Posted on 11/01/2022 7:29:08 PM PDT by marshmallow
Special Mass celebrates 10th anniversary of the restoration of St. Paul de Chartres Hanoi province
St. Paul de Chartres nuns in Vietnam's capital, who had to leave for other places due to wars, recently celebrated the anniversary of the re-establishment of their province.
On Oct. 17, Singapore-based Archbishop Marek Zalewski, non-resident representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, presided at a special Mass to mark the 10th anniversary of restoring St. Paul de Chartres Hanoi province at their mother house in downtown Hanoi.
Present at the celebration attended by hundreds of people were Archbishops Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi and Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh of Hue, as well as four other bishops and some 100 priests.
The event also marked the vow-taking anniversaries of nine sisters including Hanoi Provincial Superior Sister Saint Jean de Marie Nguyen Thi Anh, who celebrated the 60th anniversary of her vow-taking, while the others marked their 25th and 50th anniversaries. Twenty-four other sisters from Da Nang province also joined them in celebrating their anniversaries.
In his homily, Archbishop Thien said St. Paul de Chartres sisters worked in Hanoi from the late 19th century until 1954, when the North came under the communists. Many sisters moved to the South and only a few stayed at three convents.
He said their facilities were confiscated and used for health and educational purposes, and their services were restricted. They did not dare express their identity and young women could not join their convents.
The prelate said Hanoi province fell apart and its members had to depend on Da Nang province. Hanoi province was not restored until 2012, when religious policies were partly relaxed and many sisters returned to offer services in the capital.
“Today we look back at the past 10 years, it is wonderful to see that.......
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I gotta say, it does not do my generation proud.
We live in strange times indeed.
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