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 Pentecost Sunday, july 12. 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
The gospel for today is a complaint. It is a serious complaint, directed to us: God’s word often falls dead on its soil. It is trampled, it is drying up, it is drowned, it does not grow.
The signs God gives in our lives remain unseen, unheard, unfelt, untouched and powerless.
I am sure that some sign you wanted to give another person has been lost along the way.
God gives us signs day after days, trying to get our attention: a beautiful nature around us with the singing of birds with some flowers, some kind friends caring for us and reminding us about somethings, then a thought, a dream, a child, a person, a fine feeling, sometimes even pain.
How often do we notice? How often do we stop and say: “Hello, thank you, my God”?
We live as those who has eyes and see not; as those who have ears and hear not; not only as far as God is concerned, but even as far as the people around us are concerned.
Isn’t God trying to speak to us through others? Isn’t that what God tried to do through Jesus?
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆さん、
今日の福音は、ある「嘆き」です。それは、私たちに向けられた深刻な嘆きです。神の言葉は、しばしばその土壌で実を結ばずに終わってしまいます。踏みつけられ、枯れ果て、水に溺れ、成長しないのです。
神が私たちの生活の中で与えてくださるしるしは、見過ごされ、聞き流され、感じられず、触れられず、力を持たないままになっています。
きっと、あなたが誰かに伝えようとしたしるしが、途中で失われてしまったことがあるはずです。
神は私たちの注意を引こうと、日々しるしを与えてくださっています。私たちの周囲の美しい自然、鳥のさえずりや花々、私たちを気遣い、何かを思い出させてくれる親切な友人たち、そしてある考え、夢、子供、ある人、心地よい感情、時には痛みさえも。
私たちはどれほどそれに気づいているでしょうか。どれほど立ち止まって、「こんにちは、ありがとう、神様」と口にするでしょうか。
私たちは、目がありながら見ず、耳がありながら聞かない者として生きています。それは神に関してだけでなく、私たちの周りの人々に対しても同様です。
神は他者を通して私たちに語りかけようとしておられないでしょうか。それは、神がイエスを通して成し遂げようとしたことそのものではないでしょうか。
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Japanese Mass
10:00 a.m. English Mass
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. English Vigil Mass/
***IMPORTANT***
Weekday Masses.
Sorry, the office and the church will be closed on Friday, July 3rd, Sorry no Noon Mass that day.
We will not have noon mass from July 6th to July 16th
First Saturday Devotion: Sorry, No Noon Mass on July 4th.
Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy. Confessions are available after the Mass.
Weekday Masses are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:05 p.m.
Weekday Masses are subject to change due to funerals or illness.
First Saturday Devotion:
First Saturday Devotion is on the first Saturday of each month, at 9:00 a.m. Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy. Confessions are available after the Mass.
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
To donate by credit card, click the button below.
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. .