Reminders

Welcome:  Special Mass & Brunch celebrating Joan Gleason.   

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

Sisters, Sienna &

Brooklyn

Readings:  

 Exodus, 16, 2-4 & 12-15, I will rain down bread from heaven for you.

 Psalm 78, The Lord gave them bread from heaven

Ephesians 4, 17, 20-24, You should put away the old self of your former way of life.

John 6, 24-35, Sir, give us this bread always. 

Aunt Joanie with sisters' mom and dad, Erin and Payton

Community Bulletin Board:

Nancy reading

1.  This coming Sunday, August 5, Special Mass & Brunch celebrating Joan Gleason's marvelous life.  Covered dish as usual.

2.  Apologies again for failing to get out the blog/bulletins last Monday & Friday.  In Iowa the internet connections were poor in the small towns where we camped out at night.  Moreover, after a day of riding a bike for 85 miles, exhaustion took over.  And try to find an electrical outlet!

3.  Habitat News for this Saturday, our Saturday:  Download Habitat 8-3-12

She's back, hat & all, Cathy

Rosemary with Blessing

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Kennedy on the Vatican Leaks, National Catholic Reporter, July 13, (1100 words),  Download Vatican Leaks 7-20-12

2.  Bishops lash out at American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, July 17, (600 words),  Download Bishops lash out 7-20-12

 3.  Beautiful letter of support from Dominican priests to the Dominican sisters, July 19, (400 words),  Download Dominicans 7-20-12

Guess who is a sophomore at Iowa State, Ames, Morgan with her mom, Monica

We go to Ragrai in Iowa & Chris gets a T shirt for causing us to make this trip, Ragbrai is Register's Annual Great Bike Ride across Iowa, ca. 500 miles, 7 days, 10,000 riders this year.

True? 

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. 

 See you Sunday, Augst 5

One of many crazy buses owned by teams of riders.



The team prepared for the unknown the next morning.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Lutheran Church Sanctuary: when the police made us all take refuge from a violent storm that flattened our tent & many others, hundreds of us spent the night in this hospitable church.

People spent the night everywhere. Great spirit despite it all. Next morning everyone mounted up and rode on.

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:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.  No Brunch this Sunday.  Postponed. 

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

Candace with Jack, Sophia, & friend

Brooke

Readings:  

 Amos, 7, 12-15, The Lord took me from following the flock, and said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Psalm 85, Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.

Ephesians 1, 3-14 In love he destined us for adoption to himself.

Mark 6, 7-13, Take nothing for the journey but a walking stick, no food, no sack, no money.

Our Father

Rosemary wearing out

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  No Brunch this Sunday.  Postponed

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

Harry at Habitat

Habitat Harry

1.   Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, where John Cade works,
Download DARCC 7-13-12

2.  Episcopals & Same sex rite, National Catholic Reporter, July 12, (250 words), Download Episcopal Church 7-13-12

Nikki in the Red Dress

 True? 

Love is when your dog licks your face, even if you leave it alone the whole day.

Anita, 4 years old

    Video: Rosemary's Blessing (30 sec.)

See you Sunday, July 15

 J.S., 214-783-0443

    Video: Closing Hymn (2 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.

Welcome:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

Kevin, my Great Helper

Bethany & Ben

Readings:  

 Ezekiel, 2, 2-5, Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you.

Psalm 123, Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.

2 Corinthians 12, 7-10 A thorn in the flesh was given to me to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.

Mark 5, 21-43, A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.

Our Father

Emma

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Next brunch July 15.

CC

Kayla with her grandmother, Claire. Kayla & CC are sisters

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Feminism vs Clericalism, America, via Corpus, June 30, (375 words),   Download Catholic Feminism 7-6-12

Zoe on the run

Taylor & Zach signing Joan's card

True? 

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 

Judy signing

Charlie signing

    Video: Sunday's closing hymn (2 Min.)

See you Sunday, July 8

 J.S., 214-783-0443

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:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

"Hey, Everybody, Listen up."

