Vietnamese in diaspora work with Catholic priests and lay people in Vietnam for an English-Vietnamese Catholic Dictionary
Encouraged by the late Cardinal Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, since 1996, hundreds Catholic priests, religious and lay people living overseas have been working together in VietCatholic News Agency to inform, inspire and support individuals and organizations in their daily lives and missions in Vietnam. The website carries translated texts of papal speeches, pronouncements and other Church documents. It also provides succinct news and comments on matters of Catholic interest.
Through the site, the communication between the Church in Vietnam and the universal Church has been greatly improved. While Catholics around the world have become better informed about the daily life, the missions, the sufferings, and the struggles of their brothers and sisters in Vietnam, Catholics in Vietnam have been enriched with numerous translated articles in various areas as well.
Thus, bishops in Vietnam have constantly reiterated the importance of the Church's work in communications, particularly the Internet. They have also emphasized the need to have an English-Vietnamese Catholic Dictionary to allow Catholics in Vietnam to use the Internet more effectively.
A committee to compile a dictionary of English Catholic terms has been set up on March 5. Monsignor Peter Nguyen Van Tai, the director of Radio Veritas in the Philippines, was appointed as the chairman of the committee.
“Such a dictionary will be a great help for Vietnamese Catholics in this Internet Age”, said Monsignor Peter Nguyen. "It's a challenging yet rewarding endeavor," he added noting the importance of English usage in communication.
While a very limited number of Catholics in Vietnam could co-operate with the Vietnamese in diaspora in previous communication projects, “this is the first one that involves a large number of Catholic priests in Vietnam,” commented Fr. John Tran Cong Nghi, director of VietCatholic News Agency in California, and also a vice-chairman of the committee.
“Without the Internet there would not be such a fantastic opportunity for Vietnamese in diaspora to work ‘closely’ with those living in Vietnam,” he added.
Encouraged by the late Cardinal Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, since 1996, hundreds Catholic priests, religious and lay people living overseas have been working together in VietCatholic News Agency to inform, inspire and support individuals and organizations in their daily lives and missions in Vietnam. The website carries translated texts of papal speeches, pronouncements and other Church documents. It also provides succinct news and comments on matters of Catholic interest.
Through the site, the communication between the Church in Vietnam and the universal Church has been greatly improved. While Catholics around the world have become better informed about the daily life, the missions, the sufferings, and the struggles of their brothers and sisters in Vietnam, Catholics in Vietnam have been enriched with numerous translated articles in various areas as well.
Thus, bishops in Vietnam have constantly reiterated the importance of the Church's work in communications, particularly the Internet. They have also emphasized the need to have an English-Vietnamese Catholic Dictionary to allow Catholics in Vietnam to use the Internet more effectively.
A committee to compile a dictionary of English Catholic terms has been set up on March 5. Monsignor Peter Nguyen Van Tai, the director of Radio Veritas in the Philippines, was appointed as the chairman of the committee.
“Such a dictionary will be a great help for Vietnamese Catholics in this Internet Age”, said Monsignor Peter Nguyen. "It's a challenging yet rewarding endeavor," he added noting the importance of English usage in communication.
While a very limited number of Catholics in Vietnam could co-operate with the Vietnamese in diaspora in previous communication projects, “this is the first one that involves a large number of Catholic priests in Vietnam,” commented Fr. John Tran Cong Nghi, director of VietCatholic News Agency in California, and also a vice-chairman of the committee.
“Without the Internet there would not be such a fantastic opportunity for Vietnamese in diaspora to work ‘closely’ with those living in Vietnam,” he added.