My Dear Parishioners of All Saints,
Advent is near and Christmas is coming. First, I would like to thank God for each one of you and your loved ones. Please know that I love you all and I always thank God for you, my parishioners, especially at Holy Masses, to remember you and to pray for you and all those from our parish who have gone to eternal life. I am blessed to be here with you, and I hope that it's the same to you. We will always need each other for us to have eternal life. Second, it’s time again for you to complete the stewardship forms. Please do your best to support our church and school, especially with your finances. Please know that the parish tithes 17.5 percent of your tithe to the diocese for other necessary ministries in the diocese and in the world. If you tithe faithfully, you are fulfilling your obligation before God. Please tithe based on your whole family income, 10 percent is suggested. Please use direct deposit (only once a month) if you have not done so to the parish saves from buying envelopes and shipping and handling. Today, the parish can really need your extra financial help because of the three major projects that must be done for our school. We are replacing the old underground steam line, and the cooling water line of the school. The steam line alone costs $33,500 and the cooling water line is yet to know because we don't know the exact amount of work to be done underground. Both lines are broken, and they must be replaced if we want heat or ac in the school buildings. Thankfully our church building no longer requires these old systems for cooling and heating. Another project that needs to be done is part of the school's roof. They are over 30 years old, and we have been patching them to buy time. As you all know, our school building is big and to fix the area that is most in need of attendance is about $30,000 for the materials. Today, on the behalf our church’s family, including our students, I’m asking each family to tithe based on your whole family income whether it comes from your pay checks or from other benefits such as retirement, etc.… and to give an extra $1,000-$3,000 to the school so that we can pay for the projects that must be done. If the suggested amount is not feasible, please give what you can, every dollar helps, our school children and I will be so grateful to your family. If you can do more, it would be so nice for sadly, there will always be people asking from the church and will never give/support the church. Yes, we have done so many church’s services, including funerals for many people who claimed to be members of the parish but they either moved away or did not give financially. What really saddened us was that even their memorials were not given to our church or school. We are not here to point fingers or to change anyone but to help each other to live out our Catholic faith. Please be good Catholics with your time, talents, and invest your treasures with God in our parish and you will be so happy that you did when you do your accounting with Him. God has given us everything just to see whether we’ll be His good and faithful stewards or not. Finally, happy Advent and Merry Christmas to you all and please know that I always look forward to being with you to worship with you and to be loved by you. May we live today sharing God’s love with one another through our joy, happiness, peace and with our stewardship way of life at All Saints. Love you all, Fr. Hien PS. Please return the attached envelope with your donation and pledge form. Thank you! My Dear Parishioners,
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. We all have been blessed by God to live in America with so many blessings, including the freedom to love and worship God. On Thanksgiving Day, please bring your family to church and give your thanks and praises to God. Throughout the day and the weekend, there will be many opportunities for everyone to be with their families and friends to celebrate with great food, friendship, and love. Please be super careful when you are traveling. Don’t be in a hurry or careless when you drive. A small mistake can cost your life, or the lives of your loved ones or so many other innocent people. You can't be too careful when driving and traveling. Please do me a favor by seeing Jesus in each other, so that you may love them the way they are and help them when they are not Christ-like to you or others. As you can see, we are blessed to have our children serving at Holy Masses again. Please help me in thanking and appreciating them for their ministry. Parents, please be sure to read the bulletin for your children's schedule. You are responsible to bring them to church to serve or to ask among their friends for replacement. Always try to treat your kids or grandkids when they do something beautiful like serving at Holy Mass. Happy Thanksgiving, Fr. Hien My Dear Parishioners,
