Caritas Viet Nam: Mass of prayer on the occasion of launching the campaign ‘Together We’

  • Monday, 23:49 Date 13/12/2021
  • In unity and solidarity with Caritas Internationalis, on Monday, December 13, 2021, the Caritas Viet Nam members celebrated a prayer Mass on the occasion of launching the campaign ‘Together We’.

    This Mass intended to pray for the campaign ‘Together We’. The purpose of the campaign invites each person to be aware of their mission in protecting nature and people against climate change, and before human dignity is being trampled on.

    Before the Mass, the members of the Caritas Viet Nam had practical activities to prepare for the campaign. With a slogan, “Act today - for a better tomorrow”, the campaign directs each person to a sense of responsibility, having specific practices for caring for our common home, and ministering to the poor.

    In the opening remarks of the Mass, Rev. Fr. Joseph Ngo Si Dinh O.P - Director of Caritas Viet Nam invited everyone to live a sense of solidarity with nature and humans. Summarizing his homily at the Mass, Rev. Fr. Joseph mentioned that the Christian practice of charity is not only about giving material gifts but arousing awareness of the noble dignity of the given person. That is how God loves them.

    Indeed, each and every creature is a ‘person’ to be respected and protected. On the account of excessive human impacts, nature, suffering from such impacts, has raised its voice; and it led to consequences such as climate change, hundreds of thousands of people displaced each year, falling into poverty. Climate change causes catastrophic disasters and the poor are the most disadvantaged. Therefore, it is more urgent than ever before to take care of our fractured common home. And finally, he invited everyone to be aware of and arouse in their hearts the desire to fulfill the mission of witness.

    Before concluding the Mass, Rev. Fr. Joseph also sent his best wishes for the three-year campaign from December 2021 to 2024. He hopes that Caritas Viet Nam will create positive awareness for people in protecting and respecting nature and humans.

    After the Mass, the brothers and sisters in the Caritas Viet Nam office also did not forget to take pictures with a model of the globe with a sense of commitment together to care for the common home and the poor.

    Communication Department of Caritas Viet Nam

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