PASTOR’S CORNER

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The Vietnamese will celebrate the “Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat” next Saturday. Today we begin our PSA 2020 campaign for our diocese. Each year, Bishop Vann, our diocesan bishop, asks us to help fulfill his ministerial support for different ministries throughout our diocese such as supporting the Seminarians' funds, educating the future priests of our diocese, assisting our Retired Priests, supporting the training of Catechists for education of our children, sponsoring catholic charities, and other ministries. This year, the quota from our parish to help our diocese in this Pastoral Services Appeal ("PSA”) is $62,000. I hope that each family of our parish will donate $400 for one year. You can either pay one time, or break donations down quarterly or monthly. Please bring a pledge envelope home and bring it back next weekend. With your generous support, every dollar collected over our quota of $62,000 will be returned to our parish to be used for our parish projects. For example, this year, we must repair the pews in the Church as soon as possible. Again, I am very grateful to all of you for your love, generosity, and continued support of our parish. May the Lord, through the intercession of Our Lady of La Vang, bless each of you with peace, love, and joy!

Reverend Joseph Luan Nguyen, Pastor