New church thrills area Vietnamese Catholic community
Post date: Oct 19, 2009 8:40:27 PM
November 03, 2007, By Babita Persaud, Sentinel Staff Writer
Although grateful for host churches since the fall of Saigon, the congregation long wanted its own home.
Orlando's Vietnamese Catholics, religious nomads since the 1975 fall of Saigon, finally have found a permanent home in a distinctive house of worship. The windows reflect images of the martyr St. Agnes Le Thi Thanh. The pews are filled with hymnals titled Thanh Ca Viet Nam. And in his native tongue, Deacon Nuoc Van Dang reads the Holy Gospel. "For 30-some years, we have longed for this moment," he said.