My Dear Parishioners,
     Blessings from Our Lord be with you all.  We were asked by our Bishop Kemme to pray throughout this year to our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph for the good of our diocese, families, and country.  May our Lord, Blessed Mother and St. Joseph keep all of us healthy, safe, saintly, and always faithful to God and one another, especially during this pandemic time. 
     Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary:  Most Holy Virgin Mary, Tender Mother of all, we consecrate the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, all our parishes, schools, religious institutes, chapels, hospitals, clinics, all our ministries, all our families, and each and every person to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary.  Please accept our consecration, Dearest Mother, and use us as you wish to accomplish your designs upon the world.  O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and Queen of the world, rule over us together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King.  Save us from the spreading flood of paganism, relativism, heresy, and apostasy.  Kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, a deeper love for Christ your Son in the Eucharist and fidelity to all the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.  We come with confidence to you, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love.  Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed your own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.  Make our hearts and homes your shrine and through us make the Heart of Jesus together with your rule triumphant in every heart and home.  Amen.  (Due to limited space, prayer to St. Joseph will be in next week’s bulletin).
    Please join me in extending our love, prayer, and sympathy to the families of three parishioners who just passed to eternal life.  Barbara Pate was 86 years old, died on Friday, January 8.  Her rosary will be on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 pm and her funeral Mass will be Friday, January 15 at 11:00 am, at All Saints Catholic Church by Fr. Patrick Malone.  Jason Fritts, who was 50 years old, died Monday, December 28, 2020.  Funeral Mass for Jason was held in our church on Thursday, January 7.  Ray McCulloch, Jr., was 83 years old and died on Monday, January 4.  We celebrated his funeral Mass on Friday, January 8 in our church of All Saints.  I had the honor to celebrate Holy Masses for both Jason and Ray.  They were put to rest on Friday, January 8 at Ascension Cemetery.  May their souls and the souls of all our beloved ones be with Our Lord for eternal life.  We pray and hope that we will see them in our Heavenly Father’s home of heaven.  Resurrected Jesus, save your people, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
     Happy Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus.  Today, we are to remind ourselves of our own baptisms in Christ, that is, to recognize the heavenly grace God bestowed upon us on the day of our baptism.  This special grace made us beloved sons and daughters of our God, destined for eternal life.  Please keep your Catholic faith alive within you by having a personal relationship with God, especially through your daily prayers and thanksgiving to God.  None of us will ever be able to thank God enough on earth, therefore, let us desire to thank and to praise God with all the angels and saints in heaven.
     Liturgically, the baptism of the Lord is the end of the Christmas season.  Next weekend, it will be the second Sunday of ordinary time of cycle B.  Personally, I want to thank everyone for your commitment to God by attending our Holy Masses.  Christmas Masses were amazing, so many people attended, and our church was so beautiful.  Thank you to all those who helped me make our church beautiful for Christmas and New Year, including those who donated money for the flowers.  Thank you also for your personal Christmas cards, best wishes, countless prayers, and gifts, including monetary, to me.  I am blessed to be here at All Saints and to be loved by so many.  Thank You!  I love you all and let us continue putting God first, and always loving one another as a church family.
     Finally, please join me in welcoming back our children to school on January 12.  We will be focusing a lot on their Catholic faith and helping many of them receive their sacraments of First Confession and First Holy Communion, and the sacrament of Confirmation for our 7th and 8th graders in May.  Please pray for the safety of our children and our teachers and staff.  God bless, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners of All Saints,
Are you ready for Christmas?  I have been preparing for Christmas since Thanksgiving.  I can’t wait to be with you and your loved ones this Christmas.  It’s because I love you, and sadly, I have not seen many of you for a long time due to the pandemic.  Please bring your families to worship our Lord and to be blessed by Him.  We have plenty of room and extra seats for everyone.  As you will see, the inside and outside of our church are decorated with beautiful Christmas displays.  2020 has been a sad year for all of us worldwide; however, we know that God can turn our sadness and sorrows into joy if today we would trust in God, love Jesus, and worship Him as our God at Holy Mass.  I trust that God will enlighten your hearts, minds, and souls this Christmas.  Please come to our Holy Masses to receive Jesus and to be one with God.  Jesus is our source of love, peace, joy, and heavenly happiness. 
