Vietnamese bishops focus on laity formation
Laypeople to be trained in faith practice as training facilities are expanded
Updated: April 19, 2021 07:00 AM GMT
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Bishops pay a brief visit to Lovers of the Holy Cross nuns during their biannual meeting on April 11-16 in Nha Trang. (Photo: giaophannhatrang.org)
Bishops in Vietnam have drawn up definite plans for training laypeople in faith practice and expanding training facilities.
Twenty-five active archbishops and bishops from the country’s 27 dioceses attended their first biannual meeting on April 12-16 at Nha Trang Bishop’s House in the coastal city. Also present was Emeritus Cardinal Archbishop Peter Nguyen Van Nhon of Hanoi.
Vietnam Church celebrates anniversary of bishop s arrival
Special Mass marks the 350th anniversary of Bishop Pierre Lambert de la Motte s pastoral visit to parishes in Nha Trang
Updated: April 16, 2021 06:06 AM GMT
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Vietnamese bishops celebrate the 350th anniversary of Bishop Lambert de la Motte’s first visit to Nha Trang. (Photo: giaophannhatrang.org)
Bishops across Vietnam have expressed deep gratitude to their first bishop’s first pastoral visit that laid the foundations for the local Church’s development.
On April 15, some 25 archbishops and bishops concelebrated a special Mass to mark the 350th anniversary of Bishop Pierre Lambert de la Motte’s first pastoral visit to parishes in Nha Trang Diocese at Christ the King Cathedral in the coastal city of Nha Trang. The prelates were attending their first biannual meeting held at Nha Trang Bishop’s House.