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Rosemary in Alsace.
Special Thanks:
For Reading: John & Jean O'Donnell
For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
For the Communion Bread: Jan & Claire
For the Wine & Cups: Beth
For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
For the Pictures & Video: Next week
For the coffee and pastries: Fred & Maureen, Jerry & Jackie
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
Birthdays: Dee Miller (today, Sunday), John O’Donnell (Thursday), Michael Kern (49 Saturday), Christine Drescher (Saturday)
Anniversary: Fred Martinez & Martha (4th, Friday)
Strasbourg Train Station, the new and the old.
We Remember
Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer; Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth; Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation; Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery; Sue Tomas; Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita
Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom; Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
Your Finances: March 10, 2013
Expenses: $ See next weeks blog.
Outreach: $
We donated this week:
1. Catholic Charities.
Thanks for your Generosity
Have a Great Week, 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: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade. Again, Welcome.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence.
Time Change this Sunday.
Chloe.
Kevin with Chuck.
Readings:
Joshua 5, 9-12, Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.
Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5, 17-21, We are ambassadors for Christ.
Luke 15, 1-32, A man had two sons, The Prodigal Son.
Torri.
Zoe.
Community Bulletin Board:
1. March 10, donate to Catholic Charities from bean soup meal. Time change Sunday to Daylight Time.
2. March 17, Soul’s Harbor truck will collect everything brought in, clothes, utensils, furniture, appliances. We are also collecting powdered laundry soap for Soul's Harbor.
3. March 24, Palm Sunday
4. April 13, Love for the Kids picnic
5. Mens' lunch will be held Friday, March 8, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek. Welcome Romeo's.
Exodus 3, 1-8, 13-15, The Lord appeared to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush. (One of the great stories)
Psalm 103, The Lord is kind and merciful. (One of the great lines)
1 Corinthians 10, 1-6, 10-12, Do not grumble.
Luke 13, 1-9, There was a person who had a fig tree.
Exodus observations:
Natalie.
What: this is the second book of the Bible and Torah, following Genesis. It is a story about how the Jewish tribe of people escaped from slavery in Egypt.
Who: the story is about the Jewish people and their reluctant leader, Moses. It was put together, not by Moses, as was thought for centuries, but by a group of the priests even centuries later.
When: it is put together at The Time in Jewish history, yes, during the Babylonian Captivity, say 555 years before Christ. It is a mostly mythological story about how God helped his special people out of slavery eons before Babylon. Do you see a parallel between the slavery of Egypt and Babylon? Could this be a reason for developing the Egypt story, that is, to encourage the people enslaved in Babylon?
Our selection: like the call stories of Isaiah and Jeremiah, here is another call story, this time Moses. Unlike the booklet which edits out part of the story, we will read it all.
Jerry and William arriving.
Psalm 103 observations:
This psalm has one of my most favorite lines in all of scripture, The Lord is gracious and merciful….
There are so many pictures of God presented by the Bible, some of which are quite demanding and unpleasant. Note, for example, the story of the fig tree in Luke this morning. Each of us is challenged to put a face on our God according to our own searching and experience. This line, which is seen in other places in the Bible, is my vision of God.
Emma arriving.
Joseph with the Beautiful Coat
I bet you don’t know why the Jewish people ended up in Egypt and became slaves. This is a Bible story Sunday. Here we go.
Let me tell you the story of Joseph with the beautiful coat. We pick up Joseph living in Canaan, which the Israelites will say later that God gave them. He lives with his 11 older brothers.
Harper arriving.
His father is Jacob, the third of the Big 3, the 3 patriarchs of the Jewish tribe, namely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or Israel, father, son, & grandson. Jacob loves his 12th son in a special way and because of this the other brothers get jealous. Unfortunately, Joseph has told on his brothers, informing his dad that they are not taking care of the live stock.
Cathy and Mary arriving.
One day Joseph goes looking for his brothers in the fields. They see him coming and decide they will kill him. Reuben, the eldest, persuades them to sell Joseph to some guys running a camel train by on their way to Egypt. Price: 20 pieces of silver. Sound familiar?
Queen Zoe arrives.
So Joseph ends up in Egypt and is sold to the captain of the king’s guards. He does so well the captain puts him in charge of his affairs. Unfortunately for Joseph, the captain’s wife develops a crush on Joseph. When Joseph refuses her, she gets mad and tells her husband Joseph tried to seduce her. Joseph goes to prison.
The Leo Man.
While in prison he interprets dreams of the prisoners, one of whom is the king’s wine steward and who is released. For two years Joseph stays in prison.
Twins, Leo and Fred.
One day the king has a dream that worries him. The wine steward tells the king about Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams. The king calls him, Joseph interprets the dream. The king loves Joseph and makes him the governor of all of Egypt. Joseph is now in his 20’s.
