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Luncheon Speaker Bishop Vincent Long O.F.M. Conv.

March 9 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

“Food for Thought”

Topic: “Dreaming of a constitutively synodal church?”

Join us for a light luncheon with guest speaker

 Most Rev Vincent Long van Nguyen OFMConv

Bishop Vincent Long was born in 1961 in Dong Nai in Vietnam. In 1989 he was ordained to the priesthood as a Conventual Franciscan friar and then studied in Rome and was awarded a licentiate in Christology and Spirituality from the Pontifical Faculty of St Bonaventure. He served as assistant and parish priest in the Diocese of Parramatta and as Assistant General in Rome from 2008 until 2011 responsible for the Asia-Oceania section of his Order. In 2011 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne and in 2016 was appointed the fourth Bishop of Parramatta. Nationally, he serves as the Bishops Delegate for Migrants and Refugees and is Chair of Australian Catholic Social Justice Council. Bishop Vincent is the first Vietnamese born bishop to lead a diocese outside of Vietnam and the first Vietnamese born bishop in Australia.

Reservation essential.   RSVP March 1.

Tickets $35.00 pp      Bookings can be made here

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For Enquiries please email catalyst-for-renewal@outlook.com   or phone 02 4971 4090    

 

Details

Date:
March 9
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Event Category:

Organiser

Catalyst for Renewal
Phone
02 4971 4090
Email
catalyst-for-renewal@outlook.com

Venue

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall
3 Mary St
Hunters Hill, NSW 2110 Australia
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