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Rosemary's Blessing:

May an abundance of gratitude burst forth in our minds and hearts as we remember all the blessings in our life.

May we slow our hurried pace these days so we can be aware of, and enjoy, what we can too easily take for granted.

May we always be open, willing and ready to share our blessings with others and never forget the God who loves us lavishly and unconditionally.

And may we remember that our thanksgiving is incomplete until we pay it forward by doing for others what they cannot do for themselves.

Amen.

From a  prayer by Sr. Jean Amore CSJ, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

John reading from The Prophet Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks

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

Patricia reading from Romans.

Birthdays:   Alex Grattifiori (19 Sunday, today) & Ben Porter (Sunday, today)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week with a little help from her friend.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol's recuperation from her operation;      For Frank's family & friends;   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 Jan’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 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;

The Best, Shonda, Bethany, Ray, & David.

 

Gor Geri's friend, Elsa Billman, 88, whose house burned;  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;

Can we trust David to take this cupcake home to his son on his birthday today?

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;     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.

Thanks, Leo, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

Your Finances, December 18, 2016

Expenses:   $ 1,470.00

Outreach:   $  879.00     

Our food drive brought in over 280 lbs. of food.                       

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Best buddies.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Have a Beautiful & Peaceful Christmas from Cathy & Donna.

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.

Says Zoe, "See you Christmas Eve, 4:00, in the gym, bring flowers for the altar and stage, and get ready for a great Nativity Drama."

  
    Video: Rosemary reads her blessing (1 min.)

Rosemary’s Blessing

 HOPI PRAYER…..
of The Soul's Graduation:

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there,
I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight
On the ripened grain.
I am the gentle Autumn's rain.

When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there.
I did not die.

Maureen reads Exodus

   Our Special Thanks:

• For Reading: T.J. & Maureen
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Dee Miller
• For the Wine Cups: Beth & Rob
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick & Beth & Connie & John
• For the coffee:   John & Mary Jane 
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
• For all who helped to make special Joan's Mass & Brunch

T.J. reads Ephesians

Birthdays:  Emery Zurchin (23 Friday), Eric Wittek, Lynda Fleming (52 Wednesday), & Curtis (83 today!)

Anniversaries:

Brian Bambanek & Kendal (7^th)

Mike & Judy (48^th Wednesday)

The Play Area

 We Remember  

Joan & her great family;   Jackie Ritter;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;  Sydney Bivona’s unborn grandson, Isaiah & his mom & dad;  Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   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.

Blessing the Kids

  
Your Finances: August 5, 2012

Expenses:    $1o90.00    

Outreach:    $ 280.00

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 Video: Entrance Hymn (1 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.

 Rosemary's Blessing of The Week

When the decorations of Christmas have been packed away 
then the work of Christmas begins:

Lord, help us

to find the lost,
to heal those broken in spirit,
to feed the hungry,
to release the oppressed,
to rebuild the nations,
to bring peace among all peoples,
and to make a little music with the heart…

Adapted from Work of Christmas Begins by Howard Thurman

Kerry reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah III this selection).

Our Special Thanks

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

Mary reading from Ephesians. 

Birthdays:   Meredith (last Monday),  Tom Fleming (58 last Thursday), Jan (Saturday), Ben Kern (14, Friday)

Anniversaries

Jackie & Rick (16th, Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol's recuperation from her operation;      For Frank's family & friends;   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 Jan’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 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 58th, Tom, and to help you keep in shape, instead of a cupcake, a Belvita.

For Geri's friend, Elsa Billman, 88, whose house burned;  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;

And Happy Birthday to you, too, Jan.  Don't let that Sir Charlie swipe your cupcake.

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;     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.

And to you, Rick and Jackie, happy 16th Anniversary.

Your Finances, January 8, 2017

Expenses:   $930.00 

Outreach:   $280.00                           

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 $2,000.00 donated to Soul's Harbor.

Happy Birthday to you, Meredith, and to you, Brent, I hope this check for $2,000 helps with the marvelous work you do as director of Souls Harbor.   You both are an inspiration to me and to the community.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

No way, Buddy, can you be bored, what with such a fascinating Epiphany homily and all the fun things going on.

