Praising examples of 'good people, good deeds' among Catholics in Quynh Luu district

Thuy Nga• DNUM_CDZAJZCABJ 15:40

(Baonghean.vn) - In the past 5 years, many Catholic residential areas and Catholic households in Quynh Luu district have risen to become outstanding examples in the locality.

On the morning of September 23, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee - Catholic Solidarity Committee of Quynh Luu district held the 5th conference to commend good people and good deeds among Catholics, period 2015 - 2020.

The Catholic community of Quynh Luu district has 9,614 households with 46,160 people, accounting for 15.1% of the district's population, living in 51 residential areas in 15 communes and towns, including 37 residential areas and 1 all-Catholic commune.

Over the past 5 years, parishioners have boldly invested in economic development and applied scientific and technological advances to production, so many Catholic residential areas and parishioner households have become outstanding examples.

Lãnh đạo tỉnh và huyện trao giấy khen cho các cá nhân điển hình
Provincial and district leaders awarded Certificates of Merit to exemplary individuals.
Many movements have been deployed with rich content, good models, and creative approaches suitable to the characteristics of each locality, such as: the movement to build "Model Catholic Families", "Peaceful Parishes, Joining Hands to Build New Rural Areas", "Peaceful Parishes, Free of Social Evils"...

Especially in the movement of competing to develop the economy, helping each other to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and get rich legitimately, many parishioners have become bosses in various fields, with 870 good economic models.

In the movement to build new rural areas, people in parishes and chapels in Quynh Luu donated 19,980m2residential land and 38,750m2agricultural land, dismantling 265 constructions, more than 6,000 m of surrounding walls, contributing over 16.5 billion VND and 37,800 working days. With the support of cement from the State, more than 39,800m of concrete road, 2,800m of asphalt road, nearly 18,300m of canals...

In the past 5 years, parishioners have supported the "Fund for the Poor" with 376 million VND, the Gratitude Fund with 827 million VND and humanitarian charity funds with over 230 million VND. Together with the support from the Fund for the Poor of the District Fatherland Front, 128 solidarity houses for poor households have been built and repaired with a total amount of 1.55 billion VND.


Quynh Luu parishioners donate land to build rural roads. Photo: Archive
The conference approved a list of 12 delegates to attend the conference to commend good people and good deeds among Catholics at the provincial level, which will take place in the near future.

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district awarded Certificates of Merit to 30 outstanding individuals for their outstanding achievements in the movement "Patriotic emulation among Catholics" from 2015 to 2020"./.

Thuy Nga