The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Saint Joseph Diocesan Secondary School 6 (CDSJ6), held their first National Flag Raising Ceremony on Saint Joseph Campus at 8:15am on the National Youth Day (4 May 2018).
Month: May 2018
NEW BUILDING AFTER JULY 2019 – Catholic Center Urban Development Plan Approved
Pedro Daniel Oliveira On May 9th of this year, the Macau Government approved the urban development plan concerning the Macau Diocese’s new Catholic Center. The current building is expected to be torn down in July 2019.
POLICY TOWARDS CHINA – Sinicizing Church Architecture at Macau Ricci Institute
Pedro Daniel Oliveira On June 6, the Macau Ricci Institute (MRI) is holding the lecture “Sinicizing Church Architecture in the 1920s and 1930s,” by Professor Thomas Coomans, in Saint Joseph Seminary.
LOOKING AFTER ELDERLY, MOTHERS AN FATHERS – Melco Resorts Committed To Social Welfare
Pedro Daniel Oliveira A team of 60 gaming operator Melco Resorts volunteers, consisting of adults and children, dedicated time last Sunday to the senior citizens of the Pou Tai Integrated Service Center for the Elderly, for an afternoon of games…
BOUND TO COOPERATION – Gelmac and Scout Association of Hong Kong
Photo by GELMAC Pedro Daniel Oliveira Also known as GELMac, the local Catholic “Grupo de Escuteiros Lusófonos de Macau“ (Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau) traveled on May 11-12 to Hong Kong, as part of a joint activity with the Scout…
A PILGRIM’S NOTES – “Rejoice and be glad”, Holiness made easy
Featured Image: Photo by Yingchou Han on Unsplash Fausto Gomez OP A close friend of mine, a lay person called me up some days ago to tell me joyfully: “I understood it well!” He was referring to the new Apostolic Exhortation…
APOLOGIA (18) – Does God have a will?
FEATURED IMAGE: Guilherme Stecanella at Unsplash Anastasios Objection 1: When we talk of a will, we know that this will has an end in something, in some kind of “good.” But we cannot assign to God any end, so God has…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (63) – Human life: is there an instruction manual?
FEATURED IMAGE: PublicDomainPictures at Pixabay Rev José Mario O Mandía All human beings with the use of reason are capable of knowing natural law and its demands. Moreover, for those who have accepted the faith preached by Jesus Christ, there…
WHERE EXACTLY DID JESUS’ ASCENSION TAKE PLACE? -13 May 2018 – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11, Eph 4:1-13, Mk 16:15-20 Edmond Lo According to today’s Gospel, Mark, it was in Galilee (Mk 16:7). Matthew also located the event in Galilee (Mt. 28:7, 16). Luke? Contrary to the Marcan and Matthean accounts, he put it…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (3)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Tomé Pires and Duarte Barbosa are the first to give us news of the kingdoms of Bengal populated by “people of war and of trade,” that is, warriors and merchants, highlighting the riches such as cotton,…