Come and join us for a teaching on the Redemptorist Ordination and the Priesthood When: Friday, May 15, 2026 Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm Mass at 10:30am Where: Seelos Hall at the Vietnamese Redemptorist Monastery

"I appeal especially to families. May parents, mothers in particular, be generous in giving their sons to the Lord when he calls them to the priesthood. May they cooperate joyfully in their vocational journey, realizing that in this way they will be increasing and deepening their Christian fruitfulness in the Church and that, in a sense, they will experience the blessedness of Mary, the virgin mother: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!’ (Lk.

GROUP FROM SACRED HEART CHURCH, RICHMOND, TEXAS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THAT CROWD MASS READINGS: Gospel-John 16:12-15 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples: "I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take fro

Good Wednesday Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for these priests celebrating their Birthdays today: Fr. Raymond Akeriwe Fr. Kristopher Fuchs Fr. Kang Van Nguyen Fr. Phi Nguyen Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be o

"What tongue, human or angelic, may ever describe a power so immeasurable as that exercised by the simplest priest in Mass? Who could ever have imagined that the voice of man, which by nature hath not the power even to raise a straw from the ground, should obtain through grace a power so stupendous as to bring from Heaven to earth the Son of God?" ~ St. Leonard of Port Maurice #Quotes #Saints

READINGS Gospel John 16:5-11 Jesus said to his disciples: "Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes he will convict the world

Good Tuesday Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be on May 15th at SEELOS HALL beginning 9:30 AM and ending 4:00 PM. Pray for Chaplain Breven Bazzar during his discernment! Pray for the three deac

"If our age in it's pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady’s Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon." ~ Pope Pius XI #Saints #Quotes

Gospel John 15:26—16:4a Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. "I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. They will do this because t

Good Monday Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Paul English celebrating his Ordination Anniversary today! Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be on May 15th at SEELOS HALL beginning 9:30 AM and ending 4:00 PM. Pr

"A priest is one who makes Christ visible. The people see Christ in the saintly priests and they seek even to touch his robes as they did the robes of Christ. Children come to him without fear; non-Catholics give to them a reverence which they rarely give to others. The sure measure by which a priest draws souls to Christ is also the means by which he can drive souls from Christ." ~ Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen

ovvvvvv PAPA Missionaries are invited to attend the Mass of Thanksgiving for 10 Years as a Priest! May 15, Friday at 5:00 PM. It will be held at the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Shrine, 3417 W. Little York Rd., Houston, TX 77091. Reception to follow at 6:30 PM.

Mass Readings Gospel John 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, b

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Happy Mother's Day to all our PAPA Mothers. Let us pray for Fr. FR. MICHAEL SARQUAH,OFM celebrating his Birthday today! Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be on May 15th at SEELOS HALL begi

"Only if he is in love with Christ will the priest be able to teach his union, this intimate friendship with the divine Teacher to all, and be able to move people's hearts and open them to the Lord's merciful love. Only in this way, consequently, will he be able to instill enthusiasm and spiritual vitality in the communities the Lord entrusts to him." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS" Gospel -- John 15:18-21 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples: "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept m

Good Saturday Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be on May 15th at SEELOS HALL beginning 9:30 AM and ending 4:00 PM. Pray for Chaplain Breven Bazzar during his discernment! Pray for the three deac

"He who honors a priest honors Christ. He who insults a priest insults Christ." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 15:12-17 Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Evelio R. Perez celebrating his Ordination Anniversary today! Pray for Chaplain Father Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR, his family, and all the Chaplains and their families. Come Gather to celebrate Chaplain Fr. Michael's graduation as Army Chaplain and to pray for the Priests soon to be Ordained. The Gathering will be on May 15th. Pray for Chaplain Breven Bazzar during his discernment! Pr