Marjon Besteman-Horn at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O. Mandía “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness’…. So God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:26, 27). No other creature has been created…
Year: 2019
AT TIMES IT IS EASY TO LOSE ONE’S FAITH – 20th October 2019, 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Luke 18:1-8 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The readings today help us to reflect on prayer. Why are we invited to turn to him with insistence? What is the meaning of prayer? To these questions Jesus responds today…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (7) – Selecting music for the Proprium Missae
– Aurelio Porfiri In my previous chapters, I have emphasized the importance of selecting music for the liturgy with a very precise idea of what the liturgy is, not just following personal taste. Personal taste is not a good guide…
ASK THE LITURGIST (41) – Catecumenal Rites
– Enrico Finotti What catechumenal rites can be assumed in the initiation of children already baptized? It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the real Catechumens, who have not yet been baptized, from the already baptized children who still lack…
PROFESSOR ALBERT KOENIG – To discover something new is a labor of love
– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Despite the well known areas of science brought to early modern age China by Jesuit missionaries, one crucial area, water distribution technology on which agricultural economies depend, was, until recently, almost ignored. One of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (73)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In 1627, Estevão Cacela leaves for Shigatse, where he arrives in November of that year. “We decided to make this change because we think that all the favors of Lama Rupa were tricks to prevent…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Vatican City Cardinal Sarah: Ideological push in Amazon synod an ‘insult to God’ (CNA) The push by some Westerners to use the Vatican’s Amazon synod to advance their personal agendas is an insult to God…
THE SYMPOSIUM OF THE MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE ENDS TODAY – Contemplation, mission and martyrdom in debate
– Marco Carvalho The spiritual legacy of both Alfred Delp, a German Jesuit executed by the nazi regime and Watchman Nee, a Chinese evangelical leader who died in a labor camp in Anhui Province in 1972, were evoked this Thursday…
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MACAU LAUNCHED FIVE NEW BOOKS – St. Joseph’s Seminary is absolutely unavoidable in the history of education in Macau
– Marco Carvalho The Macao International Institute (IIM) launched last Tuesday – and in a single shot – five new books, two of which in cooperation with St. Joseph’s Seminary Alumni Association. A former student of the institution, José Maria…
THIS COMING SATURDAY NIGHT – Macau Diocese to hold the Eucharist at St Paul Ruins
– Jasmin Yiu In response to The Extraordinary Missionary Month, announced by Pope Francis two years ago, Catholic Diocese of Macau will celebrate the Eucharist in front of the Mater Dei Church (Ruins of St Paul) this coming Saturday, 19…