Priest Profile

JOSEPH LUAN NGUYEN

PASTOR, OUR LADY OF LA VANG CHURCH, SANTA ANA

11/5/2014

Age: 53

Years in the priesthood: 24

Favorite book: “The Road of Hope,” Cardinal Thuan Nguyen

Favorite travel destinations: The Holy Land, Rome, Vietnam

Favorite pastimes:   Reading, jogging, going out to movies

His role in the church: “My role is to be a shepherd and to reach out and to help God’s people understand how to love the Lord more intimately, to serve others, and to empower them to do ministry in the Church.”

Favorite scripture: John 10:14 – “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me.”