The Caodai Churches and organizations hold a seminar on Caodai Youth on occasion of 90th founding anniversary of Caodaism
08/06/2014
On August 3, 2014, at Tu Van oratory (No. 100 Thich Quang Duc street, Phu Nhuan ward, Ho Chi Minh city), the Caodai Churches and organizations organized a seminar with the title “Caodai Youth on occasion 90th founding anniversary of Caodaism”
Attending the seminar were representatives from the Department of Caodai Affairs under the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Ho Chi Minh city’s Committee for Religious Affairs; 8 Caodai churches (the Caodai Correct Path Church, the Ante-Creation Church, the Bright-Verity Way Church, the Caodai Missionary Church, the Caodai White Cloth Church, the Caodai Dazzling Church, the Caodai prayer at the Three-Door Temple Gate Church and the Vietnam’s Caodai Binh Duc Church); 6 Caodai organizations and the Minh Ly Religion, with a total of 166 participants.
The organization of the seminar aimed at assessing the role of the youth in Caodai religion. The presentations and comments of participants focused on 2 key issues: youth and faith, models for religious practice and education for the youth.
Speaking at the seminar, Cardinal Trần Đức Tăng, Chairman of the Bright-Verity Way Church, member of the Executive Council of Caodai Churches and organizations said that after the seminar, the Caodai churches and organizations need to open a common training school in order to create good environment for Caodai’s youth; launch amongst Caodai youth movements towards 90th founding anniversary of Caodaism; prepare for the next seminar with the title “Caodai culture contributes to enrich national culture” and further improve the quality of the seminars in order to clarify the contributions of the Caodaism in past 90 years. /.
Minh Thiện