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A year-and-a-half to water the seeds of vocation in the Catholic Diocese of Macau
The mission is burdensome and requires everyone’s commitment. The Catholic Diocese of Macau launched late last month the Diocesan Year of Vocations with the aim of creating a favourable environment for the awakening of priestly and religious vocations. To encourage the involvement of young people in the life of the Church – Brazilian missionaries Daniel Oliveira and Rafael Vigolo claim – is essential to attract new labourers to the vineyard of the Lord.
Marian art exhibition highlights Macau’s devotion to Mary
Marian devotion sets the tone for the “Litaniae Lauretanea” art exhibition that was inaugurated last Saturday at Rua Formosa. The exhibition is one of the initiatives that the Macau Catholic Culture Association will promote until the end of the month as part of the celebrations of May, the Month of Mary.
Poems to the Divine: A different way to talk to God
A new poetry contest aimed at children that attend the Portuguese-language Sunday school classes at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady was launched last month. The initiative, mainly aimed at new methods of meditating on God’s Word, attracted more than two dozen participants.
Macau’s Vietnamese Catholic Community: In the service of God and man for 15 years
The Vietnamese Catholic Community has come a long way serving God and brethren. May 1, 2023, celebrating the patronal feast at the Fatima parish, was a fitting occasion to thank God for His blessings for the last 15 years.
O Clarim’s 75th Anniversary Heritage & Mission: “Walking Together – Communion, Participation and Media Mission”
The trilingual O Clarim has become a true beacon of synodality, using every platform possible and multiple languages to engage and evangelize in the modern world.
‘We hope to continue to bring people to God, the source of all beauty’
Vox Antiqua, the acclaimed Hong Kong-based choir, returns to Macau on May 1 to celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph with a special choral programme at two of the city’s most beautiful churches. Led by Andrew Leung, Vox Antiqua will perform William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, Gregorian chants, traditional hymns, and works by composers from around the world.
Feast of Faith & Humbleness: St. Joseph the Worker, protector of the Church and all who labor
While the parish of St Joseph the worker celebrates its patronal feast on May 1, Macau’s youngest Catholic church looks forward to the celebration of its 25th anniversary as well. To commemorate a quarter-century of pastoral work, the parish will organize, starting from October, a wide programme of initiatives and activities.
“We want refugees not only to survive, but also to thrive”
The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the People’s Republic of China, Vanno Noupech, visited Macau in late March to restore dialogue with the local authorities. Mr Noupech’s visit was the first by an official of the United Nations Refugee Agency in more than three years.
HK’s Bishop Emeritus joins seminary colleagues to celebrate Solemnity of St Joseph in Macau
Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, Cardinal John Hon Tong, presided over a Solemn Eucharist at Saint Joseph’s Church in Macau, as part of the 23rd anniversary celebration of the Saint Joseph’s Seminary Alumni Association. The ceremony was con-celebrated by three other priests, and the Church of Saint Joseph was filled with former students of the seminary from Macau and abroad.