The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) organized a volunteer trip to the Congregation of Dominican Sisters in Thai Binh province and Bui Chu Saint An’s Orphanage in Nam Dinh province on March 28-29 on occasion of the 105th anniversary of International Women's Day and 1975th anniversary of the Trung sisters’ insurrection.
Joining the program were representatives from GCRA, local authorities and the GCRA women.
At the Congregation of Dominican Sisters in Thai Binh province on March 28, the GCRA delegation met with the Congregation sisters and presented gift boxes to children in the Congregation.
GCRA Vice Chairman Dương Ngọc Tấn presents gift to General Sister Ngô Thị Hạnh.
Vice Chairman Dương Ngọc Tấn and Chief of GCRA’s Office Dương Văn Khá present gifts to children in the Congregation.
On March 29, the delegation visited Bui Chu diocese Cathedral and Bui Chu Saint An’s Orphanage in Nam Dinh province. Bishop Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu and dignitaries of Bui Chu diocese welcomed the GCRA delegation.
Vice Chairman Dương Ngọc Tấn presents gifts to Bui Chu diocese.
The GCRA delegation takes a memorial picture.
During the visit to the Orphanage, the GCRA delegation presented 100 gift boxes containing clothes, books, learning equipment… to the children in the Orphanage centre.
Priest Joseph Phạm Ngọc Oanh of Bui Chu Saint An’s Orphanage welcomes the GCRA delegation.
During the charitable visits, Vice Chairman Dương Ngọc Tấn spoke highly of contributions made by religions in general and Catholicism in particular. He also expressed his hope that local authorities in Nam Dinh and Thai Binh provinces would continue to create favorable conditions for social and religious activities of dioceses and congregations.
Art performance by children in the Orphanage centre to welcome GCRA delegation.
Priest Joseph Phạm Ngọc Oanh briefs about the orphanage centre.
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