Reminder for Sunday, December 17, 2017, 3rd Advent, cycle B

Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.   Welcome!

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's.  Our last Sunday at Sigler.

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

Readings:  Ecclesiastes 1, 2; 2, 21-23; Psalm 90, If Today You hear his Vioce, Harden not your Hearts; Colossians, 3, 1-11; Luke 12, 13-21

Community Bulletin Board:

Take Note:  this is our last Sunday at Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s. 

Mike Bulger has a used HP Office Jet 5610 printer, 972-726-8277

Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's coming arrival, Sunday, August 8, our first Sunday back home at the new edition Vines High School.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  Check the invitation: Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

A State of the Union at CCAC from John Ernst:    Download CCAC-Ernst 7-30-10

Check out something amusing: Download Advocate Magazine 7-30-10

A member of our community found out.  You cannot hide forever.
 

Thoughts on The Church:

1.  Gary Wills in Mirabile Dictu, 7-23; Download A Catholic Struggles with the sins of his Church 7-30-10

Picture 1:   The Music Team, Celeste (for one more Sunday), Shonda, and Ray

Picture 2:   Frank & Mary

Picture 3:   Georgie with her buddy

Picture 4:   Charlie with his mom from Budapest

Picture 5:   Frank & Grace

Picture 6:   Coffee Shoppe, Diane, Margie, Jackie, & Jan

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

 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

Says Cathy, "Hi, Folks, Welcome."

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.

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

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

Genevieve & Georgie, too, say, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

Acts 9,  26-31,  The Church was at peace.

Psalm 22,    I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

1 John 3, 18-24,   Let us love not in word or speech, but in deed and truth.

 John  15, 1-8,  I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.

Leo in action, proud of his little sister.

 Community Activities:        

1.      ROMEO MEET: Friday, May The First, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Last one in picks up the tab.   Yeah, Mike. 

 2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  Pass this month, too much going on.  Up next, June.

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol 

And just in case Genevieve needs protection, Batman Buddy is ready.

3.     The Great Annual Anniversary Party, 10^th.    Thanks, Everybody, who took part or sent congratulations.   All is good, Rosemary signed up for another year.

Says, "Emma, what a nice little baby."

 What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Gay Jesuit in training,  America,  April, 20,  514 words,    Download Gay Jesuit comes out 4-30-15

 2.      Encyclical on Environment, National Catholic Reporter, April 24, 272 words,     Download Encyclical on environment 4-30-15

3.         Catholicism in Viet Nam, National Catholic Reporter, April 27,  1200 words,     Download Catholicism & Viet Nam 4-30-15

David, who MC'd our vow renewals, was, also, one of the three who officiated at The Ceremony 10 years ago.

 True?  

When asked how they managed to stay together for 65 years, the woman replied, “We were born in a time when if something was broke, you fixed it..  Not throw it away.” 

See you Sunday, May 3, 2015, 5th Easter,  Cycle B

J.S., 214-783-0443

Zoe receives communion from her big sister, Georgie.

 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.

Two weeks? No way. More like two days.

Only bad people can eat this stuff, boudin, straight from a market in Opelousas, La. What else needs to be said about these two.

Mass:   Special Brunch this Sunday.  Welcome!

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

Time: 9:30,  Fr. Tony celebrating,  The Old Geezer homilizing

Readings: Jeremiah 17, 5-8; Psalm 1, Blessed are They who hope in the Lord; 1 Corinthians 15, 12-20; Luke 6, 17-26.

Word from the Old Geezer:

"Welcome, Everyone, to the Old now Bionic Geezer's 70th Birthday bash.  It is also Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, and Chinese New Year.  Welcome Sunday!"  Covered Dish: A-O hot food, P-Z dessert.

 Community Bulletin Board: 

Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M., home of Beth & Rob Robinson, 1808 Dublin Road, Plano 75094.  Welcome!

Heritage Farm renovation:  Next work date, March 6.  Get ready.

Golf Tournament for CCAC sponsored by Diane's hospital:

Download Pledge Form 2-12-10

 
Picture 1:   Winter campers John & Anthony   

Picture 2:  Zoe in her sister Georgie's lap with grandmother Bernadette

Picture 3:   Richard & Monica

Picture 4:   Carol & Clare

Picture 5:  The Parsonage in Winter

See you Sunday, February 14  

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Thursday Morning, North Dallas??

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

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

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

Emma arrives dancing.

No holding back Curtis from arriving.

 Readings:

 Isaiah  66, 10-14,  Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad.

Psalm 66,  Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Galatians 6, 14-18,  You are all called for freedom.

Luke 10, 1-12, 17-20, The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.

Knight Leo consulting with The Head Man about community defense against the bad guys.

Who is that down there? Could that be Torri in a favorite place to play, under the tables.

Community Events:  

  1.    Our next Habitat special day is, July 13.    Look for the neighborhood
behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th &Ave. E.  We also have August 3.  A person may, likewise, work any Saturday. 

2.   ROMEO (sic Fred) lunch Friday, July 5, 1:00, as usual. 

 3.   The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is ON.    Place:
Southern Recipe, 1381 W Campbell Rd.,  Richardson, TX 75080, (972) 231-7891, time, 1:00.    For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.  

Sisters Zoe and Torri expecting to have a fun Mass.

NO place better than Toy World, Buddy, Torri, Zoe, Emma, and Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.   Dump the Vatican Bank?, National Cathoic Reporter, July 1, 700 words,    
Download Beyond reform 7-5-13

2.   Kennedy on Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, June 27,
2013, 850 words,    
Download Why is Pope Francis familiar 7-5-13

Cupcake of the Week, Carol.

Two more Cupcakes of the Week, Jim and Brent.

True? 

"Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite.  Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river." 

 Cyril Connolly (1903 – 1974)

Anniversary Cupcakes of the Week, Warren and Barb.

Another Anniversary Cupcake of the Week, Sir Charlie and Jan.

See you Sunday, July 7, 2013, 14th  Ordinary Time, C cycle   

J.S., 214-783-0443

Beware when she crosses her arms.

 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.

And for her second responsibility, hosting the treats at the 4th of July neighborhood parade and festival.

Along with Aviana's help, of course.

Mass: Sunday, 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Amos (again), 6,1-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6, 11-16; Luke 16, 19-31 (Rich Man & Lazarus).

Community Bulletin Board 

Discouraging News: PISD says they do not want us to plant any more trees on their campuses.  The problem: mowing. Anyone know of any other possiblities in the Plano area?  I hate to shut down our service after 20 years and thousands of trees.

Diana Root & Hospice: Download Hospice.doc

A new translation of the Bible: Download new_bible_translation.htm

Pictures from The Brunch-Birthday Party: http://johnstackministries.typepad.com/photos/community_2007/

See you Sunday.

J.S.