Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter 11/01/2020

My Dear Parishioners,
                Blessings from our Lord be with you all.  HAPPY FEAST DAY to our church’s family this Sunday, November 1st.  We will celebrate our All Saints’ feast day this weekend at our Holy Masses.  We will give thanks to God for all the Holy Men and Women in heaven who are constantly loving and praying for us, especially everyone in our All Saints church’s family.  We give thanks to God also for each other, especially those who have been in our parish for a long time, and particularly those who have passed to eternal life.  Please know that all that we have today at All Saints church and school comes from our longtime, dedicated, and faithful living and deceased parishioners.  Let us never forget the love and sacrifices they have made for us all.  We are blessed today because of them all.  May God bless them and reward them on earth as it will be in heaven. 
                Please join me, every day in this month of November at every Holy Mass, including daily Masses too, to remember all souls, especially those of our church’s family and our families.  The Book of Remembrance is in the foyer/gathering area for everyone to write down the names of their deceased loved ones to be prayed for at all our Holy Masses.  We will also have All Souls Day envelopes available in the pews and in the foyer area for your use.  Any amount of money you donate in this All Souls Day Envelope will go to our “Building Fund,” to help pay for the buildings’ maintenance bills such as the new LED bulbs we recently placed in our school building, the gym, the Fischer Center and the foyer/gathering area of our church.  A special thank you to our All Saints’ Knights of Columbus Council #9767 for their generous donation of $700 towards the cost of the LED bulbs, that cost about $9,300 overall.  Thank you, brother Knights!
2020 Election:  The election is near, let us pray for a fruitful and peaceful election.  Let us vote for the candidates who would serve God and the American people--both the born and the yet to be born Americans.  Every person should have the right to life on earth before his/her life eternal in heaven. 
Finally, please remember to turn back your clock this Saturday night, October 31st so that you will be on time for Holy Mass on Sunday.  Love you all, Fr. Hien