My Dear Parishioners,
Happy All Saints’ Feast Day everyone. May all the saints in heaven pray for us and our families until we are all in heaven with them for eternal life. God is good and He has blessed us with all the saints in heaven to pray for us, and for us to imitate their love for God and their faith in God. Unless we live today like them, we will not make it to heaven. Yes, we are given life so that we may be smart enough to love heaven by loving God and one another today. Anyone who lives to love our Lord and to serve Him by leading souls to heaven will be saved. You and I might be very surprised to see countless Catholics, including ourselves, who might not make it to heaven and at the same time we will see countless non-Catholics who will make it to heaven. These people might not have known Christ and his teachings on earth but they lived with their conscience, justly and fairly, showing great care, and sacrificed much for others. God will show greater mercy to them for they didn't know much about our Catholic faith, but they lived out the best version of themselves that was given to them by God. No matter who we are, we all must live every moment of our lives with God and for God and a desire for heaven. The devils have a lot of games and toys for people to love them instead of God and heaven. The devils love people who choose to like them and are faithless in God, loveless for God and for others, etc. Every day, I pray that myself, my loved ones, and all of my parishioners would live to love God and to help each other to eternal life. I know that if we live to love much, we will be with the one who has loved us eternally, that’s our God. See you at Holy Mass to pray for our sinfulness and to give thanks and praise to God, Fr. Hien ALL SAINTS DAY: Tuesday, November 1st is a holyday of obligation (all Catholics are required to attend Mass on this day, unless they are seriously ill). Masses are at 12noon and 5pm in English, and 6:30pm in Vietnamese. All Souls Day: Viet & English Mass at 6:30pm, optional Mass. MONTH OF NOVEMBER: We will pray for all souls at every Mass. All Mass intentions will be for all souls, and your Mass stipends will benefit our parish ‘Building Fund.” Please take an envelope (in your pew) and write all the deceased names of those among your family and friends so that they will be prayed for at every Mass in November (these names will be placed in front of the altar all month). We love them and we will pray for them until they are in heaven. My Dear Parishioners,
To you who are reading this message, I am attending a Vietnamese priest conference in Garland/Dallas. The name of this conference is called “Emmaus 9.” It is operated by the Federation of Vietnamese Catholics in the United States. As I have shared with you before, there are about 1,000 Vietnamese priests like myself who are serving in parishes in the United States with about 600 Vietnamese sisters. Religious vocations among the Vietnamese people are very strong in Vietnam and throughout the world, including here in the United States, although most people in Vietnam are non-Catholic, with only about 8 percent Catholic. Our Wichita diocese for example has ordained five priests: Fr. Hung Pham, Fr. Binh Quoc, Fr. Cuong Scott Nguyen, Fr. Hien Nguyen and Fr. Ben Nhat Nguyen. As many as that number of men from Wichita have joined religious orders such as the Dominicans priests. There have been many young ladies from Wichita who have joined religious orders throughout the United States also. There will be hundreds of priests attending this conference in Dallas, held once every three years for further education and priestly fraternity. This is my third time attending this conference and I found that it has been fruitful to my ministry. The first conference I attended was in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016. The second conference was held in San Jose, California in 2019, with the nuncio of the United States as one of the main speakers. Some of the speakers this year in Garland are Bishop Greg Kelly, Bishop Michael Olson, Bishop Kevin Vann, Bishop Thanh Nguyen, etc. Please know that you will be in my heart and prayer every day at Holy Mass and during my prayer times. Please don’t forget to pray daily and always make Sunday the Lord’s Day to receive God’s blessing and grace and love in you and for your family. See you at Holy Mass, Fr. Hien ALL SAINTS DAY: Tuesday, November 1st is a holyday of obligation (all Catholics are required to attend Mass on this day, unless they are seriously ill). Masses are at 12noon and 5pm in English, and 6:30pm in Vietnamese. All Souls Day: Viet & English Mass at 6:30pm, optional Mass. MONTH OF NOVEMBER: We will pray for all souls at every Mass. All Mass intentions will be for all souls, and your Mass stipends will benefit our parish ‘Building Fund.” Please take an envelope (in your pew) and write all the deceased names of those among your family and friends so that they will be prayed for at every Mass in November (these names will be placed in front of the altar all month). We love them and we will pray for them until they are in heaven. My Dear parishioners,
