【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2012 年 7 月 17 日蒙古烏蘭巴訊】 ─ 蒙古教會於7月初，慶祝成立 20 週年紀念。當初，3名聖母聖心會傳教士，於 1992 年 7 月 10 日抵達當地。萬民福音部秘書長韓大輝總主教，也一同參與這個在烏蘭巴托舉行的慶典。

陪同韓總主教出席的，還包括蒙古宗座監牧黃旭東蒙席、教廷駐韓國及蒙古大使帕迪拉總主教，以及韓國大鐘教區俞興植主教。慶典歷時數天，而最重要的環節，為7月8日在烏蘭巴托聖伯多祿聖保祿主教座堂舉行，由韓大輝總主教主持的莊嚴感恩聖祭。

翌日7月9日，烏蘭巴托慈幼會院院長 Andrew Tin 神父以及 Francis Phuong 神父，陪同韓總主教參觀位於該國北部達爾汗的會院，在當地聖母進教之佑堂主持彌撒，參與教友眾多，並祝聖聖堂旁邊的鮑思高九歲奇夢像。他亦出席一場特別為他而設的音樂會。

他向當地傳教士作簡短演說，並鼓勵他們的工作：「你們站在最前線，而我們會盡力作出支援。」演說內容包括傳教士作為天主的人的角色，以及培育的價值，韓總主教提到文化適應時說：「不要把西方的一套硬搬到東方來，卻要讓信仰植根於東方文化中。」

接著，韓總主教返回烏蘭巴托，然後啟程前往南韓。

目前，蒙古有 81 名天主教傳教士，來自22個不同國家的13個修會，包括慈幼會及母佑會。天主教會於 1992年由零開始，到今天已逾 800 名教友。即使這個年輕教會，尚未有正式的聖召牧民工作，當地已有兩名青年，於大鐘接受司鐸培育。

A young Church 20 years old

(ANS - Mongolia –Ulaan Bataar, 17 July 2012) – At the beginning of July the Church in Mongolia celebrated its twentieth anniversary having begun on 10 July 1992 with the arrival of the first three  Catholic missionaries belonging to the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Celebrating the occasion in the capital Ulaan Baatar, was also Archbishop  Savio Hon Tai-fai SDB, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.

He was present together with  the Prefect Apostolic of Mongolia, Mons. Wenceslao Padilla, the Nuncio Apostolic in Korea and Mongolia, Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla and the Bishop of Daejong, Korea, Bishop Lazzaro You. The celebrations lasted several days, but the most significant event was the solemn Mass on Sunday 8 July, celebrated in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in  Ulaanbataar, at which Archbishop Hon Tai-fai presided.

The following day 9 July with Fr Andrew Tin, Rector of the Salesian house in Ulaan Baatar and Fr  Francis Phuong, Archbishop Hon Tai-fai went to the Salesian house at Darkhan, in the north of the country and there in the parish church of Mary Help of Christians with many parishioners present celebrated Mass and blessed a statue of Don Bosco’s  dream at nine years of age at the side of the church. He also attended a concert in his honour.

He gave a short talk to the missionaries and encouraged them in their task: “You are in the front line and we are trying to back you up.” Then after speaking about the role of the missionary as a man of God and about the value of formation, Archbishop Hon Tai-fai mentioned inculturation: “don’t try to reproduce the west in the east, but give the faith roots in oriental culture.”

Then after returning to Ulaan Bataar he flew to South Korea.

At present in Mongolia there are 81 Catholic missionaries from 22 different countries and 13 Congregations including the  Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Starting from zero in 1992, the number of Catholics has reached over 800 baptised. And even though so far there has been no formal vocations ministry in a church too young for this, two young Mongolians are studying for the priesthood in Daejong.