– Fr Leonard E Dollentas Twice, I have visited the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, in Spain. The first was with a group of pilgrims, and it was brief with just few souvenir photos at the sight. The second…
Day: August 3, 2018
NOT MUSIC BUT PRAYER – Blessed Paul VI, Gregorian chant and the snuffed candle
– Aurelio Porfiri In the years of the post-conciliar period, one of the themes that most occupied the polemicists’ pens was that of the loss of Gregorian chant. This repertoire that the Church recognizes as its own had been ousted…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (77) – Aokpe, Nigeria
The devotees of Our Lady understandably are drawn to any important Marian apparition and here we refer to events unfolding in Nigeria under the title Mediatrix of All Graces. Father John Beirne, CSSp who is the spiritual director of the…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis JINOTEGA, NICARAGUA TWO CHURCHES DESECRATED IN NICARAGUAN DIOCESE (ACI Prensa) Two churches in the Diocese of Jinotega in northern Nicaragua have been desecrated in the past week, amid rising tensions between the Church and the government of…
GOVERNMENT-ALIGNED BISHOPS RELEASE ‘SINICIZATION’ PLAN
AsiaNews – BEIJING, CHINA (Crux) Continuing a controversial plan, Chinese bishops allied with the government have told dioceses to prepare local versions of a “Sinicization” program to bring the Catholic Church more in line with the government’s understanding of Chinese…
AOL CULINARY COMPETITION FOR GIRLS HELD IN MACAU
Art of Living (AOL) Macau Season 1, held its Final Competition on Culinary Arts for girls aged 9 to 14 years old, in two stages: last July 14 in Wahn Tihng Centre: cooking an Indian dish (Chicken Tandoori), and last…
ENROLLMENTS ARE OPEN – English Catechism For Children At Macau Cathedral
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira Enrollments for English catechism classes for children at the Cathedral Parish Office are open until August 26. Children applicants should be 7 years old, and above. It is mandatory they haven’t yet received the 1st Holy…
EDUCATION NEEDS BIG CHANGE, STARTING FROM KINDERGARTEN – Saint Paul School Principal Fr Alejandro Salcedo Garcia, OP
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira Fr Alejandro Garcia is about to step down as Principal of Saint Paul School. Speaking to O CLARIM, he shares his experience in an institution that has been adopting new methods of teaching. Reducing frequency of…
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (5) – Too many people?
– Fausto Gomez OP With the regulation of birth and responsible parenthood, other two related themes are overpopulation and poverty that we reflect upon in this last piece on the Encyclical letter Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI.