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 March 22, 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
I think humankind is like that man, Lazarus in our gospel of today: helpless, frustrated, bound up, smelly, decaying, blind, deaf, at a loss, full of maggots – dead!
This is how Jesus found his friend, that helpless man, Lazarus, a man he had loved so much. When we got Lazarus’s smell in his nose, it got in his eyes as well. First there was a knot in his throat, but then that lump came up and he wept, then he wept bitterly, and they said: “Look, how he loved him!”
He said, “Roll that stone away!” But Lazarus’ sister said, “Don’t roll that stone away. Leave thing as they are. The smell would be unbearable.” Just as we so often say: “Let us not touch this or that issue; it might explode in our faces.”
He said: “Roll that stone away!” and then he called him, “Lazarus,” and command him, “come out!” And that dead man came out and started to live.
Jesus wants to do so to each one of us, too – and also to all humankind – what he did to Lazarus.
Let us step out of the tomb. Let us take the bonds from our arms and legs, remove the stones from our eyes, take the cotton out of our ears and mouths, and let us live with him.
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
私は、人類とは今日の福音書に登場するラザロのような存在だと考えます。無力であり、絶望し、縛られ、悪臭を放ち、腐敗し、目が見えず、耳が聞こえず、途方に暮れ、ウジ虫に覆われた――まさに死んでいるのです！
イエスは、その友である無力な男、ラザロを、まさにそのような姿で見つけました。イエスはラザロを深く愛していたのです。ラザロの臭いがイエスの鼻を突くと、それは目にも染み込みました。最初は喉に塊が詰まったような感覚でしたが、やがてその塊が込み上げてきて、イエスは泣き、そして激しく泣きじゃくりました。人々は言いました。「ほら、イエスは彼をどれほど愛していたことか！」
イエスは言いました。「その石をどけなさい！」 しかし、ラザロの姉は言った。「その石をどけないで。そのままにしておいて。臭いが耐えられないわ。」まるで私たちがしばしば言うように。「この問題やあの問題には触れないでおこう。顔に跳ね返ってくるかもしれないから。」
イエスは言われた。「その石をどけなさい！」そして、ラザロを呼んで、「ラザロ」と言い、命じられた。「出てきなさい！」 すると、その死者は出てきて、生き返った。
イエスは、ラザロにしたのと同じことを、私たち一人ひとりにも――そして全人類にも――してくださりたいと願っておられる。
墓から出て行こう。腕や足から縛りを解き、目から石を取り除き、耳や口から綿を取り除き、イエスと共に生きよう。
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/
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: 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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Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!
Thank you!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you. .