House of Formation Inaugurated in Vietnam

Mar 21, 2011 | Claretian Family, Congregation, Fr. Rhoel Gallardo

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. On the 18th of March the new house of formation for the Claretians in Vietnam was blessed and inaugurated. The blessing was carried-out by Archbishop J. B. Cardinal Phan Minh Man during the first vespers of the Solemnity of St. Joseph.

The new seminary or house of vocational welcome is part of the Philippine Province and currently has 52 students in English and Philosophy.

In the photo is seen the Cardinal, accompanied by the Provincial Superior of the Philippines, Fr. Leo Dalmao, CMF (right) and the Econome, Fr. Santiago González, CMF (left), cutting the inaugural ribbon.

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