The Catholic Pastoral Care for Migrants celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family, on 30th December at the Parish Hall of Our Lady of Fatima Church. A Holy Mass at 9:30 AM had commenced their celebration at St Augustine Church.…
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COMMISSION ON FAMILY AND LIFE CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR OF LOVE AND CAARADERIE
The Commission on Family and Life celebrated their first year of love and camaraderie, and as family of families on the Feast day of their patron, the Holy Family, on 30th December. To honor the Holy Family, a Triduum of…

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE OF MIGRATION – People will still continue to die in the Mediterranean
– Marco Carvalho Large-scale migration is one of the most topical issues of our time and it has also evolved to be one of strongest points of Pope Francis’ pontificate. The Holy Father weighed in on the question of migration…

Chancery Notice
CN/2/002/2019 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2019 The Catholic Church and other Churches and Ecclesial Communities will jointly celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 January to 25 January. For this year of 2019, the theme…
Requiem Mass held in honour of Bishop Michael Yeung
The diocese of Macau, led by Bishop Stephen Lee, joined the diocese of Hong Kong in praying for the soul of Bishop Michael Yeung who passed away on January 3. Macau Diocese Vicar General Pedro Chung pronounced the homily where…

FR MANUEL MACHADO – We want to understand our youth and its motivation
– Marco Carvalho The expectations of the younger generations and the celebration of the missionary dimension of the work developed by the Catholic Church are the main priorities of the Diocese of Macau for 2019. This year will also see…

FATHER JOÃO ELEUTÉRIO – “Future of the Church depends on ecclesial maturity of all its members”
Marco Carvalho A consolidated entity, but bold and active. This is the vision of the Church that Father João Eleutério nurtures. The former Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph will return to Portugal…

Chancery Notice
CN1/001/2019 Chancery Notice The Most Reverend Michael YEUNG Ming-cheung, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, has passed away at Canossa (Caritas) Hospital at 1:30p.m. on 3 January 2019, aged 73. The faithful are kindly requested to pray for the…

YOUTH FORUM – Macau Diocese kicks off three-year Year of the Youth
In order to respond to the summons of the Final Document of the Synod of Bishops, held in Rome last October, the Diocese of Macau organized a Youth Forum to kickstart its own three-year Year of the Youth. The Final…

1st Simbang Gabi at Macau Cathedral
For the first time the Simbang Gabi has also been held this year in the Macau Cathedral at 8 in the evening. Other venues for the traditional Filipino novena of Christmas Masses are St Augustine (8 PM) and St Lawrence…