Sister Mary Theresa Nguyen, A.C.J., a member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a winner of the 1999 Paul VI Award for Leadership in Catholic Evangelization. Sister Mary Theresa will receive the award June 17, 1999 at the National Council for Catholic Evangelization's 16th Annual National Conference in New Orleans.

The Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a religious order of sisters dedicated to "sharing Christ's concerns for our world." Their worldwide ministry includes many pastoral, social and spiritual ministries.

Sister Mary Theresa has devoted her life to bringing Catholicism to the Cambodian community of Philadelphia. Of the thousands of Cambodians in Philadelphia, fewer than 20 are Catholic; those who are Catholic have been baptized through the efforts of Sister Mary Theresa.
She offers tutoring, recreation and religious instruction for the youth of the community, and everything from rides to the doctor to instruction on social parenting skills for the adults.

Sister Mary Theresa was nominated for the Paul VI Award for Leadership in Catholic Evangelization by Father Thomas Betz, Director of the Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

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