Military Region 4 Command celebrates Christmas at Vinh Diocese
A working delegation of the Military Region 4 Command led by Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of the Military Region recently visited and congratulated the Vinh Diocese Bishop's House on the occasion of Christmas 2024.
Presiding over the reception of the working delegation of the Military Region 4 Command was Bishop of Vinh Diocese, Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long.
In a joyful, excited atmospherewelcome Christmas, Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of Military Region 4 congratulated the Bishop, along with dignitaries, officials and all parishioners in Vinh Diocese with wishes of health, happiness, and a joyful, peaceful Christmas season filled with God's grace.
Military Region Command 4 highly appreciated the contributions and encouragement of the Bishop and priests, the Pastoral Council of parishes, sub-parishes and Catholics in Vinh Diocese, who have recently carried out patriotic emulation movements, helped each other develop socio-economy, eradicate hunger and reduce poverty, prevent and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, build advanced parishes and sub-parishes, and exemplary Catholic families.
The Military Region 4 Command hopes that the Bishop and priests, the Pastoral Council of parishes and sub-parishes will continue to encourage people in the Diocese to well implement the Party's guidelines, policies and the State's laws; promote the tradition of patriotism, solidarity and companionship with the nation, and live a "good life and good religion". Actively participate in patriotic emulation movements; social activities and humanitarian charity activities, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, contributing to the construction and socio-economic development of localities in the Diocese.
Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long thanked the Military Region 4 Command for their attention, visit, and congratulations to the Bishop's House on the occasion of Christmas, and congratulated the officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army in general and the armed forces of Military Region 4 in particular on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day.
The Bishop of Vinh Diocese affirmed that Catholics, and Vinh Diocese in particular, always remember the contributions and sacrifices of the Vietnam People's Army and the armed forces of Military Region 4 for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, protecting the peaceful life of the people. In the coming time, the Vinh Diocese will continue to coordinate with local Party committees, authorities and people to join hands and build a peaceful and developed social life in the spirit of "Living a good life, living a good religion", "A good Catholic is also a good citizen".
