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Fu Shun (Fides Service) - 305 lay missionaries, divided into 11 groups, of the parish of Fu Shun of the Diocese in Liao Ning, received the missionary mandate by the parish priest on the solemnity of the Pentecost, thus confirming their willingness to be faithful to the pastoral and evangelization service for the next two years. According to information gathered by Fides, the pastor has given a certificate of the mandate, and the cross to all of the 305 lay, so that they carry out their mission in the ecclesial communities. It is a sign of the Diocese’s vitality in Liao Ning, led by the young Bishop Paul Pei Jun Min, 43 years old, approved by the Holy See and consecrated in 2006. The evangelization, pastoral care and training are top priorities of the diocese. From 5 to 6 July, the diocese has organized a seminar on "Current and future development of the Church in China according to the ecclesiology of the II Vatican Council" to help the priests to know the reality of the Church and the conciliar magisterium.
The parish of Fu Shun, which now belongs to the diocese of Shen Yang, but originally was part of the diocese of Fu Shen, assigned to the Maryknoll missionaries, currently has more than 7,000 faithful. It is a very active community, and all its priests have always given the utmost importance to training and evangelization. According to information provided by the Diocese of Laius Ning, the present diocese was formed in 1983 by grouping the 4 Dioceses of Shen Yang, Ying Kou, Fu Shun and Re He. Today, the diocese is divided into 5 deaneries, has more than one hundred thousand faithful, a Bishop, about ninety priests, two religious diocesan congregations (the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, with more than one hundred religious women, and the nuns of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , with about seventy nuns), the major seminary of Shen Yang, 5 homes for the elderly, three clinics run by nuns and three diocesan social service centers. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 27/06/2011)
