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 birth of baby Jesus. With hard work and dedication TNF Torrance presented the Nativity play on Christmas Eve, celebrating the coming of Jesus.

Once again Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from TNF Torrance.

Chị Veronica

Huynh Trưởng 

Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima

Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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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 the Au went to play games and make name tags.

We are very happy and excited for this new school year! The school year began with a bang, and we are all looking forward to what will happen throughout this school year!

Chị Veronica

Huynh Trưởng 

Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima

Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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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 iPad!

Although the passport is a fun incentive to go to TBDT, it also reminds us of a much more important reason to go: to make devotion to Mary. At TBDT, we can receive the Eucharist, go to confession, pray the rosary, and spend time with Mary. The mysteries of the Rosary remind us of the life, death, and glory of Jesus and Mary. It is important to meditate on these events and as we strive to love God like Mary has shown us, we get closer to God.

This TBDT we were joined by Cha Hiếu, who held mass. After mass and the Rosary prayer, we played games such as Musical Chairs 2.0, French Charades, and Singo. Our spirit was bright as we acted (some terribly) and sang some of our favorite tunes. We had lunch together and Đoàn Torrance was soon on the road back to our church to start sinh hoạt.

We had a full day of laughter and fun with our TNF family and we look forward to the coming events. We hope to see you in Torrance for March's TBDT on the 7th! 

Also, take a look below to watch our vlog from this special day!

Chị Pauline

Ðoàn Trưởng 

Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima

Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

 

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Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng December 6th, 2014

Last Saturday, each Doan came together for Thứ Bẩy Đầu Tháng (TBDT), the first Saturday of the month. It is important that as the Youth of Our Lady of Fatima, we unite each TBDT to attend mass, receive the Eucharist, pray the Rosary together, show penance, and bond with each other. Most importantly, we do these things to meditate and spend time with Our Mother Mary. 

We prayed the Joyful Mysteries, and reviewed each of the events of the mystery with Deacon Long. We began with The Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel comes to  the Virgin Mary and announced that she will be bearing God's child, Jesus. Then we discussed The Visitation, when Mary had received the news about her cousin, Elizabeth, who is also with child, and decides to visit her cousin. Due to time constraints, we concluded the Joyful Mysteries by envisioning the third mystery, the Birth of Jesus, Our Savior. He was born in modesty when Mary and Joseph were searching for a place to stay. As it was about time for the baby to be born, they were denied a room by every hotel they came across. Joseph then brought them to the town of Nazareth in Galilee, but there was no more guest rooms available. So when the time came for the birth of Jesus, she gave birth to her Son inside a barn and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, placing him in a manger. After each part of the mystery, we slowly prayed Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be, and the Fatima prayer while meditating on the event of the mystery. We think about the importance of these events and how we can learn the fruit of the mystery.

After praying the Rosary, we did some singing practice and headed off to visit the residents of Olive Vista Behavioral Health Center in Pomona. We sang Christmas Carols and presented gifts that were blessed by Father Long. It was a joyous day, indeed! Thank you for those of you who woke up in the early morning to participate in this wonderful event! Special thanks to Doan Claremont for your hospitality and your work in making this very special day happen!

Chị  Lucy Ta 

Phụ Tá Nội Vụ
Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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Christmas Dance: Hang Bê-lem at SBTN with Ca Đoàn Tổng Hợp TGPLA

Yesterday, ten girls from Đoàn Torrance filmed a Christmas dance for the song Hang Bê-lem at the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network (SBTN), a Vietnamese TV broadcasting station here in Southern California. We were joined by our lovely friends from Đoàn San Gabriel as well as Anh Trung, Chị Hài, and Anh Long, who organized our participation! The program is a concert of Christmas songs performed by Ca Đoàn Tổng Hợp Tổng Giáo Phận Los Angeles. It will be airing on December 24 and 25. We invite you all to tune in and enjoy this beautiful event in the spirit of Christmas!

Chị Pauline

Ðoàn Trưởng 

Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima
Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance

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