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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.

葡萄藤114 -- 主編的話

周瓊華


聖心堂大傳組組長空缺了一年多,終於在今年四月份由楊治財姊妹以愛主、愛堂口的心,擔下這份職責。在她縝密的籌
劃及努力的邀請下,許多藏在人群中的人得以浮現,且願加入文字福傳的行列,與她並肩合作。葡萄藤在新的組織理念及由新血帶給團隊的朝氣、方案、才華、創意…勢必有新面目呈現在讀者面前。是的,細心的讀者不難察覺原本葡萄藤114 期三、四月版延至五、六月才出刊,就是處在這轉承的階段。

這期的內容非常豐富,涵蓋了復活的新機,聖母月,聖神降臨,達拉斯教區新、舊主教交接,耶穌聖心 (故而新任大傳組組長楊治財姊妹特把此期的主題定於此),朝聖心得,及繼續上期意猶未盡的大話題;受限於版面「東瀛行腳(四)」將延至下一期再續。

在編輯這期葡萄藤期間,我個人因病毒引發口腔發炎及嚴重牙痛,而至右半邊的頭頸肩疼痛不止,需不停的服用止痛藥,經驗身體上極大的痛苦,歷時四週之久。感謝校對嘉玲姊擔待了額外的修正工作,並告訴我把這痛苦連同特別的意向獻給耶穌聖心。我祈求母親領洗重生的恩寵。完成了葡萄藤新、舊的轉接後,我將告別主編群。謝謝天主賜我這機緣,在這園地內發掘我原本不自知的能力,祂將繼續帶領我以不同的方式,為祂的肢體繼續服務