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, june 28 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
Upon today’s gospel, it seems to me that, since Jesus left Nazareth, he always a security risk for himself and for his hosts. Did the police and members of the secret service, and also the members of the security at the temple not always come to look for him and keep their eyes on him, a then they did the same after a day or two?
It is often said in all gospels that he went into hiding in the mountains, in the forests, on the lake, and in the desert.
Why did they want to kill him? Why did Herod try to destroy him, nipping him in the bud of his life? Why did he have to flee? Why did he have to hide? Why was he never safe? Why was he sold? Why was he brought? Why did he have to complain to the end of his life that he never found the rest of his own home?
It is always the same reason: Other saw him as a thread to their position, their wealth, their power plays, their greed, their type of life. They did not like the type of life, and the service he was talking about.
They did not like the type of togetherness, the type of community he wanted to start. They did not like the type of sharing, the type of companionship he represented, and that is why they wanted him dead, once and for all.
If you come to think about those dynamics that cause his death, don’t all those things lurk and hide in us, too?
It is our own lack of liberty, our lack of freedom, our lack of detachment about our possessions, our positions, our influence, and ourselves with our own selfishness that make us chase Jesus away. We make Jesus a chased and hunted person in our world and in our life!” Also, Jesus reminds us, “Those who welcome me, welcome the one who sent me!”
親愛なる兄弟姉妹、
今日の福音書では、イエスはナザレを離れたので、彼自身と自分のホストにとって常に安全上のリスクがあるように思われます。警察とシークレットサービスのメンバー、および寺院の警備員は、常に彼を探して目を離さなかったので、1、2日後に同じことをしましたか？
すべての福音書では、山や森、湖、砂漠に隠れたことがあるとよく言われています。
なぜ彼らは彼を殺したいと思ったのですか？なぜヘロデは彼を滅ぼそうとし、彼の人生の芽に彼を挟み込もうとしたのですか？なぜ彼は逃げなければならなかったのですか？なぜ彼は隠さなければならなかったのですか？なぜ彼は決して安全ではなかったのですか？なぜ彼は売られたのですか？なぜ彼は連れて来られたのですか？なぜ彼は自分の家の残りの部分を見つけられなかったと彼の人生の終わりまで文句を言わなければならなかったのですか？
それは常に同じ理由です：他の人は彼を彼らの立場、彼らの富、彼らの力の演じ方、彼らの欲望、彼らの人生のタイプへの糸とみなしました。彼らは人生の種類や彼が話しているサービスを気に入らなかった。
彼らは一体感のタイプ、彼が始めたいと思ったコミュニティーのタイプを好まなかった。彼らは共有の種類や彼が代表する交際の種類を好まなかったので、彼は彼を死にたいと思ったのです。
彼の死を引き起こすこれらのダイナミクスについて考えるようになった場合、それらすべても私たちの中に潜んで隠れているのではありませんか？
私たち自身の自由の欠如、私たちの自由の欠如、私たちの所有物、私たちの立場、私たちの影響力、そして私たち自身を私たち自身の利己主義について私たちがイエスを追い払うようにしているのです。私たちはイエスを私たちの世界と私たちの生活の中で追われ、狩られた人にします！」また、イエスは私たちに、「私を歓迎してくださった方、私を遣わしてくださった方を歓迎します！」と思い出させてくださいます。
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***
On Sunday, May 31st, and Sunday, June 14th, we will only have one bilingual (Japanese/English) Mass.
The 8:30 am Japanese Mass will be canceled on Sunday, May 31st, and Sunday, June 14th, only
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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Thank you!
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