​My Dear Parishioners,
   First, let us congratulate nineteen members of our church family who recently received their Holy Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Kemme.  These young men and women are now fully initiated and strengthened by the Holy Spirit to live their Catholic faith as well as spread it to all the people in their lives.  Please don’t be too shy to meet them and congratulate them in person.  Their pictures are posted in our gathering area.  We thank God for them, and may God bless them always.  Also, we thank God for the spiritual blessings upon our Altar Society ladies who attended their annual retreat last Saturday.  We started the retreat with Holy Mass, and we enjoyed the friendship and love of one another.  God is good!
   Second, our parish penance service will be Sunday, April 7th at 4pm, in church.  Come and go as you please.  Please pray your act of contrition before entering for your confession so that others don’t have to wait too long in line.  Our guest confessors are Fr. Douglas Campbell (in the west confessional), Fr. Dominic Potnuru (sacristy) and Fr. Benjamin Green (east confessional).  Please come to church early to make your own examination of conscience.  Examination guides will be available for you.  Also, please do your penance in church before heading home so that you will not forget.  Please always be respectful in God’s house by not talking/visiting in church.  Church is God’s house and not a social or market place; therefore, no food or chewing gum or playing with your phones at any time in church (yes, you can use your phone in church for scripture readings or other spiritual prayers).  On Sundays, please always wear your Sunday best for God to fulfill your Sunday obligation.  Shorts and revealing clothes are not appropriate for Holy Mass.  No one should wear a hat in church, unless for medical reasons.  Also, please be on time for Sunday Masses so that you will not be locked out due to security and safety for everyone in church. 
   Finally, if you are reading this message before Saturday, March 30th, please know that today, our Knights of Columbus will serve us a soup supper in the Fischer Center-West from 5:00-8:00pm.  The soups are Potato, Tomato, Chili, Vegetable and Pho (Vietnamese hot beef soup).  Let us support our Knights and thank them for serving our parish.  With your support and donations, our Knights will build for us a chain-link fence that is 375 feet long and 6 feet tall with slats for greater protection and privacy of our church and for everyone’s safety.  The fence will be west of the new adoration chapel and south of the new rectory.  Thank you brother Knights.  We truly appreciate your ministry, Fr. Hien
     Building Fund: From everyone in our church family, we want to thank many individuals and families, parishioners and non-parishioners, who have contributed generously to our building fund. Up to date, we are blessed with $167,761.00. Every registered parishioner/family was asked for a suggested amount and if you have not contributed yet, please know that we are still waiting for your gift to our parish so that we can reach our goal of $170,000. We are grateful to you and the following donors:   Joseph & Bill Hotze, Donald & Laura Knipp, Melvin & Laura Leiker, Robert & Rebecca Lies, Richard & Cathy Ludwick, Rory & Teresa McCandless, Rex & Sheryl McKnight, Doris Rohr, Greg & Charlene Versch, Delores Williams, Kim Thuy  Thi Phan, Mark & Cindy Little, Minh Tran & Huong Truong, Rick & Debra Koehn, Paul & Connie Stone, Vi & Dinh Nguyen, My Dung Phung, Nam & Mary Duong, Ha & Tam Nguyen, Florentino & Enid Tuason, Patricia Crowe, Hao & Trang Tran, Juliet Werdann, Brando & Cuc Dao, Danh & Nhu Nguyen, Jason & Kristen Phillips, Becky Hotze, Khoa Bui, Glen & Benita Cox, Shanda Knipp-Barnes, Floyd Fletcher & Theresa Pitzer, Evelyn Tajchman, Tommy & Alisha Chang, Lucky Market, Annie Trinh, Virginia Simmons, Bill & Terrisa Compton, Mary Warren, Joshua & Carissa Cash, Andrew Meece, Gary & Stacey Guzman & many more. 

​My Dear Parishioners,
     How have your 40 days of Lent been going?  Now is a good time to make a habit of examining our conscience daily.  It’s also important to practice some form of sacrifice for the love of God and for the salvation of souls and for our eternal life.  Our Lord loves those who serve Him by sharing our goods with others.  We know that no one can earn eternal life with their money or hard work but only through God’s unconditional love of Him for every person He created.  Since the beginning of creation God made His promises of blessings, rewards and eternal life to those who love Him, to those who would do good unto others, and to those who would trust in His Divine Mercy.  This means that even the biggest sinner of the world can still be forgiven if he/she would trust in God and would repent, “Lord, be merciful to me a sinner; and of course, Lord remember me in your kingdom like the repentant thief.” 
     Everyone is in my heart and prayer; please keep me in yours too.  Thanks!  Will you join me this coming Thursday, March 28th at 6:30pm at the Cathedral, with our Bishop to celebrate the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation on Matthew Bui, Victoria Goheen, Tabitha Hengel, James Huntimer, Devynn Knipp, Rachel Le, Zachary Logan, Krystal Luong, Angelina Mai, Ryan Meece, Zoe Miller, Izabel Mireles, Mia Moore, Anna Nguyen, Joseph Nguyen, Shaina Pham, Brandy Ramos, Jolie Spaulding and Kenny Vu. These students, our beloved young men and women of our church family, have been waiting, praying and preparing their bodies, minds and souls for this special day.  Please join us. 
