Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter

My Dear Parishioners,

Have you taken a vacation yet?  If you have not, it’s not too late, the summer is still here.  It’s important to get away for traveling or sigh seeing.  I was blessed to travel on a cruise with one of my sisters’ family from Galveston for 6 days.  I also got to stay with my elderly uncle in Houston, the one who recently lost his only son from cancer at the age of 45.  I feel that it’s very important for family members to stay close to each other and enjoy each other's company and to support each other in times of need.  I hope you feel the same and have the opportunities for your family to be together like last 4th of July weekend. I want to thank my brother/guest priests who celebrated the sacraments for me when I was away.  I really and truly appreciated your ministry.  I also want to thank our altar servers, lectors, sacristains, Eucharistic ministers, musicians, etc.. for your ministries in our parish.  I know that when I am not around, things don’t always go as normal as usual.  Thank you for your understanding and your ministries. We all appreciated what you have done for our beloved church and school.
Parents, it’s time for you to register your kids for the new school year 2023-24.  Registration days are July 10th-13th.  Please be sure to pay all your last year school dues whether it was latchkey, lunch or registration fees.  All fees must be paid for the last school year, 2022-23, before you can register for this new year of 2023-24.  The above school fees are not part of your stewardship tithing.  Of course you are also required to pledge and tithe to the All Saints, and to keep up with your tithe, unless you choose to pay tuition of $5,000 per child.  Please know that our finance community and I expect you to be fair with the parish by being good stewards with your time, talent and treasures.  It costs the parish $5,000 to educate one child at All Saints and $8,000 in high school. Catholic education is not free. We are all here for our faith and for the good of your kids.  God bless us all, Fr. Hien