The Sisters of Charity Mission celebrated Mother St Teresa’s Day on Sunday, September 5, at 10:00 am. As always, families and seniors were invited to join the Sunday Mass.
Month: September 2021
‘Window to heaven’ greets parishioners at renovated Macau Cathedral
The Cathedral Parish of the Nativity of our Lady opened its doors for the first time after months of renovations for the 6:00 pm Mass on Saturday, September 4, giving parishioners their first glimpse of its newly renovated interiors.
“Born so that God could be born from her”
The Universal Church celebrates the Nativity of Mary on September 8th. Tradition says that the Virgin was born in Jerusalem, near the pool of Bethesda, where a crypt under the church of St Anne is currently venerated as the birthplace of Our Lady. The Feast of the Nativity is celebrated nine months after the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th).
Missionaries From Macau to the World – Saint Lazarus Island (59)
In the middle of the 18th century, during their territorial progression to the east, the Russians, upon reaching the strait that separates Siberia from Alaska, decided to go further and explore the northern region of the Pacific.
Pilgrimage Service Association organizes half-day activity
Unfazed by, or perhaps because of, the pandemic, participants are not lacking in local pilgrimages.
Macau Diocesan Commission for Life organizes “Environmental Talk and Recycling Campaign”
Following the spirit of “Laudato Si'” the Commission will hold a “Seminar on Environmental Protection and Recycling Action” to deepen our understanding of waste reduction at source and recycling, so that one can practice environmental protection more effectively.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (142) – Why is it said that the Church is a “field hospital for sinners”?
We Catholics know we are sinners. We believe that the Catholic Church has the means to forgive our sins. A faithful Catholic seeks forgiveness and healing. A faithful Catholic goes to confession.
Cathedral Parish relaunches catechesis for preschool children
First in Taipa, then in Macau. The local Catholic communities are priming themselves for a new catechetical cycle. The new year begins a week apart in the two parishes. The Parish of Our Lady of Carmel, in Taipa, marks the beginning of the new catechetical year with the feast of the Holy Childhood. In the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady, the new cycle will start a week later, with fewer catechists and something fresh: the rehabilitation of catechesis for preschool children.
A biblical marathon during quarantine
How to survive more than a month of strict confinement periods in hotel rooms without losing your mind? Sister Bernadette Kim found her very own solution. The South Korean nun read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation during the 35 days she spent under quarantine earlier this year.
Refugees’ safety – Pope talking with Taliban
According to the Italian newspaper Il Tempo, Pope Francis has recently been “negotiating with the Taliban through Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to open humanitarian corridors that would allow the thousands of refugees in Afghanistan to flee safely.”