– Marco Carvalho The eight years that Father Peter Stilwell devoted to the leadership of the University of Saint Joseph have steered the higher education institution to a path of stability, but there are still doors to be opened, Stephen…
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Chancery Notice
CN/11/011/2020 Chancery Notice Special Arrangements for Parish Liturgies from 22nd March through to Holy Week and Easter For the spiritual benefit of the faithful, and in cooperation with the community’s ongoing infection prevention measures, the Diocese is implementing the following,…
CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES – Church Issues New Precautionary Measures Against COVID-19
– Fr Leonard Dollentas It all started with a different way of imposing the ashes last Ash Wednesday: the sprinkling of the ashes on one’s head instead of the customary marking of the faithful’s forehead with them. The Catholic Bishops’…
D. STEPHEN LEE WILL HOST A GENERAL MEETING WITH THE LOCAL CLERGY – Diocese to decide about the Easter celebrations today
– Marco Carvalho The Diocese of Macau will decide this Friday how will the Easter Triduum be celebrated in the Special Administrative Region. Bishop Stephen Lee will discuss the matter with the local clergy today in a plenary session, the…
UNIVERSITIES AUTHORIZED TO REOPEN ON APRIL 1ST – USJ. E-learning will be the norm until the end of the school year
– Marco Carvalho Macau universities were granted authorization by the Government so that students can return to classrooms as early as April 1st, but the campus of the University of Saint Joseph will probably remain almost empty until the end…
NEW USJ’S HELMSMAN WILL TAKE OFFICE IN JULY – Stephen Morgan appointed as the new Rector of the University of Saint Joseph
– Marco Carvalho Deacon Stephen Morgan, who has held the position of dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies at the University of Saint Joseph since September 2018, will succeed Father Peter Stilwell in the directorship of Macau’s Catholic university.…
EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEKEND – GELMac cancels Spring Camp
– Marco Carvalho One initiative canceled and three others on the tightrope. The new coronavirus outbreak has forced the Lusophone Scout Group of Macau (GELMac) to cancel one of the main events of the year, but the spring camp is…
CATHEDRAL CHURCH REOPENED ITS DOOR LAST MONDAY – The Christian experience is strengthened by contagion
– Marco Carvalho To live by faith, but with great caution. The new coronavirus outbreak is forcing both priests and faithful to relearn how they exercise their beliefs and how they experience the Catholic rituals. About half a hundred faithful…
TAMING THE TONGUE IN LENT
– Fr Leonard Dollentas When we were children, we were told that the Lenten season is the season of giving up something as our share of sacrifice for Jesus who died on the Cross. Oftentimes, we gave up a favorite…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/9/009/2020 Guidelines on Partial Reopening of Parish Churches Considering the latest development of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Macau, the Diocese has decided to partially reopen parish churches from 7th March 2020 with the following guidelines: