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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.

法蒂瑪聖母

彭保祿神父

九十年前的十月是個令人興奮萬分的月份。約有五萬人目睹了終身難忘的經驗。這是聖母預言事件的保證。

五個月之前的十三日，首次的，有三位小孩看到一位「美麗燦爛的女士」。他們無法形容出自己心中的喜樂，更不用說如何描述這位與她們交談的女士。同時他們也害怕無法保守這個秘密。然而漸漸地他們被這位女士的仁慈親善所感動，不再畏懼，因而開始向外宣傳這位美麗燦爛女士出現的事實及她的訊息。她的訊息不但嚴厲且急切。她警告人們除非我們聽從並遵守主耶穌的教導，且徹底的悔改，否則可怕的災難將會降臨在教會及世界上。當時法國的革命軍隊想盡辦法去抑制這位女士的出現和她所傳遞的消息。甚至拘捕了三位小孩，隔絕她們，並以各種恐嚇、欺騙來威脅。孩子們始終不受動搖，最後官方終於放棄。有一次這些孩子們被准許去看地獄，這是最最恐怖的經驗。聖母說如果人們專心祈禱、勤唸玫瑰經，她的無玷聖心可以得勝且蘇俄可以轉換皈依。以教宗為首的教會相信聖母的顯現和她的訊息，並倡導對法蒂瑪聖母的敬禮。

正如聖母所允諾的十月十三日是她最後的顯現日。那一日成千上萬的人們目睹著聖母的顯現，當時濕透的地立即乾燥，當她指著太陽時，人們見到一個跳舞的太陽。

現正值十月是玫瑰經月。這是我們的喜樂及義務以玫瑰經虔誠祈禱。一如所知，玫瑰經是我們救贖奧蹟的彙總。聖母希望我們唸玫瑰經也降福那些經常虔誠以玫瑰經祈禱的人。玫瑰聖母，請為我們祈禱！