Bustling atmosphere preparing to welcome Christmas in Nghe An

Annam• December 14, 2022 09:18

(Baonghean.vn) - Joining in the joyful atmosphere welcoming Christmas 2022 of the Catholic community, parishioners in the province are actively preparing for a peaceful Christmas season.

The big day is 10 days away, but the Christmas atmosphere is bustling throughout parishes and chapels in the province. In the photo: Phuc Yen parish, Thanh Yen commune (Thanh Chuong) is designing works to welcome Christmas 2022. Photo: Huy Thu

These days, parishioners are actively decorating churches, tidying up roads leading to parishes and chapels; decorating their houses, and carefully preparing to welcome a new Christmas season. In the photo: People of Nhat Quang Parish, Nam Dan town, decorate the church with a system of flashing lights to beautify the night. Photo: Huy Thu

The work of decorating the church grounds to welcome Christmas in parishes is mostly undertaken by the Youth Committee in coordination with the Mobilization Committee. On this occasion, the Mobilization Committee of parishes often writes open letters, calling on children far from home to join hands in contributing to creating beautiful Christmas spaces in parishes and chapels. Photo: Huy Thu

Continuing the tradition of previous years, this year, some parishes in the province designed unique Christmas structures, such as giant grottos, green pine trees... Some unique and strange structures from last year were improved and repaired with a new look that is no less attractive. Photo: Huy Thu

In order to save costs, make use of raw materials and scraps, but still create beautiful, environmentally friendly works, familiar materials such as bamboo, packaging, clay pots, broken wheels... continue to be used to make works to welcome Christmas. Photo: Huy Thu

Taking advantage of the cool, dry weather, parishioners are speeding up their work to complete Christmas projects early. Photo: Huy Thu

Parishioners of Quy Chinh Parish, Nam Dan town are carefully repairing the statue of Santa Claus, to bring people a feeling of excitement and impression when visiting the grotto right next to the parish church. Photo: Huy Thu

Some parishes started preparing for Christmas as early as December. At Bao Nham Parish, Bao Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh), the work of decorating for Christmas was assigned to the Mobilization Committee, the Security Committee and the Eucharistic Children's Parish. Each committee decorated an area, while the Eucharistic Children's Parish was responsible for decorating the grotto next to the rock mountain. Due to the large amount of work, the youth had to mobilize manpower to work at night. Photo: Huy Thu

Thanks to the spirit of solidarity, creativity, ingenuity and enthusiasm of the parishioners, many Christmas projects were designed, built and completed ahead of schedule. Photo: Huy Thu

Some parishes are rushing to complete construction items such as catechism schools, halls, surrounding walls... in time to welcome Christmas 2022. In the photo: People of Thuong Nam Parish, Hong Long Commune (Nam Dan) are actively painting the fence. Photo: Huy Thu

Along with decorating churches, village roads, and roads to parishes, parishioners also buy Christmas trees and design nativity scenes at home... to create a joyful and cozy atmosphere for Christmas 2022. Hopefully, with the careful preparation of parishioners in localities, Catholics in the province will welcome a peaceful, happy Christmas season, filled with God's grace. Photo: Huy Thu