My Dear Parishioners, Happy Easter everyone with Jesus’ promise of eternal for you and your loved ones. Yes, we were all born into this life but none of us belong to this life forever for our true home is heaven with all the angels and saints and God. Please do all that you can each day to live your Catholic faith and share it among your family and friends. God intended for all of us to be saved, that is, to rise from the dead, a resurrection just as Jesus rose from the dead. Please be happy and be joyful today for the Lord has risen and our names are written in heaven for we all are children of God and are in Christ Jesus. Thank you for coming to Easter Mass today and please do so every Sunday, because every Sunday is the Lord’s Day, the day we Catholics celebrate Easter, the resurrection of Jesus.
Also, be good disciples of Jesus by being a faithful steward with your time, talent, and treasure here at All Saints, for the education and formation of our children and the salvation of all souls. Please help me in thanking our school teachers, volunteers and parish staff. We are blessed with many amazing people among us. They are here to love and to serve with you and me. See you at Mass, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
Are you ready for Easter? Yes, it’s near. In union with the universal church, we along with over a billion faithful throughout the world celebrate Palm Sunday. On this special day, we will commit ourselves to live with Jesus in our hearts, minds and souls and to promise Him that we will be His true and faithful disciples. We will continue His loving and saving work as long as we live. Let us today live joyfully for the Lord is with us. As you enter our church for Holy Mass this weekend, please be sure to take a palm with you, they are available as you enter our church. Once these palms are blessed, please don't trash them but keep them in your home. Also, please don't trash our church or church areas. Penance Service: To prepare your bodies, minds and souls for Easter, please bring your family and friends to church this Sunday from 4-5pm with 6 priests hearing your confessions in church. The priest's name will be posted outside of his confessional room. As you enter the church through the main doors, the American priests will be on your left (choir side of the church) and the Vietnamese priests will be on the right side. Yes, all Vietnamese priests can speak English and Vietnamese. Please do your own examination of conscience, pray your Act of Contrition and do your penance in church. I will expose the Blessed Sacrament for adoration, so you are welcome to stay in church and pray as long as you please. When you go into the confessional to make your confession, please remember to confess your sins only and not the sins of the whole world or your spouse's or children's, grandparents', etc... Keep in mind too that many people are waiting in the confessional line for their opportunity to confess. It would be so kind of you if you would allow an elderly or disabled person to go to confession first. Finally, please don't talk or visit in church because you are in the house of God and the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for prayer and thanksgiving. FYI--First, we are looking into the possibility of putting roof top heating and air units on the entire school buildings and gym due to the current heating and cooling system being too old and unreliable and too expensive to maintain, too many problems!!!! We are checking to see how much it would cost for everything and how long it would take to install. Keep in mind that we are dealing with super old buildings and there is very limited space. I am sure the costs will be very expensive. Please pray for the Lord's guidance so that we as a church and school family may know what to do or not to do, and to keep our school going for the good of so many children. Secondly, we have done some concrete work around the church, on the east side of the church by the single door with the codes, this small area needed to be paved due to the high volume of rain water coming from the church’s and foyer’s roofs; we paved it so that the rain does not flush the soil away and cause this area to be dirty. Since we had extra concrete, we paved by the marble statue of St. Theresa, to keep grass away from the flower beds. Roses and mums will be planted there. Again, in front of the church office is a stage with steps for the Christmas display, and for our annual October Marian procession and adoration with the bishop, which will be Saturday, October 7th, this year. Please put this date in your calendar so that you can join our bishop, All Saints Catholic school families, and hundreds of people for lots of fun, food and activities. This stage will also be used before Mass on Sunday, June 18th, for our confirmation students, 6th, 7th and 8th grades students, to take their group picture with our bishop (Bishop does not want to take a group picture after Mass in church. He only wants individual pictures after Mass). This stage can also be used for many school outdoor events in the future. Again, the costs for these improvements are paid by the Vietnamese food sales, the many volunteer parishioners and the good hearted people. Thank you everyone for serving our Lord at All Saints with me. We are blessed to have each other and God has been so good to us all. God bless you all together and all of your loved ones with a Blessed and Happy Easter, frhien. PS. Please make every effort to attend the holy Masses and service on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. I promise you that I will keep it short and sweet like myself : ) STATIONS OF THE CROSS: 2:30pm every Friday during Lent, to be led by our school children. Everyone is welcome to pray with our students. NO MEAT on Fridays during Lent.
