A Note from our Pastor

Some of my friends are amazed why I continue to join our mission trip to Nicaragua. There are many reasons why my friends believe I should not go, one of which is the government’s hostility towards the Church. But the more I think about why I [...]

Shortly after Easter, I announced that Bishop Cantu had accepted the recommendation of the clergy personnel board to transfer Fr. John Hoang to Holy Family, effective July 1st. I am grateful to Fr. John for his two years of faithful ministry to [...]

Finally, summer is here! I am sure most of us are grateful for the nice California weather. It seemed like we had a long winter, but we thank God for the gift of the rain, as it gave us much-needed water. Although summer is here and most of us [...]

As we transition from the Easter season into Ordinary Time, the Church gives us two more beautiful feasts, the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. But if we are not careful, we can look at these two as dogmatic feasts, rather than [...]

Every year on the Solemnity of Pentecost, we are given the option of which gospel reading to use. This year, we hear the story of that very first Easter night found in John’s gospel. The Evangelist tells us that the Apostles were gathered in the [...]

May is such a special month for me because I remember the day when I prostrated on the sanctuary of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Joseph, made a promise of obedience to the bishop, and said yes to the priesthood of Christ. But my ordination day [...]

 Photo mosaic by: holyspirit @ Mosaically As many of you already know I love a glass of nice wine. Additionally, when I have time, I also love to visit the vineyards in Napa and Sonoma and experience the whole wine making process and understand [...]

This week was a big week for us at the Church. We were able to celebrate Mass with parishioners!! Yeah! At last I could see people! I know it was only 25 people and it had to be outside, but it felt so good! Even though we adapted well to the [...]

For many years I have led pilgrimages to different Holy sites throughout the world, the holiest of them being the Holy Land itself (I mean Israel not Ireland as many of you might think!) and they have been memorable spiritual experiences for all [...]

Normally this time of year is full of celebrations of graduations from elementary school, high school, universities and other transitions. I have often preached about how exciting these milestones moments are for their families. Under ordinary [...]

This week was a very memorable week for me on so many levels. On Wednesday, I celebrated the 20th anniversary of my ministerial priesthood and it was a wonderful day of celebration. I started with a very emotional Mass at 8:30am with the staff [...]

As most of you know by now, I will be leaving Holy Spirit Parish and moving to St. Simon’s Parish in Los Altos as pastor there effective July 1st. I know this news is hard to hear and it was very difficult for me to share with the community via [...]