Thanks be to God who blessed us with our lives and each other. Last Saturday on October 8th, Our Lord and Blessed Mother blessed us with so much fun and holiness through the Holy Eucharist, the procession and especially the dances our children performed to our Blessed Mother Mary. Yes, miraculously the weather was very nice the entire day. Throughout the day, I walked around and visited with so many people, and many people came from outside of Wichita. Seeing their faith and joy, especially in the little children with all the fun they had, I was so happy and thanked God for each other and the many many people who helped us with this big event. Thank you to our All Saints Catholic school team, Knights of Columbus, Altar Society and countless people, parishioners as well as non-parishioners, who helped tirelessly on Friday and Saturday. Many of them didn’t leave until 1:00 in the morning. Of course, many people also came and helped clean up and put things away on Sunday afternoon. Your love for All Saints and your dedication were amazing. I hope that in the future, we will have more hands and hearts to volunteer for this event. It sounds like everyone wants to hold this event annually because of the blessings we have received from our Bishop, priests, sisters and the many people who attended. God willing, we will do it again next fall. Again, thank you everyone for your prayers, love, and dedication to our parish and for the good of so many people. I was also surprised that so many people from other nationalities attended. Yes, we are all God’s children, Catholic or not, parishioner or not, for we are all one as God’s family, Fr. Hien PS: There will be no daily mass this week in our parish as well as throughout the diocese due to the clergy conference. My Dear People of God,
Please come to worship and to celebrate with us this Saturday, October 8 at 4pm for Holy Mass (English & Vietnamese) to be celebrated by Bishop Kemme with two professional Vietnamese singers in the choir. The Wichita KofC honor guard will attend also. After Mass, we will hold a special Eucharistic procession outside to honor Our Lord in this special year of the Eucharist. We will also have the statue of Mary in the procession as we will give our devotion to our Blessed Mother. During the procession, we will recite the rosary in English and Vietnamese along with Vietnamese songs. After the procession, a short period of adoration will be held in front of the bell tower, followed by a free dinner for everyone--provided by our Knights of Columbus, Altar Society and Vietnamese people. We are expecting over a thousand people for the Mass, procession, dinner, and outdoor music concert. There will be a security presence as well as many people having food sales inside and outside all day. All Saints PTO and School Councils will provide free bounce houses and games from 10am-2:30pm—all children and families are invited. Plus, there will many food and fun vendors indoor and outdoor from 10am-3pm, including outdoor Karaoke. Please bring your own lawn chair to sit for during the day and for the dinner and the music concert in the evening. Looks like the weather for the day will be very nice as we will be together to celebrate our Catholic faith and to enjoy companionship and great food with lots of fun for all people. Our All Saints’ school children will sing and also perform two group dances: one by the Vietnamese children and the other by the Hispanic children on the outdoor stage by the bell tower. Our children love to give their devotion to Mother Mary. Please join us for all or part of this special day’s events. Your presence will mean a lot to all of us at All Saints for we are a welcoming and hospitable church family. The expenses for this special event are provided by generous donors and the Vietnamese food sales. If you wish to donate, please memo your donation as "Marian Day." God is good to all of us so let us celebrate our faith and enjoy good food in the company of a thousand people. Everyone is welcome, Catholic or not, parishioner or not, for we are all one as God’s family, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners of All Saints,
Are you ready for some fun? Our church family wishes to bring God’s blessings and happiness to God’s people on Saturday, October 8 at 4pm for Holy Mass (English & Vietnamese) to be celebrated by Bishop Kemme with two professional Vietnamese singers in the choir. The Wichita KofC honor guard will attend also. After Mass, we will hold a special Eucharistic procession outside to honor Our Lord in this special year of the Eucharist. We will also have the statue of Mary in the procession as we will give our devotion to our Blessed Mother. During the procession, we will recite the rosary in English and Vietnamese along with Vietnamese songs. After the procession, a short period of adoration will be held in front of the bell tower, followed by a free dinner for everyone--provided by our Knights of Columbus, Altar Society and Vietnamese people. We are expecting over a thousand people for the Mass, procession, dinner, and outdoor music concert. There will be a security presence as well as many people having food sales inside and outside all day. All Saints PTO and School Councils will provide free bounce houses and games from 10am-2:30pm—all children and families are invited. Sponsored by Walgreens—a pharmacist will offer free flu vaccines for ages 3 and up, without insurance, or unable to afford one. Please bring your own lawn chair to sit for dinner and the entertainment. We are hoping for good weather for the day and the night as we will be together to celebrate our Catholic faith and to enjoy companionship and great food with lots of fun for all people. Our All Saints’ school children will sing and also perform two group dances: one by the Vietnamese children and the other by the Hispanic children on the outdoor stage by the bell tower. Please join us for all or part of this special day’s events. Your presence will mean a lot to all of us at All Saints for we are a welcoming and hospitable church family. The expenses for this special event are provided by generous donors and the Vietnamese food sales. If you wish to donate, please memo your donation as "Marian Day." God is good to all of us so let us celebrate our faith and enjoy good food in the company of a thousand people. Everyone is welcome, Catholic or not, parishioner or not, for we are all one as God’s family, Fr. Hien |
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