POPE ST. JOHN XXIII PARISH

St. John of the Woods Mission

7025 S Park Ave, Tacoma WA 98408

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POPE SAINT JOHN XXIII

  •    Hoan & Cuc Pham   
  • Frank & Janet Gummersall   
  • Laura Rebecca Gilmer   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pierce   
  • Comfort Bodzah & Stella Dokey   
  • Mr. & Mrs. James Lawless   
  • Mr. & Mrs. James Shrader   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Larson   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mc Guire   
  • Anita Elizabeth Griggs   
  • Nghia Hoang   
  • Do Nguyen & Linh Vu   
  • Son Nguyen & Minh Pham   
  • Xuan Nguyen & Huong Tran   
  • Thanh Huong Tran   
  • Hue & Truc Nguyen   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Quyen Do 
  • Hung Cuong Tran & Minh-Tam Chu   
  • Hoa Nguyen & My Dung Hoang   
  • Tinh Ho   
  • Hue & Truc Nguyen   
  • Tuyen Vu   
  • Hung Ngo & Kim Anh Do   
  • Thuy Trinh & Que Mai Nguyen   
  • Bich Phuong Trinh   
  • Phong Thanh Le & Quyen Bich Pham 
  • Tai Ky Cao   
  • Dung Truong & Hanh Chu   
  • Tan Chu   
  • Thu Anh Tran   
  • Kim Nguyen & Nam Nguyen 
  •  Minh Nghia Thi Tran   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Villanueva   
  • Mrs. Kimberly Hartman   
  • Jonathan & Ngoc Anh Nguyen   
  • Norma Gregory   
  • Mrs. Felicidad Mousel   
  • Mr. & Mrs Johnny Goon   
  • Mr. Stephen Hapy   
  • Lovers of the Holy Cross of Go Vap   
  • Hung Mai & Van Nguyen   
  • Dung Phan & Michelle Tran   
  • Lam Nguyen 
  • Luong Van Ho   
  • Thong Tan Pham & Tuong-Vi Le   
  • Diep Nguyen   
  • Ha Thu Le   
  • Mr. Tam Quang Nguyen   
  • Ngu Van Le & Tuc Dinh   
  • Robert Tran & Ngoc Anh Nguyen 
  • Liem Nguyen   
  • Viet Hoang & Hong Nguyen   
  • Mai Phuong Vu   
  • Ly Tran & Tien Vo   
  • Nguyet Anh Bui   
  • Mr. Minh-Hung Hua   
  • Lang Luong & Nu Huynh   
  • Sau Nguyen   
  • Hieu Tran   
  • Ich Van Tran   
  • Duong V. Nguyen   
  • Hiep Hoang & So Ngo   
  • Deborah Cornell
  • Chau Bui   
  • Ha Son Thai 
  • Brian Charles Hanly 
  • Thy Nguyen   
  • Mrs. Kim Anh Truong   
  • Joseph & Theresa Tran   
  • Tuy & Theman Pham 
  •  Mrs. Rosalie Ann Raffaell   
  • Lam Pham & Tu Ngai Nguyen 
  •  Hoa Thi Do   
  • Phuc Pham & Quynh-Chau Nguyen   
  • Viet Son Huynh   
  • Chien Vu & Tran Nguyen   
  • Helen Talbo   
  • Dieu Xuan & Nam My Nguyen
  • Vinh Nguyen & Thu Le   
  • Hoa V. Hong & Dung Chu 
  • Huy Mai & Trang Nguyen   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Dale Tice   
  • Vinh Xuan Mai & Bich-Chien Thai 


POPE SAINT JOHN XXIII

   

