“Men of the heart”: MSCs volunteer at COVID-19 treatment centre in Vietnam

At the beginning of September, four MSCs in Vietnam requested permission to volunteer as assistants at a COVID-19 treatment centre in Saigon City.

As reported by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Australia website, the Saigon Archdiocese had called for volunteers from religious congregations in the area to volunteer their services at the COVID-19 treatment hospital in Saigon. “Personnel are desperately needed as the number of patients increase every day,” the MSC Australia site reports.

Tien Minh NGUYEN, Hung Quoc LE, Thanh Vu NGUYEN, and Vu Thanh NGUYEN have all finished their studies and are currently in pastoral ministry. Following a period of prayer, discernment, and discussion, these four MSCs asked for permission to volunteer at the hospital.

Australian Provincial Fr Chris McPhee MSC wrote to grant the request, noting that their desire to help in a time of such desperate need highlights that these are “truly men of the heart”.

“You know, I am really concerned for the wellbeing of our men, and the risk that this could lead them into catching COVID-19,” Fr Chris wrote to Fr Hoàng, MSC Superior in Vietnam. “However, I am very impressed by their eagerness and their openness to help, to be MSC men who are willing to volunteer, to be on the frontline and to be of service. This makes me very, very proud.  Truly men of heart.”

His letter continued, “Please, Hoàng, please let Tien Minh NGUYEN, Hung Quoc LE, Thanh Vu NGUYEN, and Vu Thanh NGUYEN, know how proud I am, please let them know that they can go with my blessing, love and support, and please let them know that they will be very much in our prayers.”

Please keep our MSC volunteers in your prayers as they minister to those in need in Saigon City, continuing in our shared mission to be on earth the heart of God.

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Images via the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Australia website.

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