Sunday, May 17th 2026

 Dear Parishioners of Pope St. John XXIII parish faith community,

We are on the Seventh Sunday of the Easter Season; we also celebrate today the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. Until forty days from the resurrection, the Lord appeared at different times to various disciples to assure them of the resurrection and to strengthen them in the faith and comfort and guide them in the mission. He left them to continue on the earth. All the readings today speak about Jesus’s commissioning and blessing his disciples before being taken up to heaven. Jesus also promises them that he would send them a helper from the Father, to strengthen them and give them understanding of the scripture so that they could be valiant witness of the Gospel. We will celebrate the Feast of Pentecost next weekend, which concludes this Easter Season! Please wear something red next weekend to celebrate this Feast Day with your Faith Community.

We thank the PFAC members who come to our regular meetings with their team and committees that work to decide on the priorities in envisioning the future of our parish. We also thank the leadership members at different campuses who are ready to spend their time and talent for the church. As we celebrate the month of May in our devotion to blessed Mother, we remember and pray for all of them. We also celebrate the Feast Day of St. Rita this Sunday at 1pm, thank all the volunteers who help organize the feast day celebrations.

Next Saturday we celebrate the First Communion of our children at the Main campus with the 4:30pm Mass and I invite you to join the celebration and pray for our children who receive this sacrament. All these celebrations demand a lot of planning, commitment and dedication from our staff, leadership committee and the volunteers who work tirelessly. Let’s continue to thank and pray for them as we celebrate and cherish these moments.

Once again, I remind and urge you to participate and support the ACA campaign and we wish to have 100 percent participation to reach the goal as well as to support various ministries that we as Archdiocese have taken up, we need to have the rebate from the ACA to support our project that we have at each parish location. Your financial support to our parish is very important to operate and maintain and sustain our parish. You are cordially invited to volunteer your time, talent, and treasure to engage in the parish. Please check our parish registration to support our parish life and ministry.

Our children who prepared themselves throughout the year for the sacrament of confirmation are also in the final stage of their preparation. They would be receiving Confirmation on the 26th of this month. They have completed their interview with me and their retreat as well. Please keep them in your prayers and all the parents and sponsors that the celebration would enrich them with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and help them grow in faith.

There is more information always available in our parish bulletin, please bring it home as you leave after the Sunday liturgies. You can also receive it in your email if you have signed up. You can still browse our web page and find the complete information you need about our parish activities. May you have a blessed week with your family!

Sincerely, Yours in Christ,

Fr. Tuan Nguyen, D. Min

Pastor