Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community

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The Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community (SCCC) (Chinese 沙加緬度華人天主教團體) is the only group of Chinese Catholics (Roman Rite) in the Diocese of Sacramento, California. The community members embrace both the Catholic faith and the Chinese traditions. The community is not part of any parish in the diocese, nor is a parish itself. Rather, it is subjected directly under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Sacramento, who is currently the Most Reverend William K. Weigand. Even though it is not part of a parish, the Holy Spirit Church (3159 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95818) opens its sanctuary for the community to celebrate the Eucharist, on every Sunday from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. The community celebrates the mass bilingually in both Mandarin and Cantonese. The community's current pastor is Father Nicholas Ho (何光榮神父), who is from Singapore.

[edit] Member Group

The Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community Young Adult Group (SCCCYAG) is one of the groups within SCCC.

[edit] Logo

The logo of the community, designed by Eddy Kwong, was "written" in Chinese calligraphy to show the Chinese traditions of the congregation. The symbol in the middle resembles the Chinese character 中, which means middle and whose Mandarin pinyin is "zhong." This also reminds the community members of their Chinese identity because China was called the Middle Kingdom. Taking another prospective, one may find the shape of a dove embedded in the symbol. This reminds the group that the Holy Spirit is always watching over them. One may also find that the symbol also resemble the symbol with a "P" and a cross, representing Christ. This reminds the group to have faith in Jesus Christ. The logo has four liturgical colors used throughout Gregorian Calendar of the Latin Church, representing our Catholic traditions that we adhere to. These colors include white (used in celebrations of important feast days), red (used on feast days for martyrs--the red color represents the blood they shed for their faith in Christ--and on Pentecost--the red also represents the color of fire in which Holy Spirit appeared (Acts 2:3)), purple (used in Advent and Lent) and Green (used in Ordinary Time), which represent the everlasting life that Christ assure us.