RECAP: Tuyên Hứa (10/18) & Halloween Carnival (10/25)

Tuyên Hứa 10/18/14

A few weeks ago, 23 of our members were presented during mass in our Tuyên Hứa ceremony to officially welcome them as new members of our organization. These young Catholics stood in front of the altar along with Father Long as he read the vows that we take when we enter TNF. Each of the new members received a khăn quàng and Áo Đức Bà blessed with Holy water. Now that they are officially a part of TNF, we hope that they strengthen their faith in Mary and Our Father, and gain many new friendships along the way.

Halloween Carnival 10/25/14

This past weekend was our first ever Halloween Carnival. Many of our members showed off their fun costumes such as an adorable group of fairies, various superheroes, and even a hilarious dolphin suit! It was very exciting to see how so many of the kids were very creative with their homemade costume (Super Buzz Lightyear!). We began with parading in a circle so that everyone got the chance to show off their costumes while playing Gió Thổi together. 

The main attraction of the day was the Halloween themed carnival games! Each booth was hosted by ngành Nghĩa and Huynh Trưởng. There were some cleverly named games out there like Eyeball Toss, Dunkin' on Pumpkins, and Ghost Buster. The kids each had tickets and paid one ticket to play a game at each booth. Many of the kids enjoyed the booths, such as fishing for eyeballs, shooting at zombies, tossing ping pong balls in hopes of making it one into any of the fishbowls, and trying their best to hit a balloon as they aim with a dart. For a win, you could receive up to a handful of candy! 

Then, we had a Halloween costume contest. The categories were: Crowd Favorite, Scariest, Cutest, Best Group. Winners were decided by by the crowd and the volume of cheering each costume received. Congratulations to all the winners of the contest! Hope you enjoyed your handful of treats and prizes. 

 It was really heartwarming to see how everyone got to enjoy themselves at TNF this past Saturday in celebrations of Halloween!  

We hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween this weekend!! 

Chị  Lucy Ta (Phụ Tá Nội Vụ) & Chị Pauline Chau (Ðoàn Trưởng)
TNF Torrance

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Dâng Hoa Mẹ Mân Côi

Last Saturday, some of our lovely girls performed a dance for Our Mother Mary, and they did such a beautiful job! Thank you for those of you who has taken the time out of your busy schedule to make the evening very special. 

To watch the video of the performance, click here. 

Chị  Lucy Ta 

Phụ Tá Nội Vụ
TNF Torrance

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Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng November 1

Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng is this Saturday, November 1, 2014!

Please join us in discussion and praying the rosary.
Lunch will be provided.

Visit the Facebook Event to RSVP by Thursday!

Chị Pauline

Ðoàn Trưởng 

Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima
Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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Always Sunny at TNF Torrance

There's never a dull moment at TNF Torrance. With October ending and November beginning, the holidays are about to begin. 

• To celebrate the first holiday, Halloween, we will be having a Halloween Carnival for all the kids in TNF with many game booths with plenty of candy on Saturday, October 25th during sinh hoạt.  All you need to do, is to remember to bring a costume (and white uniform to change into) and bring a large bag to carry all the candy you will win! There will also be a costume contest with the following categories: Scariest, Prettiest, Crowd Favorite, and Best Group. Come for a trick or treat!
• After the Halloween Carnival, on the same day, our parish will Rước Kiệu for Đức Mẹ so have your rosaries prepared!
• To kick off the start of November, on the 1st, there will be Thứ Bảy Đầu Tháng.  In order to show our devotion to Mary, we want to fulfill her request to pray the rosary and spend 15 minutes with her when she appeared to the three children on 1917. As TNF, we must do our best to gather our friends and spend time together to follow her requests.  TBDT will be in the annex at 10am. Please come in white uniform!
• For choir, although the schedule says we will be singing, because of Lễ Các Thánh Tử Đạo VN, we will not be singing. However, we will still meet up because we would like to have a small party for all the choir kids. So please come to room 10 at 1pm!

That is all for now! 

I'm so excited to see you all this Saturday.

Lots of Love,

Chị Brenda Nguyễn
Nghĩa Trưởng
Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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2014-2015 Tuyên Hứa - October 18th!

This upcoming Saturday will be a very special and glorious experience for the first year students of 2014-2015 as they officially join TNF. It is very exciting to announce that there are 31 new members who have registered for this school year! We welcome all of you and hope that you build many new friendships while attending TNF and strengthen your faith and knowledge of our Father and Mother Mary. We will continue to practice this Saturday as we did last week so that everything will go smoothly during the real ceremony! I hope to see all of you this weekend on this special, beautiful occasion.

Chị  Lucy Ta 
Phụ Tá Nội Vụ
TNF Torrance

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Learning About the 3 Children of Fatima

This weekend, we split up into our nganh and learned all about the 3 Children of Fatima, the Angel of Peace and Mary's appearances. Ấu went with Chi Lucy and Chi Britnee to watch a movie about the children and completed a worksheet. Thiếu went with Chi Pauline and Anh Peter to read a story about the 3 Children. Chi Brenda reviewed with Nghĩa outside on the benches. 

As the foundation of our organization, learning about the 3 children of Fatima is essential to the growth of each and every one of our members. We hope that you all walked away learning something new and that this activity inspired you to sacrifice and pray the rosary just like the 3 Children! Remember to keep all your worksheets and review them thoroughly because it will come in handy very soon!!

Chị Britnee
 Ấu Trưởng 
TNF Torrance

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Fiesta End Results

Happy Saturday!


As you all know, there was no TNF last week because of the annual fiesta. The fiesta is held to raise money to continue our religious activities and our organization works a small boba booth under the supervision of Deacon Long and Deaconess Loan.  I'm proud to say that this year, our small boba booth made $6,500-$7,000. We would like to take a moment to thank everyone who supported us through their prayers, donations, and work.  Seeing everyone work together for a common goal has brought us even closer together. And with our efforts, I know we will be able to continue our TNF activities and have made God very happy as well.

I can't wait for next year's fiesta!

Chị Brenda Nguyễn
Nghĩa Trưởng
Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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