November 11th is Veterans’ Day; we will be honoring our military veterans for their service to our country. We are blessed with so many good-hearted men and women of our country who have served and given their lives for our freedom and peace today and the years to come. We are grateful to them and their sacrifices and the many sacrifices their families have given. They were good to us, let us be good to them with our love and prayers for them at Holy Masses. May each one of them, especially those who are disabled of any kind, live to know that their sacrifices were appreciated. May they live in peace and in love with everyone, especially among their families and friends. In November, we pray for the salvation of all souls, especially at Holy Mass. Please make every effort to attend Holy Mass and to pray for your deceased loved ones and friends. Trust in God and He will set us free from sins and eternal death, Fr. Hien HOMEBOUND: Holy Communion can be brought from All Saints to a devoted Catholic who is homebound or in a nursing home. Please contact the church office if you need this special ministry. Due to Covid and the many deadly viruses around, and for the safety of the homebound persons and the Eucharistic ministers, Holy Communion is not brought to anyone who is sick. All homebound ministers are required to wear masks and to use hand sanitizer before and after each visit. Carelessness can kill many. Let us help each other to live a long life with family and friends. BISHOP CARL KEMME TO CELEBRATE ANNUAL VIETNAMESE MARTYRS MEMORIAL. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita Vietnamese Congregation will hold a Memorial Mass honoring the 118 Vietnamese Martyrs on Sunday, November 20 at 3:30p.m. The observance will be at St. Anthony Catholic Parish, 258 N. Ohio, Wichita, KS 67214. Vietnamese and English-speaking priests will concelebrate the memorial mass with Bishop Carl Kemme. This is a call for unity of prayers for the canonization of sainthood for Fr. Emil Kapaun and Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan, for the unification of the United States in this turmoil time, for the health of all people around the world with an end to the pandemic, for an end to war in Ukraine, and for the youth to know Christ and stay in the faith. ĐỨC GIÁM MỤC SẼ MỪNG KÍNH CÁC THÁNH TỬ ĐẠO VIỆT NAM Hội Đồng Mục Vụ Công Giáo Việt Nam Địa Phận Wichita sẽ tổ chức Thánh Lễ mừng kính Các Thánh Tử Đạo Việt Nam tại nhà thờ St. Anthony, 258 N. Ohio, Wichita, KS 67214. Chúa Nhật ngày 20 tháng 11 năm 2022, 3:30 giờ chiều Cung Vinh Các Thánh Tử Đạo và nhập lễ. Chương trình năm nay đặt biệt sẽ có cha Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Thanh Bình, SVD là Cha Tổng Tuyên Úy Phong Trào Thiếu Nhi Thánh Thể Việt Nam Tại Hoa Kỳ, sẽ hướng dẫn các tĩnh tâm trong tuần. Năm nay có giờ riêng cho các trẻ em bắt đầu 5:30 chiều Thứ Sáu, ngày 18 tháng 11. Xin mọi phụ huynh hãy bớt thời gian đem các em đến tham dự buổi dọn mình để gần Chúa hơn và cùng xinh hoạt với Cha Bình. Thứ Bảy, ngày 19 tháng 11, sẽ có giờ cho mọi người dự buổi tĩnh tâm và giải hòa để dọn mình đón nhận Chúa nhân dịp đại lễ kính mừng các Thánh Tử Đạo. Sẽ có hai cha từ Tỉnh Dòng Mẹ Chúa Cứu Chuộc và các cha trong địa phận ngồi tòa Thứ Bảy và Chúa Nhật để mọi người được dọn mình đón Chúa. Hội Đồng Mục Vụ Công Giáo Việt Nam Địa Phận Wichita Trân trọng kính mời. Đức Giám Mục Carl Kemme My Dear Parishioners,
Again, happy All Saints’ Feast Day and thank you for your love and faith in God. It was so good to see so many of us for All Saints’ Feast Day. I know that God is important to you and your family. Please always trust in God and always put God first every day no matter what. Only God can free us from our sins and eternal death. We all were given life by God and we all must love God today so that we all may be with God forever in heaven like all the holy angels and saints. On the other hand, all the fallen angels will be forever away from God and the holy angels and saints, and it will be the same for those of us who today do not love God. Yes, all the saints in heaven today were born sinners like us but they lived on earth for their Catholic faith, for God and for the salvation of others. Now they are with God, the holy angels and saints eternally. Throughout this month of November, we will pray for all souls, all those who have died and have not made it to eternal life. Many of the poor souls in Purgatory are our deceased families and friends. We will pray for them and all souls at every Mass; therefore, our intentions will be for all souls, and your Mass stipends will benefit our parish ‘Building Fund.” Please take an envelope and write all the deceased names of 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. Finally, please know that the best part of your day is to give it to God by loving and worshiping God and praying for one another at Holy Mass. Please make every effort to attend daily Mass at All Saints or another Catholic church. Please trust me that your soul will be restless until it rests in God, whether you are old or young, healthy or sick, rich or poor. See you at Holy Mass to pray for our sinfulness and to give thanks and praise to God, Fr. Hien HOMEBOUND: Holy Communion can be brought from All Saints to a devoted Catholic who is homebound or in a nursing home. Please contact the church office if you need this special ministry. Due to Covid and the many deadly viruses around, and for the safety of the homebound persons and the Eucharistic ministers, Holy Communion is not brought to anyone who is sick. All homebound ministers are required to wear masks and to use hand sanitizer before and after each visit. Carelessness can kill many. Let us help each other to live a long life with family and friends. |
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