Our Christmas Eve Masses are Thursday, December 24th at 4:00pm & 5:30pm.  Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th at 9:00am & 10:45am (Viet).  Merry Christmas with countless blessings from our God to you all.  May you feel the love of God as the Holy Angels and Saints are feeling now and forever before God.  Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth. 
I love you all & Merry Christmas, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
Blessings from Our Lord and His Blessed Mother be with you all.  Thank you everyone for attending Holy Mass on the Solemnity of our Mother Mary.  As you may know, Bishop Kemme has established the “Year of St. Joseph” from Dec 8, 2020 to Dec 7, 2021 for our diocese.  Let us give our devotion to St. Joseph for he has been known as a great guardian and protector of the Church and of every family who imitates the Holy Family. 
Once again, let us congratulate our third graders of All Saints Catholic School for they received their First Confession and Holy Communion last weekend.  We are all happy for you children.  God bless you and remember Jesus always loves you.  Next, we are preparing our second graders for their First Confession and Holy Communion in May 2021.  Please keep our second graders in your prayers.  Second Graders with Miss Ouano: Michael ulson, Jase Cash, David Dang, Alex Do, Thaddeus Fisher, Daniel Gonzalez, Elianna Guzman, Emma Hay, Aurielle Kodjovi, Aiden Le, Dat Le, Anthony LeDonne, Andy Nguyen         Mai, Rebecca Nkouga, Xavier Oduor, Naomi Rocha, Noemi Rocha, Yajaira Rocha, Eloise Rumback, Romeo Sanchez and Adan Trejo Munoz. 
          This week, I am busy helping our All Saints children, 4th-8th grades, with their confessions before Christmas.  They are precious gifts from God to our church family, because of their faith in God and the Holy Sacraments.  Also, this Sunday, December 20th at 3pm, everyone is invited to attend our Advent Penance Service in Church.  Please stay 6 feet behind the person in front of you.  Guest priests are Fr. Garett Burns, Fr. Matthew Siegman, and Fr. Michael Brungardt. You are to say your own Act of Contrition in church prior to entering for your confession.  You will be standing in front of a black cloth to confess.  The name of the confessor will be posted.  PLEASE DO NOT TALK/VISIT/EAT OR DRINK IN CHURCH.  Thank you!
          As a church family, let us extend our sympathy to the family of Eugenia “Jean” Ignowski, who passed to eternal life on November 27.  Her funeral Mass was on Thursday, December 3rd in our church.  May Jean and all our beloved deceased families, friends and parishioners be with our risen Lord, all the angels and saints in heaven.  We love them all and we will continue praying and keeping them close to our hearts every day.  Finally, our Christmas Eve Masses are Thursday, December 24th at 4:00pm (red pews) & 5:30pm (yellow pews).  Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th at 9:00am & 10:45am (Vietnamese). Love you all, Fr. Hien

Stewardship Message from Fr. Hien
My Dear Parishioners of All Saints,
Blessings from our Lord through the love and intercessions of All Saints be with you all.  As always, I am happy to be with you at Holy Mass to pray and to worship our God as a church family.  Please know that you are the reason why I am here.  I love you all and I ask God’s blessings upon you and your loved ones, living and deceased.  I pray that you will be healthy, safe, joyful, and full of love for God and for one another.  I live to love God and all the people God has entrusted to my care - Catholics, and non-Catholics alike.  I am blessed to be here at All Saints and to be loved by you all.  Thank you!