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.

From Mary and Genevieve, "Have a great week, Folks, peace."

Special Thanks:

• For reading: T.J. & Kevin
• For the Altar Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Carmen & Ashley
• For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice: Margie, Jackie, Lisa & Mark, Marilyn & Ron and Margarita
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol Strom, Jackie & Bob McGrath
• For the music: Ray & Roy, Marianne & Kathleen, Rick & Jackie

Happy Birthday: Cindy Ekes, Marlene Ekes, Becky Nugent, Stephen Farmer (17), Lance Anderson (50), Rose Banzhaf, (Megan Robinson)

Happy Anniversary: Mark & Lisa Ackerman

Please Remember:  Jack Flovin; Gil Swift; Cheryl Ann’s dad with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed, Greg, & Yolanda; little 8 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, 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; & Shonda.

Good News from Mexico: I talked with Karina Saturday night and she says she has set up her little pharmacy in Cuernavaca and it is going well. Unfortunately, a couple of days ago she fell in the street and broke her polio brace. Her mother, Maria Luisa, whose cancer seems to be in remission, has worked the pharmacy while Karina stayed home to recuperate. Monday she hopes to return to work. Our seed money seems to be bearing fruit. 

Your Finances:

• August 5: Income for Running Expenses:              $ 865.00 
• August 5: Income for Outreach Expenses:             $ 401.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing:    

Loving Father,

often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

Show us how to look again, to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

Amen

www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf

Grace reading from the delightful book of Genesis.

Our Special Thanks:  

•    For  the Readings:  Grace and Mike
•    For The Team:    Kevin  
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison 
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Barb & Warren 
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & Mike & John & Beth
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Geri;  Jackie, Beth Dugan
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Wendy & Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion 

Mike reading 1 Peter.

 Birthdays:  Ray Winkler (Sunday), Rosemary (19, Sunday), Leighton Elizabeth (2, Tuesday), Anthony DeGenova (Thursday), Diane McClurg (Friday)

Rosemary & Cupcake of the Week for, get this, 19 years no smoking.

 Please Remember these special people:

For John Bresson's mom, who just died;  For John Doherty's dad, Frank, who died in the 17th;  For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;  For Marilyn in the hospital for high blood pressure;  For Bernadette's recuperation from knee surgery;  For John & Jean's son John Louis;   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;

Ash Wednesday Mass at Marlene's.

Claudette’s little 9-10 day old niece, Mica Rose, not doing well;  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.

Claire, Ray, Mike, and Mabel.

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.

Marlene, Lynda, Tom, Mike, and Dee.

Your Finances, February 22, 2015

Expenses:   $1865.00

Outreach:   $ 625.00

Megan, Cindy, Zaile, and Bill.

Thanks for your Generosity.

 We donated this week:  Nothing Special

  Video: Enter the Journey, 2 minutes                            

 Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Peace to All.

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:

Special Thanks: 

·   For Reading: John & Kevin

· For the Communion Bread: Gayle 

· For Serving: Kevin

· For the Wine Cups & Cross: Alison & John

· For the Music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste

· For the Pictures: Jan & Sabrina

· For the altar & sound: Denni & Hue

· For the coffee & cake: Nina & Jon & Mary Ellen

Happy Birthday:   Sheila Baack & Bob McGrath 

Happy Anniversary:

Buddy & Cathy Good (30th)

The Status of The Hips:

Monday, I get my medical check out and am off home confinement.  Yeah!  Swelling continues to slowly recede.  No pain at all.  See you all next Sunday! 

Please Remember:

Marilyn Ackerman's mother who broke her hip; Jim Drescher; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle Guinigundo; Jackie Ritter's friends Bob Minarik with cancer & Todd Fred with leukemia; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  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 & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,  Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece 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:  John Simari reading

Picture 2:  Kim Yaklin & Laura Chollick reading about autism

Picture 3:  First Day of Spring at the Parsonage, March 21, Sunday morning

Picture 4:  Rosemary digging out Sunday Morning for Mass

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

Your Finances: March 21:

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,625.00

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 980.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

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