Edith Stein, today’s saint’s given name, was a highly cultured European intellectual. She obtained a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude from a German university after being accepted as a student by a renowned philosopher. She mastered numerous languages and…
– Anastasios A great defender of Catholic orthodoxy was Saint Maximus the Confessor (579/80-662). He was born in Constantinople from a rich family. And even if he was very well regarded since his youth by the emperor himself, he was…
– Aurelio Porfiri We were able in the previous issue to identify Luigi Antinori from Nocera with the Luigi Antinori that was active in Macau. Do we have conclusive evidence for this? Not really, but the documents that we were…
– Anastasios As we might guess from the sobriquet that was given to him, Sinaita, this seventh-century monk and writer lived in the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai. We don’t know much about his life, but we know…
– Rev José Mario O Mandía PROCESSION OF THE WORD Last time we have seen how Saint Thomas explains that there are two processions in God: “the procession of the Word” and “the procession of love” (S Th I q…
LUKE 12:13-21 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Macau One day Jesus was chosen as mediator to solve a family feud. Despite some bickering between brothers, in general, they love each other. Until when? Until the day they talk…
– Don Enrico Finotti Which is the most suitable itinerary for the Christian initiation of children already baptized, and which is the most suitable moment for the first Communion and Confirmation? It is necessary to reiterate the difference between the…
Peter Julian Eymard was born on February 4, 1811 in La Mure, France. He grew up in a poor family after the French Revolution, at a time when Catholicism was not looked upon kindly.
【圖片說明】Image of St John Maria Vianney at the Se Cathedral Church in Macau – Miguel Augusto (*) This year, the liturgical feast of St John Mary Vianney, known as Cure d’Ars (‘Cure’ means ‘Parish Priest’), is celebrated on Sunday, the…
– Carlos M. Frota Surprisingly, the conference room was packed with students, listening in absolute silence to what Professor Stevenson was saying. The subject was uncommon, almost alien, to the universe of students’ immediate interests: “Wisdom and memory , a…
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