessing:  Next Week.

     

    Our Special Thanks:  

    •    For  the Readings:  Geri & Mike Moran
    •    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Claire 
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Carol & Richard
    •    For the Pictures:   Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy, Jackie & Beth 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Shonda 
    •    For all who helped with communion
    •    For celebrating the Mass: John 

      Jesuit 1

     

    Jesuit Center, Wernernsville, PA.   When I was director of the Jesuit Spiritual Center of Grand Coteau, LA, a friend of mine was director at this Center.  We spent time sharing ideas every year.

                                                                                                       

    Birthdays:  Carie Eshelbrenner (Rich & Carol’s daughter in med school),  Mike Carrell (37th of ordination as deacon)

    Anniversaries:

    Diane & Kent McClurg (43rd Wednesday)

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For our two special little dears, Vivian and Genevieve;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  For Anthony;    For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Loraine, a girl I knew in Tanzania, whose wedding I did some years ago, and who has breast cancer;  For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Fred & Maureen’s  daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;     For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor, Vivian;        For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;  

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    Wernersville.  this center sponsored my first year in East Africa.  While I was there the Jesuits of East Africa invited me to stay longer and establish a Jesuit Spiritual Center in Nairobi.  Thus, Mwangaza House began.  

     

                                                              
    Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  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;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  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 grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   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;  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.

     

    Your Finances, June 7, 2015

    Expenses:   $    –next week

    Outreach:   $

     Thanks for your Generosity.

     

     Have a Good Week, 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

     

      

     

     

     

     

     

  • Announcements

    Rosemary's Blessing:     Oh God,

    • Give us the Vision which can see your Love in the World in spite of Human Failure,

    • Give us the Faith to trust your Goodness in spite of our Ignorance & Weakness,

    • Give us the Knowledge that we may continue to Pray with Understanding Hearts,

    • & Show us what each one of us can do to set forward the Coming of the Day of Universal Peace.

                                                        Frank Borman, Apollo 8 Space Mission, 1968

    Mary 12-21

    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Tom & Linda Fleming 
    • For the Communion Bread:  Claire
    • For Serving: Sabrina & Anthony & Lucas 
    • For the Books & Wine Cups: Cliff & Jean & Rob & Beth
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste & Hue
    • For the Coffee & Juice: Richard & Monica & Alexandra Froebe
    • For the Pictures:  Beth Robinson 
    • For coordinating our Family Adoption and to the Community for this incredible generosity: $1200 in cash & gift cards; $900 in toys, clothes, etc., total $2000

      Barb 12-21      

    Happy Birthday:    Genny Mattingly,  Sean Kless (3),  Jeremy & Ashley (21)

    Please Remember:     Morgan who broke her heel on a balance beam; Emily Zurchin who had an operation Tuesday; Becky Good's mom Mimi Backus, who is with hospice;  Maureen's brother Michael, who died & her good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & Rick in Chicago;  Jackie's friend Jack Brown;  Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time;  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 recuperating from an operation & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; 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, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite who is not doing well; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President elect that he have great success and someday holds his grandchildren in his lap.

    Jo 12-21

     


    Picture 1:  Mary Esparza & gift for our adopted family

    Picture 2:  Barb Wittek, Bobby & Debbie Ekes 

     Picture 3:  Jo Whitley, Laura & Frank Reyes 

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

    Your Finances:

    December 21: 

    • Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,370.00  
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 726.00       

    Thanks for your Generosity!

    Next Mass: Christmas Eve, Wednesday, 4:00 .  Welcome!

    No Mass December 28 between Christmas & New Years

     January 4: first Mass of 2009

    Have a Great & Beautiful Christmas, J.S    (214-783-0443)

  • Announcements

    Rosemary’s
    Blessing:

    May …

    The light of God surround you

    The love of God enfold you

    The power of God protect you

    The presence of God watch over you.

    Anonymous

     

    Denni 6-30-13

    Denni reading 1 Kings.

     

    Our
    Special Thanks 

    • For Reading:   Denni and Tom
    • For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
    • For the Pictures & Video:   Connie &
      Rick
    • For the coffee and pastries:  Geri & Jackie
    • For the  altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
    • For the Music: Shonda & Ray

     

    Tom 6-30-13

    Tom reading Galatians.

     

     

    Birthdays:  Carol Eschelbrenner
    (Friday), Brent Burmaster (Saturday), Jim Butterly (34th,
    Thursday), and Harper (2, Monday, tomorrow) 

    Anniversaries:

    Matt & Jamie Wilson 

    Jan & Sir Charlie (51st, Friday)


    Offertory 6-30-13

    Offertory with Sydney and Hugh, Frank and Gerald.




