Local Catholics gathered at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady on Tuesday evening for a Mass with the special intention to pray for the conclave. Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang emphasized the importance of asking God to enlighten the minds of the Cardinal electors and help them agree on a Pope that may answer the needs of our time. In His Divine Providence, God has bestowed on us Pope Leo XIV as the new shepherd of His Church.
On the fourth Sunday of Easter, this year falling on May 11, the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday and the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In many dioceses, Good Shepherd Sunday is an opportunity to pray for vocations, to encourage those who might be considering ordained or religious life, for each of us to ask ourselves whether the Lord might be calling us to do some definite service for him, but above all to thank those who have been faithful shepherds of the church. Thus, the Catholic Diocese of Macau celebrated this meaningful day with heartfelt day of gratitude for priests and religious who have reached milestones of their life of service and ministry in the church.
The final journey of Rev. Fr. Jose Fu Chun , whose death, left the Catholic Diocese of Macau in deep sorrow, was a moment of prayer and gratitude for a life dedicated to faith and service. He is remembered as one with many gifts for ministry, and a beloved priest known for his deep faith and intense desire to bring people to Christ. The beloved priest was to rest on Saturday, at St. Michael’s Cemetery, following a funeral Mass at the St. Church of São Lazaro , presided by Bishop Stephen Lee.
The Gospel of this 4th Sunday of Easter presents to us the Good Shepherd. Some people might think that this Gospel message is addressed only to priests. It would be like saying that they are shepherds and the people are their sheep. While this is true, we are all called to become pastors and shepherds. The ideal of life is not to remain like “sheep”, but to become good shepherds, according to the Heart of Jesus. Regardless of our vocation, God gives us responsibilities, and we will all have our own flock to take care of, whether in the family, at work or in society. If we reflect on chapter 10 of the Gospel of St. John, we can see that for someone to be a good shepherd, or true leader according to the evangelical model, five conditions are evident in the example of Jesus:
Habemus Papam! We have a new Pope! What great news! This past week, we mourned as God called Pope Francis back to heaven, but now God has sent us another new Pope! He is the first Pope from the United States and the first Augustinian Pope. This joy is not merely of the heart or of having a new Pope within the structure of the Church; rather, it is a spiritual, even theological, joy. Every Pope is Christ’s vicar on earth—the Father of the Catholic Church, the Father of fathers, and the Servant of all servants.
One year after the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council (CTP), Father Marc-Henry Siméon, spokesperson for the Haitian Episcopal Conference, makes a rather somber assessment of the ‘achievements’ of this body, which was supposed to free the country from the insecurity caused by the criminal gangs that have plagued the country for decades. “The state is progressively collapsing, leaving the door open to armed gangs that are expanding their area of control, especially in the capital,” he says.
𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟏.𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 “𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞” 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 “𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞,” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲,” 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Three Masses in May and as many in June. The Santa Rosa de Lima English Secondary School will host, starting from this month, a weekly Eucharist on a trial basis. With this initiative, the all-girl college aims to contribute to the spiritual growth of its students.
In a sober but joyful ceremony, hundreds of faithful gathered at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady early Tuesday evening for a Mass in memory of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang in three languages – Cantonese, Portuguese and English – attracted a large number of faithful from different backgrounds, who prayed for the Argentine pontiff’s soul and asked God to welcome him into the immensity of his love.
Former parochial vicar of both Saint Lawrence and Saint Lazarus parishes, Father José Fu Chun died on Thursday, April 24th at Conde São Januário Hospital. Born and raised in Macau, the elderly priest died at age 91, after a long-term illness.
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