20year

Our community has more than twenty years of history in Dallas. What began as five or six families coming together to study the Bible and pray together, quickly became a community that regularly gathered at nearby churches for Masses and meetings. As the numbers grew, they requested that the Diocese of Dallas help establish a permanent Chinese Catholic community in 1990. In 1992, we put our money together and purchased a small office building in Richardson, Texas. By the end of 1993, we had renovated it to become our sanctuary and activity hall. With the guidance of priests seconded from Taiwan and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, our small community grew stronger in numbers and in faith.

七七七的驚喜


去年四月在好友雅潔,也就是本期主編帶領下,前往台灣礁溪聖母山朝聖和賞遊。猶記得當時我曾對天主許下了一個夢想般的祈禱,請求天主賜予一位如同連續劇「大漢天子」中,同時結合了「大漢天子的威儀」和「東方朔的智慧」般的夫婿。

六月初返美後,在迎新會主持人李雪熱心安排下,介紹了我與先生結識。成真了我在礁溪聖母山對天主許下的夢想般祈禱。隨即展開了這份--七七七的驚喜。

先生由鄭美生女士的牽引,去過教堂的迎新會。主持人李雪秉著天主的愛心和默默的付出,關懷周邊所有的朋友,了解到先生想認識一些台灣來的朋友。李雪記性尤佳,知我是從台灣來的,所以就透過鄭美生與史雅潔安排我倆認識,但很不巧,每次教堂聚會,不是他有事不能來,就是我有事不能去。總之,始終未曾見著面。於是李雪就將我們彼此相約到La Madeline會面。

這一次我倆如願以償。那天是二○○七年七月七日。隔日,先生寫了一首他自己作的詩詞歌賦送給我,名為「頌七世情懷」:

「貳零零柒柒月柒
又見萍水再相逢
壹貳參肆伍陸柒
妳是我妻前世定。」

先生的深情打動我心,讓我對天主的祈禱,有求必應,美夢成真欣慰不已。

我和先生彼此一見鍾情,並於二○○七年九月十八日在法院公證結婚。在此除了要感謝李雪、史雅潔、鄭美生三位紅娘外,更要感謝天主的關懷及照顧。然而,對於全心全力貢獻,不求回報的工作團體,更獻上我虔誠地祝福和銘謝,最後誠願大家健康快樂!