  • Sy Nguyen   
  • Ms. Tuyet Vu   
  • Ms. Marilyn Swartz   
  • Thang Minh Dao & Duyen Lam   
  • Hung Nguyen   
  • Tot Nguyen & Phuong   
  • Mary Howell   
  • Tan Hoang Chung & Thuy Thai   
  • Liem Nguyen & Krystal Nguyen   
  • Mr. Patrick Morneault   
  • Lily R. Smith   
  • Ana C. Edmonds-Romero   
  • Thien Cao   
  • Van Kim Ngo & Voc Nguyen   
  • Khoa Dao & Thien Chu   
  • Tuu Cao & Loan Nguyen   
  • Hai & Yen Nguyen   
  • John Luc   
  • Phuong Nhat Anh Le & Thanh Huynh
  • The Tran   
  • Mr. Ban Van Lam   
  • Mrs. Dao Thi Ngo   
  • Joan Ngoc Nguyen   
  • Tran Nguyen & Lien Truong   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Robertson   
  • Nancy Jones   
  • Tom & Gayle Jensen   
  • Vuong Vu & Dao T. Phan   
  • Theodore & Lan Anh Mills   
  • Virginia Wooten 
  • Hoa D. Nguyen   
  • Hai Phung & Kim-Khanh Nguyen


VISITATION

  •    Mr. John Meier   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Owen O'Neill 
  •  Mr & Mrs. Robert & Alexis Tibbits   
  • Mrs. Berendina Brinkman   
  • Ms. Tamara Berntsen   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Ayton   
  • Mrs. Pauline Smith   
  • Ms. Anne Kirtley   
  • Ms. Maxine Scheer   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Rick Seastres   
  • Mr. and Ms. Smith   
  • Ms. Angela Hitchins   
  • Ms. Alice Hitchins   
  • Mrs. Anita Mackay   
  • Mary Ann Harshman   
  • Mr. Richard Berntsen   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Rick Keller-Scholz   
  • Ms. Margaret Thompson   
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wargo
  • Mr. David Erhardt   
  • Ms. Elizabeth Schneller
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Braun   
  • Mr. Timothy Church   
  • Mr. & Mrs. James Schlatter   
  • Ms. Patricia Maruca   
  • Mrs. Teresa Dent

Mass/Events


Faith Formation


  1. The Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement (TNTT) concluded its year on December 8. Thank you to all the youth leaders, assistants, and chaplains who have supported the children over the past year. We also encourage the children to attend weekly Mass regularly.
  2. Sunday, Dec. 8th: we will have confirmation class for Advent Reconciliation in Church from 9:30am to 11:15am.

Baptism Class

Class will be offered for parents and godparents who have new born babies and children under 7 years old. PSJXXIII Every Second Saturday: December 14, or January 11

1:00 –2:30pm class in English

By Deacon Theman 

At Pope St John XXIII Parish Center. Please call Sr. Theresa at 592-2541 or email <sotheresa2022@psj23.org>

Saint Rita Church of PSJXXIII Parish Family


We need parishioners to join our facility team.  Volunteering as part of the facility team is a beautiful way to serve God and your parish community. By helping care for the church, you contribute to maintaining a sacred space where we gather to worship, pray, and seek comfort. Your efforts, no matter how small, help create a welcoming and peaceful environment for others to encounter God. It's a humble and rewarding form of stewardship that allows you to give back to the church that nourishes your faith, while also strengthening bonds with fellow parishioners as you work together for a common purpose.

Contact: Thien Dinh at (253) 279-3361 

or thiendinh@psj23.org.

More Information about Saint Rita Church

Visitation Church of PSJXXIII Parish Family


Outreach Community


Report for Home-bound Outreach Ministry

Wednesday December 4th, 2024

·        We bring communion, pray, and visit our parishioners at: St. Joseph, St. Clare, Tacoma General and Good Samaritan Hospitals.

·        Our ministry with those in hospice gives hope to the dying and a lot of courage and comfort to their families. 

·        We had a Mass and the Sacrament of the Sick for the people at King Manor nursing home yesterday December 3rd at 9:00AM. Also, we have the Communion service every Monday at 9:00AM. 

