In response to The Extraordinary Missionary Month, announced by Pope Francis two years ago, Catholic Diocese of Macau is holding a “Missionary Festival” this coming Sunday at Tap Seac Plaza, from 11 AM to 5 PM. Through different performances and…
ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY – Bishop leads prayers for the nation
Bishop Stephen Lee led the Diocese of Macau in offering prayers for the nation on Sunday, 29 September 2019. The prayer was held with the Exposition and Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. During the Exposition, the Second Vespers of Sunday…
MACAU CHURCH HERITAGE – Our Lady, Star of the Sea “Stella Maris” on the façade of St Paul’s
– Maria Kwak (*) The 27th of September was the feast day of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, the protectress of those who sail since the early medieval period. Since the 8th century, Our Lady has been venerated with…
EMILIO ZANETTI, JESUIT AND TV PRODUCER – Our mission is to continue or to start a dialogue
– Marco Carvalho Patience, responsibility and sense of mission. A year after Beijing and the Holy See signed an agreement to normalize relations, the progress is not yet very evident, but for Emilio Zanetti a little dialogue is better than…
CHANCERY NOTICE: In response to the Mapping Show projected onto the Façade of the Ruins of St Paul’s
STATEMENT BY THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF MACAU IN RESPONSE TO THE MAPPING SHOW PROJECTED ONTO THE FAÇADE OF THE RUINS OF ST PAUL’S The Macao Government Tourism Office organised a three-day “mapping show” (from 29 September on), with projection of…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – LIFE IN CHRIST: We are called to happiness (14)
“IT IS NOT GOOD THAT THE MAN SHOULD BE ALONE” (Genesis 2:18)
TOLLE PUERUM – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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CHURCH FATHERS (73) – Cassiodorus
– Anastasios One of the most influential thinkers in the time of the final decadence of the Roman Empire was Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (485-585). He was born in southern Italy in a family that was traditionally at the service…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (49) – Does God care about us?
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía Creatures exist because God, the Supreme Being, gives them being. “God is present to his creatures’ inmost being: ‘In him we live and move and have our being’ (Acts 17:28)” (CCC 300). This does…
CIRCULAR LETTER FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MISSIONARY MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019
BM/262/2019 Macau, 12 September, 2019 Dear Parish Priests, Religious Superiors, Catholic School Principals, and Heads of Church Organisations, For the month of October 2019, the whole Church revives her missionary awareness and commitment as we commemorate the centenary of the…