Nghe An honors 143 typical good people and good deeds among Catholics

Attending the Conference were Priest Tran Xuan Manh - Chairman of the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee.

On the side of Nghe An province, comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee; Priest Nguyen Dang Dien - Chairman of the Provincial Catholic Solidarity Committee; Venerable Thich Tho Lac - Deputy of the Executive Committee of the Buddhist Sangha of Nghe An province; leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors, units and 143 typical good people and good deeds among Catholics representing nearly 29,000 Catholics in the whole province.

Delegates offer flowers at Ho Chi Minh Square and Uncle Ho Statue. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Before the Conference, delegates offered flowers to President Ho Chi Minh at Ho Chi Minh Square and Uncle Ho Statue.

102 communes with Catholics meet new rural standards

Up to now, the Catholic community of Nghe An province has over 50,840 households, with nearly 290,000 people (accounting for 9% of the province's population) living in 13 deaneries, 112 parishes under the Vinh Diocese; living in residential areas in 174/460 communes, wards, and towns, belonging to 20/21 districts, cities, and towns.

Conference scene. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Catholic community has joined hands with Party committees and authorities at all levels to rapidly reduce the rate of poor households and increase the rate of rich households. In particular, the rate of well-off and rich households among Catholics in 2015 was 51.2%, now it has increased to 53%, the rate of poor households has decreased to 9%.

The movement to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas has been actively responded to by priests, parish pastoral councils, parish groups, and the Catholic community. In the past 5 years, Catholics have donated 109,543m²land, dismantled 78,380m of surrounding walls, cut down 5,230 trees of all kinds, contributed 54,646 working days and 294.6 billion VND, completed 317,000 m²Concrete roads contribute to making the appearance of their homeland more and more spacious and clean, contributing to bringing 102 communes with Catholics to meet new rural standards.

The conference had 143 typical good people and good deeds among Catholics representing nearly 29,000 Catholics in the province attending.Photo: Thanh Cuong

At the same time, the movements of "All people unite to build cultural life in residential areas; encourage learning and talent; implement the Population - Family Planning policy; humanitarian charity activities; coordinate participation in government building, maintain security, order and social safety... were actively responded to by the Catholic community and brought about high efficiency.

Priest Tran Xuan Manh - Chairman of the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee expressed his joy at the important contributions of the Nghe An Catholic Community to the development of the homeland and the country. Photo: Thanh Cuong

At the conference, delegates presented their speeches on the issue of promoting the role of the parish pastoral council in coordinating and mobilizing parishioners to develop the economy; develop farm economy, mobilize parishioners to participate in social work and fulfill their duties to ensure security, order and social safety...

Living the gospel among the people

At the Conference, Father Tran Xuan Manh - Chairman of the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee expressed his joy at the important contributions of the Nghe An Catholic Community to the development of the homeland and the country. At the same time, he reminded priests, monks and lay people to implement the motto of dialogue in all issues, harmonizing between religion and life. Implement and set an example in building the great national unity bloc, contributing to the construction of the Fatherland...

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee affirmed that Catholics have always joined hands with the people in the province to overcome difficulties and contribute to the completion of the province's economic and social goals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Speaking at the Conference, Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee affirmed that with the spirit of "Living the gospel in the heart of the nation to serve the happiness of compatriots", "Living a good life, living a good religion", Catholic compatriots have always joined hands with the people in the province to overcome difficulties and contribute to completing the province's economic and social goals.

The Provincial Catholic Solidarity Committee regularly listens to the legitimate and legal aspirations of the people, requests authorities at all levels to promptly resolve legitimate religious needs; actively mobilizes the Catholic people to operate in the direction of "Living the gospel in the heart of the nation".

Through this, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested departments, branches, socio-political organizations at the provincial level and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns, together with Catholics, to effectively carry out the task of propagating and thoroughly understanding the viewpoints, guidelines, policies of the Party and the laws of the State; especially policies on religion.

Priest Tran Xuan Manh - Chairman of the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee awarded the "Accompanying the nation" Medal to individuals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Continue to promote and improve the quality of implementing the patriotic emulation movement among Catholics launched by the central and local governments; focus on improving the quality and promoting the campaign "All people unite to build new rural areas, civilized urban areas", the movement "living a good life, good religion"...

At the Conference, delegates negotiated to elect a delegation of 9 people to attend the 5th National Conference on Commending Good People and Good Deeds among Catholics nationwide.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to representatives of collectives. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to individuals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On this occasion, 9 individuals received the "Accompanying the Nation" Medal from the Vietnam Catholic Solidarity Committee. 4 groups and 13 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; 5 groups and 13 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.