Spring is here! Our Parish community Garage Sale will be on April 20, 2024 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Come and shop at huge discount prices on clothes, cookware, small kitchen appliances, furniture, artwork, toys, books and many more! Don’t miss this rare shopping opportunity!
Our next Family & Friends Day will be on Saturday, April 27 starting at 10:00 AM. Come and join us for fun, Tai-Chi and educational activities starting at 10:00 AM. We will have sharing of information on osteoporosis, how to increase bone density and the benefits of eating curry. Lunch will be at noon.
All parishioners are encouraged to join our church’s second Chinese Cursillo weekend on June 27-30, 2024 to be held at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. We have invited 2 priests on that weekend: Fr. Deng Jianwei from the Congregation of St. John the Baptist (CSJB) in Toronto and Fr. Yang Guoyu from Los Angeles, and Deacon Liu Chanyuan of Edmonton.
The USCCB Asian and Pacific Island Affairswill hold a National Conference for Asian and Pacific Island Catholics in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 15 to 17, 2024. You are invited to participate in this grand event. Please go to scapa@usccb.org to register.
In 2024, the 10th National Eucharistic Congress will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 17-21. This historic 5-day gathering of faithful Catholics promises to be a new Pentecost, a powerful anointing and a personal commission to invite others to know our Lord Jesus Christ. Come and join your Catholic brothers and sisters at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress!
Happy Chinese New Year! We have designated Sunday, February 11th to hold the Chinese New Year celebration at our church. After the Mass, there will be a solemn tribute to our ancestors, distribution of hong pao, potluck and a fun program. Please bring your family and friends!
Happy Chinese New Year! Chinese New Year begins on Saturday, February 10, 2024 with the year of the dragon and festivities culminate on February 24 with the lantern festival. At the beginning of each New Year, there is a great sense of joy and hope for what the New Year will bring. At the Holy Name of Jesus Chinese Catholic Mission, the Holy Mass for Chinese New Year will be at 10:30am on February 11. This Eucharistic celebration gives our…
February 3 is the Feast Day of St. Blaise. Saint Blaise was a physician and the bishop of Sebastea in Armenia. During his lifetime, St. Blaise was known to be a healer. People often turned to St. Blaise for healing miracles. In 316 AD, St. Blaise was arrested for being a Christian. On his way to prison, he cured a child who was chocking to death on a fish bone. But because St. Blaise would not renounce his faith, he…
40 Days of Lent February 14, 2024 is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten Season. The practice of imposing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful is normally done during Ash Wednesday, reminding us that it is a special time for repentance. According to the Gospels, Jesus Christ spent 40 days fasting in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan; accordingly, the Lenten Season was first observed as a period of fasting for 40 days in…
Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem: When they drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them here to me. And if anyone should say anything to you, reply, ‘The master has need of them.’ Then he will send them at once.”…