Truong Buu Diep Foundation

OUR MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN A PLACE FOR GLORIFYING AND PROMOTING THE CANONIZATION PROCESS OF FATHER TRUONG BUU DIEP, A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO WAS MARTYRED FOR SAVING 70 INNOCENT PEOPLE DURING THE WORLD WAR II IN VIETNAM. BECAUSE OF GOOD GRACES AND MIRACLES FATHER DIEP HAS DONE FOR MANY PRAYERS AFTER HE DIED, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN HIM AS A EFFICIENT BRIDGE TO TRANSFER THEIR PRAYERS TO GOD WHENEVER THEY HAVE TROUBLES. THEREFORE THIS PLACE HAS FACILITATED AS A TEMPLE FOR PEOPLE TO VISITING AND PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP. FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR (2020-2021), DUE TO COVID-19 WITH THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDERS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY, TBDF OFFICE CLOSED COMPLETELY FROM 03/17/2020 TO JULY 4, 2021. ALL ACTIVITIES WERE PERFORMED ONLINE (WEB SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA).

FATHER TRUONG BUU DIEP WAS BORN ON JANUARY 1, 1897 IN AN GIANG, VIETNAM. ORDAINED IN 1924, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS PAROCHIAL VICAR OF SEVERAL PARISHES. IN 1945, VIETNAM WAS TORN BY WAR, HE WAS ADVISED TO LEAVE THE AREA FOR A SAFER ONE BUT HE STATED: "I LIVE AMONG MY PARISHIONERS AND I WILL DIE AMONG THEM. I WON'T GO ANYWHERE". MAR 12, 1946, REV. TRUONG BUU DIEP WAS CAPTURED AND SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE OVER 70 PARISHIONERS OF TAC SAY PARISH. HIS BODY WAS BURIED IN THE SACRISTY OF TAC SAY CHURCH, BAC LIEU PROVINCE, SOUTH OF VIETNAM. TRUONG BUU DIEP FOUNDATION(R), ABBREVIATED AS TBDF, IS A FAITH BASE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED ON AUGUST 16, 2011 BY JOHN NGUYEN AND HOLLY PHAM, RESIDENTS IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TOWARD FATHER TRUONG BUU DIEP WHO HAD SAVED THEIR LIVES TWICE, JOHN AND HOLLY HOPE TO RETURN THE GRACE BY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING FATHER TRUONG BUU DIEP'S NAME CLOSER TO EVERYONE. THE MISSION OF TBDF IS TO HONOR FATHER TRUONG BUU DIEP. IN THIS PRESENT STAGE, THE GLORIFICATION OF FATHER DIEP IS MANIFESTED THROUGH THE TWO MAIN TASKS: FIRST, COLLECT AND SPREAD THE BLESSINGS OF FATHER DIEP THROUGH ALL FORMS OF MEDIA. SECOND, PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS IN THE NAME OF FATHER DIEP. REALIZE THE POWER OF PRAYER INTERCEDED BY FATHER DIEP, TBDF FOCUSES ON HELPING VIETNAMESE WHO KNOWS WELL ABOUT FATHER DIEP HAVING A PLACE TO VISIT WHENEVER THEY ARE UNABLE TO VISIT THEIR HOMELAND. BESIDE OPENING A PLACE TO ANYONE TO COME AND PRAY, EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, TBDF GATHERS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THE VISITORS WHO VISITED PREVIOUS MONTH AND LEFT THEIR PRAYERS ON PRAYER BOOK. THIS YEAR, DUE TO COVID LOCK-DOWN RESTRICTION, ALL MAIN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MONTHLY PRAYER SESSIONS, BLESSED STORIES RECORDS WERE DONE ONLINE ONLY.

IN ORDER TO LET PEOPLE KNOWS ABOUT FATHER DIEP, WE CONDUCT A MASSIVE MARKETING PLAN FOR MEDIA SUCH AS: 1/ RECORDING BLESSED WITNESSES WHO VOLUNTEERILY SHARE THEIR BLESSED STORIES BY PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP THEN PRODUCING WEEKLY TV SHOWS POSTED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TUMBLR, YELP, GOOGLE MY BUSINESS, LINKED IN, PINTEREST, AND TBDF WEBSITE. 2/ MAINTAINING & DEVELOPING OUR WEB SITES (WWW.TRUONGBUUDIEP.ORG AND WWW.TBDF.ORG) BOTH IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS 3/ISSUING WEEKLY NEWS AND MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS; 4/ PRINTING PORTRAITS OF FATHER DIEP IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES; ANNUAL BOOKS, BOOKLETS IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH, THOUSAND OF BROCHURES, LEAFLETS... 5/ PRODUCING CDS & DVDS ABOUT FATHER DIEP AND HIS GRACES. 6. PURCHASING WATER BOTTLES FROM COSTCO AS FREE GIFTS FOR VISITORS. ALL ABOVE ARE FREE FOR VISITORS AS WELL AS MAILING TO REQUESTED CLIENTS FROM OTHER STATES FREE OF CHARGE. AFTER PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP, MANY PEOPLE CAME BACK TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATIONS. SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE WITNESS OF FATHER DIEP'S GRACES VOLUNTARY. IN 2019, THERE WERE 109 WITNESSES OF THE GRACES AND MIRACLES OF FATHER DIEP CAME TO OUR OFFICE FOR SHARING THEIR BLESSED STORIES AND RECORDED IN TBDF STUDIO ROOM. THE DOCUMENTS WERE CAPTURED IN HD FORMAT AND SAFELY STORED IN A NETWORK ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (NAS) FOR POSTING ON 10 SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS: FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TUMBLR, YELP, GOOGLE MY BUSINESS, LINKED IN, PINTEREST, AND TBDF WEBSITE.

DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND NOT ONLY FOR QUANTITY BUT ALSO QUALITY OF TBDF PRODUCTS FOR TV SHOWS, LIVE-STREAM, ANNUAL BOOKLETS, WEEKLY NEWS, MONTHLY NEWSPAPERS, BROCHURES, LEAFLETS, PHOTOS,... TBDF HIRED PROFESSIONALS BOTH W2 AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO DO THE JOBS. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCING OVER 6000 PIECES OF NEWSLETTERS EACH MONTH AND DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE TO CLIENTS AT 50 STATES IN US, AND OVERSEAS, UPLOADING HUNDREDS PHOTOS/VIDEO CLIPS ON 10 SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS (IN ORDER TO LET PEOPLE KNOWS ABOUT FATHER DIEP, WE CONDUCT A MASSIVE MARKETING PLAN FOR MEDIA SUCH AS: 1/ RECORDING BLESSED WITNESSES WHO VOLUNTEERILY SHARE THEIR BLESSED STORIES BY PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP THEN PRODUCING WEEKLY TV SHOWS POSTED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TUMBLR, YELP, GOOGLE MY BUSINESS, LINKED IN, PINTEREST, AND TBDF WEBSITE. 2/ MAINTAINING & DEVELOPING OUR WEB SITES (WWW.TRUONGBUUDIEP.ORG AND WWW.TBDF.ORG) BOTH IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS 3/ISSUING WEEKLY NEWS AND MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS; 4/ PRINTING PORTRAITS OF FATHER DIEP IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES; ANNUAL BOOKS, BOOKLETS IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH, THOUSAND OF BROCHURES, LEAFLETS... 5/ PRODUCING CDS & DVDS ABOUT FATHER DIEP AND HIS GRACES. 6. PURCHASING WATER BOTTLES FROM COSTCO AS FREE GIFTS FOR VISITORS. ALL ABOVE ARE FREE FOR VISITORS AS WELL AS MAILING TO REQUESTED CLIENTS FROM OTHER STATES FREE OF CHARGE. AFTER PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP, MANY PEOPLE CAME BACK TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATIONS. SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE WITNESS OF FATHER DIEP'S GRACES VOLUNTARY. IN 2019, THERE WERE 109 WITNESSES OF THE GRACES AND MIRACLES OF FATHER DIEP CAME TO OUR OFFICE FOR SHARING THEIR BLESSED STORIES. SINCE 2012, A STUDIO ROOM IS ESTABLISHED INSIDE THE PREMISE TO RECORD THE STORIES SHARED BY BLESSED WITNESSES. ANYONE WHO HAS PRAYED AND GOT BLESSINGS CAN SHARE HIS/HER STORY VOLUNTARILY TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO FATHER DIEP. THOSE CLIPS THEN POSTED ON TBDF SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DOCUMENTS WERE CAPTURED IN HD FORMAT AND SAFELY STORED IN A NETWORK ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (NAS) FOR POSTING ON 10 SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS: FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TUMBLR, YELP, GOOGLE MY BUSINESS, LINKED IN, PINTEREST, AND TBDF WEBSITE). THE HIRED CONTRACTORS INPUT OVER 18,000 PRAYER CARDS ONLINE WHICH WERE SENT BY THE PRAYERS AROUND THE STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES WITHIN A YEAR, AND MAILING HUNDRED OF HOLY WATER BOTTLES TO PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY FREE OF CHARGE. TBDF STAFF ALSO IN CHARGE OF ISSUING HUNDREDS TBDF CARDS FOR VISITORS WHO WANT TO APPLY AS A MEMBER OF TBDF TO RECEIVE TBDF MATERIALS FOR FREE. THE CARD ARE FREE TO APPLY AS WELL AS NO CHARGE OF MEMBERSHIP. AS A RESULTS, CURRENTLY THERE ARE OVER 9 MILLIONS VIEWS OF THE SHOWS "FATHER DIEPS'S WITNESS OF GRACES" WITH APPROX. 29,000 SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE/TBDF CHANNEL, TOGETHER WITH OVER 12,000 FACEBOOK VIEWS OF TBDF VIDEO CLIPS MADE BY TBDF MEDIA EMPLOYEES. ESPECIALLY FOR THIS YEAR, DUE TO COVID LOCK-DOWN RESTRICTION, SUCH ONLINE ACTIVITIES WERE PERFORMED VERY EFFECTIVE.