I want to thank everyone for your true love for our Lord with your stewardship in our church and school.  I admire many of you for your faithfulness during this pandemic time with your attendance in church and with your financial support to our church’s family.  You are amazing and fearless during this pandemic time.  Please trust that your reward will be great in heaven.  Together, let us take good care of our church and facilities while continuing to provide Catholic education to our children through high school.  Please know that up to 80 percent
of your financial contribution pays for the Catholic education of our children, and 10 percent is a stewardship tithe to the diocese with an additional up to 7 percent to support two Catholic high schools in Wichita.  
As your pastor, I ask that everyone please support our church family with your tithe/treasure to provide Catholic education to our many children.  Our children are the future of our families, church, community, and the whole world.  Let us give the highest level of education and formation to them.  To this day, whether a parent has been faithful to his/her pledge or not, I have not rejected one child from Catholic education.  For Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."  Personally, I love to celebrate Holy Mass with them, and I want to make sure that what happened to me will not happen to them.  I didn’t get to go to school from 4th grade to 8th grade as a child.  Parents, please know that Catholic education is a special privilege for your children.  They need your financial support to our parish.  The parish pays $3,700 per student per year in high school, and about a million dollars for our pre-K to 8th grades.  This would include salaries, health care and buildings insurances, utility bills, etc.… besides the many sacrifices our teachers, staff and volunteers make every day for the love of God and our children.  In return, God blesses us with many great joys.  Every year, we have non-baptized students who wanted to be baptized Catholics.  Our Catholic students also love to attend Holy Mass and to receive other sacraments such as Confessions, first Holy Communion for 3rd and 2nd graders, and Confirmation for 7th and 8th graders coming up.  Therefore, please know that your faithful stewardship is bearing fruit in our children.  Catholic education is forming them to
be true Catholics and good Americans.  Our world needs more of them and less beggars, criminals, drug addicts, anti-God, and anti-human life people. 
As a church family, let us appreciate our teachers and staff for their excellent work and the many sacrifices they have made for the good of our church and children.  If you are willing, I am hoping to give them a little raise for the upcoming school year to help them and their families during this pandemic time.  We did not give them a raise this school year, per Bishop Kemme’s suggestion.  I know it will be very difficult for the parish to do this, but if you are willing with your gifts of treasures, God is here to help us all.
Please fill out the treasure form (tithe from your whole family income).  This is required for every family, including families with children attending All Saints grade school and Catholic High Schools (Deadline is December 31st, also the deadline for your 2020 contributions to be counted for this year.  In January, we’ll mail your 2020 contributions statement for your tax purposes).  Please help the parish cut costs by using Direct Deposit. It is free to you and is very little cost to the parish.  Complete the Orange Paper with a voided check for processing.  Drop it in the collection baskets, mail or bring it to the office.  If you are using Direct Deposit and still getting collection envelopes, please contact the office so that we can stop wasting money.  Thank you! 
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING CELEBRATIONS:
All Saints’ PSR and Third Graders’ First Holy Communion is this weekend.
Advent Parish Penance Service: Sunday, December 20th at 3pm.  Guest priests are Fr. Garett Burns, Fr. Matthew Siegman, and Fr. Michael Brungardt.
Christmas Eve Masses: Thursday, December 24th at 4:00pm & 5:30pm.
Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th at 9:00am & 10:45am (Vietnamese).
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Holy Day of Obligation, Thursday,
December 31st at 4pm, Friday, January 1st at 9am and 10:45am (Vietnamese).
May you have a Holy Advent that will bless you and your loved ones with a blessed Christmas.  Please pray for me so that I’ll always trust in God, trust in you, and love God with all my heart, mind, and soul, and of course love you too.  You’re the joy of my heart, Fr.Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
          Welcome to December, the last month of the year but the most important month of the year as the whole world will celebrate the coming of the Savior who gives heavenly life to all people.  To Jesus every knee shall bend in heaven and on earth for He is our Lord, God and Savior who came to us from heaven to save us.  Let us prepare ourselves to receive Jesus, like Mary, so that we all will have a blessed Christmas. 
