Evangelisation is one of Hong Kong Cardinal John Tong’s key pastoral concerns, and fruit of his initiative saw 3,500 adult catechumens baptised as Catholics the Hong Kong diocese on Easter Saturday night.
In his Easter letter, Tong thanked all those involved in bringing these people to baptism.
In particular, he highlighted the important role catechists.
“Not only carry out the mission of evangelisation of the Church, but also strengthen their own faith,” wrote the 72-year-old bishop.
With only with 363,000 Chinese and 138,000 non-Chinese, the diocese has 39 paid catechists and more than 1,500 voluntary catechists.
As well as baptism, the catechumens also received the other two sacraments of initiation, Confirmation and Holy Communion.
Sources
- Asia News
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