Announcements

Rosemary's Blessing:

May you have

No frost on your spuds,

No worms on your cabbage.

May your goat give plenty of milk.

And if you inherit a donkey,

May she be in foal.

Irish Blessing

Connie reading from Acts of the Apostles.

Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Connie & John
•    For The Team:    Buddy  & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:   Rick &  Mike & Connie 
•    For the coffee and extras: Tom & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben  & Shonda
•    For Marlene's hospitality Holy Week and to Mr. Rabbit
•    For all who helped with Communion 

John reading from 1 John.

Birthdays:    Tom Zurchin (Wednesday), Kerry Tucker (Saturday), Betty Jane (86, Donna’s mom)

Anniversary:

Curtis & Mable (65^th)

Rosemary ready to read her Blessing of The Week.   Note that little smile & twinkle in the eyes.  It gives you fair warning about what is to come.

Remember these special people

For Beth & John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   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 problem.

Beth reads The Fall of Freddie the Leaf.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;   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 Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Zoe with her reward for lighting our candles.

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 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, Tom.

Your Finances, April 8, 2018

Expenses:    $765.00

Outreach:    $155.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy 65th Anniversary, Mable.  I wish Curtis were here to help us celebrate.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Hi, Buddy, have a tough night last night?    (or am I putting you to sleep again, which I can't believe)

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 Harper, "Thanks for coming everybody."

And says Emma, "See you All next week."

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

Humankind, full of all creative possibilities,

is God’s work.

Humankind alone is called to assist God.

Humankind is called to co-create.

With nature’s help,

humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life-sustaining.

Hildegard of Bingen

Patricia reads from the Prophet  Ezekiel

Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Patricia & John
•    For The Team:   George, Buddy, & John
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  John Cade
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Connie & Barb
•    For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom  &  Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie 
•    For the Music:     Ben & David & Shonda
•    For all who helped with Communion
•    For the Mass John

John reading John Cade's special 2nd reading from Michael Morewood.

Birthdays:    Bill Ekes (62, last Monday),  Mary Esparza (last Thursday),   Bernadette

Anniversaries

Barb & Warren (39^th, Saturday)

Sandra & Chuck (57^th Friday)

Rosemary reading her special blessing for Fathers' Day.

Remember these special people

For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   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 problem.

Happy Birthday, Bill.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;   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 Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Bernadette.  Good as Viking?  At least!

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 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 39th, Warren & Barb.

Your Finances, June 17, 2018

Expenses:    $640.00

Outreach:    $175.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

Special Blessing for all Fathers, actual & virtual.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

John leads the Community Blessing.

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.

The Special Blessing continues with everybody sharing in the act of blessing.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

• Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings each morning, thank you, Lord, that I can hear.  There are those who are deaf.
• Even though I keep my eyes tightly closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you Lord, that I can see.  There are many who are blind.
• Even though I huddle in my bed and put off the effort of rising, thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise.  There are many who are bedridden.
• Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, thank you, Lord for my family.  There are many who are lonely.
• Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in the magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced, thank you, Lord, for the food we have.  There are many who are hungry.
• Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous, thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work.  There are many who have no job.
• Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day, and wish my circumstances were not so modest, thank you , Lord, for the gift of life.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Ron & Marilyn
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the Generosity of all of you who made the brunch and Casey & Rob’s baby shower terrific

Happy Birthday: Megan Carroll & her mom Angie, John Doherty, Dillon,  Natalie Gorman (6) Geri Moran, Scott, Hue Beavers, John Bresson, Duffy, & Grace Leal.

Happy Anniversary:

• Nikki & Keith (1st)
• Bobby & Debbie (22nd)

Please Remember:  Maureen Macchio’s mom Dolores McKenna who died Monday; Dee Miller’s operation; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s 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, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; 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; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances:

• February 10:  Income for Running  Expenses: $1,570.50
• February 10:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 406.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing

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.

