Catholics enthusiastically participate in patriotic emulation movements.

On the morning of July 26, the Provincial Catholic Solidarity Committee held its 9th Conference for the 2017-2022 term.

Also attending were Mr. Nguyen Duc Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, representatives of the leaders of the People's Mobilization Committee, the Religious Committee, the Department of Home Affairs, Nghe An Provincial Police, representatives of the Fatherland Front Committee and districts, cities and towns. Photo: My Ha

In the first 6 months of 2022, implementing the patriotic emulation movement "living a good life and following religion", Catholics across the province have achieved many results in the fields of economic development, poverty reduction, and participation in building new rural areas and civilized urban areas. Thereby, contributing to job creation, increasing income for parishioners and joining hands with Party committees and authorities at all levels to reduce the rate of poor and near-poor households, and increase the number of well-off and rich households.

In the movement of joining hands to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas, priests, pastoral councils of parishes, sub-parishes and parishioners have responded with consensus. In the first 6 months of the year, parishioners in the whole province donated 5,710m² land, demolition 1,943m²perimeter wall, participated in 4,021 working days, contributed over 4.2 billion VND, built 15km of rural concrete roads.

The above results have contributed to making the appearance of the homeland, parish, and clan increasingly spacious and clean, bringing 7 district-level units and 252 communes with Catholics to be recognized as communes meeting new rural standards.

In the field of building cultural life, activities responding to the campaign "All people unite to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas" have also been paid attention to and promoted. Charitable and humanitarian activities have been paid attention to, thanks to which many social welfare works have been contributed to, repaired thousands of houses of gratitude, houses of great solidarity, and supported poor households and lonely elderly people.

Activities to participate in environmental protection, climate change response, building bright, green, clean, beautiful, civilized residential areas; building government, maintaining security, social order and safety, and a beautiful lifestyle... have also received the support and response of the Catholic community in the province with many outstanding results.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Duc Thanh gave a speech at the conference. Photo: My Ha

At the conference, delegates also had many discussions on the implementation of tasks in the first 6 months of the year at the grassroots level. In addition, they shared some advantages and difficulties in the implementation process, focusing on contents such as preparing for the 8th Congress of Catholics at all levels for the 2022-2027 term and 9 key tasks in the last 6 months of the year.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Duc Thanh acknowledged and highly appreciated the achievements of the province's Catholic people.

The Vice Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee also agreed with the 9 tasks set by the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee of Nghe An province. To carry out the tasks well, in the coming time, the members of the Catholic Solidarity Committee need to promote their pioneering role among Catholics, gather parishioners to carry out emulation movements well, and care for poor families and those in difficult circumstances.

Delegates speaking at the conference. Photo: My Ha

In the coming time, the Catholic Solidarity Committees at all levels also need to innovate the work of disseminating the Party and State's policies and laws to the people in many different forms. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the legitimate thoughts and aspirations of the people to consider, resolve and ensure legitimate needs, creating consensus among the people.

The conference also approved the Standing Committee's Proposal on adding a member and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee for the 2017-2022 term for Mr. Nguyen Van Chinh - Expert of the Democracy - Law Committee - Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Duc Thanh and Mr. Phan Van Thang - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Catholic Solidarity Committee presented flowers to congratulate Mr. Nguyen Van Chinh. Photo: My Ha