1st Sunday of Lent, February 22, 2026

Rosemary's Blessing

 Be my voice this day that the words I speak

will be healing, affirming, true, and gentle. 

Give me wisdom to think before I speak.

Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr

 

Mary Jane  reading from the Book of Wisdom.

 Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:    Mary Jane & John
•    For The Team:   Kevin 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
•    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda & Bethany
•    For all who helped with communion   

 

 

John reading the story of Zacchaeus in Luke.   John, our own Zacchaeus.

 

Birthdays:    Rob (66, Monday), John DeGenova (57, Tuesday),

Anniversaries:

Bill & Zaile (7^th, Monday)

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The week, while gloating, not smiling at all.  

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Charlie's mom who also died this past week;   For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg and is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;     For Tom Good;     For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom;   For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron;    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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

 

Happy Birthday, Rob, even though you really are older than 64.  Can the priest be wrong??

 

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;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    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 7th Anniversary, Bill, to you and Zaile.  Folks, can we really trust Bill to give Zaile her half of that cupcake? 

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     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 our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

  

Happy Birthday, John.  And who is this little mouse with her eye on that cupcake?  

 

 

 Your Finances, Oct0ber 30, 2016

Expenses:   $1150,00

Outreach:   $ 475.00

Donate this week: $1700 to Souls Harbor for October

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Happy 18th, Patricia.  Folks, we celebrate everything here.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Hey, Cole, what happened to your Halloween duds?  They helped to make you our Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

 

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.

 

Thanks, Brent, for being such an inspiration and example to us through your role as Director of Souls Harbor.  We hope to give you $2000 a month, but we are a little tight this month.   Souls Harbor is a men's residential addiction recovery home for 60 men.  Brent is not only director, he also lives on the grounds with his wife, Meredith..

 

Rosemary’s Blessing: 

May the Lord grant you

         A tolerance for those who don’t agree with you,

         A refusal to judge others,

         A willingness to forgive,

         A calm and hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,

         And a holy anger for injustice in the world. 

From Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr

 

 

Our Special Thanks 

•    For Reading:  John & Jean O'Donnell
•    For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
•    For the 
  Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups: Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:   John & Mike, Beth & Rick 
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Jackie & Carol & Jerry
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda

 

 

 

 Birthdays:   Judy Carrell (Friday), Beth Dugan (42, Thursday),
Hunter Whitley (11, Tuesday), Holly Kern (20, today, Sunday, at UT), and
Bethany (tomorrow)

 

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

Wally Banzhaf's hip operation tomorrow morning, Monday;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli, who broke her hip/leg again just after the 3 of them returned from Greece at 9:00 last night;  Dawn Schultz at home with double pneumonia;  D'Arcy Drescher diagnosed with Lupus;  Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully; Monica's recent medical deal; Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;  Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  

 

 

 

JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Dee's friend Cole, 17, facing
brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their
friends, Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti;  Rita

 

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; 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.

 

 

 

 Video:  Entrance Hymn, Sing a New Song, 2 minutes, 

 
 

 

 Your Finances: September 22, 2013

Expenses:   $1530.00

Outreach:   $ 855.00

 

We donated this week: 

1.  Nothing special this week.

 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: 

May those who have died …

be at peace and fulfillment,

And

May we who are living …

be filled always with gratefulness for each day,

thankful for relationships, our health and spirit,

And

May we leave this world a better place

     for our having been here.

 

J and R Creations

Geri reading Wisdom.

 Our Special Thanks 

•    For Reading:   Geri and Mike
•    For The Team:  Georgie and Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison & Claire
•    For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie & Jan
•    For the Pictures & Video:    Mike & Rick, John & Connie & Beth 
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Bill, Jackie & Jerry & Beth
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda
•    For the numerous people who contributed to the All Saints presentation, Geri, Denni, Mary Ellen, Bernadette, Jan, Judy, Mary, Marilyn, and the guys.
  

 

 

 

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli, who broke her hip/leg again just after the 3 of them returned from Greece;  Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; 

 

 

 

 

 Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; 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.

