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.
我的名字是湯姆．克瑞。當我第一次來到在李察遜市舊地址的耶穌聖心堂時，我很驚訝那建築中有一個小廚房，因為耶穌聖心堂的教區並不大。我注意到有一個教友正在用兩個電鍋準備教友們的午餐。那時，我只是在旁觀察。既然我在中文彌撒時無事可作，我決定來幫忙煮飯。我決定我每星期都要來幫忙準備伙食。所以當中文彌撒結束時，我和其他教友一起準備及分配食物。午餐結束後，我也幫忙清理廚房。這變成了我每個星期的例行工作。
當我們教堂搬到布蘭諾市新址時，之前的工作夥伴決定選我負責所有的廚房事宜，並包括負責準備刀叉、餐巾、餐盤…等等。 剛開始，這差事對我有些困難。我必須把所有東西準備好，包括維持廚房整潔，準備所有食物，泡中國茶…等。在午餐結束後，我又要清洗所有的餐盤、刀叉、鍋碗瓢盆。
現在，我喜歡這工作，為我們的教友們提供伙食服務。我感謝天主賜給那些來廚房幫忙我收拾殘羹和清潔的朋友。噢！我還有一件專屬的圍裙，所以我的衣服可以保持清潔。
