More than 100 Hung Yen outstanding Catholics shared their experiences and good practices when taking part in patriotic emulation movements in their neighbourhoods from 2017 – 2022 during a recent conference in the province of the same name.
Hung Yen holds a conference to honour outstanding Catholics on August 24. (Photo: VNA)
Hung Yen (VNA) – More than 100 Hung Yen outstanding Catholicsshared their experiences and good practices when taking part in patriotic emulationmovements in their neighbourhoods from 2017 – 2022 during a recent conference in the province of the same name.
Addressing the event, Quach Thi Huong, head of theprovincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Committee and Chairwoman of theprovincial Fatherland Front Committee, said the local Catholic community has stayedunited, well observed the Party and State’s policies, and actively responded topatriotic emulation movements.
Local parishes have engaged Catholic followers in variousmovements, including those on environment protection, security safeguarding,traffic safety promotion, and social evil combat. The parishioners have alsoeffectively sustained various of social models, such as a self-governedneighbourhood without crimes, drugs and social evils and a religious familyliving in peace and harmony.
Numerous Catholic communities have become role models inbuilding civilised residential areas and maintaining political security andsocial order.
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Additionally, thousands of Catholic families in the districtsof Phu Cu, Van Giang, Yen My and An Thi, the town of My Hao and the city ofHung Yen have been running successful service businesses and farmingplantations that help improve local earnings.
In the districts of Yen My, Phu Cu, Kim Dong and Van Giang,followers have actively contributed to new-style rural building by donatingthousands of square metres of land and billions of VND in cash for the constructionof new roads.
Catholics have also taken part in various charitable andfundraising activities to aid the poor, disadvantaged children, victims ofAgent Orange/Dioxin, people rendering services to the nation during wartime, andthose hit by COVID-19 and natural disasters./.
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Hung Yen holds a conference to honour outstanding Catholics on August 24. (Photo: VNA)
Photo: VNA
