Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter 09/25/22

My Dear Parishioners,
     Are you ready for October? October is a special month for us Catholics as we give greater love and devotion to our Mother Mary.  Thank you to our faithful parishioners who have been leading the rosary before every Mass, weekdays and weekends too.  The reason we pray the rosary before Mass is to give our devotion to Mother Mary and to ask her intercession for us and our families.  Of course, we also need her help so that we too may worship God and her Son, Jesus, with all our heart, mind, and soul.  Yes, we all can benefit from the love and prayers of all the angels, saints, and Mother Mary.  Please keep praying the rosary daily, especially those of you who are retired, for the conversion of us sinners and for the salvation of all souls. Pray a rosary also for the end of war and abortion that have killed millions of innocent people, born and yet to be born.
     Saturday, October 1st, is the feast day of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, or St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She was known for her life of holiness, doing all things with love and childlike trust in God.  Not only that, but she also poured out her heart to love all people, especially the poor and those who didn’t care for her.  We are blessed to have a marble statue of her for our church and school.  Thank you to an anonymous parishioner for the statue.  I am working to pave an area outside to place her so that anyone can come and pray to her.
     Church flooring: Thank God for the new flooring of our church.  It really dresses up our church and modernizes it.  At this point we are pretty much done with the church.  The reasons it took so long was the areas along the wall were hard to do; we replaced some of the old vinyl molding; we screwed down all the pews; and we painted under the steps around the altar area.  Thank you to all those who volunteered for all this detail work.  FYI: https://floorstoyourhome.com/ is where we purchased our Shaw, luxury vinyl plank, loose lay, for our church.  Also, we have been pressure washing the outside of our church since it has not been cleaned for years.  I am glad to be here to serve our Lord and church with you all, Fr. Hien