– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Cabral says, in his letter entitled Relation of the Mission of the Kingdom of Utsang, head of the Potent, that, since their arrival, the king of Central Tibet treated them with great consideration, an attitude…
Month: November 2019
MACAU CHURCH HERITAGE – Church of St Augustine
– Maria Kwak It was the first of November, 1586 when the Augustinians first arrived in Macau. Macau was then a Portuguese colony, governed by the Spanish Empire’s Felipe II (r. 1581-1598). The Spanish Friar, Francisco Manrique (d. 1588) with…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/25/028/2019 Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang, Bishop of Macau, announces the appointment for the next three years the members of the Diocesan Building Commission, effective on 1 November 2019: President: Bishop Stephen Lee
CENTER FOR PASTORAL CARE OF FILIPINO MIGRANTS – “Living Rosary” caps month dedicated to Blessed Virgin
– Ross Belle Balatbat The Center for Pastoral Care of Filipino Migrants organized the “Living Rosary” on Sunday, October 27 after the 4:30 PM Mass at Saint Augustine Church. This was their culminating activity for the month of October, the…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/24/027/2019 Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang, Bishop of Macau, announces the appointment for the next three years the members of the Diocesan Commission for Catechetical Formation, effective on 1 November 2019: President: Bishop Stephen Lee Members: Fr. Cyril Jerome Law…
VÍTOR TEIXEIRA, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF USJ – Spirituality is part of what makes us human
– Marco Carvalho The University of Saint Joseph hosted last week the first of a series of lectures about the importance of the human factor in social services. The initiative, promoted by the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University…
DOMINUS DABIT BENIGNITATEM – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
CHURCH FATHERS (78) – Saint Gregory the Great
– Anastasios There are not many popes that are called “the Great.” Probably the most famous of them is Saint Gregory (540-604). He came from a very important family, the gens anicia, a family that gave the Church great names…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (54) – What causes moral evil?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía Aside from physical evil, there is moral evil or sin. Sin arose from the free decision of those creatures with intellect and will: angels and men. The CCC (no 311) teaches us: “Angels and…