Caritas: A safe haven for migrant workers once again

Since the government mandated the partial confinement of Macauโ€™s population almost one month ago, Caritas has received around five hundred requests for immediate food assistance. Although non-resident workers facing hunger and food insecurity were responsible for most of the requests, the organization also lent a helping hand to local residents who lost their jobs during the Covid-19 downturn.

Pope Francis ends โ€˜penitential pilgrimageโ€™ to Canada with message of healing, reconciliation and hope

During his six-day trip to Canada, the Holy Father apologized for the โ€œevilโ€ of church personnel who worked on Canadaโ€™s infamous residential schools and the โ€œcatastrophicโ€ effect the school system had on indigenous families. The Supreme Pontiff asked the indigenous community to restore its relationship with Catholicism, but without negating the past.

30 students from Mainland China to pursue graduate programs at USJ

Starting from September, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) will enroll thirty students from the People’s Republic of China, adding to the four that were already integrated in the second semester last year. The students, who completed their academic path at the University in May, were left without a graduation ceremony due to the latest, long-lasting Covid-19 outbreak.

Blessed Carlo Acutisโ€™ Eucharistic Miracles exhibition to be extended

The Eucharistic Miracles of the World international exhibition will remain open to the public beyond July 31st, according to the Macau Catholic Culture Association. The exhibit, which is being held at the new facilities of the Diocesan Center, should have come to a close over the weekend, but the organizers decided to extend it due to the impact of the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

Marching On: Jesuits in Macau celebrate the closing of the Ignatian Year

The Jesuit community in Macau commemorated the end of the Ignatian Year with the celebration of a Solemn Mass. The Eucharistic celebration took place on July 31st, the feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and was presided over, albeit virtually, by Father Stephen Tong, the provincial of the Chinese province of the Society of Jesus.