 Video: Exit hymn, Though the Mountains may fall, 2:30 minutes,

  

Your Finances: November 3, 2013

Expenses:   $1200.00

Outreach:   $ 600.00  

 

 We donated this week: 

 Nothing this week.

 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:   

 Good Morning!      

This is God.

I will be handling all your problems today.

I do not need your help.

So have a good day!

 Author Unknown

 

 

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom 
•    For The Team:    Kevin  &  Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison 
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Barb & Warren 
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike & John & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:    Jackie & Mike & Geri & Beth
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Wendy
•    For all who helped with communion 
•    For John & Mike celebrating last Sunday and all who helped
  

 

 

Birthdays:  Tom Quinn (Sunday, today), Becky & Christine (21, Monday), Hue Beavers, Scott Shaw, Dick Thompson, & John Bresson (55) (all on Wednesday), Dana Dinsmore (23, Saturday)

 Anniversaries:

Bobbie & Debbie (Tuesday, 30^th)

John & Alison (21st, Saturday)

 

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Bernadette's recuperation from knee surgery;   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 Cliff;  For Connie's nephew, Fred and her little friend, Heart; For Mary Jane Stevenson's brother Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla; For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side recently;   Likewise, for Fred's daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;  For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who  died recently, and for the family;    For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor, Vivian;    for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;   For Rita;  Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;    for Nina Tucker's dad;   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, February 8, 2015

Expenses:   $850.00

Outreach:   $495.00

                    February 1, 2015

Expenses:    $355.00

Outreach:    $170.00     

 

Thanks for your Generosity.

 We donated this week:  Nothing Special

                               

Video: Entrance, Enter the Journey, 2:25 minutes,

 

 

 

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

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 Sorry, everyone, the editors are on break, for example:

Rosemary in Alsace.

  Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  John &  Jean O'Donnell  
• For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Jan & Claire
• For the Wine & Cups:  Beth
• For the Music: Ray  & Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video:   Next week
•  For the coffee and pastries:  Fred & Maureen,  Jerry & Jackie
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

                                                                                                                         

 Birthdays: Dee Miller (today, Sunday), John O’Donnell (Thursday), Michael Kern (49 Saturday), Christine Drescher (Saturday)

Anniversary:  Fred Martinez & Martha (4^th, Friday)

We Remember  

Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth;  Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    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;   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;    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: March 10, 2013

Expenses:     $    See next weeks blog.

Outreach:     $  

 We donated this week: 

1.   Catholic Charities.

    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:  

We give thanks for our bread,

We give thanks for our butter,

And most of all,

We give thanks for each other.

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food,

For love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

Father in heaven

We thank thee.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

   

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading: Emily & her mom Julie

• For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

• For Serving:   T.J.

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Beth & Rob

• For the Music: Ben & Wendy & Celeste

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the cake & coffee:  Janette Monear & Sydney and Hugh Bivona

• For all of you who volunteered to help serve the Thanksgiving meal Saturday at Lake Highlands Presbyterian

• For all of you who graciously hosted our visitors today from TX Trees Foundation

   
 

 Happy Birthday:  Ron Ackerman

 

Anniversaries:

 

Roger & Lisa Shaffer (Day 1)

Cliff & Jean Wright (14th)

Barb & Ron Senter (38th)

 

Please Remember:  Beth Dugan who is 8 months pregnant; Theresa Quinn's dad; Diane McClurg's dad who just died this Sunday morning; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Kim's right foot; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; &   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;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece just diagnosed with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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:  Emily reading 

Picture 2:  A new Robinson, Jack, Rob & Beth's newest grandchild

Picture 3:  Lake Highlands Presbyterian volunteers.  Can you pick out Julie & Emily, Jon & Mike?

 

Picture 4:  Lake Highlands Presbyterian: our customers for dinner

 

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

 
 

 Your Finances: November 22

• Income for Running   Expenses: $  875.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  406.00 + a $25 Kroger Gift Card

 

 Thanks for your Generosity!

 Happy Thanksgiving, J.S    (214-783-0443)