Sunday 8-3-08

Jeremiah 31, I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel.

Psalm 130, Create a clean heart in me, O Lord.

Hebrew 5, He became the source of salvation

John 12, Sir, we would like to see Jesus.

Please let Rosemary or me know if you would like to attend Easter Sunday at Legacy.  We plan on 20 people and as of today ten places remain open.  Please be ready to mask and have the vaccine.  Do you realize how consoling it is to send out this note!!

Hey, who is in charge here!!

Reminder for Sunday, March 21, 2021, 4th Lent

Here are the links for Sunday:

2. search for "john stack ministries"

 

 

 

What's going on in Ye Olde Catholic Church

 

1.   Rome won't bless same sex weddings, https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/vatican-says-priests-cant-bless-gay-couples-why-did-pope-francis-approve-decree 

2.  Bishops against vaccines, http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2021/03/editorial-bishops-opposition-to-vaccine.html

 

 

 

 

A Bridge to Peace.

 

 

 

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.

 

John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230

 

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

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

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

John sharing the blessing of the sacrament of the sick.

The Gang.

 Readings:

Isaiah 43,16-21, In the desert I make a way.

Psalm 126,  The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy. 

Philippians 3, 8-14,  For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things.

John 8, 1-11,  They brought a woman who had been caught in adultery.

Torri and Buddy at the Pastry Shoppe.

Emma and Zoe also at The Pastry Shoppe with Beth.

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  March 17, This Sunday, Soul’s Harbor truck will collect everything brought in, clothes, utensils, furniture, appliances.  We are also collecting powdered laundry soap for Soul's Harbor.

Also this week, a penance service before the sign of peace.

2.  March 24, next Sunday, Palm Sunday 

3.  April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

4.  Romeos’ lunch Friday, March 15, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek.  24 again like last week, according to Fred?

The Coffee Shoppe with Bill, Ray, and Claire.

City Bikes for rent, guess where.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, March 13, 1600 words,   Download Pope Francis 3-15-13

2.  Papal Profile,  National Catholic Reporter, March 14, 1600 words,    Download Papal Profile 3-15-13

3.  Hope for the Pope, Boston Globe,  March 14, 800 words,    Download Hope for the Pope 3-15-13

4.  Personal observations: Being of optimistic disposition, I dream, could Pope Francis stand a bit in the tradition of John XXIII?  Still speaking optimistically, might he not at least offer a more balanced administration than the previous two popes?

April in Paris? No, March in Paris.

Your faithful editors.

True? 

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER

Le Pont d'Art or the Art Bridge in snow, Paris.

The Art Bridge also known as the bridge of locks. A couple puts a lock on the fence and throws the key in the Seine, a token to lock their relationship forever. Those are locks on the fence, tons of locks.

 See you Sunday, March 17, 2013, 5th Lent, C cycle 

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.

Mass:  Coffee & Brunch  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; Stack Celebrating 

Readings:  Genesis 18, 1-10; Psalm 15, He who does Justice will live in the Presence of the Lord; Colossians 1, 24-28; Luke 10, 38-42
 

Community Bulletin Board:

This Sunday, July 18: Bon Voyage Celebration & brunch feasting Celeste who travels to Switzerland to teach English in a school.  A dream being fulfilled.  Divide the alphabet in half, as usual, first half bringing hors d'oeuvre, second half deserts.  Thanks.

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.

John Cade on the Dallas Rape Crisis Center we are helping:

Download DARCC 1  -  Download DARCC 2

Thoughts on The Church:

From National Catholic Reporter, July 12: On excommunication,    Download Does excommunication do any good 7-16-10

Also from NCR, July 9, On internal disfunction,    Download A Hierarchy Damaged from within 7-16-10 

Picture 1:   Welcome to the ceremony, Soibhan Reddick (pronounced 'Chivon,' ask Tony) & Matt Lindsay, Otter Lake in background, 3:00 P.M. Saturday, near Parry Sound & Georgian Bay.  My first time to ever hold a little dog, the ringbearer, during the ceremony.

Picture 2:   Entrance with her dad, Rick Reddick (Dr.), the oldest son of Kay's 6 kids.  Soibhan bought & carried her dress from Monterey, Mexico, where she & Matt teach in a school.

Picture 3:   Rick blesses the joining of Soibhan & Matt

Picture 4:   Soibhan & Matt overlooking Otter Lake

Picture 5:   Kay Reddick, grandmother of the bride & visitor to our community.  Reading a poem by her late husband, Chris.

Picture 6:   Flower kids, Gwen and Jacob

Picture 7:   Friends of Tony, Jim & Jamie Shields with Hannah & Clair.

