Unfazed by, or perhaps because of, the pandemic, participants are not lacking in local pilgrimages.
Macau Diocesan Commission for Life organizes “Environmental Talk and Recycling Campaign”
Following the spirit of “Laudato Si'” the Commission will hold a “Seminar on Environmental Protection and Recycling Action” to deepen our understanding of waste reduction at source and recycling, so that one can practice environmental protection more effectively.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (142) – Why is it said that the Church is a “field hospital for sinners”?
We Catholics know we are sinners. We believe that the Catholic Church has the means to forgive our sins. A faithful Catholic seeks forgiveness and healing. A faithful Catholic goes to confession.
Cathedral Parish relaunches catechesis for preschool children
First in Taipa, then in Macau. The local Catholic communities are priming themselves for a new catechetical cycle. The new year begins a week apart in the two parishes. The Parish of Our Lady of Carmel, in Taipa, marks the beginning of the new catechetical year with the feast of the Holy Childhood. In the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady, the new cycle will start a week later, with fewer catechists and something fresh: the rehabilitation of catechesis for preschool children.
A biblical marathon during quarantine
How to survive more than a month of strict confinement periods in hotel rooms without losing your mind? Sister Bernadette Kim found her very own solution. The South Korean nun read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation during the 35 days she spent under quarantine earlier this year.
Refugees’ safety – Pope talking with Taliban
According to the Italian newspaper Il Tempo, Pope Francis has recently been “negotiating with the Taliban through Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to open humanitarian corridors that would allow the thousands of refugees in Afghanistan to flee safely.”
Macau Cathedral to reopen with fresh face and renewed mission
With a clean facade and a new ceiling, but without the pipe organ that a benefactor offered the Diocese of Macau. The Macau Cathedral will welcome the faithful once again starting Saturday, eleven months after it closed its doors to be submitted to renovation works. A Solemn Mass in Cantonese and Portuguese, this Saturday afternoon, will kick off the celebrations of the Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lady, the Cathedral’s parish feast.
Lone priest, 14 disabled kids, 5 nuns escape Kabul
Fr Giovanni Scalese, the only priest in Afghanistan, so far, succeeded in escaping from the Taliban, bringing five nuns and 14 disabled children that they had been taking care of.
Are you happy?
Are you happy? Am I happy? The journey of life goes forward only with steps of love: love of all neighbours, especially the poor and marginalized neighbours, love of creation, and radically and ultimately love of God – with the very love of God in our hearts: “Thou hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee” (St Augustine, Confessions).
Tridentine Mass
Why the Mass known as “of St. Pius V” facilitates the correspondence of the faithful to the Mystery and is responsive to Catholic truth.