          Please join me to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Day of Obligation, on Tuesday, December 8th with masses at 12:00noon, 5:00pm and 6:15pm (Vietnamese & English). 
          Next weekend, December 12th & 13th, we will celebrate Holy Masses for our First Holy Communicants.  We are blessed to have some PSR students, and many of our All Saints Catholic School Third Graders, receive their First Holy Communion next weekend.  Parents, please sign up for one of our four weekend Masses for your family to attend your child’s special day.  We will reserve a pew for your child and your family.  Your child will have his/her first confession in church after our 8am Mass on Friday, December 11th.  Third Grade with Mrs. Clark: Neal Atsou Dzini, Nolan Atsou Dzini, Jennifer Do, Jennifer Thi Do, Michael Eastman, Laken Fisher, Aria Henry, Edgar Hernandez-Rodriguez, Joseph Le, Dawson Lippert, Eva Loveall, Baylee Medicus, Ailyn Mora, Kathlene Navarrete, Alan Nguyen, Hoc Nguyen, Jonathan Pham, Justin Pham, Jocelyn Stewart, Michael Tran and, Ian Wheaton.  We love you all and we will celebrate your special day with you.  Congratulations, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
Are you ready for the new liturgical year?  Yes, this weekend, we are entering the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of Cycle B readings.  During Advent, there will be no Gloria at Mass.  There will be Advent candles on a wreath to symbolize hope, love, joy, and peace.  Let us start preparing our hearts, mind, and souls to celebrate the birthday of Jesus on December 25th.  Jesus is our Lord, God, and Savior.  He loves us unconditionally.  He longs to be loved by us all in every breath we take.  Please love Him and join us for the upcoming celebrations:
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, on Tuesday, December 8th with masses at 12:00noon, 5:00pm and 6:15pm (English & Vietnamese). 
All Saints Catholic School Third Graders’ First Holy Communion on the weekend of December 12th & 13th.  Parents, please sign up for one of our four weekend Masses for your family to attend your child’s special day.  We will reserve a pew for your child and family.  Your child will have his/her first confession in church after our 8am Mass on Friday, December 11th.
Advent Parish Penance Service: Sunday, December 20th at 3pm, in church.  Guest priests are Fr. Garett Burns, Fr. Matthew Siegman, and Fr. Michael Brungardt.
Christmas Eve Masses: Thursday, December 24th at 4:00pm and 5:30pm.  Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th at 9:00am and 10:45am (Vietnamese).
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Holy Day of Obligation on Thursday, December 31st at 4pm, Friday, January 1st 9am and 10:45am (Vietnamese).
The Vietnamese Martyrs’ Mass is this Sunday, November 29th at 4pm with adoration and confessions from 3-3:50pm.  There is no 10:45am Vietnamese Mass this day.
Finally, I hope and pray that you had a beautiful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Please continue loving your loved ones and our students of All Saints, too.  This week we are praying for the following students:  Fifth Grade with Mrs. Rose: Matthew Abarca, Tin Bui, Michael DeVega, Saige Fisher, Molly Fleming, Karmen Fortner, Juan Galarza, Olivia LeDonne, Cecilia Meier, Audreey Nguyen, Quan Nguyen, Vincent Nguyen, Lebron Oduor, Savannah Pham, Josef Rumback, Nathan Salcedo, Giovhany Sanchez, Lucas Stewart, Crystal Tran, Khanh Tran, and Wess Whitaker.  Sixth Grade with Mrs. Greene: Zoey Buckner-Franklin, Jayden Dao, Sergio Hernandez-Rodriguez, Danh Hoang, Megan Huynh, Lawrence Landwehr, Adrian Luna, Max Maldonado, Moses Miranda, Jonan Moore, Abraham Moreno-Avila, Angelina Nguyen, Joshua Nguyen, Christine Nkouga, Giselle Perez, Jordan Pham, Kenney Pham, AnnMarie Phillips, Arianna Sampson, Anne Tran, and Eileena Wheaton. 