     We
    Remember
    :

     

    Ed Walker's 3 year old niece who got bitten by a rattle snake Thursday night;  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 thehospital;   John Doherty's dad
    who is declining rapidly; Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike
    crash;   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 friend, Mike &
    Tara;     Jim Butterly’s
    brother, Paul;    

     

    Communion 6-30-13

    Communion helps with Geri, Patricia, and Richard.

     

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

     Bernadette
    Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn
    Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; 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.

     


    Your Finances: June 30, 2013

     

    Expenses:   $ 590.00

    Outreach:   $1295.00

    We donated this week: 

    1.   $2000 to Soul's Harbor via Brent

    2.  $300.00 to Plano Community Homes

     

    Thanks for your Generosity.

    Video: Entrance hymn, Sing to the Mountains, 2 1/2  minutes,

      

     Have
    a Great Week, 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.

     

     

     

     

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    Sunday Homily, June 9, 2019, Pentecost–Delayed

    A Note from Ye old Editor of our beloved Community Newsletter and Blog: 

    Sorry for the delay this week.  I was all ready to join the community for Pentecost, then came down with a beauty of a cold after arriving Thursday night from our cruise through Alaska, which is even more beautiful than I expected.  Hope to see everybody this Sunday, Trinity.

     

     

    Readings: 

    Genesis 11, 1-9, The whole world spoke the same language.  (from the vigil Mass)

    Psalm 104,  Lord, Send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth. (Vigil)  

    Exodus 19, 3-8,   Moses went up the mountain to God.  (Vigil)

    John 14, 15-16, 23-26,   If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

     

     

    Homily:

    Alaska Dreaming

    Despite the fact that Rosemary & I would love to invite all of you to join us on the Alaska cruise, we know it is impossible.  In place of that, however, I would like to high light 4 specials that touched us.

    Of all the many specials that we experienced, l would say that the profound natural beauty that surrounded us was overwhelming, whether in the south of Ketchikan and Sitka to the north of Valdez and Seward.  It struck me as Yosemite on steroids.  Necklaces of glaciers and snow capped mountains.  We saw a lot because the sun rose about 3:00 A.M. and set about 11:00. 

    A small phenomenon that hit me was Juneau, the State capitol, chosen by the people in 1906.  You cannot get there by car.  No roads in or out.  A few cars wander the  town roads because they are shipped in by boat.  Instead, snowy peaks and glaciers.

    Another place that struck me was a little island called IcyStraight Point, an island occupied by the Tlingit tribe.

    This tribe has gone all in on tourism, providing 6-8 daily excursions around the island to see bears, go fishing, and wander the trails.  They also built the longest zip line in the world, so they told me, one mile long with six cables running simultaneously.  It takes about an hour bus ride to get to the top of this peak.  We all get buckled in, they double check everybody, then, “Away we Went.”  And it was beautiful.  If only I could have gone again I would appreciate it even more.

    Another thing that struck me and really touched me was the number of people using wheel chairs, walkers, and canes.  I remember seeing four women in wheel chairs.  I told the lady with a walker that I would give her $25 to use her walker on the shore excursion we were taking.  She said, “Make it $50 and I’ll think about it.

    At the gym where I worked out in the mornings two guys came in most mornings, put down their canes by their machines or bikes, and off they went.  This meant a lot to me because in future years I can see myself boarding with a cane.

    I feel doubly blessed that Rosemary & I could witness such natural beauty and such beauty in our fellow travelers.  Your blessing this week?

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    Rosemary's Blessing

    God,

    Bless anyone who has asked me to pray for them

        and anyone that I have promised to pray for.

    Bless anyone that I cannot get along with

        and anyone that cannot get along with me.

    Bless the person who has hurt me deeply

        and anyone that I have hurt.

    Bless the person that I cannot forgive

        and anyone that cannot forgive me.

    Grant me the grace to live as a person of peace today

        and to treat all I meet today with dignity

     

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    Cheryl reading from Joshua.

           

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Cheryl & Mary
    •    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Mike & Rick
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Tom Good & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & Shonda & David
    •     For all who helped with communion
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    Mary reading from 2 Corinthians.

     

    Birthdays:   Jean O'Donnell (82, Friday)

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother;      For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Ryan with some health problems; For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;

     

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    Thanks for lighting our Candles for the 4th Sunday, Zoe.

     

     

    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;     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;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

     

     

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    Happy 82nd, Jean!   

     

    For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  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.

     

     

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    This is not just a special team for the Offertory, we are all doubly blessed because a doubly special person has returned to the community, namely Meredith, Brent's wife who has been declared "Cancer Free!"  Teammates are Cheryl & Grace.

     

    Your Finances, March 31, 2019

    Expenses:   $900.00

    Outreach:    $340.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    How can you two, Tom & Denni, be so happy.   This is Lent!

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    You, too, Beth.  This is Lent!

     

    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.

     

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    You are in bad company,  Rob.  All this Lenten happiness!