Reminder for Sunday, April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday

 Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack with Mike homilizing

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

 

Readings: 

Malachi 3, 19-20, There will arise the sun of justice.

Psalm 98,  Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12,  Night and day we worked.

Luke  21, 5-19, Nation will rise against nation.

 

  Community Events:

1.  Quarter 3 Financial Report:   Download Q3 Report 11-15-13  

 2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, October 15, 1:00, Jason's Deli   Welcome All. 

 3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

 

 

  4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

The date:  December 19.   Rosemary says that you may still sign up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we usually have a few additional people.   Total so far, 29 people.  

Welcome, also, to the Rectory for wine & cheese and a ride through Highland Park to see the best lights. 

 

Connected with this, a plan is developing to visit the Christmas lights in Highland Park on bikes one evening, a common event in that neighborhood.  We have our guide, Chris Phipps, who lives there, and the old geezer can second, since this is his old neighborhood.  Get your bike lights polished.

5.  Got an iPhone?  Use it instead of visiting a doctor?  Check this out:   

     iDoctor

 

 What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      US Bishops' Meeting results, National Catholic Reporter, November 12, 550 words,     Download US Bishops Meet 11-15-13

2.      Spot Players, Corpus, November 7,  550 words,   Download Spot Players 11-15-13

 3.      Francis with Newly Weds, ABC News, November, 200 words,     Download Francis and Newlyweds 11-15-13

  True? 

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

RAY BRADBURY

 

 See you Sunday, November 17, 2013, 33rd & last of this year's cycle C, Ordinary Time

 J.S., 214-783-0443

 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.

 

 

Isaiah 7:  Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.
Romans 1: Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles, among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;
Matthew 11:  Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.”

 

No, life is not predictable, but it is livable if we only concentrate on what we have more than on what we want. “Life is a shipwreck,” Voltaire wrote, “but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Christmas Eve Mass: December 24th at 4:00 PM

Another Reminder for the 4th Sunday in Advent, December 21, 2025
Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

 

John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
The ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

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.

 

 

 

What is THAT?   Who let it in here?

 

 

Beware: Clock change this week, Daylight Savings Time returns.

 

Food Drive this Sunday.

 

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

 

Homily this week by the Dickinson gang, plus Penitential Rite. 

 

 

 

 

Is it edible or does it eat?  Like US?

 

Readings:

 2 Chronicles 36, 14-16, 19-23, Cyrus, king of Persia, builds a temple in Jerusalem.

Psalm 137, Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you.

 Ephesians 2, 4-10,  God raised us up.

John  3,  14-21, Jesus and Nicodemus converse

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Dickinson, TX, a Houston suburb hit hard by Harvey and still recuperating.   We joined members of our community with Bona Responds, Prof. Jim Mahar's marvelous group of students and alumni who came here from St. Bonaventure U. near Buffalo, NY

 

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 9, 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),  April Luncheon, TBA

 

 

 

Where to sleep?  Grab a cot.

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1   Franci at 5 years, Crux, 2/28/18       Download FRANCIS FIVE YEARS 3-8-18

 

 

 

Jim addresses the group.

 

True?

 

Energizer bunny arrested.  Charged with battery.

 

 

 

The King and Queen of Bona Responds, John & Connie.
 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

Bona Responds kids.  Many flew to Houston on their own.

 

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.

 

 

 

It must be homily time!

 

 

Okay, Everybody, Up!  It is time for morning calisthenics.

 

Exodus 17:  Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it for the people to drink.
Romans 5:  For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
John 4:   If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink, ‘you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

 

The love of a good friend is the balm that frees us, supports us, makes possible for us the fullness of life.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

From Lynda Fleming:

Once again, we would like to put together Easter treat bags for the guys at Souls Harbor. Donna Dinsmore is out of town for several months preparing for a new grandchild, so I will be coordinating the collection. Below is a list of the items that we’re hoping to include. If you would prefer to give a monetary donation, that would be wonderful! Please see me at church or send your contribution via Venmo or Zelle to 972-754-0823.
Socks
Toiletries (travel size)
Toothbrush and small toothpaste
Candy
Laundry detergent pods

Thanks, in advance, for your generosity and support!

