Activities

Monday, September 2, is Labor Day. Mass in Chinese will be offered at 11:00am. There will be no Mass in English at 12:00pm. 

Our church is very blessed to have families with small children, and we are even more blessed that the number of small children in our church increase each year. As a church, it is important that we provide a safe and fun place for little children to run and play. A good children’s playground will also attract new families with small children to join our church. Unfortunately, our children’s playground is currently unsafe and unusable. Fr. Bill, together with the…

Faith Formation classes for children for schoolyear 2019-2020 begin next month. Classes for Grades 1 to 6 begins on August 18. Classes for Grades 7 to 8 begins on August 25. The class syllabus for each grade level may be downloaded from the church website. Grade 1 (Sundays 12:30 pm) Grade 6 (Sundays 12:30 pm) Grade 7 (Sundays 12:30 pm) Grade 8 (Sundays 12:30 pm)

Fr. Lou Aldrich, S.J. is visiting our parish community on July 27-28, 2019. He will be giving a one-day seminar on July 27 from 10 am to 4 pm; the topic is: Spiritual Warfare. Fr. Aldrich is a professor of theology at Fu Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan and is also involved in evangelization work with the Chinese Lay Missionaries Foundation. Spiritual Warfare Since the Church began, St. Paul warned Christians that they must prepare for spiritual war. Church tradition…

In the Catholic Church, the month of March is devoted to St. Joseph. St. Joseph, the foster father of Our Lord, is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew (1:16,18-20,24; 2:13,19), Luke (1:27; 2:4,16; 3:23,24; 4:22) and John (1:45; 6:42).  He was a just man (Matthew 1:19), a man of humble obedience and strength. St. Joseph is regarded as the patron saint of workers and is associated with various feast days. In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared him to be both…

On February 24 at 12:30 pm, Mr. Zheng Li will share his experience on a 5-day pilgrimage with his children to Santiago de Compostela in 2017. There are many different ways of pilgrimage, and the journey of a holy pilgrimage, step by step, is a great way to experience the missionary journey of Jesus with the apostles. The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela runs along the Pyrenees mountains and ends at one of the Catholic holy sites. The Cathedral of…

Fr. Dennis Callan is a Divine Word Missionary. The Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini, abbreviated SVD), popularly called Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, is a missionary religious congregation in the Roman Catholic Church. Fr. Callan was ordained a priest in Pennsylvania, USA in 1987. He had ministered in various churches in Taiwan and South Korea, and he speaks fluent Mandarin and Korean. Currently, he is assigned to the SVD Bordentown Religious Center in New Jersey.…

The Roman Catholic Church gives us four different Masses to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ: the Vigil Mass, Mass during the Night, Mass at Dawn and Mass during the Day. Originally, the Church celebrated Christmas only with the Mass during the Day, using the Prologue of the Gospel of John for the Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…” (John 1:1) The Gospel of John makes…

Tai-chi is a slow-motion defense exercise which is good for people of all ages. Classes are offered by Tai-chi master Anthony Liu every Sunday at 1:00 pm. Benefits of Tai-chi include improved balance and flexibility, as well as aiding in internal relaxation. All are welcome to attend!

Chinese Cultural Dance class begins every Sunday at 1:30 pm. The dance classes teach a variety of folk and classic dances. All are welcome to join. The dance group performs at various public festivals.