OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART, IMAGES VIETNAM

With the Feast of the Immaculate Conception transferred to Monday this year, we have a Marian theme today which nicely follows Foundation Day.

Bob Irwin writes:

A few days ago we visited an artist’s house here in Saigon. At the request of Hoang, the community leader here, he has been working on a statue of her, that fits Vietnam style.

He has done the first clay model, and OLSH, MSC men, and MSC sisters were invited or come and see and suggest changes etc. so off we went. It was good timing as Tess Ward was visiting.

MSC Thoi, Toan and Hoang with OLSH from Philippines, Vietnam and Tess, plus MSC sister from Korea with the first clay model and artist.

This is the first picture made of OLSH in Vietnam, based on the original commissioned by Peter Huan. The unusual hairstyle of the child is, I believe, traditional Vietnamese royalty style.