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…
Year: 2018
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.
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 07
Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son of God (5)
CHURCH FATHERS (24) – Lactantius
– Anastasios Just a while ago, talking about Arnobius, we were quoting Saint Jerome in saying: “Arnobius rhetor in Africa clarus habetur; qui cum Siccae ad declamandum iuvenes erudiret…” (In Africa, Arnobius the rhetor is considered important, who when he…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (74) – What about subsidiarity?
Quangpraha at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O Mandía We have previously studied two important principles that should govern social life: human dignity and the common good. These two principles lead us to two more: subsidiarity and solidarity. Today we…