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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.

信仰因陪伴而成長─慕道陪伴員的心聲


張淑秀

領洗前曾上了二年慕道課,領洗後便是教友,參加過許多次教會活動及主日彌撒,但對天主教的道理仍不甚了解。因此又繼續參加慕道班並陪伴新朋友,再次聆聽教堂資深前輩講授天主教道理及分享經驗,得以溫故而知新,則更深一層領悟到天主的大愛及信仰基督在生活上帶來的平安。

德蕾莎修女語錄說「愛是分享,愛是將我們最好的奉獻出來,不論是誰都可以成為天主愛的傳遞者」參加慕道班當陪伴員是成為天主愛的傳遞者的一個適當選擇,不僅協助慕道者認識信仰生活,且在陪伴的互動中分享到天主愛的意義,自己的信仰也隨着成長.當復活節看到慕道者變成新領洗者而進入天主教團體的喜悅,我知道信仰天主已是生活中不可缺的一部份。

孫忠敏

在陪伴的過程中雖然需要付出一點時間,但我自己也學到了很多知識,也豐富了我自己,更淨化了心靈。並且看到了教堂裡的許多人為教堂付出了很多,默默的奉獻,這些人都是我學習的榜樣。