Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter 11/29/2020

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