Rosemary reading her blessing.
Meanwhile, the 11 brothers and Jacob are experiencing severe drought in Canaan. They decide to go to Egypt and ask the king for aid. They arrive and are shown to the office of the governor. Guess whom they see. Joseph. They don’t recognize him. He, however, recognizes them and really messes with them. Read it, a fun story.
J.T. arrives with Georgie and Natalie.
Finally, Joseph reveals who he is with many tears. Old Jacob and all the brothers reunite with Joseph, who lives in Egypt until he is 110 years old.
This is how the Israelites got to Egypt. How they became slaves? The Bible says not a word, but they did multiply like rabbits to numbers which threatened the security of a later king. And, then, along comes Moses and our reading this morning.
Cupcakes of The Week, Jackie and Chuck.
Why talk about this story? Three reasons.
We Catholics don’t get the Bible stories read to us. Even as fables they are marvelous. It is nice to cover them on occasion.
The writers of this story are attempting to convince the Jewish people that God watches over them and protects them. He watched over Joseph and watched over the enslaved Israelites in Egypt, sending them Moses. He even watched over Moses. And Babylon?
Finally, in our life we are each challenged to find out who God is, what is his way of proceeding. These stories give us an image. And so does my favorite line from Psalm 103. Read about how God punishes, pays back, demands sacrifice, sends us goats to everlasting fire? Keep the line near you or in your head,
The Lord is gracious and merciful, never gets angry and is abounding in love.
On this third Sunday of Lent what is your image of God?
May our actions bear witness to the suffering of others.
May our hands never harm a living being.
May our steps stay on the journey of justice.
May our tongue speak to those who are poor
Without fear of the powerful.
May our prayers rise with patient discontent
Until no child is hungry.
Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.
Bill reading Exodus.
Special Thanks:
For Reading: Claire & Bill
For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
For the Communion Bread: Jan & Claire
For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie
For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
For the Pictures & Video: Rick, John & Connie and Mike & Beth
For the coffee and pastries: Fred & Maureen, Jerry & Jackie
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Leon
Claire reading 1 Corinthians.
Birthdays: Jackie Urbanczyk (61 Thursday & day 3 of her New Life in Retirement) & Chuck Pratt (special 25th)
ROMEOS, Gil & Mike.
We Remember
Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer; Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth; Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation; Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery; Sue Tomas; Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita
More ROMEOS, Ray, Fred, and Jerry.
Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom; Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
And More ROMEOS, Bill and Mike, all at Jason's Deli.
Your Finances: March 3, 2013
Expenses: $950.00
Outreach: $450.00
We donated this week:
1. $1000 to Bona Respond & their recovery work in NY
Thanks for your Generosity
Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)
Video: Entrance Hymn, Lead us to the Water (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: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Again, Welcome.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence.
The Celebration.
Our Georgie.
Readings:
Exodus 3, 1-8, 13-15, The Lord appeared to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush. (One of the great stories)
Psalm 103, The Lord is kind and merciful. (One of the great lines)
1 Corinthians 10, 1-6, 10-12, Do not grumble.
Luke 13, 1-9, There was a person who had a fig tree.
Brandon and Leo
Tom distributing our help.
Community Bulletin Board:
1. March 3, nothing special this week
2. March 10, donate to Catholic Charities from bean soup meal. Time change Sunday to Daylight Time.
3. March 17, Soul’s Harbor truck will collect everything brought in, clothes, utensils, furniture, appliances. We are also collecting powdered laundry soap for Soul's Harbor.
4. March 24, Palm Sunday
5. April 13, Love for the Kids picnic
6. How did the lunch gathering of guys go last Friday? Pretty good, a dozen showing up. Pix coming. Plus, from one of our baddest members, a name, i.e., ROMEO'S (retired old men eating out). Guess who. Are we hearing rumor of a womens' lunch group?
"When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land."
Desmond Tutu
Blessing of the Sacrament of the Sick for Dee.
See you Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3rd Lent, C cycle
J.S., 214-783-0443
Zoe and Buddy.
Bernadette and Gil, Where's all the grandkids?
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.
Genesis 15, 5-12, 17-18, To your descendents I give this land.
Psalm 27, The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Philippians 3, 17 -4, 1, Therefore, stand firm in the Lord
Luke 9, 28-36, Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain.
Getting ready.
INTRODUCTION
You probably have heard the figure of speech, ‘They cut a deal.’ The origin of the Hebrew word for covenant was the Hebrew word cut. As you listen to our First Reading from the Book of Genesis it will become apparent that God and Abraham have entered into a covenant. A covenant was accompanied by sacrifices that were cut, halved. [They were ultimately fulfilled for us by the Lamb of God.]
