Marco Carvalho In 2012, long before the current pandemic paralyzed the world, Saint Paul School did something that no other educational institution in Macau dared to do until then: it gave up on notebooks and school manuals, got rid of…
Month: September 2020
You did what? (4)
Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: You were saying about the frequency of confession. Before the pandemic, I was in a habit of going weekly. Is there a specific recommendation of how many times we go? Is there such a thing?
USJ appoints new Vice-Rector, Professor Shu Guang Zhang
The University of Saint Joseph has announced the appointment of Professor Shu Guang Zhang as Vice Rector for External Relations and Institutional Development and Full Professor of Global Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Until August of this…
MACAU CHURCH HERITAGE – At the Seminary of St Joseph
Maria Kwak* The purpose of heritage interpretation is to provide a meaning to the community which has generated it. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy highlights the community value of the Church’s cultural heritage. It denominates cultural treasures as the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (97) – What rights and duties do Catholics have in social life?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org RIGHT AND DUTY Society has to recognize the right and obligation of Catholics to act in the political arena in accordance with their faith. If politics respects the dignity of persons, it does not mean…
From abuse of religion to abuse of freedom
Carlos M. Frota One of the negative characteristics of our times – inherited from an inglorious past – is the persistence of religious hatred, proving that we didn’t accept even today, despite all our progress, different visions of the world,…
Chancery Notice
CN/26/029/2020 Chancery Notice Pastoral Appointment Bishop Stephen LEE has made the following appointment, effective from 1st October 2020: Rev. James CHANG Woo Ho, BMC, ceases to be Assistant Chaplain to Caritas Macau. Given at the Chancery Office, Macau, 21st September…
Agreeing with the Father’s Designs
27 September 2020 – 26th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME- Year AMatthew 21:28-32 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications The parable of today’s gospel depicts three characters: a father and two sons. At the invitation of his father to go to work…
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – O Sacrum Convivium (Domenico Bartolucci)
Aurelio Porfiri Much has been read about the Council and its hermeneutics. Certainly, some interpretations of this ecumenical assembly have led to a de facto devaluation of the role and dignity of liturgical music and its importance.
“A man ahead of his time”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Sir John Pope Hennessy’s family name is internationally famous. Hennessy is the world’s most popular Cognac founded by Pope Hennessy’s fellow Irish relative. The name is famous in Hong Kong for a second reason, the grand…