Vietnam – Feast of Immaculate Conception at Phuoc Loc Don Bosco
Phuoc Loc Don Bosco, Vietnam – December 2024 – On December 9, 2024, the Phuoc Loc Don Bosco Community celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint. The thanksgiving Mass, held at 5:30 p.m., was presided over by the Provincial Fr. Barnaba Le An Phong, alongside other priests from the Province and the Community. In his homily, Fr. Barnaba highlighted the significance of the Virgin Mary's "Immaculate Conception" as a divine grace and noted that God grants grace uniquely to each individual. This feast holds particular importance for the Don Bosco Congregation, marking the day Saint Don Bosco founded his oratory. The well organized solemn mass concluded with the expressions of gratitude from Fr Giuse Nguyen Xuan Quang, the Rector, which was followed by a fraternal agape.