CARDINAL FRANCIS XAVIER NGUYEN VAN THUAN

CARDINAL XAVIER

• Lived from 17 April 1928 – 16 September 2002
• In his address 'Experiencing Gods Liberating Power' he says "I will live the present moment and fill it with love.'
• One quote from the Bible to help explain his message is 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Cardinal Xavier was born in 1928. Growing up he realized that what he wanted to do was preach about the Vietnamese people. In 1941, he joined the Catholic seminary. In 1953 he was ordained a priest. He was then made coadjutor archbishop of Saigon in 1975,. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Communists because of his Catholic faith. He spent 13 years in prison. Nine of these were in solitary confinement. Despite these hardships he found a way to hold a mass in prison for those who were interested. He was released on the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. He isn't canonized yet, but the Vietnamese people view him as a saint.

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• "Human dignity upholds the sacredness of human life at all stages, from conception until the moment of natural death." is a quote from the 1st Principle of Catholic Social Teaching.
• This helps describe what Cardinal Xavier believed in because he believed in the equal ness of people and treating every person with dignity no matter what.

Cardinal Xavier

THOUGHTFUL BULLETS

• Cardinal Xavier's life shows God's plan for people to be in loving relationship with him and others by how he tries to treat everyone he meets equally.
• Father Xavier's cause shows a great example of the Golden Rule. He treated others how he wished to be treated no matter what.
• Even when he goes to prison he takes this as a opportunity to help those ther
• He had to deal with all kind of people in prison, and worked to reach out to all who accepted him. This is one of God's main laws.

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• His life shows God's love and mercy in an amazing way. By being in prison he was able to preach and help so many who had given up on God.
• Cardinal Xavier's life shows how much Christianity is u I of all people and an instrument used to better all people because he was able to show people that you don't have to be a certain thing or in a certain area in order to recieve God's love and the word.
• He reminded them that he will always forgive us.
• He showed that even in a place like prison, God has not forgotten you and what's the best for you.

MLA CITATION

• Coylè, Father. "Let's All Stand to Welcome Our Blessed Father." Bangor to Bobbio. N.p., Aug. 2011. Web. 03 June 2015.
• Nguyan, Sr. Mary Thuan. "Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan: An Icon of the Vietnamese Church." Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan: An Icon of the Vietnamese Church. N.p., 28 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 June 2015.
• Coylè, Father. "Let's All Stand to Welcome Our Blessed Father." Bangor to Bobbio. N.p., Aug. 2011. Web. 03 June 2015.