Sunday, June 21st 2026

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

Welcome you to the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Through the liturgy of the Word today, we are invited to trust God and be strong in the face of persecutions in being obedient witness. Sharing our faith can be difficult. We might fear offending another who is not living the Gospel. In addressing this fear, Jesus says, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” Fear should never deter us from sharing our faith.

When we live our faith openly and share it charitably and unhindered, others will react. Some will joyfully receive our shared faith, but others will not. Among good-hearted Catholics, when the faith we share with others is not received well, we often second-guess ourselves. We become sensitive to the negative reaction, which easily leads to worry and fear. Such fear must be overcome with love and holy sorrow if we are to fulfill Jesus’ loving command.

We also celebrate the Father’s Day weekend. We also pray for our fathers who are with us that they have joy, happiness, and love with their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Let us thank them and honor them in this special day for their love, care and protection of our families. We pray for fathers who are deceased, may they rest in peace with the Lord, and may they find peace and joy with the Resurrection of the Risen Lord.

As we are enjoying the summer vacations, my special prayers and blessings are with those who plan to travel to distant places. Have a wonderful time away and relax with your family and friends. I believe wherever you are, remember to keep the holy day of obligation and keep us also in your prayers. I would also like to remind those who have not responded to the ACA to prayerfully consider making the pledge to support the various ministries of our local church.

We thank all the volunteers who assisted the parish with mowing the lawn and cleaning the parish’s property and ground. We have a big group of volunteers who come to assist our parish with cleaning our parish’s ground when we call them. We thank them for taking their time and supporting our parish with cleaning and keeping the ground clean and well maintained. You are cordially invited to join us in keeping our parish’s grounds clean and maintaining our landscape to welcome many people who come to our Church to worship the Lord. Please continue to pray for our parish ministry and activities!

All the priests of this Archdiocese will gather at ocean shores for the priest days from Sunday evening to Wednesday  with the Archbishop and the Auxiliary Bishops to pray, to plan and to spend time together strengthening the fraternal bound as well us purposefully design for the future of parish families. I urge you all to prayer for the success of this event. Make sure you don't sick these days and be safe as priests will not be available during this time.

The Finance Council approved moving forward with beginning the consolidation of finances of our parish family in a two-phase approach. We will merge Visitation, Holy Rosary and PSJ's finances in July 2026, and merge SJOW and PSJ's finances in July 2027. Please go through the bulletin for further information. You can also receive the bulletin when you are away if you sign up with Sr. Linh. You can still browse the webpage of our parish at psj23.org for all the updates. Wish you all a blessed week ahead. Thank you

Sincerely, Yours in Christ,

Fr. Tuan Nguyen, D. Min

Pastor