In an atmosphere of communion and thanksgiving, the Vice-Province\u2019s monthly retreat and year-end gathering were held at the Motherhouse of \u0110\u00f4ng H\u1ea3i, with the participation of many sisters from the communities and community groups throughout the Vice-Province. It was a valuable occasion to look back together on the year that had passed with grateful hearts and to look ahead to the New Year with hope and trust. <\/p>\n
El programa se inici\u00f3 con la adoraci\u00f3n eucar\u00edstica de acci\u00f3n de gracias y la Eucarist\u00eda del IV Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario<\/strong>, con el Evangelio sobre las Bienaventuranzas, que ayud\u00f3 a las hermanas a ofrecer al Se\u00f1or su gratitud por los dones recibidos durante el a\u00f1o y a reorientar los valores evang\u00e9licos en la vida consagrada y en la misi\u00f3n hospitalaria.<\/p>\n The program began with Eucharistic adoration in thanksgiving and the celebration of the Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, with the Gospel on the Beatitudes. This helped the sisters to offer their gratitude to the Lord for the gifts received during the year and to reorient evangelical values in consecrated life and in the hospital ministry. <\/p>\n After the Eucharist, the sisters listened to a reflection by Father Jos\u00e9 Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n B\u00edch, former Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, on the theme: \u201cEvery Christian is a missionary disciple: \u2018You are the light of the world.\u2019\u201d His pastoral, profound, and approachable words invited the sisters to pause, reflect, and renew their consecrated life and mission of service in today\u2019s context.<\/p>\n Before the year-end meal, in keeping with the beautiful Vietnamese New Year tradition, Sister Teresa Kim Anh, representing the sisters of the Vice-Province, conveyed New Year wishes to Father Jos\u00e9, to Sister Anna Maria\u2014the first Vietnamese Hospitaller assistant who is still living\u2014as well as to the sisters and their families, in a spirit of gratitude and communion. <\/p>\n Next, Sister Teresa Th\u00fay H\u1ed3ng, Vice-Provincial Councillor, on behalf of the sisters, offered New Year greetings to Sister Teresa Kim Anh, Vice-Provincial Superior, expressing closeness, support, and best wishes for her service in the year ahead. The gathering was further enlivened as the sisters sang a New Year song together, expressing the joy, unity, and hope of the great Vice-Provincial family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The year-end gathering concluded in a warm and family-like atmosphere with the year-end meal and a gift raffle, making the celebration even more joyful and full of gratitude. All gave thanks to God for a year rich in gifts and entrusted the Vice-Province to the Lord\u2019s providential love in the coming New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[977],"tags":[1045,1083],"class_list":["post-66782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hospitaller-family","tag-the-canonical-visitation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n