My Dear Parishioners,
Blessings from our Lord be with you during this Holy Lent, may this time lead you closer to Jesus and your loved ones. Lent is about changing oneself to be more Christ-like, such as seeing the goodness in one another. All Saints is blessed with many volunteers to complete the flooring of the foyer, the hallways, the cry room, the old adoration chapel, and the sacristy. The floors look so clean and nice—I hear many compliments from parishioners and visitors. Did you know that other Catholic churches are doing away with carpet? It’s due to the allergies and the dirtiness that cannot be cleaned, especially when a person comes to church with muddy shoes, or a sick student throws up on the carpet. Please know that weekly, we do have a few thousand people walking into our church to pray, to worship and to visit. In the past month, we have also been working in the Fischer Center, cleaning out a lot of junk from the daycare decades ago, including the old carpet, mudding the walls, sanding and painting them. Yes, we also installed new commercial grade vinyl flooring. Currently, we are working outside, paving concrete in front of the church’s office (an area with a riser for the annual Christmas Nativity display and for the annual Marian gathering in October with Bishop) and garage to make the front of our church area more open and cleaner, of course, less mowing (we are looking for volunteers to help mow our lawn, please contact the church office if you can help). The expenses for this concrete project and the new floorings in the Fischer center are paid for by the Vietnamese food sale. Thank God for all that we have, especially each other, Fr. Hien STATIONS OF THE CROSS: 2:30pm every Friday during Lent, to be led by our school children. Everyone is welcome to pray with our students. NO MEAT on Fridays during Lent.
ASH WEDNESDAY MASSES: In English at 8am (with school children) and 12 noon,
6:30pm in Vietnamese. Stations Of The Cross, 2:30pm every Friday during Lent, to be led by our school children. Everyone is welcome to pray with our students. LENT: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence, a person can only eat one full meal and two lesser meals on these two days, of course NO MEAT on these days and all Fridays during Lent. My Dear Parishioners,
Happy Valentine’s weekend to you and your family. Please know that every human being, born and to be born, are all created in the image and likeness of God; therefore, we are all full of love within us. God’s divine love is within all of us and His eternal love for us will never decrease or be taken away, even when we are living as sinners. Please know that God is love and His love is with us and in us so that at every moment of our life, we all can love God and love one another. We were all created out of love and we all can live to love because only those who live to love will be with God and with all the holy angels and saints in heaven. Please trust that God sees everything we do out of love and He will see to it that the loving sacrifices we have made in this life will go with us to eternal life. Finally, please join me in supporting our Knights of Columbus’ breakfast/brunch/lunch fundraising for our parish with some great American and Vietnamese food this Sunday, February 12th after 9 and 10:30 am Masses in the Fischer Center West. You can dine in or carry out. Thank you to our Knights for supporting our All Saints Catholic school. I am looking forward to being with you all. Jesus’ love is in you and in me, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
February is here and there are two special events this month annually. First, Tuesday, February 14th is Valentine's Day, a day full of love for every couple, especially those who have been together as husband and wife for a long time. May your love for each other be of God so that you will love each other even more as you live together as a family. Second, this month is the beginning of the season of Lent, which begins February 22,Ash Wednesday. This day is very special to all Christians, especially faithful Catholics, who receive ashes on their forehead as a sign of their repentance and return to God. PS. Please mark your calendar for some great American and Vietnamese food next Sunday, February 12th after the 9 and 10:30 am Masses in the Fischer Center West. You can dine in or carry out. Thank you to our Knights for supporting our All Saints Catholic school. I am looking forward to being with you all. Jesus’ love is in you and in me, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
January 2023 is passing by, and we all are adding days and years to our lives on earth (only those who have made it to heaven will never get old). Hopefully we are all growing in a deeper relationship with God and with greater love for one another. Personally, I have seen people growing older and wealthier but further away from God and their loved ones. I often think of them and pray for them at Mass. I know that none of us can turn them around toward God and their loved ones, but only themselves after they have realized that they have been “the prodigal son.” Therefore, they truly need our love and prayers so that with God’s grace given and waiting, they may return to Holy Mass whole-heartedly, to their families and even taking better care of their body, mind, and soul. At the same time, please pray for the members of our parish and for me, because as sinners, we are dependent on God’s mercy and forgiveness and His divine grace to hold on to our Catholic faith and to live it daily with one another. Please know that I love you all and you are dear to me. Thank you to all those who came to the Vietnamese New Year celebration last weekend. We had a great turn out and the time we spent at the reception was very nice too. With Jesus’ love, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
Today, Sunday January 22 is the Vietnamese Lunar new year, the year of the cat. Everyone is invited to our New Year Mass, in Vietnamese at 10:30am, followed by a dragon dance, handing out lucky money to everyone in a red envelope, a reception with games and karaoke in the parish hall. Please know that the expenses for this event and all the Vietnamese related events at All Saints are sponsored by generous donors and from the Vietnamese 10:30am Mass stipends donation. On a personal note, thank you to all those who always support me with your love, prayer and remembering me during the Christmas season. Last Sunday, I was able to open and read my Christmas cards from many of you since the beginning of December. Thank you! Yes, we have been having a lot of things/maintenance going on in our school, church, and rectory as well. However, thank you a million for all that you have done for me and given me, especially your love and momentary gifts. I truly appreciated all that you have done for me. I am here to love and to do what I can for our church and school, and above all, for the salvation of all souls. Love you all, Fr. Hien |
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