Yen Thanh: Parishioners donated 41,000 square meters of land to open a road.

(Baonghean.vn)- On August 13, Yen Thanh district held the 4th conference to commend good people and good deeds among Catholics, period 2010-2015.

The Catholic community of Yen Thanh district has nearly 35,000 members, accounting for 12.1% of the district's population, living in 100/496 hamlets of 24/39 communes and towns, of which 34 are all Catholic hamlets.

In the past 5 years, closely following the contents of the patriotic emulation movement, implementing well the 10 contents of the campaign "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas, live a good life and a good religion", parishioners have promoted the spirit of solidarity, joined hands to build new rural areas, many parishes and parishes have mobilized all resources to invest in building cultural institutions; voluntarily donated over 41 thousand square meters of land, worth tens of billions of VND to open roads, typically Bao Nham parish, people voluntarily donated nearly 5,000 square meters of land, dozens of embankment works and contributed over 530 working days to build roads; Dong Ngo - Hong Thanh parish, Hau Trach - Thinh Thanh parish... parishioners have actively converted land, risen up in livestock production, economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, legitimate enrichment. Diversified occupations, small-scale industry, commercial services...

People of Vinh Hoa parish develop traditional occupation. Photo: N.Khoa

The whole district has 249 economic models of parishioners with income from 38 million to 200 million VND or more/year, creating jobs for hundreds of workers. The rate of poor households has decreased from 16%/year in 2010 to only 8.7% now, while the number of well-off households has increased to 28.4%. The great solidarity bloc of religions and ethnic groups has been strengthened, and cultural lifestyles in weddings and funerals are carried out according to customs and beliefs, ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Peace in Dieu Oc parish, Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: N.Khoa

The education of the younger generation is of interest to the parish and sub-parish pastoral councils. In the past 5 years, there have been 87 provincial excellent students and 743 students passing university and college entrance exams. The movement of mutual love, charity and humanitarianism has been given attention by the people.

Commendation of outstanding individuals and groups.

On this occasion, 11 outstanding collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in patriotic emulation movements and living a good life and following their religion were awarded certificates of merit by the People's Committee and the Fatherland Front of Yen Thanh district. The conference also elected 11 people to attend the upcoming conference to honor advanced models among Catholics in Nghe An province.

Anh Tuan - Phan Hien