– Carlos M. Frota Are teenagers becoming adults too early in their lives, to take action there where adults are failing? This is the starting thought guiding me in writing this commentary. The Greta Thunberg story can help answer this…
AGING WELL TODAY (3) – Treating the elderly with respect
– Fausto Gomez OP In some cultures, the elderly are generally treated with a special respect and even reverence. Likewise in the Bible. Moses says to the people: “You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old” (Lev…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (6) – Selecting music for the Ordinarium Missae
– Aurelio Porfiri It is necessary to go a little deeper into the parts of the Mass. Because the liturgical rite has so many layers and so many musical differences that we need to go into details if we want…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – The Filipino Clergy before the Advent of Maximum Illud (4)
Caceres Conciliar Seminary in Naga City – one of the earliest seminaries established in the Philippines during Spanish era that is still standing. (Photo by Fr Leonard E Dollentas.) – Fr Leonardo E Dollentas Maximum Illud is an extraordinary document…
ZABZRE (POLAND) MAYOR MARCIN BANIA – Polish, Catholic, family man
Wojciech Cydzik – ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Being Polish for the vast part of the population means being Catholic. They are not just practicing their faith but ninety per cent of them declare themselves officially as Catholic. The fact that they are…
ST JOSEPH SEMINARY WILL HOST A NEW CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY – Franz Gassner to explain resistance to Maximum Illud
– Marco Carvalho The St Joseph’s Seminary will play host next Thursday to the fifth and second to last lecture of the conference cycle which is dedicated by the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ)…
AUXILIARY BISHOP OF LJUBLJANA IN MACAU FOR THE MRI SYMPOSIUM – Contemplation sets the tone for Ricci Institute’s 20th anniversary conference
– Marco Carvalho Contemplation, mission and martyrdom. These are some of the concepts that will be discussed next Thursday and Friday, as part of the international symposium with which the Ricci Institute of Macau celebrates its 20th anniversary. The initiative,…
CATHOLIC CENTER PROJECT
After the three-month site investigation plan ended in August, the stage of demolition and hoarding that began officially on September 18 will continue until January next year.
FEAST OF ST. DANIEL COMBONI CELEBRATED AT ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Superior General Fr Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie celebrated the feast of St Daniel Comboni with other Combonian Fathers at St Joseph the Worker Parish on October 5. (Photo by Ivan Leong)
TAP SEAC SQUARE HOSTS MISSION FESTIVAL – Church with open arms to reach the younger
Photo: Ivan Leong – Marco Carvalho Thurible, boat, paten, pall, chalice, ciborium, aspergilium, custody. Their names evoke ancient mysteries and in them echoe divinity and transcendence, but more than the names, it was the splendor and extravagance of the sacred…