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Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The nuns of St. Paul de Chartres are celebrating: three Vietnamese nuns and one from Myanmar, but originally from China, professed the perpetual vows on the feast of the Assumption of Mary. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the diocesan bulletin), Mgr. Pierre Lam Minh, MEP, the diocesan Vicar of Hong Kong, presided at the Mass with the rite of perpetual profession, which was concelebrated by several Vietnamese priests and from Hong Kong. Many Vietnamese faithful wanted to be present during the important moment in which their three countrywomen dedicated their lives to the Lord for good. The three Vietnamese nuns had previously professed temporary vows in Vietnam and in 2006 were sent to Hong Kong for the training and preparation to the mission. The other religious woman, from Mynamar, but of Chinese origin, had entered the religious province of Hong Kong and had professed her temporary vows in 2005. During the formative years, the sisters studied Mandarin and Cantonese, carrying out their service in the hospital and the school of the nuns of St. Paul de Chartres.
The Congregation of the Nuns of St. Paul de Chartres, SPC, was born in Levesville-la-Chenard in France in 1696, and arrived in Hong Kong in 1848 to respond to the invite on behalf of Msgr. Augustine Forcade, who was at the time Apostolic Prefect of Hong Kong. In 1960 some nuns in Hong Kong landed in Tao Yuan, the island of Taiwan. Today they are engaged in the field of parish pastoral, education, health and social service. The congregation is active in Europe, America, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania. The community of Hong Kong has 49 religious women. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 06/09/2011)
