Catholics join nation in patriotic movement
Catholics have taken an active part in
all patriotic movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front,
especially the “Day for the Poor”, said the Committee for Solidarity of
Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC).
Catholics have taken an active part in
all patriotic movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front,
especially the “Day for the Poor”, said the Committee for Solidarity of
Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC).
The committee made the statement at a year-end review in Hanoi on January 13, during which it has decided to push up social and charity activities for 2010.
The CSVC called on followers to promote a new cultural lifestyle in their residential quarters and join with the nation in discharging national socio-economic targets in line with a motto “living the gospel amidst the nation”.
Catholics should actively take part in all patriotic movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front, focusing on the Day for the Poor, and take care of disabled, abandoned and street children, it urged.
The committee made public a target to set up its own fund for disabled children with assistance from kind-hearted donors.
CSVC President Father Nguyen Cong Danh said Catholics nationwide have paid practical contributions to various aspects of social life such as economic development, poverty reduction and administrative strengthening.
He highlighted Catholics’ charity activities last year, raising over 200 billion VND (roughly 10.8 million USD) for the Fund for the Poor./.
The committee made the statement at a year-end review in Hanoi on January 13, during which it has decided to push up social and charity activities for 2010.
The CSVC called on followers to promote a new cultural lifestyle in their residential quarters and join with the nation in discharging national socio-economic targets in line with a motto “living the gospel amidst the nation”.
Catholics should actively take part in all patriotic movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front, focusing on the Day for the Poor, and take care of disabled, abandoned and street children, it urged.
The committee made public a target to set up its own fund for disabled children with assistance from kind-hearted donors.
CSVC President Father Nguyen Cong Danh said Catholics nationwide have paid practical contributions to various aspects of social life such as economic development, poverty reduction and administrative strengthening.
He highlighted Catholics’ charity activities last year, raising over 200 billion VND (roughly 10.8 million USD) for the Fund for the Poor./.
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