New pro-life film Unplanned challenges the pro-choice stance significantly, and emphasizes human dignity and the value of the human person at every stage of development.
Month: May 2022
University of Saint Joseph receives an astounding 25,000-volume library collection
The University of Saint Joseph has recently been enriched with a donation of more than 25,000 tomes that will serve to reinforce the newly refurbished library at the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy and help transform the institution into one of the largest centers of religious studies in East Asia.
Mary, Protectress of those in need
Mary, be her title Sancta Maria Succurre Miseris or Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help), is always our safest refuge after Christ. Her titles as a reference to the help of Christians serve to remind us how much more we must trust in Our Lady in both our temporal and spiritual needs.
Pro-Life Program to Highlight the Value of Human Life
The Macau Cardinal Newman Center of Culture and Performing Artsโ prolife fortnight includes various programs to cultivate a culture of protecting the sanctity of life, among which are an art exhibition and three round-table discussions. The initiative โ the second of its kind โ is part of the Pro-life Programme, which will run until May 23rd.
Living in the Glorious โNowโ as People of the Gospel
Jesusโ acceptance of his Passion and Death, and the subsequent Resurrection, are a call to be present in the moment, to be accepting of whatever trial or triumph we may have to face today, with a love that attempts to equal his.
Chancery Notice – Pastoral Appointment
Bishop Stephen Lee has made the following appointment, effective from 1st June 2022: Rev. Aidan Patrick Conroy, SDB, will retire from being the Chaplain to the English-speaking and Filipino faithful.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (176): Is conscience the same as feeling guilty?
An important rule to keep in mind is that a person is obliged to obey his conscience when its judgment is certain (not merely holding an opinion or is doubtful) and when it commands or prohibits (not merely allows or suggests).
Caritas in Veritate in our world today
The sacrificial love of the Cross resulted in the Resurrection for Jesus. The same applies to us in a world where love has been denigrated to the status of just an emotional experience. We need to be ready and willing to practice charity in truth at whatever cost to bring back any semblance of peace and sanity to our world.
THE MYSTERY OF OUR CONSECRATION
The greatness of a man lies not in a multitude of achievements, even in Godโs name, but in the union reached with God, traversing that difficult course especially with the theological virtue of hope. And faith buoyed by hope takes us toward the ultimate goal of charity, in comprehending the true role of Jesus as the Son of God, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our Lady of Fatima inspires devotion despite pandemic challenge
Despite the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Peopleโs Republic of China and the replacement of the traditional procession of Our Lady of Fatima with a motorcade bound for Our Lady of Penha chapel in Macau, faith abounds among the Catholic congregation. The nine-day novena to Our Lady of Fatima being celebrated in Saint Dominicโs Church since last Wednesday continues to be a sign that although times have changed, the devotion that the Blessed Virgin of Fatima inspires remains the same.