Fr. Hien’s Letter That Was Sent To All Parishioners & Benefactors:
My Dear Parishioners and Benefactors of All Saints Catholic Church & School, Blessings from our Lord be with you all. Please be assured of my love and prayer for you every day, especially at Holy Mass. I always enjoy seeing you at Holy Mass, especially the little children during their school Mass. I love our children and I always teach them and guide them because they are the future of our church and society. To provide our students with a suitable learning environment, in June we began installing brand new heating and cooling systems throughout the school. Thank God that we started the project then, otherwise, we would have no cooling or heating this coming winter for our students, teachers and staff. We are so thankful that the project has been going beyond expectations. A special thanks to the workers from Cooks HVAC and Linnebur Electric. All 30 units are installed and the majority of the electrical is done. We are just waiting for the electric company to run their brand-new power line to our school, located northeast of the gym. I am writing to ask for your financial help to pay for this important project for the love of our children today and many years to come. Each registered family of the parish is asked to donate a specific amount and if needed you can spread out your donations over two years. I apologize if I ask too much or not enough from you/your family. Please know that we spend about $5,000 per year ($8,000 high school) to educate each child or about $70,000 for one child through high school, besides the extra cost of $700 thousand for this needed project. The parish would like to ask parents/grandparents with a child attending a Catholic school, or who attended All Saints school, to consider helping us with the amount of $5,000. If you can do more, that’s great, if you can do as much, that is also appreciated. Please reach out to All Saints Alumni so that they too may join us in supporting our school. I am sure that with your love, prayer and contribution, we will continue to be in God’s good hands with one another, especially our children. Thank you to all the individuals, families and the organizations of the parish that have already donated. Thank you also to those who donated vegetables and many goods to sell after church. We are working hard for every dollar and we are using them wisely. Please know that I have asked a religious order to say 365 Masses for you and the benefactors of All Saints. We are blessed to be members and benefactors of All Saints. Jesus loves you all the time, Fr. Hien Suggested amount: $3,600 or I/We would like to make a gift of $__today. Please make a check payable to All Saints HVAC and drop it in the collection basket, in church office or by mail. Thư Của Cha Hiển Gửi Đến Toàn Thể Giáo Dân Và Quý Ân Nhân: Kính Thưa Toàn Thể Giáo Dân Và Các Ân Nhân Của Giáo Xứ Và Trường Học All Saints, Xin Chúa chúc lành cho tất cả quý vị và gia đình. Xin quý vị hãy biết rằng Con luôn cầu nguyện cho quý vị mỗi ngày, đặc biệt là trong các Thánh lễ. Con rất vui mừng khi được dâng Thánh lễ với quý vị mỗi ngày và đặc biệt là với các em học sinh trong nhà trường của chúng ta. Con rất thương các em học sinh. Con luôn cố gắng dạy dỗ và hướng dẫn chúng, vì các em là tương lai của Giáo Hội và xã hội của chúng ta. Để cung cấp cho các em học sinh một môi trường học tập phù hợp, vào tháng 6 vừa qua, chúng ta đã bắt đầu lắp đặt hệ thống sưởi và máy lạnh mới trên toàn trường học, với số tiền khoảng $700,000 nghìn. Cảm ơn Chúa vì chúng ta đã bắt đầu làm vào thời điểm đó, nếu không, chúng ta sẽ không có sưởi cho khoảng 170 em học sinh, các giáo viên và nhân viên trong trường học năm nay vì mùa đông đã đến. Chúng ta hãy tạ ơn Thiên Chúa vi việc này đã thành công ngoài sự mong đợi. Xin gửi lời cảm ơn đặc biệt đến các công nhân của hãng Cooks HVAC và Linnebur Electric. Tất cả 30 máy sưởi và máy lạnh đã được lắp đặt và phần lớn mọi việc đã được hoàn thành. Chúng ta chỉ đang chờ công ty điện lực đưa đường dây điện mới đến trường học, nằm ở phía đông bắc của phòng gym. Con viết thư này để xin sự hỗ trợ tài chính của quý vị để chi trả cho công việc quan trọng này. Con xin quý vị vì tình thương các em học sinh của chúng ta hôm nay và nhiều năm tới mà giúp cho giáo xứ. Con xin mỗi gia đình trong giáo xứ đóng góp một số tiền vì các em, nếu cần, quý vị có thể chia đều số tiền quyên góp của mình trong hai năm. Con thành thật xin lỗi nếu quý vị cảm thấy Con đã yêu cầu quá nhiều hoặc quá ít từ quý vị và gia đình. Xin lưu ý rằng giáo xứ chi khoảng $5,000 mỗi năm ($8,000 ở trường trung học Kapaun) để giáo dục mỗi em, hoặc khoảng $70,000 cho một em học từ tiểu học cho đến hết trung học. Giáo xứ xin kính mong các bậc Cha Mẹ/Ông Bà có con em đã học trường All Saints, hoặc đang theo học trường All Saints giúp đỡ cho giáo xứ $5,000. Nếu quý vị có thể giúp được nhiều hơn thì Con xin ngàn lời cảm ơn. Con tin chắc chắn rằng với tình yêu, lời cầu nguyện và sự hảo tâm đóng góp của quý vị, chúng ta sẽ luôn tiếp tục được ở trong vòng tay nhân lành của Thiên Chúa, Mẹ LaVang và toàn thể Các Thánh. Xin cảm ơn tất cả các cá nhân, các gia đình và các tổ chức của giáo xứ đã