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2003 Annual Meeting to 2005 Annual Meeting:
Because of personal illness of Deacon John Nguyen, the NAAPAD president, the 2004 Meeting was cancelled all together.
On June 15th, 2005 the Deacon Committee/American Bishops Committee was held in Chicago. Deacon Joseph CJ Lee attended the meeting as the president-elect for NAAPAD. He told the Committee that at the 2005 NAAPAD Annual Meeting he would start his presidency and promised the normalization of the NAAPAD.
On July 23rd, 2005 Deacon Joseph CJ Lee visited Washington, DC to have a meeting with the Korean deacons to discuss the separation of NAAPAD from the Korean Deacons Association. Deacon Joseph CJ Lee asked for their help for the Sept. 9 - 10, 2005 NAAPAD Annual Meeting. He also told them about the acceptance of Deacon William Ditewig, Executive Director of the Secretariat for the Diaconate at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, to attend future NAAPAD meetings.
Consequently NAAPAD held an Annual Meeting with Deacon Pascal Hong, the past president's cooperation.
2005 Annual Meeting for NAAPAD:
Since 2002, out of douzen ethnic groups, Vietnamese American produced the most deacons and will establish the Vietnamese American Deacons Association before the end of this year.
NAAPAD 2005 General Meeting Minutes Next Annual Meeting will be held at Los Angeles, CA in June 2006.
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