What is school? Celebration of the feast of St. Anthony in Di An, Vietnam

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1 What is school? Celebration of the feast of St. Anthony in Di An, Vietnam On St. Anthony s feast, our student friars welcomed poor people those who are our neighbors. Most of them are handicapped that we had to carry them on our motorbike. After Mass we served them dinner and sent them home with a bundle of food. This is one of our annual activities which is in the Bread of St. Anthony Program.

for the Delegation of Vietnam, to have an opportunity to

2 ANNUAL RETREAT 2018 On July , 21 friars form different friaries of the Vietnam Delegation made their Annual Retreat. They stayed 5 days at the Monastery of Our Laday of Phuoc Hai (Cistercian Nuns) in Vung Tau City. Fra Francis Xavier Giang Pho Duc OFM was the Retreat Master. Each day, Fr. Francis preached the homily at Mass and made two presentations. Every friar seemed to have an up lifting spirit and full of joy for the whole week. Thanks for the loving God for giving us this special time for the Delegation of Vietnam, to have an opportunity to grow in our intimacy living with Him and to interact fraternally with all the friars. We are reminded of our Franciscan calling to endeavor to serve God s people by taking our commitment to the plan of actions of the Delegation in future which expressed in our aspects of fraternal life, as Friars Minor with great joy of bringing the Gospel values to the world today.

friary. There were 17 candidates who are interested in joining us participating in the program. These candidates come from different parts of the country, from the North, the Central to the South.

In the program, the candidates were given opportunity to share prayers and meals with the student Friars in the friary.

In the evening there was time for them to pray the Rosary or other devotion to St Francis in their group.

3 Come and See week. From July, 2017 The program of the Come and See week of the Delegation of Vietnam was organized by Friar Peter Quoc, the Vocation Director of the delegation, from July in St Anthony friary. There were 17 candidates who are interested in joining us participating in the program. These candidates come from different parts of the country, from the North, the Central to the South. Accompanying with these candidates beside Friar Peter Quoc, there were Friar Paul Chanh and Friar Dzung from the OFM, being involved with their inputs contribution. In the program, the candidates were given opportunity to share prayers and meals with the student Friars in the friary. During the day, there were talks given by different invited Friars on some topics that are relevant for them to discern their vocations. There was time for private prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. In the evening there was time for them to pray the Rosary or other devotion to St Francis in their group. Throughout these days of the program, the Candidates were invited to enter into their interior world and listen to God s Word speaking to them as they discern God s will for their lives. Most of them had come to a good sense about the love of God and about the spirituality of the Order for themselves. They were impressed with the Franciscan fraternal way of life, which was shown by the friendliness and close accompany of the Friars to them during the program. Towards the end of the Come and See Program, in the early morning, Fr. Luke, Provincial Delegate of Vietnam Delegation, presided Mass at St. Anthony Friary. in his homily, he called the attendances "collect the weeds and tie them in bundles" - bad habits that pull our vocation off the discernment. After breakfast, he spent time to answer the questions of the attendances about the Order and the Delegation in Vietnam. Then, Fr. Dzung, OFM gave them IQ and psychological Tests. The schedule was ended with a very warm but full of joy LUNCH. Francis of Assisi And the Lord gave me brothers

4 Summer Ministries Early this summer break, the student friars started their summer vacation with some maintenance projects at the St. Anthony Friary. The first project is to replace damaged floors in some of the student bedrooms and the next one is to fix the damaged terrace on the top that leaks into the friary when it rains. All the student friars are working hard to complete this project. The students benefit from the experience of working together.

6 Notes. Upcoming Ordinations and Professions in Vietnam Announcing the candidates and dates for the upcoming ordinations to the diaconate and the priesthood in our Franciscan Vietnam Delegation! Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons Cadidates: Fra John Đoàn Cao Thuấn Fra Joseph Cupertino Phạm Văn Nhương Ordination to the Holy Order of Priestly Religious Deacon Joseph Pio Trần Văn Dương Deacon joseph Maria Trần Văn Long Deacon Peter Julien Eymard Hoàng Thành Đông on Friday, 30 August, 2018, nine o clock in the morning, at the presentation of Son Loc parish. Announcing the dates for the upcoming Profession of Vows in our Franciscan Vietnam Mission! First Profession of Vows: Br. Joseph Trần Văn Đức Br. Joseph Vũ Đức Huynh Br. Joseph Nguyễn Đức Huy. Solemn Profession of Vows: Fra Joseph Nguyễn Văn Nhàn Fra. Stephen Trần Như Tảng Fra. Joseph Võ Quốc Cường Fr. Joseph Lê Văn Vượng. On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, Nine o clock in the morning, at the presentation of Nguyen Duy Khang parish. On Saturday, August 18, 2017, at 9:00am in Nguyễn Duy Khang Church

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF VIET NAM A Rising Shoot Opening Ceremony of the New Academic Year

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF VIET NAM A Rising Shoot Opening Ceremony of the New Academic Year 2017-2018 On the morning of September 14, 2017, the Catholic Institute of Vietnam (CIV) celebrated the Inauguration