quyên góp từ những tháng qua. Con cũng xin cảm ơn tất cả những ai đã quyên góp rau, thực phẩm, hy sinh thời giờ và cho nhiều hàng hóa khác để bán gây quỹ sau các Thánh Lễ. Con cũng đã xin các Cha Dòng Xitô cử hành 365 thánh lễ cho quý vị và các ân nhân giáo xứ. Chúng ta thật may mắn được làm giáo dân và ân nhân All Saints vì Các Thánh luôn yêu thương và đồng hành với chúng ta, Con—Cha, Hiển Số tiền đề nghị: $3,600 hoặc tôi/Chúng tôi chỉ giúp được $__ngày hôm nay. Xin quý vị vui lòng viết check cho All Saints HVAC và bỏ nó vào rổ quyên góp, tại văn phòng nhà thờ hoặc gửi bưu điện. Xin Cảm Ơn! Parish Penance Service: Sunday, December 17th from 4-5pm with Fathers: Curtis Hecker, Wayne Schmid, Nhat Ben Nguyen, Garret Burns, Ken Schuchman. Christmas Eve Masses: Sunday, December 24, at 4pm English, and 5:30pm Vietnamese. Christmas Day Mass: Monday, December 25 at 10:30am bilingual Mass. My Dear Parishioners,
Thank you for your stewardship way of life to our All Saints Catholic Church and School. We are here to teach the good news of salvation, and for the formation of our children. Children are most precious to us because they are the future of our church and society. God bless our children and all those who are helping us, our teachers and staff, to form them into disciples of Christ. On Wednesday, November 8th, the parish council members and finance committee will meet to review and finalize my fundraising letter to our parishioners, asking for your prayers and financial support to our parish, particularly for the school’s new HVAC system. This special letter along with the 2024 stewardship package will be sent to every family, and I hope it will bring you hope and joy reading it. Please know that I love you because of your faith and generosity. You are grateful people living in a grateful community and society. Thank you, God, and thanks, you all! As of now, the new gas line is hooked up to all the units, providing heat to all the classrooms and to most school buildings (we are waiting for the electrical company to run their new electric line in order to operate all the units). Thank God for all the hard work that has been done lately by the gas company workers as well as our hired workers. If it had not been for them, we would not have heat in the school like last February and March. I was told that the gas company had to bore/drill 850 feet from Hillside Road to the gym to provide gas to our new HVAC system. I am thankful that we don’t have to pay for this extra work done by the gas company. Please continue praying for all the faithful departed so that they may see God face to face in heaven today, Fr. Hien. My Dear Parishioners And Friends Of All Saints,
Blessings from our Lord be with you all. Thank you for your love for all Saints Catholic church and school, especially with your faithful stewardship way of life, including your attendance at Holy Masses and financial contributions. By now, every registered family should have received their Up To Date contribution statement to All Saints. If you have not received your letter in the mail, please contact the church office so that we can update your address. If you have not registered with us yet, please join us so that together we can be a team to serve our Lord in each other. Also, included in your letter was the church and school’s fiscal year financial statement for your viewing. This financial statement has been reported to the diocese for their annual viewing and editing if needed. As usual, we are required to report to the diocese all the financial contribution/collection as well as to tithe 10 percent of the total collection to the diocese, plus another 7.5 percent to the diocese to support Catholic education, especially to the two high schools and low-income parishes in Wichita. As you can tell in our bulletin, we have never met our weekly budget. This budgeted amount was established in 2018 as a guide for the parishioners to work toward. Please pray for me so that I will always be wise with your contribution and able to pay our bills for our church and school. I want to thank everyone for your faith in God and your financial support to the mission of the Catholic Church at All Saints as well as of the diocese and the global church. I can only encourage you to tithe and tithe faithfully to All Saints so that we can continue evangelizing and providing Catholic education to our children. FYI—soon the parish will be using Legacy Bank as our bank for our church and school’s banking. Legacy Bank is a Catholic family-owned bank that has done many good deeds as well as providing many wonderful services to the church. Every family is recommended to use our direct deposit/ACH banking system to help the parish save money from buying and shipping envelopes to your home. Church’s Directory: Please sign up to have your family picture taken on November 24th-25th—in the school. These are the only dates available. The 8x10 professional picture is free to you and to any family, including families that don't belong to our church or school. Please encourage your loved ones and neighbors to take this opportunity for a free family picture. No one must buy any picture if he/she wishes not to. Again, thank you to all those who joined us for the Marian Days celebration. It was so fun and so many people came to All Saints church and school. Thank you to all those who loved All Saints and helped us celebrate our Catholic faith and share our time, talents, and treasures with others. We are spreading the good news of God’s love with each other and helping others to be loved and to be thankful. Thank you all for your generous gift of time, talent and treasure that made this event possible. Jesus loves us all, Fr. Hien All Saints Parishioners,
