Season's Greetings from Thieu & Nghia!

On December 21st, Thieu and Nghia had an amazing Christmas party! We had the best time ever eating delicious food, building gingerbread houses, and playing super fun Christmas games. Thank you to all who came to the Christmas party, we wouldn't have had as much fun as we did if it wasn't for you guys! When we first arrived, we were greeted by lovely table decorations and a side table of scrumptious L&L food, chips, and drinks! While we were...

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Santa's Workshop 2015

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas from TNF Torrance! Santa's workshop was super busy with all our elves playing games and winning tons of candy. Thanks to our Nghia for making this past Saturday an amazing experience for all of our kids. We had multiple Christmas themed booths that Nghia have been preparing weeks beforehand, working in teams to create the perfect booth for our TNF kids. On Saturday, December 19th 2015 our Nghia prepared booths in anticipation for the rush of kids running into the hall! We had booths from guessing special items in Christmas...

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Khoa Tinh Huan 2015

Welcome back everyone! For those of you who didn't know, this past weekend Nghia and HT's attended Khoa Tinh Huan. This is a special spiritual retreat for our older TNF members to be recharged spiritually and for some to move onto a new spiritual chapter as Du Truong and Huynh Truong. Thank you to all who answered God's calling by coming this past weekend to learn more about what we stand for as witnesses of Fatima. And we can't forget all of those...

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Happy Halloween from TNF Torrance

Boo! On October 31st 2015, the TNF family gathered together for a fabulous day of spooky games with the coolest costumes from "kitchen stoves" to "jellyfish" costumes. Seeing the amount of spirit and creativity shown from everyone past Saturday proves of how great our team is! At the start of sinh hoat, we began learning a special Halloween dance to the song "Monster Mash." After a while of grooving in our costumes with the "Transylvania twist"...

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The Ping to My Pong

What an awesome Saturday we had this past weekend! Although this Saturday was surely tiring, we all had a lot of fun and we wouldn't have it any other way. On Saturday we started early in the morning to head off to San Gabriel for TBDT and by the day we had an exciting sinh hoat! On October 3rd, we arrived at San Gabriel fairly early, so we all took this opportunity to help set up chairs and hang out with ice breakers before preparing to pray the Rosary. After praying the Rosary to the Joyful mysteries we dove into activities. This time we played...

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Dream Team is Back Together

Welcome back everyone! September 12th marked our first day of an exciting new school year! We hope you all enjoyed your first day and we can not wait to spend a exciting filled year with each and every one of you. On this special day we greeted all our old and new members with a cool welcome with snow cones and cotton candy. With the help of many of our members, everyone was delighted with refreshing treats for the crazy heat! Afterwards we gathered together in the hall where we reunited with one another's company. Before Deacon Long began his...

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We Are the Future of the Church

Hello all! We hope you guys have been enjoying your summer break so far, but with summer ending comes a fresh school year coming our way! Nghia and HT's have become spiritually revitalized and ready to begin the new school year and we can not wait to be rejoined with our other friends this coming September. This past Saturday on August 29th, Nghia and HT's began our annual One Day Leadership Retreat hosted by Deacon Long. With the help of Deacon...

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TNF Torrance celebrates our 25th Anniversary!

June 6th marked our last day of the TNF school year of 2014-2015! This day was jam packed with so many festivities to celebrate TNF reaching such a great milestone of our 25th year of spreading love about Mary and becoming a prosperous family we are today. We began with TBDT in the early morning and were delighted to see many more faces from other Doans. After collecting our star stickers for our "Passports to God," we had mass with Cha Long. After mass we prayed the Rosary and this time we dedicated our meditation after to free our minds and...

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TBDT At El Monte

This month we arrived ready and excited to rush over to this month's hosts for TBDT, El Monte! When we arrived we were greeted with joyous smiles. Anh Thuan gave an inspiring speech about our past "Feed the Homeless" event in order to give a perspective about our experiences of that special event and to encourage many other doans to join us next time to spread more love to the less fortunate. Afterwards, we prayed the Rosary and went into activities! Anh Martin led the games such as "Monkey in the Middle 2.0" We enjoyed ourselves as we spread...

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Feed The Homeless

Feed the Homeless is a day that provides our TNF members an opportunity to give back to those in need and spread God's love to the less fortunate. This year we plan to do much more Feed the Homeless events in order for us to visit the less fortunate at Skid Row. In preparation to visiting the homeless, all nganh help pack 250-300 lunches of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cookies, and water. We package all these goodies in beautifully decorated...

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TBDT At Claremont

On March 4th, TNF Torrance arrived at Claremont ready and pumped to collect more stickers for our "Passports to God" and to unite with the rest of our TNF family. After added another star to our passports, we prayed the Rosary with the Sorrowful mystery in spirit of Easter season. We prayed and looked back on the stages of Jesus' hardships and to dedicate ourselves to Mother Mary as well for the amount of suffering she went through seeing her only son die on the cross. After the Rosary we began fun activities and some of which were Easter themed!...