·        The Giving Tree tags were displayed starting on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1st, and will remain up until the Third Sunday, December 15th. We will collect the gifts during this time and distribute them to residents in nursing homes and the homebound before Christmas.

·        We are also planning a Christmas Celebration for our seniors, which will include Mass and the Anointing of the Sick, on Thursday, December 19th, at 10:30 AM at PSJXXIII. A reception will follow in the Hall, featuring entertainment by the Pre-K class and a raffle with many gifts and prizes. All are welcome to join!


• Ministry of the Poor at Visitation repots: In month of November, we sent out:

  • 576 Lunches for 288 homeless, 104 bags of groceries, 124 bags of Frozen/produce, 8500 pounds of food. 
  • We gave 140 clothing bank worth $1,500.00.
  • Food bank for 255 people belonging to 83 families.
  • 40 gas cards ($1,000.00), 25 bus tickets ($125.00)
  • We have 21 volunteers who served at the site, estimated time 200 hours.
  • Jeannie Wargo’s family served 50 hot thanksgiving meals to the homeless.
  • Total 798 people in helped


Pope St. John XXIII STEM ACADEMY

Bishop Frank Schuster will be the celebrant of a Pope St. John STEM Academy school Mass at the Visitation/South Tacoma Chapel location on Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 9:00 am. 



Parish Family- Facilities Team

We need parishioners to join our facility team. Volunteering as part of the facility team is a beautiful way to serve God and your parish community. By helping care for the church, you contribute to maintaining a sacred space where we gather to worship, pray, and seek comfort. Your efforts, no matter how small, help create a welcoming and peaceful environment for others to encounter God. It's a humble and rewarding form of stewardship that allows you to give back to the church that nourishes your faith, while also strengthening bonds with fellow parishioners as you work together for a common purpose.

Contact: Father Tuan, Fr. Hendry after Mass

or Thien Dinh at (253) 279-3361

or thiendinh@psj23.org.


In Loving Memory of

Prayer Lists

Pope Saint John XXIII


Krista Brown, Virginia Wooten, Marian Bronson, Helene Cordeau, Muriel & Ron Bate, Cathy Bunger, Olivia Davis, Kathleen Genge, Anita Griggs, Wayne Haverkorn, Sally Ives, LeeAnn Koch, J. Mam, Nancy Jones, Jackie Lane, Gloria Montes, Terry Mathern, Doris McGuire, Wesley McMakin, Helen Murray, Peggy Neagle, Diane Orris, Shirley Pietz, Bob & Rayanne Richardson, Rita Shingledecker, Beverly Slanina, Eldon Weber, Woody Woodring


  • Anointing of the sick / need a priest. Call Sr. Anna 253.592.2455                   
  • For anointing of the sick please call Sr. Anna at 253-592-2455.

Visitation and Saint Rita 

Milo Ternes, Tony George, Rick Shurbet, Sabina & George Lockhart, Dick Vargo, Elaine Elliott, Lillian Albers, Odkod McMillin, Jennifer Brandt, Widman family, Emma Millikan, Shirley Keyes, Mick Flynn, Brad Bowles, Philip Stumpf, Norma Marchesini, John Meier, Joseph Rivera, Bob Woorley, Peter Pagano, Gene Hall, RosAnn Bridges, Petra Polequin, Brenda Gadson, Dean Lucchesi, Frank & Willie Faniel, Jerry Landridge, Jim & Karen Keithley, Maxine Campbell, David Lamb, Tyler Anglin, Vanessa Elmer, Lucy Romo, Benjamin & Linda Holm, Charles, Robin Mazza, Charlie Faniel, Bobby Gatbunton Myrl Greggs, Sharon Turner and her Family. All those suffering in war and strife.aron Turner and her Family. All those suffering in war and strife.  


  • For the anointing of the sick please call Sr. Anna at 253-592-2455. 


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