Vietnamese Catholics Get Church: Vietnamese Catholics Get Own Church
Title
Vietnamese Catholics Get Church: Vietnamese Catholics Get Own Church
Subject
Vietnamese community builds first all Vietnamese church.
Description
To the accompaniment of gong and drum. Vietnamese Roman Catholics clothed in brightly colored, gold-embroidered dresses and black hats and tunics chanted their own special rendition of "Ave Maria" yesterday morning and celebrated the first mass at the Church of the Blessed Vietnamese Martyrs in Annandale.
Creator
Marianne Bernhard
Source
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Publisher
Washington Post Digital
Date
Aug 20, 1979
Contributor
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Rights
Copyright The Washington Post Company Aug 20, 1979
Relation
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Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Historical Newspapers
Identifier
Catholic Church Vietnam Immigrants
Coverage
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Original Format
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Text
"The colorful ceremony marked the dedication of the first Vietnamese-run Catholic church in the United States and the first local church to embrace the 5,000 Romance Catholics among the Washington area's growing Vietnamese population, which now numbers about 17,000."
Files
Citation
Marianne Bernhard , “Vietnamese Catholics Get Church: Vietnamese Catholics Get Own Church,” Vietnamese Immigration, accessed May 15, 2024, https://pham.omeka.net/items/show/9.