Vinh Phuoc (Vietnam) [November 2024]

Project 3628 - Monastery of Vinh Phuoc, Ocist (Vietnam)

Formation for fifteen sisters

In Vietnam, the first monastery of Cistercian monks was founded in 1918 by Father Henri Denis Benoît Thuen, on Mount Phuoc Son. It was at the origin of the Cistercian congregation of the Holy Family. The first community of nuns, although prepared for a long time within the Cistercian congregation of the Holy Family, was not founded until 1972.

The Vinh Phuoc community includes forty sisters in permanent vows, ten sisters in temporary vows, seven novices, thirteen postulants and fifteen aspirants.

In 1992, for the first time, theology courses for nuns were organised in Hô-Chi-Minh Ville thanks to the efforts of Mgr Paul Nguyen van Bình (archdiocese of Hô-Chi-Minh Ville). The sisters bought a small house in Saigon to accommodate the sisters from the three Cistercian communities (Vinh Phuoc, Phuoc Thien and Phuoc Hai) who were doing these studies. Each year, the communities send sisters to study at the Inter-Congregational Theology Institute in Hô-Chi-Minh City.

Project

There are currently fifteen sisters studying at HCM Ville or elsewhere. Financial aid is needed to help with registration and course fees.

Requested amount: 12,000 euros.