Reminder for Sunday, August 19, 2018, 20th, Ordinary Time

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

The Community listening to Mike's Homily.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.  

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

Place: Legacy Charter School, Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Georgie.

Readings:  

 2 Kings 4:42-44,  They shall eat and there shall be some left over.

 Psalm 145,   The hand of the Lord feeds us;he answers all our needs.

 Ephesians 4: 1-6, One body and one Spirit.

John 6: 1-15,  The miracle of the loaves and fishes.

Emma, the candle lighter.
 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 20, 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), August, TBA

 Zoe and…

 her sister, Tori.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Great music, Ben.

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 8:  The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shown.

Corinthians 1:  Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.

Matthew 4:  …Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has risen.

Some members of the community

John Stack Ministries now meets at:  The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano

Loretta Williams

John and Rosemary will be out of town from Monday, 1/23/23 until Monday, 1/30/23. Mass on Sunday, 1/29/23 will be on Zoom with John Cade.  The Blog will not be published during the  week that we are out of town.

Connie Doherty
        

Mike giving communion to John.

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

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

Georgie coming to work.

Readings: 

Revelation 7, 2-4, 9-14, I had a vision of a great multitude.

Psalm 24,  Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

1 John 3, 1-3,  We are God's children now.

Matthew 5, 1-12, The Beatitudes.

Zoe ready for a Cupcake.

 Community Events:   Change Your Clocks this Saturday!

1.    This Sunday, All Saints: bring pictures of the people dear to you, your saints, and we will place the pictures on the stage and have a memorial Mass.   

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, October 25, 1:00.   Welcome All.  Note: We are back at Jason's Deli, 75 & Collin Creek Mall.

 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. 

Sunrise on White Rock Lake.

 4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

Rosemary is collecting for the tickets, $45 each.

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. 

The dam at White Rock.

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.

White Rock Creek Trail.

 
What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      Kennedy on Francis guilty?, National Catholic Reporter, October 24, 1200 words,  
Download Francis is a Christian 11-1-13

2.      The Great Cardinal Bernadin of Chicago, National Catholic Reporter, October 26, 900 words,     Download Cardinal Bernadin 11-1-13

3.       Where to sisters?, National Catholic Reporter, October 30, 420 words,    
Download Global sisters' path 11-8-13 

4.       Francis' emphasis on the Poor, National Catholic Reporter, October 28, 850 words,   
Download Editorial 11-8-13

One of many small bridges on the White Rock Creek Trail.

 True? 

 Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

Bill Keane via Chuck Pratt

Peace.

  See you Sunday, November 3, 2013, All Saints, C cycle

 J.S., 214-783-0443

Sign-up for All Saints with Denni, Marilyn, Geri, and Sir Charlie.

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.

Communion helpers.

Sez Cathy, "Welcome in, Everybody." 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

And welcome to you, Bill & Betty Jean from Martha's Vineyard, plus your buddies, Aggie & Allen.

Readings:

Genesis 12, 7-9; 3, 1-7,  I will make of you a great nation   

 Psalm 33,  Lord, let your merciful love be upon us, as we  place our trust in you.

 2 Timothy 1, 8-10,   Bear your share of hardship for the gospel.

 Matthew 17, 1-9,    The Transfiguration.

Can I trust these two behind my back??

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 10, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  The Old Geezer will be out of town. 

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),  April TBA    

Love for the Kids, April 8, Welcome

Daylight Saving Time–This Sunday
 

What on earth do you two girls have there, Harper & Zoe?  Could that be Jackie's pastry?

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Clergy abuse situation,  National Catholic Reporter,   3-3-17, 850 words,    Download CLERGY ABUSE 3-10-17
2. MN diocese goes bankrupt, National Catholic Reporter, 3-3-17, 234 words,    Download MN DIOCESE BANKRUPT 3-10-17

Could it be that Bill bought that "like new" Studebaker from Sir Charlie and he is trying to sell it to these people?

True?

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home, that wilderness is a necessity.

John Muir 1838-1914

Can you believe this?  His own wife sleeping through the Mass!

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Sacrament of  Healing, "Lord, that this foot may heal so that it may hike the trails of Matterhorn Canyon, Yosemite, this September."

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.

Mass:  Plus coffee & donuts & specials on the house.  Welcome!

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30,  Fr. Tony celebrating

Readings: Isaiah 62, 1-5; Psalm 96, Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds to All the Nations; 1 Corinthians 12, 4-11; John 2, 1-11, Wedding at Cana

Word from the Old Geezer:

“This new shiny 2010 model titanium hip is terrific and I have been walking twice – the day of the operation and this morning.”

 Community Bulletin Board: 

Heritage Farm renovation:  On hold for a while.

We behold the face of nature bright with gladness.

— Charles Darwin
 

 

Picture 1:  Jenny Holcomb with her big sister Melissa

Picture 2:  David Hoover & John Simari

Picture 3:  Cara Kless with her mom, Christine

Picture 4:  Sean Kless with his dad, Ed

Picture 5:  The Congregation

See you Sunday, January 17  

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Acts 2:  All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need.
1 Peter 1:  Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
John 20:  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”

John Cade’s Easter Homily:  04-05-26 Homily Easter Sunday

In the end, it will always be what we have done to assure those who have less than we do the same quality of life we have that will count most. It won’t be how much money we made in the doing of it.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Another Reminder for 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 12, 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.