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It's that time of year when some people get in the Christmas Spirit and decide to look for a church. Here follows a detailed listing of things religious.

Note: Language, times, telephone numbers should be checked. Before you go, that is.

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SaiGon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica °Ú10°46′47″±·´Ê106°41′57″·¡±Õ
aka Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon
aka Notre Dame Cathedral (Roman Catholic Marian style)
Masses: Sunday; 05:30H, 06:30H, 07:30H, 09:30H (in English), 16:00H, 17:15H, 18:30H.
1 Cong Xa Paris, P Ben Nghe
Quan 1, TP HCM
Tel: +84 8 3829 4822 - 3822 1285 - 3827 7945
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Christian Church (opposite Zoom Cafe in De Tham)(Vietnamese but translation in English w/headphone)
Tran Hung Dao Street, P. Pham Ngu Lao
Quan 1, TP HCM
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Every Nation - VietNam (14.00H Sundays)
15 Tu Xuong Street,
Quan 3, TP HCM
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Mai Khoi Church (French; Sunday; 10.00H: English; Sunday; 14:30H)
44 Tu Xuơng, P 7
Quan 3, TP HCM
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New Life Christian (home) church (2 blocks from Domino's pizza)
Phu My Hung Ward,
District 7, TP HCM
Web:< >
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New Life Fellowship
112 My Kim II, (unknown)
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Pastoral Centre (Auditorium)
(Mass; Saturday; 18:00H~18.30H)(First Friday/month 18.00H)
6 Ton Duc Thang, P. Ben Nghe (opposite SaiGon Trade Centre)
Quan 1, TP HCM
Web: < >
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Queen of Peace Church (Chinese; Sunday; 08.00H)
(unknown)
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St Francis Xavier Church (Father Tam Church)(Chinese; Sunday 07.00H, 17.00H)
25 School Lac, P 14
Quan 5, TP HCM
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Thanh Phanxico Xavie Church (Chinese; weekdays; 17.30H; Saturday 19.30H; Sunday 07.00H, 17.00H)
25 School Lac, P 14
Quan 5, TP HCM
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Thu Thiem English Speaking Congregation (Off Tran Nao)
Street 33, Binh An Ward
Quan 2, TP HCM
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Tong Viet Bưong Church (First Saturday/month; 19.30H)
110 Hương Giang Street, P. 15
Quan 10, TP HCM
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Vinh Hoi Catholic Church (English, 11.00H)
Ben Van Don,
Quan 4, TP HCM
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Vưon Xoai Church (Korean; Sunday; 09.30H & 11.00H)(Dominican)
413 Le Van Sy, P.12
Quan 3, TP HCM
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Links:
Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre City
TP HCM
Web: < >< >
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Catholic Bishops Conference of VietNam
CBCV Committee on Social Communications
72/12 Tran Quoc Toan, Ward 8
Quan 3, TP HCM
Tel: +84 (08) 3820 1829 - 3911 1274
E-mail: web@hdgmvietnam.org - web.hdgmvn@gmail.com
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Info, TP HCM < >
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Miscellaneous
Religious Congregations, Societies, Institutes

Congregations of Religious Men (women under)
Brothers of Mary of the Poor
Phone: +84 8 3931 8454 - 3931 9807

Brothers of the Christian Schools
Phone: +84 8 3829 9134

Christ the King
Phone: +84 8 3970 6874

Cistercians of Chau Sơn
Phone: +84 8 3923 5574

Congregation of the Assumption
Phone: +84 8 6258 1315

Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Phone: +84 8 3729 0026

Congregation of the Holy Family
Phone: +84 8 3899 2017

Congregation of the Mission
Phone: +84 8 3990 4980

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Phone: +84 8 3931 6322 - 3843 7715 – 3931 1645

Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix
Phone: +84 8 3896 8471

Congregation of the Sacred Heart
Phone: +84 8 3840 0795

Domus Dei Clerical Society of Apostolic Life
Phone: +848 3899 6681

Institute of Alexandre de Rhodes
Phone: +84 8 3849 0004 - 3849 3982

Institute of Apostolic Life Incarnation
Phone: +84 8 3896 3951

Institute of Saint John the Baptist
Phone: +84 8 3896 1339

Little Brothers of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3889 4960 - 3945 0784

