A few days ago, the priests who are changing parishes this summer along with the new priests gathered for two days of retreat. Among them was Fr. Vinh, a man who loves languages. He loves to study English and is getting very good at it. His present parish consists mostly of Muong people, an ethnic minority. In only 10 months he learned enough of their language to preach in it. The only problem is that there are so few Muong that Rome has no approved translations of the sacraments he can use. I say, Fr. Vinh, you can be Alexander de Rhodes for the Muong!
Here is my table those two days. Lots of fun with the young priests and way too many jokes.
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