{"id":8203,"date":"2025-12-08T13:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/?p=8203"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:40:13","slug":"the-franciscan-institute-in-saigon-vietnam-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/the-franciscan-institute-in-saigon-vietnam-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"El Instituto Franciscano de Saig\u00f3n, Vietnam, se expande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.30;\"><h2>Spreading the Good News Through Education in Saigon<\/h2><\/h1><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 20px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>A vibrant Franciscan community in Saigon, Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) has become a shining beacon of Catholic education for students in the country. Originally founded in 1958 as a seminary for the priesthood, the Franciscan Institute is now one of the oldest and largest Catholic study centers in Saigon.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute is managed by a group of Franciscan brothers known as the Province of St. Francis (PFV). Seeing a rise in interest and need for education in the region, the PFV expanded the institute\u2019s enrollment in 2002 beyond seminarians to include students from local parishes. Over the years, educational classes and religious formation became what is now the Franciscan Institute. The institute offers a comprehensive program of three years of philosophy and four years of theology. 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institute was facing serious challenges with infrastructure. There weren\u2019t enough rooms for all the students, so a project began to construct new classrooms and administrative offices. The rooms would also serve local workers living in the area who came to catechism classes.<\/p>\n<p>The new building included four classrooms, each accommodating 40 students, an academic office, a professors\u2019 reception room, two rooms for school deans to meet with students, and a small chapel for student and faculty prayer. 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