Hoa Stone, former Sancta Maria Orphanage now has an amazing book called 'Heart of Stone' and does important work back in Vietnam.

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If you would like to get in contact with other adopted orphans from Sancta Maria please AVI at adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com and also see groups like Operation Reunite and Vietnamese Adoptee Network.  Some members of these groups also have archives from the orphanage they're happy to share.

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Copies of Old Newspaper Articles about war orphans or related stories are at http://www.amerasianworld.com/adoptee.php 

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 Sancta Maria Orphanage Reunion / Info from Peter Hill  (married into the Family of the Former Sancta Maria Orphanage)

PLEASE NOTE:
Peter Hill is not an adopted Vietnamese and is not in anyway involved with the work of Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) or its volunteers. AVI wishes to have its views completely independent from this individual.
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If you wish to make enquiries on what information Peter R. Hill has about the orphanage you can email him directly at:
peterhill35@yahoo.com
Peter Hill is an White Australian who is married into Vietnamese Family who are descendants of Andre` who founded the former Sancta Maria Orphanage. He has had access to the ‘Old Birth Registers at the Orphanage, which were safely preserved by Andre`. This includes records and photos of most of the former orphans and the 1,077 Birth Registrations from the 40 year old Birth Registers to CD, along with the accompanying Photos and ‘Remarks’ This CD now is set to replace the old and decaying Birth Registers and future searches by Adoptees. Hill states that the Old Sancta Maria Orphanage is now and has been for the past 30 years, a ‘Private Residence’ and that appointments need to be made rather than visiting it without notice.
 - Peter R. Hill.