I love you all and God bless you all. Thank you to all those who joined us for the Marian Days celebration last weekend. It was so fun and so many people, about seven thousand, came to All Saints church and school. The Holy Mass was so beautiful, and the procession was great. Thank you to all those who loved All Saints and helped us celebrate our Catholic faith and shared our time, talents, and treasures with others. We are spreading the good news of God’s love with each other and helping others to be loved and to be thankful. Everyone who came to the celebration was amazed from A to Z, including the meal we fed them. Yes, we provided more than they could eat. There were so many people that we ran out of parking lots for them. A special thank you to our Knights for cooking the meat for us and the ladies of the parish for providing dessert. Thank you to the All Saints Dragon Team for entertaining everyone, especially the kids. Yes, kids are blessed with talents, and they love to share. I am very proud of our children and all those who are helping with this large gathering. Thank you all for your generous gift of your time, talent and treasure that made this event possible. Finally, please sign up to have your family picture taken on November 24th-25th—in the school. The 8x10 professional picture is free to you and to any family, including families that don't belong to our church or school. Please encourage your loved ones and neighbors to take this opportunity for a free family picture. No one must buy any picture if he/she wishes not to. Jesus loves us all, and I love you too, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners, I love you all and may our Blessed Mother Mary continue praying and leading us to her beloved Son Jesus, so that we all may have life eternally in heaven. Please know that this month of October is the month of the rosary, praying to Mother Mary for the salvation of all souls, especially the souls of our deceased families and friends. It was Jesus who entrusted His beloved Mother to us as our spiritual Mother, to love us, to pray for us until we are all in heaven with Her. For this reason, God has been sending Mary to countless places throughout the world, places that have been identified and places that have not, so that she could bring God’s promise of divine love and salvation to all humankind. Mary is God’s instrument of His divine mercy, love, forgiveness, peace, and eternal life. Did you know that Mary also appeared in Vietnam to strengthen the Vietnamese Catholics during their many decades of persecution? Yes, our church of All Saints holds a special statue of Mary, our Lady of Lavang, so anyone can come to Mary for her intercession and love. Thank you: A special thanks to our Bishop Kemme, many guest priests and sisters from Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as thousands of people who are coming to All Saints, to celebrate our Catholic faith and to give our devotion and honor to our beloved Mother Mary at this Saturday’s special 3pm Mass and procession. It will be a beautiful gathering in church and celebration of our faith with our bishop. We, the people of All Saints Catholic church and school, are well loved because of our Catholic faith and our hospitality and service to one another, including toward those who are not Catholic. I am very proud of our children and all those who are helping with this large gathering. Thank you all for your generous gift of your time, talent and treasure that made this event possible. Finally, please sign up to have your family picture taken on November 1st-2nd—in the K of C hall, and finally 24th-25th—in the school. Your family picture will be ready for you and your family before Christmas. The 8x10 professional picture is free to you and to any family, including families that don't belong to our church or school. Please encourage your loved ones and neighbors to take this opportunity for a free family picture. No one must buy any picture if he/she wishes not to. Jesus loves us all, and I love you too, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