     Also, I learned that our bishop has changed the age of Confirmation in our diocese to children of 6th grade, beginning next year.  OH WOW!  However, please don’t worry!  God will help our diocese and parish to prepare our children for the divine gifts of the Holy Spirit with no problem.  For now, please keep our Confirmation candidates in your daily prayer as they will be confirmed this Thursday.  We love them and we are happy for them, Fr. Hien
     Building Fund: From everyone in our church family, we want to thank many individuals and families, parishioners and non-parishioners, who have contributed generously to our building fund. Up to date, we are blessed with $166,861. Every registered parishioner/family was asked for a suggested amount and if you have not contributed yet, please know that we are still waiting for your gift to our parish so that we can reach our goal of $170,000. We are grateful to you and the following donors:  Kenneth & Deborah Sauer, Magdelena Sauerwein, Juliana Schmitt, Anne Schock, Stuart & Susie Scott, Loretta Shark, Alan & Julie Siegman, Victoria Simmons, Elaine Smith, Jim & Jane Spiess, John & Vivian Springbob, Thomas & Heather Stewart, Owen & Lori Strawn, Tiffany Tajchman, Michael Tran & Nhung Dao, Paul & Cecelia Vanderbeke, Joe & Julie Vasquez, Vietnamese Pastoral Council, Vietnamese Food Sales, Vietnamese Prayer Group, David & Cindy Vondracek, Luu Vu, Thuy Vu, Nga Vu, Cindy Vu, Elisa Vu, Thanh Vu & Dieuhien Nguyen, Thao & Nga Vu, Tu Ngoc Vu & Oanh Thi Nguyen, Larry & Phyllis Walker, John Walsh, Carol Warren, Robert & Catalina Weber, Abraham Weiner, Michael Yocum, Leonard & Marg Zarchan, Marshal Ziegler, Charles Steven, Sarah Ball, Huong & Thong Bui, William & Susan Goheen, Joseph & Bill Hotze, Donald & Laura Knipp, Melvin & Laura Leiker, Robert & Rebecca Lies, Richard & Cathy Ludwick, Rory & Teresa McCandless, Rex & Sheryl McKnight, Doris Rohr, Greg & Charlene Versch, Delores Williams, Kim Thuy  Thi Phan, Mark & Cindy Little, Minh Tran & Huong Truong, Rick & Debra Koehn, Paul & Connie Stone, Vi & Dinh Nguyen, My Dung Phung, Nam & Mary Duong, Ha & Tam Nguyen, Florentino & Enid Tuason, Patricia Crowe, Hao & Trang Tran, Juliet Werdann, Brando & Cuc Dao, Danh & Nhu Nguyen, Jason & Kristen Phillips, Becky Hotze, Khoa Bui, Glen & Benita Cox, Shanda Knipp-Barnes, Floyd Fletcher & Theresa Pitzer, Evelyn Tajchman, Tommy & Alisha Chang, Lucky Market, Annie Trinh, Virginia Simmons, Bill & Terrisa Compton, Mary Warren, Joshua & Carissa Cash, Andrew Meece, Gary & Stacey Guzman & many more. 

​My Dear Parishioners,
     40 days of Lent is here for us to deepen our relationship with God through our personal prayer, acts of penance and almsgiving to the poor or in our church.  Prayer: please know that God is always listening to you; please pray to God as often as you can and whenever you can, day or night.  Penance: please make an examination of conscience every day, especially when you come to church.  Don’t be afraid to make a good confession in order to receive God’s blessings and forgiveness in the Holy Sacrament of confession (confession times: after Mass Tuesday & Thursday, before every weekend Mass). Please know that God’s mercy is waiting for you and it’s endless.  Almsgiving: please make a personal/family commitment to help others, especially in our parish.  Do you know that most of our children are from low income families; therefore, their parents can’t always give much financially to our church.  Please help our parish with your time, talent and treasure so that we can continue educating and forming our children in the way of faith, hope and love.  On the behalf of our children, thank you for your love and generosity. 
     Lent: please remind each other not to eat meat on Fridays during Lent, and to pray the Stations of the Cross or to spend time in adoration.  Sign up for an hour to be with Jesus.  Jesus would love to be with you: to love you, to strengthen you, and to bless you.  Again, if you don’t know the new code to the new chapel, please contact the church office.  Again, Tuesday & Thursday Masses are held in the chapel at 5:30pm. 
     This Friday, March 8th, please join our Knights of Columbus for Stations of the Cross at 5pm in church, followed by their fish fry in the Fischer Center (Stations of the Cross in Vietnamese at 5:30pm every Friday).  Everyone is invited!  Let us support our Knights in their efforts to help our parish to become a church family where we pray together and share our lives and food together.  God bless our church family.  The Vietnamese parishioners will hold their annual retreat with guest priests beginning Friday, March 15th to Sunday, March 17th.  Our Altar Society Retreat will be on Saturday, March 23rd.  To begin their retreat, I will celebrate a Holy Mass for them at 8am.  Every lady in our parish is invited to join our Altar Society. 
