CN/28/031/2020 Chancery NoticeWorld Mission Day 2020 On Sunday, 18th October, we celebrate World Mission Day with the theme “Here am I, send me” (Isaiah 6:8). The Mass “For the Evangelization of the Peoples” (in the Roman Missal) may be used…
Month: October 2020
COLLECTION TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL LATE DECEMBER – Treasure of Sacred Art closed for maintenance
Marco Carvalho It first opened to the public four years ago, but not many Macau residents know about it. The Treasure of Sacred Art of Saint Joseph’s Seminary closed its doors at the end of September for maintenance work. The…
October, month of the Holy Rosary
Danilo Perez Ngo The extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion of the English community at the Se Cathedral led the Holy Rosary on the first Sunday, October 4, 2020.
POPE FRANCIS’ THIRD ENCYCLICAL – “FRATELLI TUTTI”: A CALL TO DISRUPT OUR LIVES AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORLD
(Vatican News) Fratelli tutti is “a devastating challenge to our ecological, political, economic and social life”, but above all, it is the “proclamation of an ineradicable, joyful truth, presented as a well-spring for a fatigued world.”
Feast of St Daniele Comboni
Jasmin Yiu The Combonian Fathers celebrated the Feast of St Daniele Comboni, the founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, last Saturday evening at St Joseph the Worker’s Church.
AUSTRALIAN, FRENCH THEOLOGIANS AWARDED RATZINGER PRIZE
(Aleteia) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has at least five important qualities or gifts that ensures that he continues to be an important voice in Catholic thought, said a theologian who was awarded a prize named for the German pontiff and…
VIETNAM ARCHDIOCESE PUTS FOCUS ON EVANGELIZATION
(UCAN News) An archdiocese in central Vietnam has urged local Catholics to follow their ancestors to spread Catholicism and build facilities in areas that were destroyed by wars Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh presided at a special Mass concluding the…
NUN HONORED BY TIME MAGAZINE SAYS POLITICS SHOULD SERVE PEOPLE, NOT PARTY INTERESTS
(Crux) Sister Norma Pimentel, who recently made it on this years’ Time 100 Most Influential People list for her work on the U.S.-Mexico border, has lamented the politicization of the immigration issue, insisting that politics should serve people, not partisan…
The Image of God Engraved on You
18 October 2020 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 22:15-21 Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications Every Roman coin had images of the emperor. Graven images amount to idolatry and are prohibited by their law. Using the money of…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (19)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Contrary to what happens with other Asian countries, the Portuguese contribution to the knowledge of the geography and cultural and ethno-anthropological characteristics of the Philippines and its diverse inhabitants has been largely ignored.