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had faith in the Lord and the conviction that their two fathers intercede for their
“daughters” and the Congregation they had founded..., that they had certainly
prayed so that their “Daughters” fight good battles to stay faithful to the God of
their hearts, and to the charism of the Congregation they founded.

Process of Writing the Rules of Life (the Constitution)

On 9/16/1921 Msgr. Eugene Marie Joseph Allys the Founder and Rev. Chabanon
as Father Superior, paid a visit to the Congregation. Rev. Chabanon called up
Sr. Ane Thay and gave her a draft of the Rules of Life and promissed to explain
them little by little. Msgr. Allys the Founder kept recommending the Sisters to
put them into practice and learn to love them, as The Rules of Life is the Sisters’
Teacher.
On 8/07/1922, Rev. Chabanon nominated Sister Agathe Luong Thi Thuong to be
Sister Superior, although she was only 23 years of age, and had not yet made her
Temporary Vows. He gave her the Completed Rules of Life that he just finished
writing. He had not only completed them, but also had himself handwritten
them and added the explanation part to it. The Sisters were very happy to have
received it.
Father Paul Le Van Dau, Superior of the Congregation from 1948 to 1958,
after having studied and researched for many years on The First Rules of Life,
the Spirituality, the Charism and the Mission of the Congregation, had finished
preparing a Constitution Book, a Bye-Law Book (internal regulations), and a Book
on Customs and Practices ... On Decemver 08,1956, Msgr. Urrutia Thi, Bishop
of the Diocese of Hue, gave the Congregation the permission to live by the
Constitution on a trial basis.
The Vatican Council II, closing in 1965, a driving force of the Holy Spirit, strongly hit
the door of all the Congregations. The Daughters of Mary Immaculate Congregation
also, having been shaken at its roots, had committed itself to the task of rewriting
its Constitution (later called The Rules of Life). This enterprise had spread over 28
years with 11 conference meetings of the Committee in charge. It started in 1969
under the Office of the General Superior Sr. Mary Claudia Cong Tang Ton Nu Thi
Luyen, continued to shape with Sr. General Superior Mary Gonzague Do Thi Tung,
and was completed under Sister General Superior Marie Cephas Tran Thi Diep in
1997. The Congregation has been deeply grateful to have had excellent experts
to help us on this difficult task. They were : bishop Bartholomew Nguyen Son
Lam, Fr. Tran Tu Nhan, Superior of the Redemptorists, Brother Lucien Hoang Gia
Quang, Dirctector of the Scholastic Division of the Brothers of Catholic Schools
in Vietnam, Fr.Vuong Dinh Bich of The Virgin Mary Mother of the Poor “La Vierge
Des Pauvres” and Father Vuong Dinh Khoi, Provincial Superior of the Franciscans
in Vietnam.
On 02/02/1997 , feast of the Presentation of Jesus into the Temple, Archbishop
Stephan Nguyen Nhu The, then Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of

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