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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

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

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.

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)

Rosemary's Blessing: 

Lord God who is endlessly patient

with our foolish and annoying frailties,

instill in us patience for our fellow humans. 

Help us to keep our temper cool,

our nerves calm,

and our disposition amiable.

 Andrew N Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers                             

Erin reading Exodus

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading:  Chuck & Erin             
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Claire & Jan
• For the Wine Cups: Rob & Beth 
• For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Shonda & Leo
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & John
• For the pastries & coffee: Joan & Jackie, Ron & Marilyn
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue

Chuck reading 1 Corinthians

Birthdays: Michael Kern (48), Christine Drescher, Susie Harrell, Brooklyn (1), John O'Donnell and yesterday, Dee Miller & Marianne Elwell.

Anniversary: Fred Martinez & Martha (3^rd)

Special on Shonda:  Download Plano ISD Staff Newsletter 3-11-12

Note: for those of you who were with us this morning, Curtis is okay.  He had not eaten in the morning and needed something because he felt faint.

Bill with Mike, Maureen, & Ray

Paul & Richard

We Remember 

 Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who died Wednesday;  Our Angela who broke her hip this past week;  Jerry Brophy's brother Jack who died Friday;  from Jackie Ritter, Narges' who just died and her daughter Nikki's stepmother who died Saturday;  Lisa's Ackerman’s sister, Pam and Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;  Bob Dunbar with shingles;    Rita;     Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Julia Grenier;   Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; 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; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; 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; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

  Video:   Opening hymn (3 minutes)  

Your Finances: March 11, 2012

Expenses:   $1010.00

Outreach:   $ 430.00 

Thanks for your Generosity 

 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.

Rosemary's Blessing:  I thank you God

• for this most amazing day; 

• for  the leaping greenly Spirits of Trees and for a Blue True Dream of Sky; 

• and for Everything which is Natural, which is Infinite, which is Yes.

                                                       E.E. Cummings

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Claire & Mary   
• For the Communion Bread: Jan & Charlie
• For Serving:  T.J., Lacee & Lorynne 
• For the Books & wine cups: John & Alison, Sabrina & Anthony
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy  & Celeste & Hue
• For the coffee & Juice: Marlene & Cindy
• For the pictures:  Jan

Happy Birthday:     Lacee & Lisa Ackerman; Celeste; Dick Eshelbrenner;  Nancy Kovatis;  & Sabrina (13)

Please Remember:     Andy Goode; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl;  Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon & Ken's brother Don;  Diane's dad & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, 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; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Brady & Trey.

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

Pictures 3, 4, & 5:

#3: Claire Occhipinti

#4: Mary Kee

#5: Drew North & Jean Kovatis

Your Finances:

October 12: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,854.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   322.00  

Q3 Financial Report:

• Running  Expenses

• Outreach Expenses

• Balance after Q2		4,451.31
  Totals Q3
  	Income	6,889.00
  	Expenses	8,818.00
  	Local Needs	2,800.00
  	CCAC	6,000.00
  	Misc	18.00
  Current Balance		2,522.31

• If you would like more detail on the Q3 Financials, please let Rosemary know.

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

May you be blessed with the gift of humility

To know who you are,

To appreciate your strengths and talents,

To be aware of your shortcomings and limitations,

And most especially…

To be grateful each day for life.

Mike reading The Great Prophet Isaiah (2)

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Mike & Geri
•    For The Team:     Buddy  &  Leo
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Connie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & no sound  (lightening struck Hue's transmitter) 
•    For the Music:     Ben & Shonda & David
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Geri reading Thessalonians.

Birthdays:  Zoe (9, Thursday – Samantha), from last Thursday, Donna Dinsmore,  Chuck Pratt (would have been 79 Tuesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.
 

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year;  Trey, age 19, in ICU with 4 gun shot wouonds;    For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa;  For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean;   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 condition;

Thanks, Emma, for again being our Marvelous Candle Lighter of The Week.

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;     For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      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 Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 9th Birthday, Our Dearest Zoe.

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 Mary Ellen;  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 from last week, Donna.   We saved that cupcake for you all week.  (Not really.)

Your Finances, October 22, 2017

Expenses:   $1560.00

Outreach:    $ 690.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Here we go.    Ready, Leo?

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 Communion Helpers ready, with the exception of Patricia & Geri.

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.

Can it get better than this?   Chloe, Charlotte, and Nora with Tom & Denni.

 Rosemary's Blessing of The Week,  

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.

 Author Unknown but I found a copy of this in The Spokesman, September 1910

Mary Jane reading from the Prophet Zephaniah.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  John & Mary Jane
•    For The Team:  Kevin &  Georgie & Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Beth & Mike & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie & Everybody
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Ray & Bethany               
•    For all who helped with Communion 

John reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Mary Hall (Sunday, today), Mike Carrell & Randolph Brown (Wednesday), Megan Ekes (33, Thursday), Kevin Bresson (28, Friday), Gil & Candy Keren ( Saturday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Ron Ackerman in Medical City, Plano with cellulitis;  For Eleanor Anne Stryker, who just arrived last night;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;   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 Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;     For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

Meredith and Joe are great, but who let that Sooner in?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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;     Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Mary.
 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala;   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

And Happy Birthday to you, too, Mike.
 

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.

And to you, too, Rick, Happy Birthday and thanks for being such a big help with all the photos you take each week.

Your Finances, January 29, 2017

Expenses:   $895.00 

Outreach:   $340.00                           

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

We donated $2,000.00 to Soul's Harbor this week.

Randolph, I do think you have some little mice eager to help you with you birthday gift.  Happy Birthday, Man.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

And lastly, Genevieve to everybody, "See you next week, Folks."

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.

While waiting to join up next week, saying, "I can dance."

Rosemary's Blessing:   From To Bless the Space Between Us ("A Morning Offering") by John O'Donohue.

• May I have the courage today
• To live the life that I would love,
• To postpone my dream no longer
• But do at last what I came here for
• And waste my heart on fear no more.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Nancy & Patrica 
• For the Communion Bread: Christine & Megan 
• For Serving: T.J. & Lacee & Lorynne 
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol and Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Hue

Happy Birthday:   Mabel Ekes; Carie Eshelbrenner, Mary Kee, Christin Urbanczyk (18), Rita

Happy Anniversary:

• Ron & Christine Montesorin (3rd)
• Pam Senter & Alan (4th)
• Richard & Laura Chollick (15th)
• Doug & Julie Kite (22nd)
• Diane & Kent McClurg (36th)
• Ray & Loretta Garcia Williams (40th)

Please Remember:  Blake & Blair have oral surgery Friday, 13th; one of Diane McClurg's uncles who died Friday; Julie's knee operation; Cliff's knee operation; Claire's June 20 operation; Lisa Schleicher; Margie Weynant; Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl; Dee Miller; 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 foot operation June 13 & 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.; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon. 

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

A FIRST.  Ever hear of a priest asking for a performance review?  I would like one.  Please click on the link and let me & the board know how we can improve (if all possible!).  Download ommunity_questionnaire.doc 

Your Finances:

June 8: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,651.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   548.00  

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S