Picture 8:   Friends of John Cade, Rachel Willoughby & Monica Urbaniak

 

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Say Tori and her buddy, "Welcome in, Everybody."   (Wish I had somebody who loved me as much as Tori loves her friend!)

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

Times are a changing, Folks!
 

Readings:

Ezekiel 37, 12-14.   I will open your graves

 Psalm 130,  With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Romans  8-11,   Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

 John 11, 1-45,    Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.

You look beautiful, Bethany, congratulations again.
 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 31, 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),  

Join the fun and friendship for our April Luncheon Friday, April 7^th at 1:00 P.M. We will be going to Canton Chinese Restaurant 400 N. Greenville Avenue.  972-238-1863. It will be most interesting.  The restaurant is in China Town on the East side, South of Arapaho, North of Beltline. Enter at the stop light.  You will see Chinese Soldiers and a grand entrance.  Hope everyone can join us.

Love for the Kids, April 8, Welcome

DARCC collection this Sunday,  Download DARCC NEEDS 4-2-17

Time to start, Kevin.

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Child abuse by clergy in France, National Catholic Reporter, March 25, 456 words,    Download CHILD ABUSE BY FRENCH CLERGY 3-30-17

Leo, wake up, you are missing another great homily.

True?

I just discovered my age group! I am a Seenager. (Senior teenager)  

I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50-60 years later. 

I don't have to go to school or work

I get an allowance every month.

I have my own pad. 

I don't have a curfew. 

I have a driver's license and my own car.

 I have ID that gets me into bars and the wine store. I like the wine store best.

The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant, they aren't scared of anything, they have been blessed to live this long, why be scared?

And I don't have acne.     Life is Good!

Offertory Team, Warren & Barbara, Teresa & Tom.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Michelle & her favorite dad, Gilbert.

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.

Alison and her favorite, John.

Genesis 14:    "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand."

Corinthians   11:  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

Luke 9:  They all ate and were satisfied.  And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.

Without pain we could never know the real meaning of joy. “A wounded deer,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “leaps highest.”

The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister 

Another Reminder for Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025

               Genevieve says, "Hi, Everybody, 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: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

            Here come the Advent Wreath Makers of The Week, Buddy, Victoria, Leighton, and Zoe.
 

Readings:

 Zephania  3, 14-18,  Shout for Joy, O Daughter Zion.

Isaiah 12,    The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy.

Philipians 4, 4-7, Rejoice in the Lord always.

Luke,  3,  10-18,  I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming.

              Could this be what Santa's Workshop looks like?

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 11, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Save your receipts for the clerical help.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2. LADIES' LUNCHEON, will be Friday, December. 11, at 1:00 at Kathy’s Choice, 7989 Beltline (NW corner, Belt Line & Coit), . Please RSVP to Geri Moran at  geriintx@gmail.com

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

Carol

            Leighton, bearing wreath, arrives to cheers from Ken.

4. Love for the Kids picnic, December 12.  Book it.  This is a great event for underprivileged kids, hundreds of them.                                                                                                                                            
5. Christmas boxes for military people overseas.   See attachment for items to include. Boxes may be taken straight to the Post Office or brought to Sunday Mass.    Download Christmas Box items                     Address to send:  Ryan McClurg, 455 EAMXS/F16-EAMU,  APO,AE 09352                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                Like mother, like daughter, Denise and Kara.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
6. December 13: 3 events that morning:
   1. Reconciliation service.
   2. The homily will be one of the guys from Souls Harbor sharing his journey to recover from hitting the bottom.
   3. The Souls Harbor truck will come. Let the winter cleaning begin.                                                                                                                                                                   
7. Special Notice:  Christmas Eve, we are returning to Vines for only the Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00.  Don't go to Sigler.                                                                                                                                                                                       
8. Want to see the schedule for Advents events at Sigler?   Click:     Download Advent 2015

 
Food Drive with Ken's report:    Thanks, Ken & Cindy
   

What a generous group we have! The donated food totaled 359 pounds! This compares with 237 pounds last December.

Additionally there were two merchandise credit cards at Kroger donated.

 What is going on in our Catholic World

1. Francis: World close to suicide,  National Catholic Reporter,  November 30, 710 words,        Download Francis, suicidal climate changes 12-10-15
2. U.S. church leaders, changing,  National Catholic Reporter, December 2,   1000 words,          Download US Church in transition 12-10-15
3. Dealing with the refugee crisis, National Catholic Reporter, December 3, 900 words,      Download Refugee crisis 12-10-15

Some of the clothes collected for the agency, Dressed for Success.  Thanks to Bill for gathering them all and delivering them. 

True?  

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

MARCUS AURELIUS

                            The Best: Leo and his Mommy.

See you this Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

          The Offertory Gang, Tom & Denni, Jim, John, & Louis.
 

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.

                                       Peace, Everybody.

                                              The Scene of Peace