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 June 1, 2025
The Ascension of the Lord
Dear brothers and sisters,
In today's gospel, Jesus told his disciples that they should be glad, because He said, "If I don't go, the Spirit will never come to you. Now I am sending you." They had sensed that He would leave them very soon, and it had been a very difficult day for them, a really sad one!
Certainly, Jesus had reminded them time to time that: "it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you." (John 16:7). They knew that they need to be grown up and they need to experience the Spirit which had empowered Him, guided and led Him through all His life with many challenges, struggles and suffers. And then, "God greatly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2: 6-9).
As His disciples and also His witnesses, now it was their turn to experience such movements of the Spirit of God, and they had to be led through many challenges, struggles and suffer to be able to join in His glory. As the matter of fact, from the very beginning, God had done the same with the first man and woman in human history. God made them king and queen, rulers and organizers of all nature that God had created.
Now Jesus told them: "Go to the city and stay until you are clothed with the power from on high." They went and wait for the Spirit to manifest in them.
We know that in Jesus, God did it again. We also come to know that now, not only Christ is going to be the light of the world: not only Christ is going to be the salt of the earth; not only Christ is going to be the yeast of human life. As Christ's disciples, we all are invited to be that light, that salt, and that yeast.
Fr. Doan
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
今日の福音の中で、イエスは弟子たちに「あなたがたは喜ぶべきだ。なぜなら、もし私が去って行かなければ、聖霊は決してあなたがたのところに来ることはないのだから。私は（父が約束されたものを）あなた方に送る」とおっしゃいました。彼らは、イエスがすぐに彼らのもとを去ることを悟りました。それは弟子たちにとって耐えがたく、本当に悲しい日でした！
明らかに、イエスは彼らに度々こう言っていたことを思い出させたのです。「私が去って行くのはあなたがたにとってためになる。去って行かなければ、弁護者はあなたがたのところに来ないからである。しかし私が行けば、弁護者をあなたがたのところに送る」 （ヨハネ16：7）弟子たちは自分たちが成長する必要があること、また多くの挑戦や困難や苦しみで満ちていたイエスの全生涯を通じてイエスを力づけ導いていた聖霊をいただく経験をする必要があることを、知っていました。そしてこのため、神はキリストを高く上げ、あらゆる名にまさる名をお与えになりました。こうして、天上のもの、地上のもの、地下のものがすべて、イエスの御名にひざまずき、すべての舌が「イエス・キリストは主である」と公に宣べて、父である神をたたえるのです。（フィリピ2：9-11）。
イエスの弟子としてそして彼の証人として、今や彼らがそのような聖霊の働きを経験する番であり、また、イエスの栄光に与かることができるよう多くの挑戦、困難そして苦しみを通して導かれなければなりませんでした。実のところ原初の昔から、神は人類史上最初の男女にも同じことをなさっていました。神が彼らを王や女王にし、ご自分が創造された全ての自然を支配しまとめていく者となさったのです。
イエスは弟子たちに「高い所からの力に覆われるまでは、都にとどまっていなさい」とおっしゃいました。彼らは行って霊が彼らの中に現れるのを待ちました。
私たちは、神が再びイエスにおいて同様になさったことを知っています。私たちは今、キリストだけが世の光、地の塩となるのではなく、またキリストだけが人の命のパン種になるのではないと知っています。キリストの弟子として、私たちは皆、その光、塩、そしてパン種になるよう招かれているのです
ドアン神父
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday: 8:30 am. Japanese Mass
10:00 am. English Mass
Saturday: 5:00 pm English Vigil Mass
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 am, Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy.
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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Thank you!
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