Happy Thanksgiving, Fr. Hien
 

My Dear Parishioners,
Are you ready for the new liturgical year?  Yes, this weekend, we are entering the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of Cycle B readings.  During Advent, there will be no Gloria at Mass.  There will be Advent candles on a wreath to symbolize hope, love, joy, and peace.  Let us start preparing our hearts, mind, and souls to celebrate the birthday of Jesus on December 25th.  Jesus is our Lord, God, and Savior.  He loves us unconditionally.  He longs to be loved by us all in every breath we take.  Please love Him and join us for the upcoming celebrations:
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, on Tuesday, December 8th with masses at 12:00noon, 5:00pm and 6:15pm (English & Vietnamese). 
All Saints Catholic School Third Graders’ First Holy Communion on the weekend of December 12th & 13th.  Parents, please sign up for one of our four weekend Masses for your family to attend your child’s special day.  We will reserve a pew for your child and family.  Your child will have his/her first confession in church after our 8am Mass on Friday, December 11th.
Advent Parish Penance Service: Sunday, December 20th at 3pm, in church.  Guest priests are Fr. Garett Burns, Fr. Matthew Siegman, and Fr. Michael Brungardt.
Christmas Eve Masses: Thursday, December 24th at 4:00pm and 5:30pm.  Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th at 9:00am and 10:45am (Vietnamese).
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Holy Day of Obligation on Thursday, December 31st at 4pm, Friday, January 1st 9am and 10:45am (Vietnamese).
                The Vietnamese Martyrs’ Mass is this Sunday, November 29th at 4pm with adoration and confessions from 3-3:50pm.  There is no 10:45am Vietnamese Mass this day.
                Finally, I hope and pray that you had a beautiful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Please continue loving your loved ones and our students of All Saints, too.  This week we are praying for the following students:  Fifth Grade with Mrs. Rose: Matthew Abarca, Tin Bui, Michael DeVega, Saige Fisher, Molly Fleming, Karmen Fortner, Juan Galarza, Olivia LeDonne, Cecilia Meier, Audreey Nguyen, Quan Nguyen, Vincent Nguyen, Lebron Oduor, Savannah Pham, Josef Rumback, Nathan Salcedo, Giovhany Sanchez, Lucas Stewart, Crystal Tran, Khanh Tran, and Wess Whitaker.  Sixth Grade with Mrs. Greene: Zoey Buckner-Franklin, Jayden Dao, Sergio Hernandez-Rodriguez, Danh Hoang, Megan Huynh, Lawrence Landwehr, Adrian Luna, Max Maldonado, Moses Miranda, Jonan Moore, Abraham Moreno-Avila, Angelina Nguyen, Joshua Nguyen, Christine Nkouga, Giselle Perez, Jordan Pham, Kenney Pham, AnnMarie Phillips, Arianna Sampson, Anne Tran, and Eileena Wheaton. 
Happy Thanksgiving, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
Blessings from our Lord be with you all.  Please join me in praying for the repose of the soul of Paul Miller, who was 94 years old when he died.  As a long-time parishioner, Paul loved our church and school, and he had the greatest desire for the best education for our children of All Saints.  God bless him and please join me in expressing our sympathy to his long-time wife Lucy, their children and many of their loved ones and friends.  I am blessed to celebrate his funeral Mass in our church.
We are in the middle of November.  Please remember to pray daily, especially for your deceased loved ones and all souls.  At All Saints, we have been praying for all souls at every Mass.  We are praying for the poor souls and all souls so that they will be saints.  It’s a win-win situation for them and for us, for when they are in heaven, they will help us to be in heaven with them too.  Thank you to the many people who wrote down the names of their deceased loved ones in our Book of Remembrance and on the All Souls Envelopes to be prayed for every day.  Thank you for your good deeds.
