The Macau Ricci Institute has invited Hong Kong’s practical theologian Christine Lai to explain next Wednesday why integrity and sustainability go hand in hand in terms of good business practices.
Lai is the guest speaker at a digital forum that is the first of two initiatives to advance a better understanding of the values that the recently-instituted Deignan Award for Responsible Entrepreneurship will reward.
It is one of the most popular summer camps in Macau and it will take place once again at Saint Joseph the Worker’s Parish, in Hac Sa Wan. The summer activities program promoted by the Catholic Diocese of Macau is one of several endeavors of a pastoral nature that the Special Administrative Region’s youngest Church will nurture in the coming months.
Mary’s special month was even more so with the celebration of Flores de Mayo after the span of the pandemic. It was a beautiful occasion honouring Our Lady and facilitating the bonding of Filipinos.
Caritas Macau was one of eight associations and organizations recruited by the government to help with the vaccination drive aimed at senior citizens. To boost vaccination rates, the Macau Foundation grants a 250 pataca voucher to residents over 65 who have already received two shots of the Covid-19 jab. The Secretary General of Caritas claims that money is not, however, the reason why an increasing number of elderly are choosing to get vaccinated.
The University of Saint Joseph will launch on Monday its first digital platform aimed at Portuguese language learners. Christened Português à Vista, or Portuguese in Sight, it aspires to be a valuable resource for students studying Portuguese as a second language. Made in Macau and for Macau, the platform does not dismiss the importance of the Portuguese-speaking world.
As children of God, we have the power of interceding for ourselves and others to have our needs met by God. This power of intercession has been harnessed exceedingly well by the Associação Piedosa do Escapulário do Carmo on the Taipa Island, already having prayed for the intentions of about 140 people.
The Macau subsidiary of the Claretian Publications will publish, starting from next year, the Portuguese version of Children’s Daily Word. The book will be sold in Macau and distributed in several other Portuguese-speaking regions.
Children who will be receiving First Holy Communion had their maiden experience of the soul-cleansing sacrament of Confession. The sacrament, which was also administered to confirmands, should be one that every Catholic frequents regularly in order to grow spiritually.
Caritas Macau has the responsibility of a new short-term food assistance program devised by the government to aid unemployed Macau residents who have exhausted all other support modalities. Applications opened this week.
The Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau commemorated its 25th anniversary on May 11th. A quarter of a century after it was founded, GELMac remains faithful to its Catholic matrix and to the objectives of fostering personal development and shaping future generations.
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