Fr Leonard Dollentas Young people today – and indeed every person when they reflect on life – may ask “Can a person truly give themselves to God? Is it possible to be faithful to a vocation in Jesus Christ forever?”…
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Chancery Notice
CN/27/030/2020 Chancery Notice Bishop Stephen LEE has made public the following change of assignment, effective from 15th October 2020: Rev. James CHANG Woo Ho, BMC, will return to his home country by the arrangement of his own Religious Superior and…
PEÑAFRANCIA FESTIVAL 2020 – “Fostering Dialogue and Harmony in the Spirit of Mary’s Gentleness and Humility.”
Ross Belle Balatbat Every year, the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in the Philippines draws millions of devotees and pilgrims, but this year the traditional Peñafrancia Festival was toned down as the devotees complied with the public safety guidelines…
BASILLA SAM, DIRECTOR OF SAINT PIUS X MUSIC ACADEMY – “The Academy is a second family to me”
Marco Carvalho A new director this year and a new venue in September 2021. The next few months are expected to be rewarding for the Saint Pius X Music Academy, despite the financial challenges that it faces. Founded in 1962…
Filipino Pastoral Center celebrates Migrants’ Day
Fr Leonard Dollentas Foreign workers in Macau celebrated “Migrants’ Day” last Sunday, September 27, 2020 without much fanfare. Unlike past year celebrations with abundant merriment and cultural exhibitions, this year focused on invoking God’s intercession and comfort in the midst…
Missionaries of Charity celebrates the Feast Day of Mother Teresa
The Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity celebrated the feast day of their founder Saint Mother Teresa on the Sunday of September 6 this year at 10 am in the sisters’ community near Ilha Verde. The Mass was presided over…
A Q&A on the Macau Catholic Culture Association
Can you describe the works of ACCM? The Macau Catholic Culture Association is a non-profit organization established in July 2018. The chairman is Bishop Stephen Lee, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Macau. Catholicism has been in Macau for…
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF SAINT PAUL SCHOOL – “Distance learning is a solution”
Marco Carvalho In 2012, long before the current pandemic paralyzed the world, Saint Paul School did something that no other educational institution in Macau dared to do until then: it gave up on notebooks and school manuals, got rid of…
USJ appoints new Vice-Rector, Professor Shu Guang Zhang
The University of Saint Joseph has announced the appointment of Professor Shu Guang Zhang as Vice Rector for External Relations and Institutional Development and Full Professor of Global Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Until August of this…
MACAU CHURCH HERITAGE – At the Seminary of St Joseph
Maria Kwak* The purpose of heritage interpretation is to provide a meaning to the community which has generated it. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy highlights the community value of the Church’s cultural heritage. It denominates cultural treasures as the…