July 22, 2018

My Dear Parishioners,
                Thank you for joining our church family and me last weekend for Holy Masses and being together in our parish hall for food, fun and fellowship.  I was so pleased with the turnout and the plentiful food provided for us.  I can tell that everyone was well-fed.  Thank you for sharing your time and food with us.  A special thanks to our Altar Society, Knights of Columbus and the Vietnamese parishioners for your hard work of preparing, cooking, and serving the food and also cleaning up afterwards.  Everyone was very pleased with your food and enjoyed it tremendously.  We will do this more often as a church family for I love food, and of course, I love being with you.  Since I have been to All Saints, everyone has been so nice, friendly, supportive and wonderful to me.  PLEASE BE THIS WAY ALL THE TIME.  Thank you for your love and kindness!  Personally, I love to be with you in church to worship our Lord.  I always love to send you home with God’s blessings so that you may live in faith, love and peace.  I enjoy greeting and visiting with people after Mass and learning about them and their families.  Please continue to be personal with me.  It will take me awhile to learn about you and your families.  I am confident that we will continue to grow in our faith and love for one another.  God is love and you have been wonderful to me.  Thank you!  PS. A personal thank to our Altar Society for the birthday cake and the birthday song everyone sang to me, just don’t forget that every day is my birthday 😊
                How has your summer been?  Too hot for me sometimes.  Thank God for the recent rain.  Summer is already half way past, have you taken your vacation yet?  If you have not, please make the time to be with your family before school starts.  Prior to coming to All Saints, I took my vacation with one of my sister’s family.  She and her husband have three children, two boys and a girl.  We went on a cruise from New Orleans, Louisiana to two vacation places in Mexico.  I liked it and I would do it again. The kids loved the cruise more than anyone for they got to eat all day.  We all gained some pounds from the cruise.  We also got to fish in the river channel, and caught some fish and a bucket full of crabs.  We used chicken quarters to catch the crabs.  Sometimes we hooked three crabs at once.  Of course, we cooked our fresh catch and had it for dinner.  It was so good, and it was fun.  So, please take a vacation and enjoy the goodness of life with your loved ones.  Don’t forget to attend Holy Mass wherever you may be.  Visit masstimes.org for Masses near your vacation places, or take me on your vacation and I’ll celebrate Masses for you.  Don’t forget that I’ll take up a collection to pay for our church’s bills!  haha just kidding---Fr. Hien
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