Thursday, September 2, 2021

Book benefits SVdP Society, among others

(Observer photo)

 By Amanda Hudson | News Editor

Kim-Doan Katrina Nguyen, MD, is Vietnamese by heritage and Catholic since childhood.

She is also a big fan of the St. Vincent de Paul Society as evidenced by her book signing in early August with SVdP as the recipient of $9 per $15 book sold.

“I was able to donate $600,” she says of that event, noting that the money was divided between the four Rockford parish conferences: St. Rita, St. James, Cathedral of St. Peter and Holy Family.

She became active with the Holy Family conference of the SVdP Society in late 2016 and serves on the conference’s fundraising team. Her family’s experiences as refugees and the support they received along the way, are part of her attraction to the society and its spirit, she says.