– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent As in the famous old song Irish homesick writer Ralph Cunningham is “a long way to Tipperary” where he was born. Nevertheless, as he told O Clarim, Hong Kong and Asia have very much…
Month: August 2019
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – Nine-Year spiritual journey for the New Evangelization (1)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas In the midst of political confusion, corruption problems and exodus of people to other countries for greener pastures, the Philippine Church prepares to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the coming of the Christian faith in…
WE WERE WRONG
In the July 26th issue of O Clarim, we wrote that the Chinese province of the Society of Jesus has Father Stephan Rothlin as provincial. However, the current provincial is Father Stephen Chow. To those concerned we sincerely apologize for…
FEAST OF ST LAWRENCE
During the feast of St Lawrence celebrated last Sunday, 11 August, H.E. Bishop Stephen Lee presided over the Holy Mass where the incoming parish priest Father RYU Jaehyoung BMC was welcomed by outgoing parish priest Father Jojo Peter Ancheril CMF.…
MARGUERITE BAYS WILL BE RAISED TO THE ALTARS ON OCTOBER 13TH – “Christ was none other than her radiant companion of life”
– Marco Carvalho On 13th October, Switzerland will inscribe a new name in the increasingly large legion of Catholic saints. Beatified by John Paul II in 1995, Marguerite Bays – a seamstress who lived and died in the small French-speaking…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – LIFE IN CHRIST: We are called to happiness (10)
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (2) – FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY
ALLELUIA – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
ASK THE LITURGIST (35) – Catechesis on Pentecost
– Don Enrico Finotti The extension of the supplements for catechesis and the abundant anthology do not facilitate the learning of a synthesis on the different questions of faith. Is it possible to have a short catechesis that gives the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (44) – What makes the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit different from one another?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía TWO PROCESSIONS LEAD TO FOUR RELATIONS We have studied how the Son proceeds from the Father, and how the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son. We may ask: in what…
THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH – 11th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
WIS 18:6-9; HEB 11:1-2, 8-19; LK 12:32-48 – Edmond Lo www.FLL.cc In this age of atheism and materialism, many people see faith as essentially an interior attitude that is subjective, imaginative, and psychological. It is, in a word, objectively unreal…