Marco Carvalho Celebration, but also exaltation and renewal. The Ignatian Jubilee is being celebrated by the Society of Jesus in many different ways, but the Macau Ricci Institute is focusing on contemplation and spiritual transformation to recall the process of…
Day: July 16, 2021
Jesuits promote task force to discuss “Laudato Si”
The Society of Jesus has created a new group to discuss and spread the core message of the Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si”. Environmental concerns are one of the four great spiritual orientations that guide the celebrations of the Ignatian Year,…
JULY 16 – LITURGICAL FEAST OF OUR LADY OF CARMEL – In Macau, another year of “confined” celebrations
António dos Santos Today, July 16th, the Church celebrates the liturgical Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. In Macau, the Catholic community held the novena that ended yesterday, as it happens in other years. Our Lady of Carmel church in…
SAINT ROCH – Macau celebrates its protector from the pandemic
The parish of St Lazarus celebrated Saint Roch (S. Roque) last Sunday, 11 July, with a Solemn Mass and a procession. Though the official feast of the saint is on August 16, Macau celebrates it on a different day.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Healthcare for all is essential service”
(Vatican News) From the balcony of his tenth-floor hospital window, Pope Francis greets crowds gathered below for the Sunday Angelus, broadcast live around the world. He thanks them for their closeness and offers his prayers for those suffering and needing…
World Day of the Elderly
Fausto Gomez OP Throughout the year, the United Nations (UN) has declared a good number of world days. The latest we have celebrated: World Earth Day on April 22, 2021. The Catholic Church, for its part, also celebrates a few…
FR. CEDRIC: “FR. STAN STILL LIVES ON, HE IS A BEACON OF HOPE”
(Vatican News) Indian Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash, a human rights and peace activist, mourns his fellow Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, who died on July 5 in Mumbai.