Another Reminder for The 3rnd Sunday of Lent, March 81, 2026

Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

 

John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
The ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

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: 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 

 

 

Brandon, the Candle Lighter of The Week, with his apprentice learning the skill.
 

 

Readings:

Isaiah, 11, 1-10,  On that day the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb. (a beautiful reading)

 Psalm 72,  Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

 Romans 15, 4-9,  Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you.

 Matthew, 3, 1-12,   John the Baptist appeared preaching in the desert.

 

 

Communion from Patricia to Cindy and Claire.

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, December 9, 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), December 9; 12:30

ADVENT PLANS:   Download Advent 2016    This Sunday, Souls Harbor, hoodies, useful items for the truck, guest speaker

 

   

Healing & Life for Tom from John.                    

 

Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This year we are going to the Meyerson on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 pm.   We will have seats in the Orchestra section at approximately $45.00 per person.  Please let Rosemary (rosemary.mcginn@sbcglobal.net) know as soon as possible if you are interested in going.  

Something new and special this year.  We will meet before the 7:30 concert at the condo of Beth & Rob at 2111 Marilla on the corner with S. Pearl across the street from the Dallas Farmers’ Market.   

 

 

"You look beautiful," says Mike to John,

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Nothing this week

 

 

And, just in case you forgot…..

 

 

True? 

There are bold pilots, and there are old pilots, but very few old bold pilots.

Army Air Corp Sign

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 You have doubts?  This is alligator habitat, nice cool lagoon, warm bank for sunbathing.   One warm Sunday afternoon during a Thanksgiving week, there was a, say, 5 foot, sunbather.   Problem: blind curves on the bike path.  Thanks be to other cyclists and walkers who warned this biker.

 

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.

 Mass:  Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

Place:  Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Proverbs 9, 1-6; Psalm 34, Taste & See the Goodness of the Lord; Ephesians 5, 15-20; John 6, 51-58

Community Bulletin Board: 

From Geri Moran with the Shawl Ministry for Babies:
Dear Friends of Stack Ministries,

On behalf of all volunteers at St.Elizabeth Ann Seton
Shawl Ministry for babies we would like to thank you for your interest
in participating in this outreach.  We could use knitters, crocheters, and fringers plus people to sew on labels and make the tags as the need is great.

For those who are available to stop by, we meet the second Tuesday
of each month (August 11th) at 7pm in the Faith Formation Center located at
3100 W.Spring Creek Pkwy, PLN 75023
 
I believe this ministry may be a blessing to you as well.

God bless you all,
Geri
972-867-8968 HM
972-489-8968 cell

PS.
To find out more about this ministry go to
http://setonparish-org.ecatholicchurches.com/index.cfm?load=page&page=274

From Marianne Elwell concerning the cruise next summer:

Re the cruise – if someone is interested in the cruise, or even think they might be interested, they only have to put a deposit of $25.00 per person by 8/26.  They can always cancel (up to a certain point and I will find out what the latest cancel date is), but we need at least 8 cabins booked by then or we lose the group status. 

If you can put in the blog to encourage anyone who even might be interested (including yourselves in case your hips fail) just to put the deposit down, if we get at least 8 cabins, we’ll be good to go.

Marianne Foley Elwell

(214) 448-9279 (cell)

reply to: mfoley@IWantThisVacation.com

For Travel go to: www.IWantThisVacation.com

 

True?  Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love,
grace, and gratitude. 

Dennis Waitley

 

Note: Following discussion among the board members, we decided that we have to give up inviting our dogs to Mass.  Some people have allergies, some are skittish, but above all the Health Dept. might get upset and invite us out.  So sorry, you kids and dog lovers.  J.S.

  

Picture 1:  Burro Pass above Matterhorn Canyon going into Piutte Creek

Picture 2:  Rose over Burro Pass (10,000+ feet)

Picture 3:  Curtis & Barb at the Coffee Shoppe

Picture 4:  The Drescher Girls, Megan with her mom & grandmother, Christine & Diane

   

Picture 5: Dinner Time, Tom & Lynda, Rob, Bill, & The Geezer

             

 See you Sunday, August 16

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Picture 6: Daniel cleans out the whole pot