Ngoc Nguyen

Ngoc Nguyen

Ngoc Nguyen is a member of the Congregation of the Lovers of the Holy Cross in Vietnam. Before working on degrees in English, moral theology, and ethics, she organized youth liturgies, taught catechism, served as organist and choir director, and did fundraising for charity. After completing doctoral studies at Marquette University, she will teach theology for young sisters in her congregation in Vietnam.

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Vietnamese sisters, members of Formation Support for Vietnam, gather at Marian Days in Carthage, Missouri, in August 2024. (Courtesy of Ngoc Nguyen)

A bridge to knowledge for Vietnamese women religious

Horizons - Formation Support for Vietnam helps men and women religious who wish to study abroad in the U.S. Women religious gain knowledge and professional skills that they bring back to more effectively serve the church in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Lovers of the Holy Cross Sisters with Sr. Mary Anne Ownes, the former provincial leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Sept. 14, 2017, in the chapel of the motherhouse in St. Louis, Missouri. (Ngoc Nguyen)

Exhibiting transformative love in the education of Vietnamese sisters

After living with the School Sisters of Notre Dame for five years in St. Louis and witnessing their tireless contributions, I recognized their wisdom of indirectly carrying out their mission through a variety of ways.