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Vietnamese Martyrs

          The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000. John Paul II decided to canonize those whose names are known and unknown, giving them a single feast day.

       The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupings, those of the Dominican and Jesuit missionary era of the 18th century and those killed in the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century. A representative sample of only 117 martyrs—including 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish Dominicans, and 10 French members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP))—were beatified on four separate occasions: 64 by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900; eight by Pope Pius X on May 20, 1906; 20 by Pope Pius X on May 2, 1909; and 25 by Pope Pius XII on April 29, 1951. All these 117 Vietnamese Martyrs were canonized on June 19, 1988. A young Vietnamese Martyr, Andrew Phú Yên, was beatified in March, 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

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1.      Catholic Campaign Human Development: Today we have second collection for The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the anti-poverty effort of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. CCHD’s mission is to address the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled self-help organization, and through transformative education. Thank you.

2.      Food Pantry: We are collecting canned and boxed grocery items… to donate to St. Mary’s Family Center Food Pantry. Please put food in boxes or bags in the back of church on Nov. 15 & 16, with cash please place in envelope marked for food pantry put in collection basket. Thank you.

3.      Thanksgiving Day Mass: On Thursday, November 27, we will have a Community Mass at 9:30A.M. There will be no Vietnamese Mass at noon on this day.

4.      Hand Sanitizers: There are bottles of hand sanitizer located in each pew. Please help yourself. Thank you.

5.      Advent Parish Reconciliation & Penance Service: To prepare for Christmas celebration, on Sunday December 14 after 9am mass at church from 10am-10:30am. You are all invited to this service.

6.      Kitchen: The kitchen open today. Please join us for coffee, donuts and eggrolls in the hall after mass.