Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat The FIRST DAY of January was a “3-in-1” – we celebrated three events in one day. As the whole world welcomed the 1st of January as the year’s opening date, the Catholic Church also celebrated the 54th…
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NEW BOOK COORDINATED BY CRISTINA OSSWALD AND JOSÉ EDUARDO FRANCO – Martyrdom and massacres under the magnifying glass
Marco Carvalho A multidisciplinary work that brings together varied approaches and very different perspectives on martyrdom. This is how Cristina Osswald, a professor and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Macau, defines the book Martírios e Massacres – Fazer da…
“SPECIAL YEAR” BEGINS ON MARCH 19 AND RUNS UNTIL JUNE 2022 – Reinforcing family union
Marco Carvalho The decision, announced by Pope Francisco during the Angelus prayer on December 27th, to dedicate the current year to the family and conjugal love, took those responsible for managing family affairs within the Diocese of Macau by surprise.…
Baptisms and confirmations at St Lazarus Parish
It was a special Christmas season in the year 2020 as nineteen catechumens were baptized while nine received the Sacrament of Confirmation during the Christmas Mass on 25 December, 2020. The pandemic had affected the ordinary religious liturgies during Easter…
Carols bring Christmas cheer
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat The Loved Flock Catholic Charismatic community, together with the locals and different parishioners and ministers of St Joseph the Worker parish, sang a 15-minute medley of Christmas songs on 23 December from 8 to 9 PM in…
2020 H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
2020 H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We have experienced a very special year. The world is still responding to the impact…
CARLOS MARREIROS, ARCHITECT, TOWN PLANNER AND CULTURAL MANAGER – “Baby Jesus is central to Christmas, not Santa Claus”
Marco Carvalho A Catholic temple, flooded with light, preferably in Coloane. Amongst the professional challenges that Carlos Marreiros has not yet managed to fulfill is the conception of a Church. The architect and cultural manager tells O Clarim about the…
ADVENT RECOLLECTION 2020 – “Repentance is a manifestation of an improved and renewed life”
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat Last 6 December 2020 at the St Joseph the Worker Church (Iao Hon), the Loved Flock Catholic Charismatic Community Macau Chapter held their Advent recollection from 1 to 4 PM attended by 40 participants. The them: “Repentance…
Father Guilherme Schmid, SDB (1910-2000) and Music in Twentieth-Century Macau (2)
Jen-yen ChenGraduate Institute of MusicologyNational Taiwan University As already indicated by the foregoing discussion, Father Guilherme Schmid’s twenty-six years in Macau included activity as a conductor and a composer. His initial appointment in Macau was as an instructor in St.…
Mother’s Meal in November
More than a hundred people came to the distribution of free meals at Fatima Parish on Saturday, 14 November. The event was the third project of Mother’s Meal and organized to commemorate the World Day of the Poor which was…