Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from TNF Torrance!

TNF began the Christmas season with the annual Christmas TBDT that includes presenting presents, caroling, and spreading the Christmas spirit to one another. TNF Torrance had a festive Christmas carnival with beautiful crafts and competitive games. The fun did not end there! The Thieu and Nghia Christmas party added more warmth and bonding to the season, through food and games. Lets not forget the true meaning of Christmas, the...

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Peter's Pickles #5: Understanding the Theme - KTH: Go in Peace!

Hello friends, And, welcome to the latest installment of this blog. For this particular segment, I would like to discuss the purpose and theme of this year’s Khoa Tinh Huan. Khoa Tinh Huan (KTH) is a spiritual retreat held every year by Lien Doan TNF, typically on the weekend after Thanksgiving. Many have come to associate KTH with the initiation of new HTs, but the main focus of this retreat is to develop the spirituality of our organization’s...

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SCL 2016 FIESTA!

Last week on Friday October 7 to Sunday the 9th St. Catherine had its annual Fiesta to raise money for the church. Our youth group joined in again and sold boba: strawberry, mango, peach, thai tea, and ice coffeeeeeeeeee! Our boba booth alone raised over $7,000, combined with the whole Vietnamese community we raised over $15,000! All of your hard work whether it was buying, selling, making, or advertising our boba was well worth it. Your positivity...

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TNF Torrance Khai Giang (First Day) 2016-2017

Welcome back to TNF everybody! On September 10th we officially began TNF and TTGLVN for this school year! There were many new faces and many familiar faces, but despite which face you were, we hope you all enjoyed the first day just like we did!  Blessed with nice weather, cotton candy, and free play, that is how we began ngay khai giang. After lining up, we spilt up. Thieu/ Nghia went to a session with Thay Long and...

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Peter's Pickles #4: Understanding the Theme - What is your Net Worth?

Dear friends, This past weekend, Torrance hosted its 3rd annual One Day Spiritual Retreat, an event aimed at developing the spirituality of our older youth (16+). As Chi Pauline explains, “in preparation for the coming school year, we want to remind ourselves about what is important in our service and renew our faith”-- why we are here. So, the focus of my post will be to explain the theme that was explored at this retreat,...

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