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Torrance Gets Crafty

Today all ngành enjoyed a relaxing day off from học hỏi to sit back with arts and crafts! This day was also special because our older TNF members celebrated Palm Sunday of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the Jesus' washing of the feet with his fellow disciples. On this exciting day, all ngành had the luxury of choosing between either origami, friendship bracelets, or coloring pages workshops. While everyone was creating their own masterpieces, we also played a special TNF slideshow to look back on all our past memories we...

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Accepting the Call to Serve

          Our chapter of Thiếu Nhi Fatima located in Torrance, California was given the name "Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin" 25 years ago.  Today we celebrate the feast day of "Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin" which means "The Annunciation", when Angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to bring her the good news that she would be the Mother of God.  The importance of this day isn't just how Mary was chosen to be bear the only Son of...

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Special Day of Học Hỏi & Đoàn Games (3/14/15)

On March 14th we had a special day filled with two hours of học hỏi and đoàn games! Today we also had no class in which all ngành had the opportunity to study hard and as well play hard. For two hours all three ngành reviewed over the material they have been learning since the beginning of the school year in preparation for tro chơi lớn upcoming this Saturday. In one of the stations for tro chơi lớn, we will be having a jeopardy game in which all ngành will be tested for their knowledge from the past several months. After reviewing, we all had...

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LA Youth Day #TalkJesusWithMe - (3/12/15)

Every year Deacon Long and Deaconess Loan encourage our older TNF members to enjoy and take a break out of our week to take time to engage in a spiritual filled day among thousands of teens. Youth Day is special event that is held on the Thursday of Religious Education Congress weekend. This is the day for the youth of all sorts of backgrounds from throughout the archdiocese to participate in a Rally, Liturgy, and Workshops focused just for the youth. This year's theme was "Talk Jesus With Me"and reminds us all to always remember God always...

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Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng (3/7/15)

On March 7 Torrance had the honors of hosting Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng (TBDT). Every first Saturday of the month one doàn hosts TBDT and organizes activities in order for one another to bond and grow spiritually with one another. We also bring our "Passports to God" in order to collect stickers to possibly win a mini iPad! For every three stars, we receive raffle tickets in order to win this amazing prize. We first started our day early in the morning at 8:30 a.m. to prepare the annex for mass, and decorations. Ngành Thiếu helped decorate...

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Tết Văn Nghệ (2/28/15)

Hello everyone! We hope you all are relaxing and enjoying your weekend now that TNF has officially concluded our practices and preparation for Tết this year. On March 28th, TNF and the rest of our Vietnamese church community held our annual Tết Văn Nghệ filled with amazing performances. TNF performed in Quốc Ca, Múa Lân, Ấu dance and the "Colors of the Rainbow" Fashion Show with Chị Pauline and Anh Thuận as MC's. Chị Britnee also sang beautifully to "Star Spangled Banner" to open the show. At the end of the night many took photos with...

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Lunar New Year Weekend (2/21/15)

Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! We hope your week was filled with great joy and happiness for the new year with your friends and family. TNF had a day off from sinh hoat and class in order for our members to spend the weekend to relax with their families during this special holiday weekend. Our Tết Văn Nghệ performers on the other hand utilized that day to practice for the "Colors of the Rainbow" Fashion Show, Ấu dance, and Múa Lân. We are performing next week on February 28th, so be sure to come by after 8 p.m. mass to see what...

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Valentine's Day with TNF (2/14/15)

Valentine's day this year fell on a Saturday which gave us the opportunity to spend time with one another sharing the great amount of love we have for TNF. In the Valentine's day spirit, HT's and Nghĩa sold beautifully decorated red roses in fundraising money for TNF after mass. Although decorating and wrapping one hundred roses was rigorous job, we worked diligently in hopes of bringing great love and happiness for people to surprise their loved ones! We share great appreciation for everyone who supported by buying roses and we...

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RECAP: Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng - February 7, 2015

For the first Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng (TBDT) of the 2015 year, we gathered in San Gabriel on February 7. This TBDT was the start of something new called a "Passport to God". With this passport, for every time that you attend TBDT you will receive a sticker or stamp on your card. For every three, you will receive a ticket that will be drawn in a raffle at the end of the year on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This year's grand prize is an...

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February Events 2015

Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well!  Just want to let you know about some more upcoming events Đoàn Torrance has this February: Valentine's Day is coming! This Saturday 2/14, we will be selling $7 roses for Valentine's day after mass. Come join us for mass and take home a gift for your loved ones while supporting our TNF in this fundraiser. On Saturday 2/28, Cộng Đoàn Thánh Phêrô Torrance will be having Tết Văn Nghệ after mass. Food is provided and there will be a raffle to win great prizes. If you are interested in raffle...

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Đoàn Games (1/31/15)

Today was a very special day because all three ngành took a day off from học hỏi to relax with one another with a mixture of all sorts of fun games. After a well spent morning of Tết Văn Nghệ practice, Nghĩa took a special part in leading games such as gió thổi, steal the bacon, red light green light, amoeba tag, and captain's coming.  Want to check out how our games went? Watch our vlog below! Chị Diana Huynh Trưởng  Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torran...

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