Young Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary sisters sing songs at a Sept 6 celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of their order at their motherhouse in Nam Dinh Province. (Photo: courtesy of dongmancoibuichu.net)
Posted on 09/19/2021 6:29:15 PM PDT by marshmallow
Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary celebrate 75 years, give thanks to persecuted sisters who came before them
Young Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary sisters sing songs at a Sept 6 celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of their order at their motherhouse in Nam Dinh Province. (Photo: courtesy of dongmancoibuichu.net)
Sisters from a once-persecuted indigenous order in northern Vietnam expressed gratitude to their oppressed predecessors earlier this month as they celebrated the 75th anniversary of the congregation’s founding.
Some 100 sisters from the Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary marked the event on Sept 6 at their motherhouse in Xuan Truong district of Nam Dinh province.
Bishop Thomas Vu Dinh Hieu of Bui Chu presided over the celebrations during which 12 nuns took their first profession, 11 took the perpetual profession of vows, 12 marked the silver anniversaries of their profession and two commemorated their golden anniversaries.
Sisters from other convents and relatives of the professed could not attend the event due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Bishop Hieu called on congregation members to express their deep thanks to God for their presence and development in the country’s oldest diocese where the seed of the Good News was sown nearly 500 years ago.
Sister Mary Stephania Doan Thi Chuyen, head of Tu Trung convent, said the ceremony was a wonderful opportunity for sisters to look back on their trials and tribulations in difficult times and show their deep gratitude to their predecessors and elderly nuns.
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And Cardinal Spellman pushed for US involvement in Vietnam because he said that the church would be destroyed. The dead old queen was wrong.
The Church there has come through a lot of hardship. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
“How beautiful and joyful they are.” Yes, stunning isn’t it!
I had to smile back at them -—— pure holiness!
For a while, I was travelling to vietnam at least twice a year for business. I was in some Provinces that were the most openly Christian/Catholic places I have ever been.
I arrived late one night to a hotel. I didn’t realize there was a Church next door, until I woke up at 5 AM to the sound of a band playing outside the church. I had forgotten it was All Saints Day, and there were literally 1000 people attending mass at 6AM. The Church was full, and the courtyard of the church was full, out to the sidewalk. I’ve never seen anything like it.
That’s beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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