St Francis Xavier Chapel "Maryknoll" Japanese Catholic Center, 222 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Formerly known as "Maryknoll"
Mission Statement
We of Saint Francis Xavier Chapel, as members of the Body of Christ, are called to announce in word and in deed the Good News of the Lord Jesus, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
We recognize our community's call to holiness based on mutuality, reciprocity, and interdependence and its ministry focusing on Japanese Catholics while also welcoming all in our greater community.
Fr. Doan Hoang's Message for the September 14, 2025
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Dear brothers and sisters,
The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross tells us about the mean of salvation that Jesus has brought us; especially, onto our world’s situations today.
It is true that humanity is sick. It is true that humanity might be called dying! But it is also true that another power is in this world. The power that brought us together. The power that brings all the people organizing themselves in justice and in peace groups together, again and again.
When we think Jesus’ redeeming work, we often think about his blood shed once and for all, about the pain suffered so long ago, about the death endured on the cross. What saved us is that in the spite of his suffering and death be movement he started in this world did not give up and never ended.
During his life he formed a small group of hardly more than twelve people. He had organized, inspired, and led them. Together that had started the struggle for a better world full of hope, because they believed themselves to be back up by him and God. That group did not disappear after his dead. It remained, notwithstanding that death, because of the Easter phenomenon we call resurrection.
A movement, a process, a growth, a network, that even reaches us this very day and is our hope in this world. If you effectively join that movement, you will dispel all gloom and doom together with him.
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆さん、
聖十字架称賛の祝日は、イエスが私たちにもたらした救いの手段について、特に今日の世界の状況において、私たちに語りかけています。
人類が病んでいることは事実です。人類が瀕死状態であることも事実です！けれども、もうひとつの違う力がこの世界にあることも確かです。私たちを一つのものにしている力です。正義と平和のグループに身を投じるすべての人々を、何度も何度もひとつに結びつける力が、この世界にはあるのです。
イエスの贖いの御業を思うとき、私たちはしばしば、イエスが流された血や、はるか昔に彼が受けた痛み、また十字架上で耐え忍ばれたイエスの死を思い起こします。イエスは私たちのために苦しみと死を受けましたが、私たちが救われたのは、それによってだけではなく、この世でイエスが始められた活動が絶えることなく今も続いているからなのです。
生前、イエスは12人ほどの小さなグループを結成しました。彼は弟子たちをまとめ、奮い立たせ、導きました。彼らは自分たちがイエスと神に支えられていると信じていたので、希望に満ちたより良い世界を求めて、共に闘いを始めたのです。イエスの死後もそのグループは消滅しませんでした。私たちが復活と呼ぶできごとのおかげで、イエスが亡くなったにもかかわらず、そのグループは消えずに残ったのです。
今日私たちにも及んでいるこのような活動や変革、成長とネットワークは、この世界における私たちの希望です。もしあなたがその活動に加わるならば、イエスとともにすべての暗黒と滅亡を払いのけることができるでしょう。
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday: 8:30 am. Japanese Mass
10:00 am. English Mass
Saturday: 5:00 pm English Vigil Mass
Weekday Masses will resume on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 12:05pm
Weekday Masses are on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:05 pm.
Weekday Masses are subject to change due to funerals or illness.
First Saturday Devotion: 9:00 a.m., Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy. Confessions are available after the Mass.
COVID, Cold and Allergies:
- If you are not feeling well, please stay home and get well; you are in our prayers.
- Hand Sanitizers are available for you to use.
- Masks are optional.
Donations
Thank you for your continued support! We are grateful to all who donate to SFXCJCC. We are open for weekend and weekday Masses. And are slowly opening our facility to our ministries and groups.
We are still in need of your financial help! Would you please continue making your Sunday Collection contributions or donating to St Francis Xavier Chapel?
You can mail checks to the office:
SFXCJCC
222 S Hewitt Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!
Thank you!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you. .