About this Event

Join us to hear Father Hien’s journey of faith at our September Into the Deep session. Father Hien will share how he experienced God's plan through the storyline of the Fall of Communism, as he lived on a boat, escaped Vietnam, experienced the life of a refugee, and settled in Canada. The story will be highlighted with some of the small miracles that happen to him and his family along the way.

Speaker Bio

Fr. Hien Nguyen, (B.A. Phil., B.A. Bth., M.Div, STL), was born in Nha Trang South Vietnam during the Civil War. In 1982/1983, he escaped from Vietnam with family and took refuge under the protection of the UN in Pulau Galang, Indonesia. He was sponsored by the cooperation of the Jesuits in Montreal and IC Parish of Vancouver and arrived in Vancouver 1988. Fr. Hien enrolled in general education at David Thompson Secondary, entered the Seminary of Christ the King in 1990, and was ordained to the priesthood in 2000. Since then, he has served as the vocations director and at various parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Vancouver. Fr. Hien is currently the pastor at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Burnaby.