                As you know, we are getting to the end of 2020.  How is your relationship with God and how are you doing with your stewardship way of life for our parish?  Please know that everything in this life will pass by, except your love and faith in God and your good deeds for others.  Every day let your faith lead you and let your love for God be known before God and others.  I trust that you will be just and generous to God in our parish with your time, talent, treasure.  I trust that you will do your best/fair share so that I can continue to provide Catholic education to your/our children in from pre-Kindergarten to high school.  Please know that our children are dependent on your faithfulness to our church and school.  Today, I am encouraging everyone to pray for our children of All Saints, especially the following two confirmation classes as they are preparing themselves to be confirmed in six months.
                Grade 7th with Mrs. Jean Gengler:  Jayda Delarue, Alexander  Dickerson, Ky Dinh, Thanh Do, Daniella Estrada, Milagros Galarza, Elaine Hesse, Andrew Kucera, Fatima Moreno, Isaac Mosqueda, Mia Murguia, Catherine Nguyen, Lac                Nguyen, Matthew Nguyen, Thinh Nguyen, Thao Pham, Tjaden Pham, Avery Rangel, Anne Rayappa, Benjamin Salcedo, Lucy Schneider, and Leann Tran. 
Grade 8th Miss. Nikki Erker:  Gabrielle Bates, Faith Brown, Nautica Cash, Victoria Cruz, Thien-Y Do, Jaydin Embry, Blair Fisher, Jonathan Goheen, Ethan Hay, Johnny Hengel, Adriel Hernandez, Thomas Kalima-Preciado, Abigail Le, Lily Logan, Olivia Meier, Christine Nguyen, Faustine Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Mya Owens, Alex Pham, Skyler Pham, Daniel Rocha, Christopher Sanchez, Alexandria Stewart, and Lia Tran.  Jesus, we love you.  Please keep us safe and close to you, Fr. Hien

My Dear Parishioners,
                God made all of us out of love, and only when we live to love, will we be blessed with eternal life from our heavenly Father, God.  Eternal life will be given to all those who live to love God with all their hearts, minds, and souls and to love others as themselves.  May we always love one another, especially the disabled, the handicapped, the foreigners, the poor, and especially the unborn and the faithful departed.  At All Saints, throughout this month of November, at every Holy Mass, we will pray especially for all souls, especially those of our church’s family and our families.  The Book of Remembrance is in the foyer/gathering area for everyone to write down the names of their deceased loved ones to be prayed for at all our Holy Masses.  We will also have All Souls Day envelopes available in the pews and in the foyer area for your use.  Any amount of money you donate in this All Souls Day Envelope will go to our “Building Fund,” to help pay for the buildings’ maintenance bills such as the new LED bulbs we recently placed in our school building, the gym, the Fischer Center and the foyer/gathering area of our church.  A special thank you to Devorss Flanagan-Hunt mortuary for $386.57 (funeral of Raymond Ortiz) towards the cost of the LED bulbs, that cost about $9,300.  Thank you also to our All Saints Altar Society for the purchase of the two new vacuum cleaners to be used to clean our church.  Thank you, ladies, and to all those who help maintain and clean our church every week.  God bless your love and sacrifices.
Thank you everyone for following my instructions at Holy Communion to give extra space to each other so that we may keep each other safe from Covid19.  Thank you for your cooperation and patience at communion time.  Again, please be patient and always avoid congestion.  I have noticed that everyone does an excellent job receiving Holy Communion with their hands and not with their mouth. Thank you!
                Finally, please remind yourself to either turn off your phone or mute it before entering church so that your phone will not disturb everyone at Holy Mass and to avoid people looking at you when your phone goes off during Mass.  Thank you for doing this for the love of God and one another.  Also, as you enter the church, please be sure to pick up your bulletin to be used during Mass such as the readings and to take home it home with you.  Please read our bulletins to keep yourself updated with our parish’s and school’s updates.  Our teachers and I write to you every week.  We love to share with you about our children at school and things that are happening in our parish.  We are a church family; we must pray together and live in unity, peace, and love with each other.
For All Souls: “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.  May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.”  Fr. Hien, Pastor