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 Feb 22, 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
Jesus was hardly known, up to the moment of his baptism by John. Before that, he was only as well-known as you and I are, by our family and friends. Nobody paid any special attention to him. But then, suddenly, they knew him, because of his Heavenly Father revealed him at the moment he stepped into the water on front of John the Baptizer. Heaven opened, a voice was heard; the Spirit was seen on him. He was revealed in all his power, with all his mission to change this world into another one.
His first reaction was to run away and to hide. He stayed in the desert for forty days, and then the Spirit that had driven him into the desert drove him out of the desert again, and his public life began. Immediately he was tempted – not only then, but all through his life. He was tempted by temptations that are known to any of us who possess some skill, authority, education, or influence. Any graduate who gets a job, any teacher, secretary, boss, specialist, director, lawyer, doctor, or anyone among us has those very same temptations.
The old enemy said: “Use your skill and power and all that, to get for yourself bread,” or in other word I can say, “to get for yourself the dough that bread is really made of: money!” It is the most common trick of the human enemy, and also the most human common fall. Then the enemy put him on the temple roof, and said, “Throw yourself into these temple affairs and angels will carry you, and people will applaud you.” And then the enemy put him on a mountaintop and showed him all the political power in the world, and he said, “What about this? If you won’t fall for money, and if you won’t fall for honor, then at least fall for the thing that human persons all are falling for. It is to have power over many others.” Again Jesus said, “No, Not this world! It is too much yours with its atomic bombs, its life-killing machines and gunpowder, and its political power! I came to save, you know! I came to redeem humanity, you must understand that; and my world is full of justice and integrity, full of life and dignity.”
Dear brothers and sisters, if we give ourselves in money, honor, and glory with its power, this world will not change and we will not be with him. However, if we fell down and get lost in some ways, he will forgive us. He understands it, because he was tempted, too. However, we will be the load which he carried on his shoulders on his way to Calvary。
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
イエスは、ヨハネによる洗礼式の瞬間までほとんど知られていませんでした。それ以前は、彼はあなたや私と同じように、我らの家族や友人からよく知られていました。彼に特別な注意を払った人はいなかった。しかし、その後、突然、その人々は彼を知りました。なぜなら、彼は天の御父が洗礼者ヨハネの前の水に足を踏み入れた瞬間に彼を明らかにしたからです。天が開き、声が聞こえました。聖霊が彼の上に見られました。彼は、この世界を別の世界に変えるというすべての使命とともに、あらゆる力で明らかにされました。
彼の最初の反応は逃げ出し、隠れることでした。彼は四十日間砂漠にとどまり、それから彼を砂漠に追い込んだ霊が再び砂漠から彼を追い出し、公の生活が始まりました。すぐに彼は誘惑された、―それだけでなく、彼の生涯を通して。彼は、いくらかの我々の知られている技能、権威、教育、または影響力を持っている私たちの誰にも誘惑されました。仕事に就く卒業生、教師、秘書、上司、専門家、指導者、弁護士、医師、または私たちの中の誰もが同じ誘惑を持っています。
古い敵は「自分の技能と力などを使ってパンを手に入れよう」と言いました。言い換えれば、「パンが本当にできている生活を手に入れるにはお金が必要です！」と言いました。それは人間の敵の最も一般的なトリックであり、最も人間の一般的な落下でもあります。それから敵は神殿の屋根に彼を置き、「神殿の事柄に身を投げると天使があなたを運び、人々はあなたを称賛するでしょう」と言いました。そして、敵は彼を山頂に置き、彼に世界のすべての政治的力を見せました。あなたがお金のために落ちない、そしてあなたが名誉のために落ちないなら、少なくとも人間のすべてが落ちているもののために落ちましょうか。他人の多くのものよりも権力を持つことです。」再びイエスは言われた、「いや、この世ではない！原子爆弾、命を奪う機械と火薬、そしてその政治力で、あなたのものが多すぎます！人々の救いのために来た私は、人類を償いに来ました、あなたはそれを理解しなければなりません。そして私の世は正義と誠実さ、生命と尊厳に満ちています。」
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、私たちは自分自身のために、お金、名誉、栄光でその力を与えられば、この世界は変わらず、主キリストと一緒にいません。しかし、私たちが落ちて何らかの方法で道に迷った場合、主は私たちを許します。誘惑されたのだから主はそれらのものを理解しています。しかし、カルバリーの丘に向かって登る主は我々の重さを御肩に乗せたものになります。
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/
Fr Doan Hoang will be away from Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, and will be returning on Feb. 28, 2026. .
Weekday Masses are canceled while he's on vacation and resume on Tuesday, March 3, 2026
March
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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Thank you!
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