We the faithful of the Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church, in union with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and all Chinese Catholics throughout the world, proclaim to everyone the Good News that Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd and Redeemer of the World, who offers to all who follow Him the light of Life.

Sharing a common ethnic bond and baptized into Christ Jesus, we desire to bring His Light to all by proclaiming the Gospel through our words and actions. We are especially challenged to meet the spiritual needs of Chinese American and immigrants of Chinese ethnic descent. Holy Redeemer is a center of evangelization and worship serving the needs of the Delaware Valley Chinese community. We therefore commit ourselves to:

• celebrate the Mass, the other Sacraments, and spiritual devotions in English and Chinese so that all Chinese may experience greater understanding, conversion and personal witness to Christ.
• imitate the love of Jesus Christ through service to the Chinese American community, especially to immigrants.
• form fraternal bonds with other Chinese Christians and Asian American organizations.
• provide quality elementary school education that proclaims the Good News to our youth and their families.
• promote spiritual, social and recreational activities for Chinese American youths that foster community service, evangelization and Christian faith.
• act as Christian role models particularly in our community.
• foster and promote Chinese ethnic pride within our church and school through programs that teach and preserve Chinese culture.
• promote leadership from within the Chinese Catholic community and encourage vocations to the ordained ministry and religious life.
• provide resources necessary to carry out our mission.

We pray to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit through the intercession of Mary "Our Lady, Queen of China" and through St. Joseph and the Blessed Chinese Martyrs. May Jesus, the Good Shepherd, guide us in our earthly journey and to our heavenly home.

「你們小小的羊群，不要害怕、因為你們的天父喜歡把天國賜給你們。」路加12:32

我們虔信的聖恩堂天主教堂，聯合羅馬天主教和費城教區及全世界的中國教友、向人們宣告耶穌基督是善牧和贖世之主。衪將生命的光明賜給所有跟隨衪的人。

基於同一的民族和在耶穌基督內的洗禮。我們渴望能用語言和行動宣揚福音，將衪的光帶給所有的人、特別是面對如何去滿足華僑和新移民在信仰上的需求的挑戰。聖恩堂是德拉瓦河谷華裔社區的傳教和禮拜中心。因此、我們對自已承諾下列事項：

• 舉行彌撒和其他聖事，提供英文和中文的信仰敬禮以便利所有的中國人都能瞭解、皈依、及為基督作見證。

• 仿效耶穌基督的愛，為華人社區 --- 特別是給移民們提供服務。

• 與其他的華人基督徒團體、亞裔社團聯誼交流。

• 提供良好的小學和優質的宗教課程、將福音傳給下一代和他們的家庭。

• 促進華裔青年的信仰、社交、和休閒活動。幫助他們為社區服務、傳播福音，和培育他們的信仰。

• 特別是在我們的社區內做個模範的基督徒。

• 在教堂和學校內有計劃地教導和保存中華文化，以培育和促進民族自尊。

• 在華人教友團體中培訓領導能力，並鼓勵聖召。

• 為我們推展的使命提供所需要的資源。

經由中華之后聖母瑪利亞、聖若瑟和中國的殉道聖人們的代禱，我們向聖父、聖子及聖神祈求。願耶穌善牧領導我們在世上的旅途，並帶領我們走進天國。

In 1939 Bishop Paul Yu Pin, (later Cardinal Yu Pin) then vicar of Nanking, China, came to Philadelphia and asked Dennis Cardinal Dougherty to gather the Chinese Catholics so that he could visit them. The Bishops were dismayed to find that there was only one Chinese Catholic family in Chinatown and a few scattered Catholics in the city.

Cardinal Dougherty appointed Father William A. Kavanagh, vice chancellor of the Archdiocese, to found a new mission in the Chinese community. Father Kavanagh gathered a group of 15 Chinese together at Benedict Hall and taught them how to make the sign of the cross. Father Kavanagh proved himself to be a tireless worker for the Chinese community and a dear friend to all, especially the children.

In October of 1939 the first 9 Chinese were baptized. By Pentecost Sunday of 1940 there were 58 converts ready for the sacrament of confirmation. The mission among the Chinese was so successful that Cardinal Dougherty used the money raised from his own jubilee along with the gifts of generous benefactors to build Holy Redeemer Church and School. On October 5, 1941 the new facility was dedicated, the first church built for the Chinese in the western hemisphere.

Holy Redeemer school was staffed by Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity until 1992. These Sisters generously taught generations of Philadelphia's Chinese community. In recent years, Capuchin Friars from St. John the Evangelist Church have provided priestly service since 1991.

Over the past four decades the Catholics from Philadelphia have been joined by new immigrants, Catholics from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam. Mass is now offered every week in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. More than 225 people attend weekly Mass. There are currently about 150 children attending Holy Redeemer School In addition, more than 50 children attend Sunday religious instruction. Holy Redeemer offers other services to the community, including medical care, programs for neighborhood children and the community playground.