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Vietnam priest rekindles religious, cultural values via antiques
Father Joseph Nguyen Huu Triet seeks to preserve national culture for younger generations
Updated: May 17, 2021 05:24 AM GMT
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Father Joseph Nguyen Huu Triet with his antique collection at his parish house in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: UCA News)
Father Joseph Nguyen Huu Triet spends his spare time hunting for genuine antiques at antique shops and flea markets. He also buys them from antique dealers and collectors of used items.
He collects various relics of bygone eras from jewelry, bricks, tiles, carts, furniture, china, oil lamps, scales and books to religious statues, pictures, drawings and objects. All of them are at least 50 years old, while some go back thousands of years.
Vietnam Catholics bring love to poor on Tet festival
Lunar new year is a chance for Catholics to foster a culture of care by sharing what they have with the disadvantaged
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Father Joseph Pham Ba Lam blesses food at Hoa Hung Church on Feb. 6 in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: UCA News)
Catholics across Vietnam are caring for people in need by offering them food for their lunar new year celebrations.
On the early morning of Feb. 6, Father Joseph Pham Ba Lam, Hoa Hung parish priest, blessed 300 gifts in the churchyard before Caritas workers distributed them by motorbike to people in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City.