– Marco Carvalho Founder of O Clarim and a former administrator of Taipa Island during the later years of the Portuguese dictatorship, Gastão Humberto de Barros passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 due to complications associated with…
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500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – Nine-Year spiritual journey for the New Evangelization (1)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas In the midst of political confusion, corruption problems and exodus of people to other countries for greener pastures, the Philippine Church prepares to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the coming of the Christian faith in…
WE WERE WRONG
In the July 26th issue of O Clarim, we wrote that the Chinese province of the Society of Jesus has Father Stephan Rothlin as provincial. However, the current provincial is Father Stephen Chow. To those concerned we sincerely apologize for…
FEAST OF ST LAWRENCE
During the feast of St Lawrence celebrated last Sunday, 11 August, H.E. Bishop Stephen Lee presided over the Holy Mass where the incoming parish priest Father RYU Jaehyoung BMC was welcomed by outgoing parish priest Father Jojo Peter Ancheril CMF.…
MARGUERITE BAYS WILL BE RAISED TO THE ALTARS ON OCTOBER 13TH – “Christ was none other than her radiant companion of life”
– Marco Carvalho On 13th October, Switzerland will inscribe a new name in the increasingly large legion of Catholic saints. Beatified by John Paul II in 1995, Marguerite Bays – a seamstress who lived and died in the small French-speaking…
FATHER YVES CAMUS, SJ – Vacuity is the ultimate goal so that God be all in all
– Marco Carvalho The vocation to become of service to God was felt very early in his life, but it was only in the post-War years that Yves Camus realized that the Society of Jesus was the right path for…
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH CELEBRATES ON SUNDAY – August 10, Feast Of A Martyr Deacon
– Miguel Augusto (*) The universal Church celebrates tomorrow, the 10th of August, the liturgical feast of St Lawrence, a martyr deacon of 3rd century Christianity. In Macau, the celebrations will be held at the St Lawrence Church, with everything…
MACAU PRAYS FOR HONG KONG
On July 26, Bishop Stephen Lee celebrated Mass to pray for Hong Kong. Using Pope Francis’ Encyclical Lodato Si’, he encouraged one and all to work for “the good of the common home.” Bishop Lee encouraged the faithful who turned…
CARDINAL FERNANDO FILONI – New seminary a “fruit of apostolic creativity and the desire to be a Church that goes forth”
Cardinal Fernando Filoni delivers the homily in the Mass he celebrated at the University of St Joseph during his visit to Macau in March of this year A new seminary directly depending on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples…
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES ROUND TABLE – The Sacred and the Everyday
The Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) was joined by the Renmin University of China’s School of Liberal Arts in hosting the Comparative Literature and Religious Studies round table of the XXII Congress of the…