Anonymous

Lynda reading from the Great Old Prophet Jeremiah.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Tom & Lynda
•    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Connie & Jackie,  Mike & Rick
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
•    For the Music:  Ben  &  Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion
•              

Tom reading the sublime 1 Corinthians 13.

 Birthdays:   Tom Fleming (60, Tuesday), Cheryl O'Hagan (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Richard & Carol (44th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's sister Sharon, who just died Saturday morning,  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery;  For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother, Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Thanks, Dearest Emma, for lighting our Winter Candles.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  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 and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

Thanks, My Dear Buddy, for reading so well our Blessing of the Winter Candles.

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 a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

What??!! No more Girl Scout cookies, Harper?

Your Finances, February 3, 2019

Expenses:   $1195.00

Outreach:    $ 385.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Dearest Tori.

Thanks, Everybody 

(214-783-0443)

Hey, who let this monster in here??!!

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.

This guy, Noah, used to be a nice little guy who was one of my favorite altar boys at St. Marks in the great 10:30 Mass in the cafetorium.  He is still The Best.

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week    

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don't think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

"Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

Jackie reading from Amos

Our Special Thanks

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

Patricia reading from the 1st Letter to Timothy

Birthdays:    Sandra (today), Claire Zurchin (31, Monday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Tuesday), Bethany (Friday), Holly Kern (23, Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Lynda & Tom, (34^th Sunday, today)

Mary Ellen, Judy, Carol, and Mary

Please Remember these special people:

For Dee and for Mike, who just moved to the other side Thursday afternoon;  For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent's mom;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;   for Zaile's mom in the hospital in the Philippines;  For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg amd 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 Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   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 Urbanczyk's continued recovery;   

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  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 Birthday Warren (a week late)

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;    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 & 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.

Your Finances, September 18, 2016

Expenses:   $  1,475.00

Outreach:   $  611.00

Donated today:  Nothing special today.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

… and Leo, the candle lighter gets a cupcake

A Reminder: Thursday, 9/22/16 is North Texas Giving Day

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 am strong.. because
I know my weakness

I am beautiful.. because
I am aware of my flaws

I am fearless.. because
I learned to recognize illusion from real

I am wise.. because
I learn from my mistakes

I can laugh.. because
I have known sadness

I am a lover.. because
I have felt hate and
I prefer to love

Unknown

Bill reading Isaiah.

Special Thanks–

• For Reading:  Bill & Nancy 
• For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine & Cups:  Beth
• For the Music: Ray  & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Rick & Beth & Mike, John & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Ron & Marilyn, Jerry & Jackie  
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Nancy reading 1 Corinthians.

  Birthdays: David Ekes (52, Saturday), Chloe (7, Thursday), Sir Charlie (Thursday), Kevin (17, Thursday), Sienna (3, Wednesday), and her momma, Erin (Sunday, today), An Old Geezer (73, Saturday)

Anniversary:

Ray & Claire (42, Wednesday)

We Remember  

Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on the death of Kate, their twin daughter (see more information below);  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery;  And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and 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;

Rose, Kate's mom, wrapped in one of our Community Prayer Shawls and holding Charlotte, Emil's oldest of 3. Emil is Rose and Wally's oldest son and works in Colorado Springs, where Rose and Wally now live. Kim, Kate's twin sister, also lives in the area.

 Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;     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.

Kate Rose Banzhaf, 26 years old.

 Information on Kate.  She died a passenger in a car returning from watching the Denver play off game in Denver.  Her friend lost control of the car.  She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.  Wednesday was a viewing and Thursday afternoon was a beautiful funeral with around 400 people, including Kate's 3rd grade students and faculty from the school.  I will talk more about Kate in next week's homily.

       Your Finances: January 20, 2013

Expenses:     $1150.00 

Outreach:     $ 625.00 

Quarterly Financial Report:   Download Blog Q4

 We donated this week: nothing special this week

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

  Video:   Final 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.