Missionaries of the Precious Blood
Phone: +84 8 3862 9674

Order of Cistercians of Phưoc Sơn
Phone: +848 3923 5270 - 3726 6264

Order of Preachers
Phone: +84 8 3932 1881

Order of Saint Benedict
Phone: +84 8 3729 4971 - 3897 7512

Order of Friars Minor
Phone +84 8 3822 2294

Salesians of Saint John Bosco
Phone: +84 8 3724 0473

Domus Dei Clerical Society of Apostolic Life
Phone: +84 8 3899 6681 - 3512 1647

Institute of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3990 6525

Society of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3897 9197

Society of the Divine Word
Phone: +84 8 3865 8199

Phưoc Lý Cistercian Monastery of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Phone +84 8 3923 9084
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Congregations of Religious Women

Religious Institutes of Women Cistercian Sisters
Phone: +84 8 3518 0207

Congregation of Mary Queen of Peace
Phone: +84 8 3845 6754

Congregation of Mater Pieta
Phone: +848 3729 3821

Congregation of Notre Dame
Phone: +84 8 3932 6991- 3932 2533

Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Phone: +84 8 3832 2442

Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
Phone: +84 8 3932 5582 - 3932 5940

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Phone: +84 8 3896 0826

Daughters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Phone: +84 8 3729 3294

Daughters of Our Lady of Nam Vang
Phone: +848 3931 9867

Daughters of Our Lady of the Rosary
Phone: +848 3949 0715

Daughters of Our Lady of the Visitation
Phone:+84 8 3726 9402

De La Salle Sisters
Phone: +84 8 3556 6162 - 3898 8734

Dominican Sisters of Lang Sơn
Phone: +84 8 3996 4628 - 3894 9285

Dominican Sisters of Rosa de Lima
Phone: +84 8 3724 0586

Dominican Sisters of Tam Hiep
Phone: +84 8 3894 1296

Dominican Sisters of Thanh Tam
Phone: +84 8 3895 5144

Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Phone: +84 8 3894 0446 - 3515 3036

Foyer of Charity of Bình Trieu
Phone: +84 8 3726 8566 - 3726 8561

Foyer of Charity of Cao Thai
Phone: +84 8 3725 0198

Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament
Phone: +84 8 3894 7961

Handmaids of Jesus the Priest
Phone: +84 8 3844 9177

Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3899 7820

Institute of Appearing and Living
Phone: +84 8 3846 3764

Institute of Maidservants of Christ
Phone: +84 8 3840 3840

Institute of Maidservants of God
Phone: +84 8 3842 4791 -  3990 7455

Institute of Servants of the Sacred Heart
Phone: +84 8 3865 8009

Institute of Thien Phuc
Phone: +84 8 3845 1711

Little Sisters of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3899 4425 - 3514 4220

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Ba Ria
Phone: +84 8 3553 2103

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Bac Hai
Phone: +84 8 3864 3354

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Cai Mơn
Phone: +84 8 3845 4239

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Cai Nhum
Phone: +84 8 3839 9563

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Can Tho
Phone: +84 8 3925 0727

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Cho Quan
Phone: +84 8 3923 4482 - 3923 1484

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Da Lat
Phone: +84 8 6270 0061

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Go Vap
Phone: +84 8 3894 1492

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Hue
Phone: +84 8 3865 6591

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Hưng Hoa
Phone: +84 8 6293 5292

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Khiet Tam
Phone: +84 8 3729 4629 - 3897 4765

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Nha Trang
Phone: +84 8 3899 8865

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Phan Thiet
Phone: +84 8 3843 5551

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Quy Nhon
Phone: +848 3894 7265

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Tan An
Phone: +84 8 3970 0145

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Tan Lap
Phone: +84 8 3743 1125 - 3743 0436

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Tan Viet
Phone: +84 8 3842 6307

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thu Duc
Phone: +84 8 3896 0411

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thu Thiem
Phone: +84 8 3740 0455 -  3740 0029

Lovers of the Holy Cross of Vinh
Phone: +848 3899 5166

Missionaries of Charity of Christ
Phone: +84 8 3845 4387

Missionaries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Phone: +84 8 3891 0676  -  6254 5213- 3710 9011

