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
Dear brothers and sisters、
This story always repeats itself, and it is repeating itself at this moment in our world and in this country. All went well: there was plenty of everything. Prodigality and luxury were all over. Corruption set in and remained undeleted because all went well: tax collectors and sinners, exploiters and profiteers, gambling and playing, drinks and drugs. Then came to get drought: There was no rain, heaven remained closed; there was no oil, minerals drained away, the pinch was left, and sickness struck.
We are slowly coming back to our senses. There are probing committees everywhere. In the civil service, the universities, the commercial boards, the post office, the hospitals, the banks, the insurance world, the imports and exports, the military and foreign service, we are discovering prodigal sons/daughters all over. We are like dying generation, a dying nation, a dying world.
In this time of probing, let's try to probe ourselves: How far we are guilty, co-responsible? Where did we cheat and lie, waste and spoil, live dangerously and luxuriously?
Let us like that prodigal son, change our ways, serving the Father and one another. If we do this, we will be received by God with open arms, and we will be brought back from death to life.
The question remains whether we can do this alone. Shouldn't we come together to do all this? We, the sinners and those others – the older brother in Jesus' story – the just. That is the point of his story. What we need is a new family, a new community, brought together again around the table of the Father. Preaching is not enough. Being filled with the Holy Spirit isn't, either. Service to the poor is not enough, neither is political action. Prophecy is not enough, or resistance to unjust structures. What we need is that new family, that new community, like the one in the story of today.
Fr. Doan
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆さん
この物語はいつも繰り返され、そして今この世界で、この国でも繰り返されています。すべてがうまくいっており、あらゆるものが豊富にあったのです。放蕩と贅沢が蔓延し、徴税人と罪人、搾取する者と儲ける者、ギャンブルと遊び、酒と麻薬など、すべてがうまくいっていたため汚職が始まり、それがなくならないないままでした。そして干ばつに見舞われたのです。雨は降らず天は閉ざされたままでした。石油もなく鉱物は流出し、危機が去り、病気が襲いました。
ゆっくりと自分たちのことを考えてみましょう。あらゆるところに調査委員会があります。公務員、大学、商工会議所、郵便局、病院、銀行、保険業界、輸出入、軍、外交など、至る所で放蕩息子や娘を発見しています。私たちは、まるで死にゆく世代、死にゆく国家、死にゆく世界のようです。
このような時代だからこそ、自分自身のことをよく探ってみましょう。私たちはどこまで罪を犯しているのでしょうか、共同責任を負っているのでしょうか。どこまでが罪なのか、どこまでが共同責任なのか、どこまでが不正なのか、どこまでが浪費なのか、どこまでが危険なのか、どこまでが贅沢なのか、などなど考えてみましょう。
あの放蕩息子のように私たちも自分のやり方を変えて、父と互いに仕え合っていこうではありませんか。そうすれば私たちは神に両手を広げて迎えられ、死から生へと戻されるのです。
しかし、私たちだけでそれができるのだろうかという疑問が残ります。私たちは一緒になってこのようなことをすべきではないでしょうか。私たち罪人と、そのほかの人たち、つまりイエスの物語に登場する兄、公正な人たちとです。それがこの物語のポイントなのです。私たちに必要なのは、父の食卓を囲んで再び一つになる新しい家族、新しい共同体です。説教だけでは十分ではありません。聖霊に満たされるということでもありません。貧しい人々への奉仕だけでは十分ではありませんし、政治的な行動も十分ではありません。預言するだけでも、不公正な構造に対する抵抗でも十分ではありません。私たちに必要なのは、今日の物語の中に出てくるような、新しい家族、新しい共同体なのです。
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.
ASH WEDNESDAY: March 5, 2025
Mass with Ash Service at 12:05 pm.
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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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. .