To celebrate the official opening of the Macao Catholic Culture Association’s (ACCM) brand-new office at Rua Formosa, the association has specially invited Mr. António Leong of Antonius Photoscript, National Geographic Photo Contest Winner, to jointly present the “Discovering Everyday Beauty” Photo Exhibition. The opening ceremony was held on July 2, at 3PM, at the brand-new office of ACCM, and was officiated by the Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Ms. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes; the President of the Culture Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Ms. Mok Ian Ian; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Macao, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang; Mr. António Leong, and other prestige guests.
Beauty creates communion. It unites onlookers from a distance, uniting past, present and future. Every expression of true beauty can thus be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus, “for from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator” (Wisdom 13:5).
The “Discovering Everyday Beauty” Photo Exhibition runs from July 2 to September 30, 2021, showcasing a new set of photos each month for three months, including The Chapel of Our Lady of Penha, the St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church and the St. Lawrence’s Church taken by Mr. António Leong. The photographs illustrate the integration of Catholicism with local culture over the past centuries. To further extend this experience, there will be two “Discovering Everyday Beauty” Photography Workshops in July and August, guided by Mr. António Leong, to visit different Catholic Churches in Macao, exchanging photography experience, discovering the beauty in our daily life through the uniqueness of Macao’s culture harmonized with Catholicism.
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