Paul, in his letter to the Philippians, encourages this early church to continue to be guided by the words of Christ, the Lamb of God.
Brandon with Leo looking over the edge.
HOMILY with Mike
Instead of Sarah being barren, the Luke gospel begins with the barren Elizabeth and her husband Zachariah. They too are symbols, to teach the gentiles, the audience of the Luke gospel, about Judaism in what we call Luke’s Infancy Narrative. [Recall that later she gave birth to John the Baptist, who prepares the way for the Lamb of God.]
Ray and Ben on music and on the stage this week because of a school play.
The Levite and priest, were the ruling classes of Judaism. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, both pass by the man who has been beaten, robbed and left to die along side the road. Zachariah, who is a priest, symbolizes the priest.
Elizabeth is a descendant of Aaron from the tribe of the Levites, symbolizes the Levite. The story teaches us why Judaism is barren. Remember the Jewish law, ‘you must love your neighbor as yourself.’ Within Judaism, the word neighbor referred only to one’s fellow Jew. The Religious leaders of Judaism could claim that they were still righteous [God-like], for they had not broken their law, when they passed by the gentile who had been left to die.
Cowboy Cole arriving.
The words of Christ are not barren; they pour forth the Holy Spirit, the grace given by God to those who live Christ’s words. The voice from heaven to Peter, James and John in today’s transfiguration event is for them to live Christ’s words.
Mike homilizing.
Immediately following the transfiguration there is a story in Matthew, Mark and Luke of a Father who brings his Son to Jesus to be healed from a sickness that has existed since the boy’s infancy. The sickness began to take root with the father’s lack of faith in Christ’s words when he chose instead to have his son circumcised after his birth. The father and his son are to live the words of Christ that do not abolish but fulfill the Law and Prophets. What is it that we can take away from today’s gospel? As parents or grandparents we are to teach our children and grandchildren to live the words of Christ by the way we live them. Young children can do wonders when they receive a little guidance and encouragement.
Emma arriving.
I shared a fond memory about our youngest child, who will be 40 this summer, with Judy a few weeks ago. Judy had been assigned to take communion to a small nursing home when our youngest son was somewhere around the age of seven or eight. The older children would often find reasons for not joining Paul when we went to the nursing home with Judy late Sunday mornings.
Cowboy Cole safeguarding The Cupcake of the Week for his grandmother, Diane.
At that time there were six Catholics for her to visit and give communion. One was an elderly man who certainly seemed depressed about being there, and he didn’t look forward to us, or anyone else, coming to visit. One day Paul, who loved to go fishing with his older brother and me, noticed a small picture on a bulletin board in his room. I saw him looking at it. The two men, one younger than the other, had poles in hand and had definitely been fishing.
Brent, Soul's Harbor director, accepting from Tom the Community's support.
I gave Paul a little push and he asked the man about the picture. A short time later Paul told him about an aquarium that was in the hallway at the entrance of the nursing home. The next week when Judy came to bring communion, we were surprised to find the man in a wheel chair waiting for us. From then on after receiving communion, Paul would push him down to the aquarium where they would talk about fishing. The word of the Lord.
May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.
May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.
May our hearts forgive without limit.
May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.
May our needs be few and our living simple.
Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.
John reading Genesis.
Special Thanks:
For Reading: John and Mary Jane
For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
For the Communion Bread: Jan
For the Wine & Cups: Jan
For the Music: Ray & Ben
For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick, John & Connie and Mike
For the coffee and pastries: Marlene & Jerry & Jackie
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Leon
Mary Jane reading Philippians.
Birthdays: Anthony DeGenova (Tuesday), Diane McClurg (Wedneday), Michelle Brown (Saturday)
We Remember
Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation; Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery; Sue Tomas; Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;
Our Big Help Man from PISD, Miguel.
Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer & Tom’s upcoming shoulder surgery; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom; Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
The Food Drive, part of it.
Your Finances: February 24, 2013
Expenses: $2155.00
Outreach: $1270.00
We donated this week:
1. Food
2. $300 to Plano Homes
3. $2000 to Soul's Harbor, Mens' Homeless Shelter
Thanks for your Generosity
Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)
Video: John reading Genesis (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.
If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
ALBERT CAMUS
Bill and Zaile with Sir Charlie
See you Sunday, February 24, 2013, 2nd Lent, C cycle
J.S., 214-783-0443
Bobby and Warren.
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.
Luke 4, 1-13, Jesus was led into the desert for 40 days.
Curtis and Bill.
Deuteronomy
The scene: The Israelites have escaped from Egypt and have been wandering in the desert for years. They are just about to enter The Land. They are assembled. Moses is addressing them and reminding them of all Yahweh has done for them over the years of wandering.