Family of the Missionary Workers of the Immaculate
Phone: +84 8 3864 1079

Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions
Phone: +84 8 3897 3835

Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate
Phone: +84 8 3820 1731

Oeuvre de Saint Paul
Phone: + 84 8 3848 4344 – 3848 3317

Order of Saint Benedict
Phone: +84 8 3897 3933

Order of Discalced Carmelite of SaiGon
Phone: +84 8 3822 8519

Order of Discalced Carmelite of Bình Trieu
Phone: +84 8 3726 9881

Order of Saint Clare
Phone: +84 8 3896 9805

Sisters of Mary of the Poor
Phone: +84 8 3840 0928

Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres
Phone: +84 8 3822 3387

Sisters of Infant Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3843 4027

Sisters of Providence
Phone: +84 8 3829 2180

Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Phone: +84 8 3899 7820

Society of Apostolic Life Incarnation
Phone: +84 8 3899 5676.

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Miscellaneous

The Shrine of St Matthew Gam (St. Matthew Gam was beheaded on 1844 May 05)
47 Nguyen Trai, P. Ben Thanh
Quan 1, TP HCM
The cangue that the Saint must wear in prison is in the shrine.
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User XHollywood: Posted - New Life Church had 400 members meeting in a  hotel before government broke them up. Now they are allowed to meet at home church but Vietnamese are not allowed to attend.

City Officials in VietNam Shut Down International Church

Source: < >, Compass Direct
Local authorities shut down a 500-member, international church here on Saturday, August 27. The church had sought a permit to meet since its inception eight years ago.

Eric Dooley, pastor of the interdenominational New Life Fellowship, said District 5 police (Cong An) ordered the church to close because it had no permit. The government has repeatedly ignored New LifeÂ’s efforts to obtain permission to worship.

For the past eight months, the congregation has been meeting at the Windsor Plaza Hotel, An Dong Ward, TP HCM. Made up of people from various nations, the church had been holding three services on Sundays. Dooley stood outside the hotel on Sunday morning to inform those showing up that they would not be able to meet.

“Turning hundreds of worshippers away at the doors of the church is something no pastor should ever have to do,” Dooley said in an e-mail to supporters.

“The looks of shock and disbelief, the tears and the questions, were very painful.”

At the same time, Dooley received a summons to meet with immigration officials. “I had to face my own tears and those of my wife and children at the prospect of having to leave our beloved VietNam.”

When he met with immigration officials on Sunday afternoon, however, they only asked for copies of the letters he had sent to the government and told him to seek permission from the Religious Affairs Department — something he has done regularly for eight years, he said.

The church closing seems to have originated among local authorities and does not appear to be a national government action against the church, according to Dooley.

Meeting with a representative of the city’s Religious Affairs Committee on Monday, however, Dooley faced hostile opposition — the official indicated that no one outside of VietNam would care that the city had shut down his church. Dooley remarked in an e-mail, “I felt as though the Devil were saying, ‘You guys can’t do anything!’”

On Monday the pastor also met with U.S. consular officials, who advised against spreading word of the closure and forcing VietNam into a “face-saving” posture.

“We need to humbly seek the Lord’s intervention,” Dooley said, “and I will deal humbly with the Vietnamese authorities in hopes that we can back off from the current tension and find a way to get the church registered.”

New Life will continue to function through existing small groups meeting in homes throughout the week, though many more will have to be added, the pastor said.

“I want to make it clear to all that we are doing this in the open, as always, and are not ‘trying to hide,’” he said.

Church elders will discuss the possibility of starting various home-gatherings on Sundays until the congregation can meet again publicly.

“Man can prevent the church from worshipping together corporately on Sunday,” Dooley said in the e-mail, “but man can not put an end to the church!”

Another international Protestant church, the Ha Noi International Fellowship, has been meeting in Ha Noi under similar circumstances for even longer than New Life Fellowship in Ho Chi Minh City. It met Sunday without incident.

The closure comes at a time when VietNam is trying hard to convince the world, and especially the United States, that it is improving religious freedom.

VietNam and Religion in the Media
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