– Fr Leonard E Dollentas It was the Sunday after Christmas at St Mary’s Church. Father John was in his usual morning routine of looking around the church. When he went inside the church, he glanced towards the altar and…
Year: 2018
SAINT PAUL VI (3) – Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The role of the Social Doctrine of the Church is to shed the light of the Gospel with the help of reason on the relevant social problems of the times. The huge chasm between rich and…
MUSIC AS AN EVANGELIZING SOURCE, PLACE OF WORSHIP AND PRAYER – Hymns of praise
PHOTO CAPTION: In Macau, the Social Communication Centre of the Diocese (Centro Diocesano dos Meios de Comunicação Social) held its first Catholic Cantonese Sacred Song Composition Contest this year. The awarding ceremony was held last Saturday 24 November. There were 18…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH IAN JOHNSON ON THE RETURN OF RELIGION AFTER MAO – The souls of China
– Aurelio Porfiri The topic of China and religion has been very much in the news in recent months, also thanks to the developments in relations between the same China and the Holy See. There are many voices commenting on…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (92) – Steinfeld, Germany
“Little Herman from his earliest years, manifested a most tender devotion to the Mother of God, and almost as soon as he could speak, he begged his mother to teach him how to honor her. His parents were very poor,…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis KETAPANG IN A WEEK, CATHOLICS CELEBRATED 20 ORDINATIONS IN LAMPUNG, CENTRAL JAVA AND KALIMANTAN (AsiaNews) In just one week, the Catholic Church of Indonesia celebrated 20 priestly ordinations: five in Tanjung Karang (Lampung), 12 in Yogyakarta (province…
A SPIRITUAL RETREAT IN HONG KONG – Learn to see and appreciate beauty
PHOTO BY: Angela Chong – Angela Chong I was in Hong Kong attending a spiritual retreat organized by the Macau Biblical Association over the past weekend. Prior to that, we had been assigned a few paragraphs in Pope Francis’ Encyclical…
FAMILY AND FAITH – Never Doubt God’s Love
– Fr Rodrigo Lynce de Faria The biggest difference between humans and animals is that a human being is not “something” but “someone”: he has the dignity of being a human person. This means that a human being is capable…
COUPLES FOR CHRIST – Growth in the Mainland
– Danilo Ngo Couples for Christ (CFC) Macau was very glad to host the 5th CFC China Chapter Leaders Training and Council Training at Choc Van Conference Center last October 2018. The China leaders from Manila and different provinces of…
CANTATA MACAU 2018
The third edition of the International Choir Festival of Macau (MIC) known as Cantata Macau 2018 is at hand. This year the event will be held from December 6 to 9. In the past the Festival has been able to…