First, please sign up to have your family picture taken on October 6th-7th—in the school, or November 1st-2nd—in the K of C hall, and finally 24th-25th—in the school. Your family picture will be ready for you and your family before Christmas. The 8x10 professional picture is free to you and to any family, including families that don't belong to our church or school. Please encourage your loved ones and neighbors to take this opportunity for a free family picture. No one has to buy any picture if he/she wishes not to. Second, Saturday, October 7th is our All Saints Marian Day. Everyone is welcome to join us and our school for lots of free fun activities beginning at 3pm Friday and all day Saturday. Please note that the 4pm Mass on this Saturday will be at 3pm, followed by the Eucharistic procession with the statue of Mary. Bishop Kemme will be the celebrant for Mass and the procession. There will be many guest priests and religious sisters from out of state who will join us too. We will provide free dinner to everyone outdoors with a music concert. Finally, all the heating and air units have been delivered to the school. All the rooftop units are installed, and the workers are connecting the electrical and gas lines. The roofers are doing their job also. The excavator was here excavating the northeast corner of the gym for the new electrical line. This means that the school will have its own power line instead of using the current power line from the church. When the weather is good, the workers work outside and when it’s not then they will be working inside to install other heating units for the school cafeteria, the gym, the kitchen by the gym, and the nearby restroom and hallways. Also, the roofers have replaced the east section of the school roof and it’s beautiful. Now, they are working at the north hall way and the St. Agnes room. Let us ask God’s blessings upon all those who have loved us and served us with their time, talents and treasures, including our teachers, staff, volunteers and hvac people and roofers. Jesus loves us all, and I love you too, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
Are you ready for October? Yes, it’s near and we will have many events going on this month. First, please sign up to have your family picture taken on October 6th-7th, or one of these dates on November 1st-2nd, and finally 24th-25th. Your family picture will be ready for you and your family before Christmas. The 8x10 professional picture is free to you and to any family, including families that don't belong to our church or school. The pictorial company is inviting anyone to take their photos for the good of their family. At All Saints, we want to love and welcome everyone to our church and school so that we can grow together in faith and in love of God and neighbors. So, yes, we welcome you all. The last time we had our pictorial directory done was in 2018, five years ago. It’s time for us to do our duty by having family pictures taken for the good of our families and also for the good of our church. Please know that you do not have to buy additional pictures, unless you want to. Second, we are only two weeks away from the All Saints Marian Day on Saturday, October 7th. Everyone is welcome to join us and our school for lots of fun activities beginning 3pm Friday and all day Saturday. Please notice that the 4pm Mass on that Saturday is going to be at 3pm, followed by the Eucharistic procession with the statue of Mary. Bishop Kemme will be the celebrant for Mass and the procession. We will provide free dinner to everyone outdoors. Special thanks to our Knights for cooking the food and the Altar Society for serving desserts and drinks. Everyone is welcome to join us, regardless of your religion, race or language. Please pray for All Saints so that we will be blessed with many generous hands and hearts to help us celebrate our faith and to share God’s blessings with others, especially the non-Catholics that need hope and faith in them and their families. We all will be saints in heaven if today we hear His voice and share His love with others. We live to lead all people to Jesus. Jesus loves us all, and I love you too, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners And Blessings To You All,
It looks like the super hot summer is behind us and the nice, cool weather is starting because the fall season will start on Saturday, September 23. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year and I think it would be for many of you as well. First, the nice and cool weather is much more pleasant than over 100 degree summer days or the below zero degree winter. Second, the cool weather leads everything outside toward the winter, the changing colors of the leaves in the trees. Fall is beautiful not only here in Kansas but especially up in the northern states, in the forests and mountains. I highly recommend to those who have time to travel north, northeast and northwest to see the wonders of God’s creation and beauty. One of my bucket lists is to travel in the fall to these beautiful states to see and to enjoy God’s mighty work in His creation. I am hoping that I can do this sometime in the near future, (not this year yet due to the hvac and roofing projects we are installing). Third, the fall is also my hunting season when I can enjoy what Kansas has to offer in its fields of corn, soybeans, tall grasses and especially in the birds of the sky, but not the coyotes, raccoons, rats and especially snakes. Did you know that Kansas harvests about 100,000 deer every year? Yes, there are a lot of people who like to hunt and to share their game meat with others. Most of the time, those who are hunters, fishers, gardeners and outdoor persons are those who connect well with other people and God. They have learned to be patient and above all, to respect Mother Nature. Therefore, they normally do the same in their daily lives at home, work and even at church. So, please learn to be an outdoor person, it does a lot of good to your body, mind and soul. In addition, it’s the best method to de-stress and to have a good night’s sleep, which is very important for every person. I am thankful to God for my childhood that made me a handyman, a gardener and a fisherman, so that I can be God’s fisher of men today. Finally, we are three weeks away from the All Saints Marian Day on Saturday, October 7th. Please notice that the 4pm Mass on that day is going to be at 3pm, followed by the Eucharistic procession with the statue of Mary. Bishop Kemme will be the celebrant for Mass and the procession. We will provide free dinner to everyone outdoors, and there will be lots of fun all day and in the evening. Everyone is welcome to join us, regardless of your religion, race or language. God bless us all and I love you all, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
Happy Grandparents Day to all grandparents! Grandparents are known for their great faith and unconditional love for their families. All grandparents will never forget the love and joy they had with their kids and grandkids/great grandkids, including the good meals they had together. They are always willing to support the lives of their children and grandchildren. They love to babysit their grandkids and be with them, including their sports. Many grandparents are the ones to support and put their grandkids in Catholic education. They are the ones who contacted the church for the sacraments for their grandkids. Of course, they are the ones who pray daily for their kids and grandkids as well as taking their grandkids to church when their parents fail to live out their Catholic faith. They are also world travelers and share many gifts and treasures with their loved ones. Personally, my grandparents (all deceased now) are to me the best shining example of people living their Catholic faith. I am sure and certain that without their great love and intercession for me, I would not have made it to the priesthood. My nine years in the seminaries was very difficult not only because of learning a new language but also because of adapting to a new culture as well as to the life of the seminaries. Throughout my life, I have always felt the love and prayers from my grandparents for they were all kind, loving and generous to me when I was a young child. Due to communism, I became separated from them since I was about 11 years old, by then two of them had already died. They all meant a lot to me. So, please love your grandparents if they are still with you. Don’t take them for granted. They will give you everything they have such as lots of love, prayers, support and financial help. All you have to do is be a good person in faith and in love towards your family. They don’t wish for you to be rich but only to be good to your family. May God bless our families, especially our elderly grandparents. God is good to us through them at all times. Thank you for being our grandparents today and eternally. Love you all, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners, Blessings from our Lord Jesus be with you all. We are blessed to have so many good hearted people among us, especially Catholics who love their Catholic faith here at All Saints Catholic church and school. Our goal here at All Saints church is to help everyone love God and one another, and together, we will inherit the eternal life of heaven with all the saints. Let us open the doors of church and school, and above all, the doors of our hearts to welcome everyone coming to All Saints - the old and the young, the healthy and the sick, the born and the unborn - we love them all. We are here to pray and to worship, to teach and to learn, to love and to serve one another.
Finally, please put on your calendar that our All Saints Marian Day this year will be Saturday, October 7th at 3pm with Holy Mass by Bishop Kemme, followed by the outdoor Eucharistic and Marian procession and meals for everyone. This is a special event for our church and school to bring God’s children together from many languages, cultures and races. All Saints Catholic school PTO will provide fun activities for all kids outdoors along with many other vendors and organizations. Here is the event schedule: October 6th at 3pm, indoor food sale and outdoor vendors and music; 7pm will be the lions/dragons dance performance, followed by the children's lenten celebration and music (mid-autumn festival). Saturday 9am there will be more outdoor vendors and music/karaoke until 2pm with confessions in church, followed by 3pm Mass, etc. All the costs related to this special event will be paid for by the Vietnamese food sales. Please bring your families, friends and neighbors to join us for a minute, an hour, a day or even the whole weekend. We would love to share our joy, love and happiness with everyone. God is good to us all, let us be good to one another, Fr. Hien |
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