Leo preparing to lead the music.

Readings:  

Wisdom 1, 13-15; 2, 23-24, God formed people to be imperishable

Psalm 30, I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

2 Corinthians 8, 7-9, 13-15, As you excel in every respect, may you also excel in the gracious act.

Mark 5, 21-43, Who has touched my clothes?  

Ron & Barbara, Claire & Ray

Special Blessing by Rosemary

 Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Next brunch July 15.

Corpus prayer service, pouring water

Corpus music group for prayer service

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Nun criticised by the Vatican supported, National Catholic Reporter, June 7, (210 words),   Download Vatican criticized nun 6-29-12

2.  Philadelphia,  National Catholic Reporter, June 22, (280 words),   Download Philadelphia 6-29-12

3.    Kennedy on how to run a church, National Catholic Reporter, June 21, (1120 words),  Download How to run a church 6-29-12

Corpus, the national organization of married priests and wives, meeting last Saturday at AA Training Center, Irving

Attending Corpus, John & Joe Sullivan

True?

 You can live without a dog, but it is not worthwhile.

 Josh Billings

     Video: Sunday's closing hymn (2 Min.)

See you Sunday, July 1

 J.S., 214-783-0443

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:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

Singing in this choir is hard work, Leo

Readings:  

Ezekiel 17, 22-24, Birds of every kind shall dwell beneath it.

Psalm 92, Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.

2 Corinthians 5, 6-10, We are always courageous.  

Mark 4, 26-34, Through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

The Reads, Doug & Teresa, Zack & Taylor

La Patisserie, Michelle plus

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Next brunch?  July or August?

     What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.   Our Charlie Curran (S.M.U.) on a nun's book condemned, National Catholic Reporter, June 6 (730 words),  Download Charlie Curran 6-15-12 

2.  Franciscan priests & brothers support nuns,  America, June 7, (330 words),  Download Franciscans support nuns 6-15-12

3.   American Nuns mad, Women's Media Center, June 7, (740 words),   Download Nuns Mad 6-15-12 

4.   Vatican response,  National Catholic Reporter, June 2, (275 words),  Download Vatican response to nuns 6-15-12

Delgado Corner, Bernadette with Georgie, Torri, & Zoe

A little grandmotherly affection for Zoe

 True?

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

David & Lori

Ryan (son of David & Lori) and Hanna

 See you Sunday, June 17

 J.S., 214-783-0443

Cousins, Megan & Carli (daughter of David & Lori)

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:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

Habitat: The Beginning

Readings:  

Exodus 24, 3-8, We will do everything the Lord has told us.

Psalm 116, I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.

Hebrews 9, 11-15, The tent in which Christ serves is greater & more perfect. 

Mark 14, 12-16, 22-26, Where do you want us to go & get the Passover meal ready.

First instructions: Bill & Tom

Prefab pieces coming together

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Next brunch?

2.  Special Thanks, John & Mike & Everyone, for covering for Rosemary & me while we have been away so many weekends.

The framed product in one day

Who is that JS Ministries?

     What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.     American Nuns respond, National Catholic Reporter, June 1, (400 words),  Download Response of Nuns to Vatican 6-8-12

2.  Nun's book condemned,  National Catholic Reporter, June 5, (425 words),   Download Bishops condemn nun's book 6-8-12

 3.  The Real Ratzinger?, National Catholic Reporter, April 29, (700 words),   Download The Real Ratzinger 6-8-12

Janelle Reardon, wife of Joe, reading for the class reunion Mass in New Orleans, Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday Mass & brunch at Bob & Margaret Baxter's house

 True?

A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself.

Josh Billings

Lots of rich hours spent just like this during the reunion. I have not seen most of these guys since 1965.

See you Sunday, June 10, Corpus Christi

 J.S., 214-783-0443

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:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

Readings:  

Deuteronomy 4, 32-34, 39-40, Ask from one end of the sky to the other, did anything so great ever happen?

