Fr General Arturo Sosa with his Regional Assistants and the Vietnamese Provincial and his consultors met with Most Rev Joseph Do Manh Hung, Apostolic Administrator of Saigon Archdiocese, and Most Rev Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan at the Archbishop’s Residence on December 5.
During their one-hour conversation, the bishops shared about the situation of the Catholic Church in Vietnam as well as the contributions of the Jesuits to the development of the Church and the society. They also shared about the challenges and difficulties that affect evangelisation not only outside the Church but inside as well.
Before leaving the Archbishop’s Residence, Fr General Sosa stopped by the two-century old chapel located in the compound of the Archbishop’s Residence.
Fr General next visited Dac Lo Residence, the first Jesuit house of the province. He met members of the community who shared with him a brief history of the establishment of the House by Fr Vincent Dinh Trung Nghia SJ in 1968 after the return of Jesuits to Vietnam in 1957.
Dac Lo Residence is now becoming a pastoral centre, offering various programmes in Ignatian spirituality, education, culture and communications.
In the afternoon, Fr General Sosa met with Vietnamese Provincial Fr Vincent Pham Van Mam SJ and the province consultors. [Jesuit Communications Vietnam]