VFF hosts reception for Sisters of Miraculous Medal

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Le Ba Trinh received the ethnic minority Sisters of the Miraculous Medal group from the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on April 8 in Hanoi.
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Le Ba Trinhreceived the ethnic minority Sisters of the Miraculous Medal group fromthe Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on April 8 in Hanoi.

The Sisters were visiting Hanoi on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Southern liberation.

During the reception, the VFF Vice President expressed hisappreciation of the Sisters’ charitable works benefitting local peopleand disadvantaged children.

He hoped that theMiraculous Medal nuns would get more involved in activities that promotenational solidarity and continue to raise underprivileged children tobecome responsible members of society.

TheMiraculous Medal Church was founded in 1947. Since then, Sisters of thechurch have worked hard to support local communities.

The church has established six orphanages to date, home to around 800orphans, underprivileged children and children with disabilities under18 years old.

The groups has not only openedfree music and tailoring classes for children and medical clinics forthe impoverished, but also takes care of live-in patients at lepercentres.-VNA

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