Reminder for Sunday, February 11, 2018, 6th Ordinary Time

Mass: Coffee & juice, pastries & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Stack celebrating

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

  
  
Readings:  Exodus 22, 20-26, I am compassionate; Psalm 18, I love you, Lord, my strength; 1 Thessalonians 1, 5-10; Matthew 22, 34-40, Love the Lord and love your neighbor. 

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Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Schedule of upcoming events:  

       1.  This Sunday, October 30, All Saints-All Souls anticipated.  Bring pictures of people you would like to be remembered & place them on the stage, like usual.

       2.  November 5: Mike Carrell will offer us a homily and we will baptize Brooklyn.

       3.  November 12, Saturday, 8:00-1:00, Pizza & Paint Party, Rita's house, 1311 Brentwood.

       4.  December 4, John Cade celebrates our Mass.

       5.  December 10, Love for Kids Christmas Party in Flower Mound for handicapped kids. loveforkidsinc@yahoo.com

       6.  December 11, Thanks Brunch in gratitude to our Boards and particularly to Ron Kovatis, Penny Morrow, & Cathy Goode, who are retiring.  Special guest homilist, Jamie Rose. 

 2.   Directory will be available again this Sunday.  

3.   Three openings on our board.  Welcome.  Let one of us know if you would be willing to help out for a year or two.  One meeting every quarter.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

It is not widely known by Catholics in the pews, but on the first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, a new, more formal language for the Mass will be introduced in parishes in North America.  The following articles explain. 

1.   On the language change, Commonweal, June 30:   Download It doesn't sing, 10-11

 2.  On the language change, Huffington Post, August 30:  Download New Mass Language 10-11   

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True?

"The person who says it cannot be done

 should not interrupt the person doing it"

   Video: Final  Blessing

See you Sunday, October 30, All Saints

Acts 13:  Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Revelation 7:   Then one of the elders said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

John 10:   Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

John Cade's homily from last Sunday:  Download 05-04-25 Homily – 3rd Easter

Another Reminder for the 4th  Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025

Our Father.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and specials on the
house served afterwards.

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

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

Sacrament of the sick for Beth.

Readings: 

 Amos 6, 1, 4-7,   Woe to the complacent.

Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, my
sould.

1
Timothy 6, 11-16,  Pursue
righteousness, devotion, faith, love.

Luke 16, 19-31,  The rich man and Lazarus.

Offertory, Sydney and Hugh.

 Community Events:  

 1.  Highly
recommended: This Saturday,  The Open Window of Dallas is
bringing to Dallas Francis Vanderwall, a biblical scholar and great
presenter.  He is a long time friend and former Jesuit.

He will join us for Mass on Sunday, Sept. 29, but will
share his insights

into the Bible on Saturday, the 28th.  You will
find it a fascinating and

amusing Saturday.  Don’t judge him badly because
he is my long time friend.  Welcome.
  Download Fall Conference 9-13-13

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, September 27,
1:00.  We are home.

 Welcome All.

 3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays begins
again, this time at The Olive Garden, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service
road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

Two Freds, a Martha, and a Maureen equals fun.

4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

We have the date: 
December 19; cost:$45 (cheaper than last year).  Rosemary says that you may still sign
up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we
usually have a few additional 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.  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.

Bernadette, Alison, and John.

  What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      Curse of Institutional Religions, The Observer and Corpus,  September 15, 700 words, Download Institutional Religion 9-27-13

2.      Age of Change
Ahead,  Bloomberg
News, September 22,  675 words,
Download Bloomberg 9-27-13      

3.      Francis’ real test, The Great Hans Kung, National
Catholic  Reporter, September
23, 1200 words,   
Download The real test of Francis 9-27-13

4.       The
big Meeting, the 8 cardinals and Francis, October 1, National Catholic Reporter, September 25, 1300 words,   
Download G8 Meeting 9-27-13

Bill receiving communion from Mike.

True? 

 Finish each day and
be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities
have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall
begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old
nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Curtis and the girls, Megan, Cindy, Mabel, and Debbie.

 See you
Sunday, September 29, 2013, 26^th  Ordinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

John and Mary Jane, John and Jean.

 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.

Kevin a la Patisserie.

Mass Time: 4:00 P.M. Christmas Eve; Sunday as usual. 

Note: I am told we will have to use the west entrance into Vines because our usual entrance on the east is under construction.

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

Readings: From the Midnight Mass, the best–Isaiah 9, 1-6; Psalm 96, Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord; Titus 2, 11-14; Luke 2, 1-14.

  
Community Bulletin Board: 

Debbie Ekes has two job opportunities:  Download Jobs from Debbie

Hey, All You Kids Waiting for Santa: serious rumor has it that Santa has scheduled us again this Christmas Eve, 4:00 P.M. Mass.  Better be nice to an old geezer.  Any other of you kids want to be a shepherd or angel in the Nativity Drama Christmas Eve?  Just show up in costume.

   
 True?

Every now and then go away and have a little relaxation.  To remain constantly at work will diminish your judgment.

Leonardo Da Vnci

Picture 1:  The beginning of Mass.

Picture 2:  The choir, Wendy, Ben, & Celeste 

Picture 3:  Cup Cake Shoppe with Kevin, Chloe & her mom Clare

Picture 4:  Nikki & Sabrina

See you Thursday, December 24, 4:00 P.M. (and Sunday, 27th)

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Isaiah 35:  Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing.
James 5:  You too must be patient.  Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Matthew 11:  Jesus said to them in reply,  “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

The thing about our winter is that it snows. The thing about spring is that it rains. The thing about summer is that it’s sweltering hot. The thing about autumn is that it’s dark and cold. Isn’t it wonderful? All of it. Every single different thing that  makes us adjust and enjoy and live life differently.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

From Lynda Fleming:
Senior Citizens Angel Tree:
We are partnering again this year with the Wellness Center for Older Adults in Plano. There are a variety of ways you can help:
~ If you would like to sponsor a senior, please text Lynda Fleming at 972-754-0823 with the number of seniors you would like to sponsor and a budget amount.
~ If you would like to make a contribution, please Venmo her @LyndaFleming and she’ll be happy to shop for you.
~ if you would like to donate $20 gift cards, the most requested places are Walmart, Subway, Target and Aldi.

Thanks so much for your support and generosity!!

I asked Lynda how much it would cost to sponsor a person.   She said  it would probably be $20-$30. They typically want pajamas or a couple pieces of clothing or a small appliance, things like that…
She also said The Wellness Center will contact as many of their people as they can to ask for needs and wants. If they don’t need anything specific, we give them a gift card depending on if they asked for a restaurant, groceries or general items.

Another Reminder for the 3rd Sunday in Advent, December 14, 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.

Sorry, Everybody,

The old editor left out two notices from the Reminder bulletin:

1.    We are collecting for Dressed for Success ladies dresses and clothing, especially size 18 & up.  On top of this just about any clothing is welcomed.  Bill Hammond will gather everything into his car and take them to their office/warehouse.

2.   We are doing our Advent food drive.  Ken & Cindy will collect and deliver the food.  The items especially appreciated: 

Food Drive:  canned meats (like chili, ravioli, etc.), personal care items (shampoo, toothpaste, soap, toothbrush, etc.), peanut butter and jelly, macaroni.  These are the items that disappear the quickest, but they really can use any food or household items.