Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter 05/02/2021

My Dear Parishioners,
     Blessings from our risen Lord be with you all.  During the month of May, we are to give greater devotion to Our Blessed Mother, Mary.  Please remember to pray a Hail Mary every day for your loved ones, living and deceased, so that they all will be blessed by our risen Lord. 
     Are you ready to celebrate with our children for their First Holy Communion?  On Saturday, May 1st at our 4pm Mass, our children will receive Jesus for the first time in their lives.  They can’t wait for this special day with Jesus and with so many of their loved ones there with them.  At 9am, Saturday, May 1st, I would like to meet with our children and their parents in church for the rehearsal.  We will pray together, I will bless the scapulars for their parents to vest their children with our Mother Mary, Jesus, and St. Joseph.  After the rehearsal, I will be available for confession, especially for the parents, so that they can be good examples of faith for their children.  The children will make their first confession on Friday, after their all-school Mass.  The names of our 1st communicants are Vivianne Bui, Michael Bulson, Jase Cash, David Dang, Thaddeus (Chug) Fisher, Daniel Gonzalez, Elianna Guzman, Emma Hay, Aurielle Kodjovi, Aiden Le, Dat Le, Rebecca Nkouga, Xavier Oduor, Naomi Rocha, Noemi Rocha, Yajaira Rocha, Eloise Rumback, Romeo Sanchez, Adan Trejo-Munoz, Huy Nguyen, and Danh Do.  Please pray for them.  I will be available for a group picture and individual pictures with our children after Mass.  Please be respectful in church by not talking, etc.…
     Food Sales: Are you ready for some great food and fun?  Everyone is invited to join us for a special outdoor Vietnamese food sale on Saturday, May 1st from 10am-7pm and Sunday 9am-1pm.  Please come and support us, you are welcome to eat on-site outdoors or to take the food home for your families or to give as gifts to others.  A full menu is listed in this bulletin, it includes crawfish.  You can pre-order too.  All proceeds will go towards the education of our children at All Saints—School Endowment, this money will be used only when there is an emergency.  We are hoping for nice weather for some outdoor fun and to de-stress from over a year of COVID19.  Alleluia, Jesus is risen, and He loves us all, especially our 1st communicants, ---Fr. Hien