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, May 24, 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
The Pentecost is our feast! It is the feast of our takeoff with the Spirit of God. So, with that Spirit, we have to fly in all directions. However, that is another difficulty: that variety in the Spirit:
- The Spirit that was given at different times: the first day of Jesus’ resurrection (John 20:22); the fiftieth day (Acts 2: 1-4); and every day since (Acts 8:18; 10:44-45; …).
- She (the Spirit) was given in different ways: She blew over them; fire descended on them, and they got her in noise, light and smoke.
- She was given in different gifts: in the gift of peacemaking, forgiving, speaking in tongues, healing, administering, dancing, singing, playing, and praising the Lord.
The diversity is so great and the consequential difficulties so alarming, that even while we are celebrating all this today, Paul is quoted from his letter to Corinth, where Jesus’ followers threatened to split up because they were all flying in different directions. Yet those in Corinth were at least flying. It is to those fliers that Paul wrote: “There is a variety of different gifts, but always to the same Spirit. There are all sorts of services, but always to the same Lord. There are all kinds of ways, but it is the same God who is working in all.”
Let us belong to those who fly in the wind of that Spirit, and let us fly together into the dawn of the Kingdom to come.
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
ペンテコステは私たちの祝日です！それは、神の御霊とともに飛び立つ祝日です。ですから、その御霊とともに、私たちはあらゆる方向へと飛び立っていかなければなりません。しかし、そこにはもう一つの難しさがあります。それは、御霊における多様性というものです：
- 聖霊は、さまざまな時期に与えられました。すなわち、イエスの復活の初日（ヨハネ20:22）、五旬節（使徒2:1-4）、そしてそれ以来の毎日（使徒8:18、10:44-45、……）です。
- 御霊は様々な方法で与えられました。御霊が彼らの上に吹きかけられ、火が彼らの上に降り、また、音と光と煙の中で御霊を受けました。
- 御霊は様々な賜物として与えられました。すなわち、平和をもたらす賜物、赦す賜物、異言を語る賜物、癒しの賜物、奉仕の賜物、踊る賜物、歌う賜物、演奏する賜物、そして主を賛美する賜物です。
その多様性はあまりにも大きく、その結果生じる困難はあまりにも深刻であるため、今日私たちがこれらすべてを祝っている最中であっても、コリントの信徒への手紙からパウロの言葉が引用される。そこでは、イエスの弟子たちがそれぞれ異なる方向へと散り散りになり、分裂しかねない状況にあった。しかし、コリントの人々は少なくとも「飛んでいた」のだ。パウロは、まさにその「飛んでいる」人々に向けてこう記した。「賜物にはさまざまなものがあるが、それはすべて同じ御霊によるものである。奉仕にはさまざまな形があるが、それはすべて同じ主によるものである。働き方はさまざまですが、すべてにおいて働かれるのは同じ神です。」
その御霊の風にのって飛翔する者たちの一員となり、共に、来るべき御国の夜明けへと飛び立とうではありませんか。
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/
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
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