Dak Nong Catholics join hands to build community

Mr. Hoang Van Danh's family in Duc Thuan village, Duc Manh commune, Dak Mil district has nearly 10 hectares of land for coffee and pepper production. Currently, Mr. Danh's family's main source of income is coffee and pepper. This year, Mr. Danh's coffee and pepper yielded about 13 tons.

Coffee garden of Mr. Hoang Van Danh's family, in Duc Thuan village, Duc Manh commune, Dak Mil district ( Dak Nong )

In addition to efforts to develop the family economy , in 2024, responding to the movement to build new rural areas, Mr. Danh's family contributed 30 million VND to build 2 sections of the village road.

Mr. Danh said that building a clean and beautiful village is the responsibility of every citizen. As a citizen and a Catholic, he must promote the spirit of living a good life and following his religion by doing practical things to contribute to the development of the locality.

In 2024, people of Duc Thuan village, Duc Manh commune, Dak Mil district (Dak Nong) contributed to building 1,500m of concrete road.

Mr. Dau Dinh Vinh, Head of Duc Thuan village, Duc Manh commune, Dak Mil district (Dak Nong) said that the village has 165 households, with 90% of them being Catholics.

In 2024, villagers contributed more than 450 million VND to build 1,500m of rural concrete roads. In addition, villagers also contributed more than 100 million VND to build the village hall campus.

In 2024, parishioners in Dak Nong province actively donated land, money, and working days to build new rural infrastructure, build welfare projects, and install lights to light up village roads and alleys.

Dak Nong parishioners contribute to building villages and hamlets to become more spacious, clean and beautiful.

Typically, Phuc Binh Parish, Cu Jut District, together with the local government, built 4,000m of road. Phuc Loc Parish, Cu Jut District, contributed 25 million VND to build a concrete road. Parishioners of Xuan Loc Parish, Dak Mil District donated land and together with the State built 600m of concrete road.

Parishioners of Vinh Huong Parish, Duc Hanh Parish, Dak Mil District, contributed 200 million VND with the local government to concrete inter-village roads. Parishioners of Duc Hanh Parish donated land and contributed 5 million VND with the commune government to build houses for the disabled...

Parishioners in the province have participated in environmental protection and climate change response with many practical and effective actions.

A corner of Bac Ai Parish residential area, Duc Manh commune, Dak Mil district (Dak Nong)

Specifically, parishioners built models: treating organic waste at home; saving water; using light bulbs and electrical appliances that consume less electricity; turning off lights when not in use; not littering in public places; planting and caring for trees and flowers along village roads, etc. Tho Hoang Parish, Dak Mil District established a team to collect waste daily in the area.

Every year, parishes organize fundraisers to encourage learning, give scholarships to poor students or support learning materials. Phuc Binh Parish opens free English and Math classes for 200 poor primary and secondary school students, helping them access qualityeducation .

This year's holiday celebrations are more exciting due to the positive economic situation, high coffee prices, and high agricultural product prices.

In 2024, Catholics in Dak Nong province organized a series of charitable activities with a total value of more than 8 billion VND. On major holidays such as Tet and Christmas, parishes gave thousands of gifts, banh chung and banh tet to the poor, the elderly and ethnic minorities.

In 2024, the Dak Nong Province Catholic Solidarity Committee promoted and mobilized Catholics to support people in the provinces affected by storm No. 3 with 3.5 billion VND.

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Dak Nong province currently has about 148,000 Catholics, accounting for 21.5% of the province's population. There are 2 dioceses of Gia Nghia and Dak Mil in Dak Nong province. The whole province has 29 parishes and 29 sub-parishes managed by 63 priests.

Priest Nguyen Van Khanh, Chairman of the Catholic Solidarity Committee of Dak Nong province, said that practical activities from economic development, building new rural areas to charity and charity have highlighted the image of a community living in solidarity and full of faith.

Source: https://baodaknong.vn/nguoi-cong-giao-dak-nong-chung-tay-xay-dung-cong-dong-237855.html