Lord, I desire to love You with my whole being. Increase my love for You and allow that love to overflow into every relationship I have in life. May love be the one and only mission of my life. Jesus, I trust in You.
Month: October 2021
Parish Family Day postponed to January
The Parish Family Day, an initiative that should have taken place last Sunday, has been postponed to January 15th. The Diocese of Macau opted for a cautious approach, after the latest outbreak of Covid-19 forced schools and educational establishments to close their doors for one entire month.
A different Caritas Charity Bazaar under the pandemic
In view that Macau is impacted of Covid-19 during this period, in line with the Macau government’s prevention measures, the 52nd Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar originally scheduled to be held at Nam Van Lake on 6 -7 November 2021 shall ‘break up the whole into parts,’ whereby participating schools, associations and companies can choose to hold ‘mini-bazaar’ at their own premises on another date at their own discretion to support Caritas Macau. All donations from the ‘mini-bazaar’ shall be transferred to Caritas Macau to support the disadvantaged and welfare of people in need.
From prison to stardom to faith
“The first thing I do when I start my day is I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God,” Wahlberg said. “If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I’m doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way.”
“Without passion, there can be no mission”
Adelino Ascenso, Superior General of the Good News Missionary Society, was already a man on a mission long before he dedicated his life to God. The Portuguese priest decided to take the path to the priesthood after the age of thirty, an epiphany that came to him when he was a guest in a Tibetan monastery in Nepal. An artist converted into a soldier of God, the current helmsman of the Good News Missionary Society strode across Asia and Latin America driven by the same restlessness that led him to devote the rest of his life to missionary work. Father Adelino Ascenso in his own words.
CHANCERY NOTICE All Souls’ Day
CN/32/036/2021 Chancery Notice ALL SOULS DAY (2rd November 2021, Tuesday) A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful who fulfill the conditions (either on the same day that the indulgenced work is performed,…
Dominican Father Bonifacio Solis dies at 76
Under his leadership, Macau and Hong Kong gained center stage in the East Asian evangelization efforts made by the Order of Preachers. He was the first Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of Our Lady of the Rosary to make a canonical visit to China after the end of the Pacific War. Father Bonifacio Garcia Solis died last Saturday in his native Spain, aged 76.
IN MEMORIAM Rev. Fr. Bonifacio Garcia Solis OP
Rev. Fr. Bonifacio Garcia Solis OP was born on June 19, 1945 at Santibáñez de Murias-Aller, Asturias, Spain and died on October 23, 2021 at Oviedo, Spain. A son of Our Lady of Rosary Province, Order of Preachers.
Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn: mission of “turning suffering to joy”
At a young age, after his first communion, Marcel asked God for two graces: purity, so that he could love God with all his heart, and that of giving all men and women a perfect and rock solid faith.
Passion of Christ sequel scheduled for 2022
The film is part of the continuity of the cinematographic work of the director of “The Passion of Christ” which was released in theatres in 2004 and won the hearts of Christians around the world.