In our chapter he is telling them that when they have settled in their new land, where he will not accompany them, they must take a basket full of a portion of their first harvest, present it to the rabbi, and offer it as a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Who & When: Though about Moses, Deuteronomy is a compilation of numerous sources. Guess when: post Babylonian Captivity, say 555. Easy to remember.
Emma arrives.
Romans
Paul writes to the Romans that all people, Gentiles as well as Jews, are invited to be part of the Christ event.
Andrew and Danny arriving with Sir Charlie.
Beware of Great Expectations: observations on a new pope
I must confess that Monday morning when I first heard of Benedict’s retirement, I was excited. “We might get a new man who is progressive and less authoritarian,” I thought. With a little reflection I have two observations I would like to share with you from my perspective and experience. Both fall under the Bewareof Great Expectations heading.
Beware of expecting a progressive pope. The college of cardinals has been carefully screened to include only very conservative, corporate, follow the leader type men. They will likely vote their kindred.
Beware of the idea that a 3rd world man would be great. Two Africans are mentioned, one I know, Cardinal Arinze from Nigeria. I attended his "coronation" in ’76 or ’77.
One observation about him and many Africans is that in being converted they really bought into traditional Catholicism. I knew a Tanzanian bishop who prohibited drums at liturgies because he thought they were pagan.
Moreover, the custom of the African tribe demands that a big man make a big impression, not the idea of being a servant or last.
Leo ready to dance. Check the video.
Have a Happy Lent?
Looking forward to Lent this year? I confess that I was not. Maybe it has come too quickly after Christmas this year. However, I know I mildly dreaded it until. Until we had our Ash Wednesday Mass at Marlene’s house. Something happened there, some grace of being at home. I felt peaceful about it all.
Ryan arriving with his dad, Jim.
So what are we going to do about this Lent? Three observations.
As a community you all will be invited on several occasions. We will have a food drive next Sunday and a general pick up by Soul’s Harbor’s truck another Sunday. One Sunday we will have one of our penitential rites, probably the Sunday just before Palm Sunday.
Georgie ready to suit up.
2. I am going to invite you most Sundays to have a happy Lent. It is Spring Training time. Instead of focusing on the negativity and the bad, focus on getting back in shape, from taking a daily walk to riding your bike around The Lake, White Rock. Pass out compliments, like I mentioned last week.
Zoe arriving with her brother and mom, Buddy and Michelle.
3. I am also going to kick off a special project. For years before I moved out of Jesuit I had a men’s group in the evening maybe two Tuesday a month. It was both fun and profound. I did not have furniture enough for all who came. So I would take all the furniture out and I lay cushions all along the walls of the small office I had. Everybody sat on the floor.
Our candidate for pope, Bernadette, wondering where all the kids went.
I want to start a new group, a lunch group. All you guys here are invited. Tentatively, it will be Fridays, 1:00, Jason’s Deli here at Collin Creek Mall on Central. It won’t be every week usually, mostly when I can come. I’ll send out a note to everyone. 2 guys, 20 guys, who knows?
Mike, Jerry, Shirley, and Maureen.
Why am I doing this now? Good Lenten Penance! Lenten penance with Stack. Get you to heaven quicker. Actually, it is because I miss you guys. I may see everybody Sundays, but I don’t get to find out how it is going. It will be great fun.
You women can rejoice that the old guy is out of the house for a while each week.
So, what are you going to do to have a happy Lent?
May we pray during this graced season of Lent when we are called to deepen our awareness of our constant connectedness with God, with all people and with all that exists.
Acknowledging the pain and hurt that comes when we act as if we are disconnected, let us begin this Lenten journey willing to heal, to mend and to be God’s human expression of love, forgiveness and justice as Jesus taught and modeled for us.
From a letter from Sister Jean Amore, CSJ Vice-President, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, New York
Taylor reading Deuteronomy.
Special Thanks:
For Reading: Taylor & Zach
For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
For the Communion Bread: Alison & Jan
For the Wine & Cups: Beth
For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
For the Pictures & Video: Jan, Rick & Beth, John & Connie
For the coffee and pastries: Marlene & Jerry & Jackie & Denni
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
Zach reading Romans.
Birthdays: Ben Cronin (27, Thursday) and Ray Winkler(Friday)
Anniversaries:
John & Lambrini (19th, Tuesday)
Ash Wednesday at Marlene's.
We Remember
Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation; Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery; Sue Tomas; Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;
The blessing of ashes.
Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom; Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
Cindy handing out communion.
Your Finances: February 17, 2013
Expenses: $990.00
Outreach: $230.00
We donated this week:
1. Nothing special this week.
Thanks for your Generosity
Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)
Video: Entrance Hymn (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.