Sunday Reminder 3-15-09, 3rd Lent

Mass: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, muffins (home made), & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Isaiah 6, 1-8; Psalm 138 (a favorite); 1 Corinthians 15, 1-11; Luke 5, 1-11 (Call Themes).

Mass: Epiphany of Jesus: 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Isaiah 60, 1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3, 2-6; Matthew 2, 1-12

Thanks again, everyone, for such a marvelous Christmas Eve Mass & Food Drive.

Community Bulletin Board 

Community Directory with  names, perhaps email addresses, phone number, even address.  This idea has received positive feed back.  May be done completely on line?                               

Tree Project update: maybe in January?  Waiting to hear from Collin Co. Child Advocacy Center, Park & Los Rios.

See you Sunday.

The Community welcomes Izzi to her baptism with congratulations to Megan & T.C. on having such a beautiful little girl.

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade  &  Stack

Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

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My Dearest Izzi, are you ready?  You look  like you are.  To begin, I would like to hold you and have you officially welcome everybody.

Readings:

Habakkuk,  1, 2-3, 2,2-4, I cry for help, but you do not listen

Psalm 95,  If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

2 Timothy 1, 6-8, 13-14, Stir into flame the gift  of God.

Luke 17, 5-10,   We are unprofitable servants.

Thanks for welcoming everybody & now we are ready to baptize you into a special relationship with this community & with God.

Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, September October 4, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

Held by her dad, we baptize you Izzi with water in the name of the Father, & the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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JULIETS,  October, 

HI EVERYONE,

ARE YOU IN THE FALL MOOD FOR A GREAT MEXICAN LUNCH?  WE WILL BE DINING AT FRANKIE’S IN RICHARDSON. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4^th AT 12;30

FRANKIE’S MEXICAN CUISINE

2701 CUSTER PKWY. RICHARDSON

Looking forward to seeing everyone.  Please let me know if you are available so I can make reservations.

Thanks,   Marilyn,   972-491-7068

My Dearest Izzi, God wants me to give you a couple of simple observations.   

1.  You a perfect little girl, a beautiful person.  

2.  God says, "I love you this morning without  limits and I will continue to love you without limits all your life.

True?

Sixty might be the new 40, but 9:00 is the new midnight.

Now, Izzi, I would like you to give your first Special Blessing to all your new community.

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

Knights of Columbus, https://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-knights-of-columbus-brothers-in-alms.html

Thanks, Izzi!

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Congratulations, Izzi., Megan, and T.C.

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.

The Sacred Romeo Luncheon invaded by an alien Party Crasher.   See the crasher?  

 I know you, Izzi.  You would never do such a thing, though I would welcome you.  You would elevate the character of the group.

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's.  We will be here through August 1, while Vines is being renovated.

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

Readings:  1 Kings 19-21; Psalm 16, You are my Inheritance, O Lord; Galatians 5, 1, 13-18; Luke 9 51-62

Community Bulletin Board:

Take Note:  the Sundays through August 1 we will meet at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  Vines will be undergoing major renovation.

Thoughts on The Church: Joan Chittister, an outstanding contemporary nun, writes about the current Rome investigation of religious orders of women, like the Ursulines, St. Josephs, Mercies, etc.:     Download Apostolic Visitation 6-23-10

Here is an update on the Collin Co. Adult Clinic, to whom we donate $2000 per month.  Started by our Julia Grenier:   Download CCAC Profile 6-25-10 
 
 
  

See you Sunday, 6-27-10

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

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

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

Georgie with Zoe and Emma, plus Bernadette and Michelle, mothers and daughters

Jerry with Mike and Mike, Mary Ellen checking out  the pastries

Readings:  

 Deuteronomy, 4,1-2, 6-8,  What great nation is there that has gods so close?

 Psalm 15, The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

James, 1, 17-18, 21-22,  Be doers of the word and not hearers only.

Mark, 7, 1-8, 14-15, 21-23, From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts.

John and Connie, Tom and Denni

Jean and John, John and Mary Jane

Community Bulletin Board: 

1.  Habitat Build, Saturday morning, the Sept. 1, 11^th Street & Ave. E.  Welcome.  This is a unique experience of giving.

2.  Dallas Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert.  It may be only August, but this superb performance sells out.  We get discounted tickets as a group.  Date: December 14, 8:00, tickets will be about $40.  Wine & Cheese at The Rectory pre-performance.  Traditionally, this has been a beautiful evening.

3.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

Torri & Buddy in Michelle's arms with Jean,  Rosemary, and Bernadette

John with Sandra and Chuck

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.    American Bishops' Moves, National Catholic Reporter, August 17, 500 words,   Download US bishops 8-24-12  

2.     Confession Anyone?, Corpus, August 18, 500 words,   Download Confession 8-24-12

3.     Vatican Bank, National Catholic Reporter,  August 24, 325 words,  Download Vat Bank 8-24-12

Jim's birthday party and Jim's girls

Geri and Maureen

True? 

 The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking."

A.A. Milne, British author

More of Jim's girl with an old geezer and his HHH medal

Almost dead HHH riders entering Shepherd A.F. Base at the end of 100 miles

See you Sunday, September 2

J.S., 214-783-0443

Rest Station around mile 60 keeping ahead of the water demand. High temp was only 94, but 30 mph. south winds made returning to Wichita Falls brutal.

Long lines for the port a potties the first 5 rest stations. From mile 60 on, short lines if any.

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.

"Welcome in," says Beth with her marvelous rhythm.

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

Sez Genevieve, "Who is that funny man?"
 

Readings:

Leviticus 19, 1-2,  17-18,  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.   

 Psalm 103,  The Lord is kind and merciful. (Stanza 2, one of the best)

 1 Corinthians 3, 16-23,   You are the temple of God.

 Matthew 5, 38-48,    Love your enemies.

2 weeks as of Sunday, now minus 5 days.  Ready Bethany?

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, February 17, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

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

Sez Cathy, "When you clowns going to pay Harper for all those Girl Scout cookies?"
 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1.  Interesting idea from Warren Buffet,   Download BUFFETT RULE

Sibling team work, Georgie and Buddy.

Help!, Georgie.

True?

The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world—and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end—is being destroyed.

• Hannah Arendt

Healing for Mike & Judy. 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Our Father.

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.

Welcome, Jim, and Peace.