Psalm 33, Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Romans 8, 14-17, The Spirit bears witness to our spirit. 

Matthew 28, 16-20, Behold, I am with all days until the end of the ages.

Kate Banzhaf with her dad, Wally

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Check with Tom Fleming about the Habitat build coming.

2.  This weekend Rosemary & I will be at in New Orleans, my old Jesuit home office.  We will be attending a class reunion of my original Jesuit class of ’58.  Out of about 40 guys about 5-6 are still Jesuits & priests.  The rest all left & got married.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.     Pittsburg priest on American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, 5-28-12, (325 words),  Download Pittsburg Priest & Nuns 6-1-12

2.  Pastor of Blessed Trinity Parish, Cleveland, giving an excellent summary of the American Nuns situation.  From one of my S.J. buddies whom I will be with this weekend in N.O., (830 words),   Download BLESSED TRINITY PARISH 6-1-12 

 3.  Vatican II observations by one of the few left who was there.  Again from one of my S.J. buddies, working in Peru & still a Jesuit priest, (5600 words, long but a superb summary),  Download Vat. II from one there 6-1-12

Kate, Wally, & Mackenzie

True?

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

— Buddha  

See you Sunday, June 3, Trinity Sunday

 J.S., 214-783-0443

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: Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

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

Our Jessica Bresson & Steve Craig promenade out married

Mr. Cole & dad, Chuck

 
Readings:  

Acts 1, 15-17, 20-26, Lord, You know the hearts of all;

Psalm 103, The Lord has set his throne in heaven;

1 John 4, 11-16, If God so loved us, we also must love one another; 

John 17, 11-19, That they may be one just as we are one.

Alison preparing communion

Tom & Denni

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Bona Responds is in town.  Their work schedule:

Here is our schedule in case you can come join us.  Bona Responds has about 6 – 8  students coming to Dallas to work May 17^th, 18^th, 19^th and 20^th.  I’m hoping we can supplement with 5 to 10 additional people.   Work as much as you can but there will be something for everyone to do.  Be sure and bring sun screen, water and lunch.

Date                  Place                     Jobs          Time & Place to meet

May 17^th               Lancaster TX    -   Various jobs (trash pick up etc.)                9:00am Renner Police Station(Renner just west of Jupiter, North side)

                                                                                                                                                Bill H. Cell  214-244-7854  Jim Mahar’s Cell 585-307-8340

May 18^th               McKinney TX   -   Habitat for Humanity(8 homes)                 7:00am Renner Police Station(Renner just west     of  Jupiter, North side)

                                                                                                                                                Bill H. Cell  214-244-7854  Jim Mahar’s Cell 585-307-8340

May 19^th               McKinney TX      Habitat for Humanity(Could change)       7:00am Renner Police Station(Renner just west of Jupiter, North side

 May 20^th               St Vines      Meet and Greet                                               9:30 am              Possible work in the afternoon TBD 

Come Help!

Jackie & Rick

The Reads, Teresa, Zack, Taylor, & Doug

 What's going on in our Catholic World:   

 1.    American Nuns again, National Catholic Reporter, May 9,  (950 words),  Download American Nuns 5-18-12

2.  Kennedy on Bishops & Same Sex Marriages, National Catholic Reporter, May 14, (950  words),  Download Bishops & Same Sex Marriage 5-18-12

3.  Legionaire Priest, National Catholic Reporter, May 15, (400 words),   Download Legionary Priest 5-18-12

4.  Rome after Girl Scouts, National Catholic Reporter, May 16, (400 words),  Download Rome after Girl Scouts 5-18-12

The Jim Butterly Clan

Claire & Ray

True?

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

LAO-TSU

 See you Sunday, May 20, 6th Easter

The McGinns at NYC reunion, Big Sister Rosemary, Joe, Patty, Bobby, & Clare

Some of the McGinn Clan

  J.S., 214-783-0443

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.