5 Volume 35 No. 2 | Winter 2025 Society Matters are doing as much as possible within our ability to alleviate the sufferings of the people around us. Fr Tuyen has been working with the marginalised in the farflung villages under Sacred Heart Parish, Hmawbi. Under his watchful care, houses have been built for the poor and the needy; music and computer classes are conducted for the children and out-of-school youth. Chapels have either been built or renovated. Hundreds of Catholics and non-Catholics have benefitted from the untiring service rendered by Fr Tuyen. Fr Deva’s ministry involves spiritual, psychological and educational spheres in and around the archdiocese of Yangon. He is the spiritual director, counselor and one of the formators and lecturers at the National Catholic Institute of Theology and seminary. He is also involved in the formation of the Carmelite Sisters. His other ministry includes adult formation in the form of retreats and recollections. Fr Roger has primarily been helping out with the pastoral and sacramental ministries in different mission stations and religious communities under the Sacred Heart parish. Mostly he avails himself to the needs of the parish with the intent of learning how to do parish ministry. In addition, he occasionally works as a vocation promoter for the SVD. An exciting update is that in April this year, the SVDs in Myanmar took up the pastoral care of a brand new parish, which was inaugurated by Cardinal Bo. With much discussion and conversation between the SVD Australian Province and the Archdiocese of Yangon in the past few months, it was decided that Fr Tuyen and Fr Roger would establish a new parish at Annunciation of the Lord Church in Kone Ka Lay village, Htantabin Township, approximately a 45-minute drive from our SVD house in Hmawbi. With this new ministry, we hope to work more closely with the people under our care and implement our SVD charism in more concrete manners, including more social projects, to assist in meeting both the spiritual and material needs of the people. Your donations can help support the work of the SVD Mission in Myanmar. See the drop-down menu on the donations page of our website (divineword.au) for more information on tax-deductibility (SVD Overseas Aid Fund which helps support social outreach programs), and non-tax-deductible donations which can be made to the DWM Mission Office to help support the pastoral work of overseas missionaries.
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