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 31, 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today is Trinity Sunday. We commemorate the fact that God, though alone-because God is only one-is not alone, because God is in three.
That is very difficult to explain. In fact, I would not be able to explain it, because we really do not know that much about God. We only know about ourselves, about you and me. There is one thing I know about myself and also about you: that nobody likes to be completely alone: to eat alone, to walk alone, to work alone, to live alone, to talk alone –that means talking to yourself. To be alone, totally alone is impossible! The thought alone is unbearable!
Loneliness is one of the most frightening experiences in life. Did you ever lose your way in a forest, or in a desert, or on an ocean? Have you ever been so lost that you couldn’t hear any human voices, and no dog barked, no insect groaned, no wind’s blowing sound, and you were totally alone? It is terrible to be alone. You might object: Doesn’t everybody want his privacy? Doesn’t everyone want to have a private home, a single room? Yes, maybe someone want that, however, even those who want a single room, do they want it so that they can be really alone?
I hope none of us will ever feel alone between two walls that limit our existence here: the wall behind us, which is the womb of our mother, and the wall before us, which is the womb of the earth, in which sometimes will all, in one way or another, be buried. However, we believe that God will bring the deceased to life. God will be there at the other side of that womb in the earth. God will not only be there, since mere present is no help. Mere presence does not take loneliness away. God will be there to relate to us as a Father, a Brother, a Friend, a loving-hugging-motherly Spirit.
That is what we celebrate today. God is not alone, and we are not alone either, and we will never be. Aren’t we made in God’s image by God (Genesis 1:26-27)?
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
今日は三位一体の日曜日です。私たちは、神は唯一の神であるながら、神は孤独ではないで、ただ神は三位の内に一体の神であることを記念しています。
それを説明するのはとても難しいです。事実、私たちはそれについて説明することができないでしょう。なぜなら、私たちは神についてそれほど知らないからです。私たちは自分自身について、あなたと私についてだけ知っています。私自身についても、あなたについても知っていることが1つあります。それは、誰でも完全的に一人でいることが好きじゃないのを確かです：自分で歩くこと、一人で仕事をすること、一人暮らしをすること、一人で話すことなどです。一人でいるためには、完全に一人では不可能です。一人で考えることは耐えられない！
孤独は人生で最も恐ろしい経験の一つです。あなたは森の中、砂漠の中、または海の中で道を見失ったことがありますか？人間の声が聞こえなかったり、犬が吠えたり、虫が鳴ったり、風が吹いたりする音が聞こえなかったこと、そしてあなたは一人きりだったことがありますか。一人でいることはひどいです。あなたは反対するかもしれません：誰もが彼のプライバシーを望みませんか？誰もが個人の家、シングルルームを持ちたいとは思わないでしょうか。はい、多分誰かがそれを望んでいるかもしれません、しかし、シングルルームを望んでいる人々でさえ、彼らは自分たちが本当に一人でいることができるようにそれを望んでいますか？
私たちの誰もがここで私たちの存在を制限する二つの壁の間に孤独を感じることがないように願っています：私たちの後ろの壁、私たちの前の壁、母親の胎内どういうわけか、或いは地の胎内に埋められる。しかし、私たちは神が死者を命に帰すと信じています。神は地の胎内の向こう側にいるでしょう。ただ存在するだけでは役に立たないので、神はそこにいるだけではないでしょう。単なる存在が孤独を奪うことはありません。神は、父、兄弟、友人、愛情を抱いている、母親のような御霊として私たちに関係しているのです。
それは私たちが今日の三位一体の日曜日を祝うことです。神は一人ではありません、そして私たちも一人ではありません、そして私たちはそんな孤独ではりません、私たちは神の像によって、造られたのではないでしょうか（創世記第1章26-27節）。
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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