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Tai Chun (Agenzia Fides) - “Invest in Jesus, move forward without hesitation,” is the theme for vocational promotion in the Diocese of Tai Chun for the Year of St. Paul, to relaunch the Pauline spirit among the youth. The initiative was launched by the Commission for Youth Pastoral Ministry and the Commission for Diocesan Vocations, in collaboration with the Catholic University of the Divine Providence, the Catholic Students Association, and the Indigenous Youth Association. The life and works (including letters, teachings, exhortations) of St. Paul, model for every ad gentes missionary, were the main focus of reflections by the youth of the parish. Fruits of this event on vocation and evangelization were seen in the theatrical performance “The Conversion of Saul,” dramatic readings of passages from his Letters, and the missionary initiatives.
The Diocese of Tai Chung has 36.394 faithful, 3 Bishops, 74 priests (29 diocesans, 45 religious), 9 religious brothers, 122 religious sisters, 15 major seminarians and 3 minor seminarians, 76 catechists, 54 parishes, 29 missionary stations, 85 semi-public churches. The Church also runs 1 university with 11,603 students, 3 middle schools with 7,691 students, 1elementary school with 1,582 students, 16 kindergartens with 613 children, 7 boarding schools with 355 guests, a Children's Rehabilitation Center with 314 children, a language school, a Center for Professional Training. The diocese also has a publishing house, a monthly magazine, and a radio station. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 18/05/2009)
