SPEAKER_01: Thank you, Father Zan, for your inspiring uh words to our community.
SPEAKER_01: Um I have a few announcements to share with you guys.
SPEAKER_01: And as usual, as I share announcements, I have good news.
SPEAKER_01: And other news.
SPEAKER_01: You guys are getting it, I love it.
SPEAKER_01: So summer is uh fast approaching, and uh as summer approaches, this is usually the time in our diocese when um certain priest transitions take place.
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
SPEAKER_01: Um and as uh Father Zan just uh mentioned as well, ascension, right?
SPEAKER_01: Moving.
SPEAKER_01: There's a lot of moving taking place in our diocese, and so I want to share with you a few uh changes, a few announcements that will be happening in our community of Saint Joseph.
SPEAKER_01: Ready?
SPEAKER_01: Ready or not, here comes okay.
SPEAKER_01: First one out of three.
SPEAKER_01: There's three changes.
SPEAKER_01: First change that's happening come July 1st is Father Zan, our parochial vicar, uh, will be moving to another parish.
SPEAKER_01: No more singing, I know.
SPEAKER_01: Father Zan will be moving to the community of St.
SPEAKER_01: Columban in Garden Grove, and uh he was sharing us with a little bit of his story of coming from Vietnam, right?
SPEAKER_01: His little bit of his story.
SPEAKER_01: And at St.
SPEAKER_01: Columban there is also a very big Vietnamese-speaking community, and where he'll be able to be able to use his Vietnamese skills and culture.
SPEAKER_01: And of course, we're going to miss his energy, uh, his enthusiasm, his stories, and also his singing.
SPEAKER_01: So, Father Zan will be moving on July 1st.
SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_01: Yes.
SPEAKER_01: Second announcement.
SPEAKER_01: The priest that will be coming here on July 1st, his name, I hope I'm saying it correctly, is Father Arundas Thomas, and he comes to us from the community of Saint Mary in Fullerton.
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SPEAKER_01: Mary in Fullerton.
SPEAKER_01: I don't know him that well.
SPEAKER_01: I've heard that he is a hard worker, which that's a great thing.
SPEAKER_01: And so July 1st, uh Father Zen will leave to St.
SPEAKER_01: Columban, and then Father Arundas Thomas will be coming here to Saint Joseph.
SPEAKER_01: So that's the second announcement.
SPEAKER_01: Third announcement.
SPEAKER_01: Over the past uh couple of years, uh, I have been blessed to be able to serve here as the shepherd of this uh community.
SPEAKER_01: And under the uh title that the diocese gives uh has given to me as administrator, they call a priest who was an assistant before and is kind of on the way to maybe becoming a pastor, there's a time called administrator.
SPEAKER_01: And usually the term of administrator is typically two years.
SPEAKER_01: And uh those two years are are coming up this uh July.
SPEAKER_01: Was that fast?
SPEAKER_01: Two years?
SPEAKER_01: So two years have are now coming up, and at the end of the two years, a diocese makes a decision.
SPEAKER_01: They make a decision whether to appoint the administrator as a pastor, or they make the decision to appoint the administrator to another community, to another parish.
SPEAKER_01: And so now that the two years are up, uh the diocese has made a decision.
SPEAKER_01: They've decided what uh will be my future.
SPEAKER_01: Wow.
SPEAKER_01: Nervous.
SPEAKER_01: They uh serious?
SPEAKER_00: Serious?
SPEAKER_00: No, most important most important announcement.
SPEAKER_01: They have decided You will leave.
SPEAKER_01: You guys want to know?
SPEAKER_01: Move.
SPEAKER_01: They have decided to appoint me as pastor of St.
SPEAKER_01: John's.
SPEAKER_01: That was the last one.
SPEAKER_01: No more news about Father Eamon.
SPEAKER_01: That was the last.
SPEAKER_01: I wasn't expecting a standing ovation.
SPEAKER_01: You're gonna make me cry now.
SPEAKER_01: Oh, your husband's crying.
SPEAKER_01: Oh my god.
SPEAKER_01: Tears of joy, huh?
SPEAKER_01: Tears of joy.
SPEAKER_01: Um, I am so humbled.
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I'm so grateful, and I'm so excited to be able to spend these uh next years to serve you as your pastor and as your shepherd.
SPEAKER_01: And uh the term for a new pastor is typically six years.
SPEAKER_01: Six years.
unknown: Renewal for another six years?
SPEAKER_01: And the renewal for six?
SPEAKER_01: Well, let's let's yeah, take one step at a time.
SPEAKER_01: Um, as we uh prepare for these uh next steps, I just ask for your prayers for me.
SPEAKER_01: Uh just as I I pray for you.
SPEAKER_00: Uh John Rabbi.
SPEAKER_01: Have I told you lately that I love you?
SPEAKER_01: Not yet?
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
SPEAKER_01: Now you've heard.
SPEAKER_01: So in the coming days and the coming weeks, uh, we're gonna let you know about some important dates.
SPEAKER_01: You know.
SPEAKER_01: Uh, first of all, the uh we're gonna do a farewell celebration for Father Zan to be able to give him a good ascending to his next community of St.
SPEAKER_01: Columban.
SPEAKER_01: So we'll let you know about that.
SPEAKER_01: Then we'll let you know about the welcoming celebration for Father Arundas when he comes here.
SPEAKER_01: And then finally, when an administrator becomes the pastor of a parish, there's a special ceremony.
SPEAKER_01: It's called the Mass of Installation.
SPEAKER_01: And the bishop comes to the church, to the parish, and celebrates a special mass to officially install the priest as the pastor of the parish.
SPEAKER_01: And so we're gonna let you know about that uh date as well.
SPEAKER_01: I just uh want to let you know as a last uh concluding words.
SPEAKER_01: I'm so excited for our future together.
SPEAKER_01: I told you that I love you, now you've heard it, right?
SPEAKER_01: And I think God is gonna do some amazing things in our community into the coming years.
SPEAKER_01: I'm so honored and so proud, and I feel so special and humbled that I will get to be your pastor for the next six years.
SPEAKER_01: God bless you, I love you, and thank you.
SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Father Martin.
SPEAKER_00: Congratulations to your uh being pastor.
SPEAKER_00: You know, say John the Baptist said about Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: You know, remember what he said about Jesus when people uh uh said, You are the Messiah.
SPEAKER_00: What John the Baptist says um he must increase and I decrease, right?
SPEAKER_00: Okay, my friends, don't be afraid.
SPEAKER_00: Uh God has his plan.
SPEAKER_00: Jesus uh sat at the right hand of the Father, he did something like this, for sure.
SPEAKER_00: So my word to you is thank you so much uh for this uh perishers.
SPEAKER_00: You are so good.
SPEAKER_00: Uh in responding at mass, not for not not in terms of song, but you really participate at mass.
SPEAKER_00: That is what I have been feeling so good.
SPEAKER_00: So my word for you is be not afraid.
SPEAKER_00: I am with you away, keep me in your prayer, and we we have our mission accomplished.
SPEAKER_00: Yes, thank you, thank you, Father.
SPEAKER_00: Thank you.