The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus are scheduled to hold a Mass on October 10 (Wednesday) at 7:30 PM in the St Joseph the Worker Church to celebrate their founder Saint Daniel Comboni. All our brothers and sisters…
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CHURCH FATHERS (28) – Saint Ephrem the Syrian
– Anastasios Ephrem the Syrian (306-373) was an important writer, hymnographer and theologian in the IV century. We know very little about his early years and the information we have are somehow in contradiction. We know that the Bishop of…
A PILGRIM’S NOTES – The need for listening
– Fausto Gomez OP Some years ago, I was invited to reflect with the Australian Dominican Family on justice and peace in Dominican tradition and today. We closed our encounters with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. At the offertory,…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (84) – Lipa, Philippines
Teresita Castillo was 21 years old when she fled her prominent home and followed her secret desire to become a Carmelite novice on July 4, 1948. Within one month of her arrival into the convent, on July 31, 1948, satan…
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ROME, ITALY FRANCIS CALLS FOR ‘PERMANENT CATECHUMENATE’ FOR MARRIED COUPLES (CNA/EWTN News) Pope Francis has stressed the need for ongoing formation for couples, before and after marriage, saying that even the basic teachings of the Church “could not be taken…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER COLUMBA KELLY – Study, pray, then compose
– Aurelio Porfiri The repertoire that par excellence represents the high point of a cappella music is Gregorian chant. Generation of singers, monks and laypeople, have sung these beautiful monophonic melodies, trying to attune their heart to the movement of…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/9/018/2018 Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang would like to announce the following: 1. Earthquake in Sulawesi (Indonesia) A few days ago, a portion of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was devastated by an earthquake and the resulting tsunami which has…
DEACON JAMES CHANG WOO HO ORDAINED TO PRIESTHOOD
Deacon James Chang Woo Ho (張宇鎬) from the Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs received the sacrament of priesthood from the hands of the Most Reverend Stephen Lee, Bishop of Macau on 29 September 2018. In his homily, Bishop…
USJ HAVE THEIR NEW SCHOOL CHAPEL BLESSED BY BISHOP STEPHEN LEE
St Joseph Diocesan College (Nos 1, 2, 3, 4) and St Joseph Diocesan College (Nos 5) had their new school chapels blessed by Bishop Stephen Lee on September 20 and September 26 respectively. In the homily of the short ceremony…
BE WITNESSES TO THE MYSTERY – Second International Congress On Catechesis
– Fr Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro, SCJ The II International Congress on Catechesis was held at the Paul VI Hall, in Rome From September 20 to 23, 2018. The event was attended by about 2,000 people, including bishops, priests,…