     Finally, please keep our confirmation students in your daily prayer as they are preparing for their Holy Sacrament of Confirmation at the Cathedral on Thursday, March 28th at 6:30pm.  Soon, I will provide their names to you so that you can pray for them by name.  PS: Don’t forget to forward your clock this Sunday, March 10th, Fr. Hien
     Building Fund: From everyone in our church family, we want to thank many individuals and families, parishioners and non-parishioners, who have contributed generously to our building fund. Up to date, we are blessed with $159,912. Every registered parishioner/family was asked for a suggested amount and if you have not contributed yet, please know that we are still waiting for your gift to our parish so that we can reach our goal of $170,000. We are grateful to you and the following donors:  Thao & Nga Vu, Tu Ngoc Vu & Oanh Thi Nguyen, Larry & Phyllis Walker, John Walsh, Carol Warren, Robert & Catalina Weber, Abraham Weiner, Michael Yocum, Leonard & Marg Zarchan, Marshal Ziegler, Charles Steven, Sarah Ball, Huong & Thong Bui, William & Susan Goheen, Joseph & Bill Hotze, Donald & Laura Knipp, Melvin & Laura Leiker, Robert & Rebecca Lies, Richard & Cathy Ludwick, Rory & Teresa McCandless, Rex & Sheryl McKnight, Doris Rohr, Greg & Charlene Versch, Delores Williams, Kim Thuy  Thi Phan, Mark & Cindy Little, Minh Tran & Huong Truong, Rick & Debra Koehn, Paul & Connie Stone, Vi & Dinh Nguyen, My Dung Phung, Nam & Mary Duong, Ha & Tam Nguyen, Florentino & Enid Tuason, Patricia Crowe, Hao & Trang Tran, Juliet Werdann, Brando & Cuc Dao, Danh & Nhu Nguyen, Jason & Kristen Phillips, Becky Hotze, Khoa Bui, Glen & Benita Cox, Shanda Knipp-Barnes, Floyd Fletcher & Theresa Pitzer, Evelyn Tajchman, Tommy & Alisha Chang, Lucky Market, Annie Trinh, Virginia Simmons, Bill & Terrisa Compton & many more. 

​My Beloved Parishioners,
     I would like to invite you to visit our new chapel and to join me in the blessing of it and the new large image of the Last Supper in our gathering area at 5:30pm on Tuesday, March 5th, followed by Holy Mass and adoration hours.  Our chapel is beautiful because of the many holy images, Stations of the Cross, and the relics of saints on the altar.  This chapel is a place of worship for Holy Masses on Tuesdays & Thursdays to save energy/wear & tear on the big church.  It’s also a place of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament (adoration), and prayers to the Holy Family, the angels and saints.  Everyone is invited to be with Jesus and to be blessed by God.  Also, all lights in the chapel are LED.  The outside, the hall way and the restrooms lights are operated by sensors (automatically turn on when someone is around).  If you need the new code for the chapel, please call the office.  Please be true Catholics with your worship & adoration to our Lord, by praying to Mother Mary and by imitating all saints and angels.
     40 Days of Lent: Starts Wednesday, March 6th with Holy Masses at 8am, 12noon and 6:30pm.  Everyone is invited to attend Holy Mass and to receive ashes.  On Ash Wednesday, please eat only one full meal and two lesser meals, without meat.  Fridays during Lent, no meat please.  Put many reminder notes at home/work place to help you remember.
     Stations of the Cross on Fridays in Church: Every Friday at 2:30pm, to be led by our All Saints students when school is in session.  On March 8thand 22nd, at 5pm, to be led by our Knights of Columbus and on March 15th by the Altar Society.  Also, every Friday during Lent at 5:30pm in Vietnamese, to be led by the Vietnamese prayer group.  Everyone is invited to join us at the above times but if you can’t, please make every effort to pray the Stations of Cross privately with your family in church or at home or at work.  God knows your love for Him, Fr. Hien
     Building Fund: From everyone in our church family, we want to thank many individuals and families, parishioners and non-parishioners, who have contributed generously to our building fund. Up to date, we are blessed with $158,587. Every registered parishioner/family was asked for a suggested amount and if you have not contributed yet, please know that we are still waiting for your gift to our parish so that we can reach our goal of $170,000. We are grateful to you and the following donors:  Danh & Nhu Nguyen, Jason & Kristen Phillips, Becky Hotze, Khoa Bui, Glen & Benita Cox, Shanda Knipp-Barnes, Floyd Fletcher & Theresa Pitzer, Evelyn Tajchman, Tommy & Alisha Chang, Lucky Market, Annie Trinh, Virginia Simmons, Bill & Terrisa Compton & many more.