Luke 14:25-33 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Jesus makes three very hard requests that end with the same severe refrain: cannot be my disciple! Luke wants to address these words of Jesus to the many converts of…
SAINT MONICA – Patron saint of mothers
– Tej Francis Saint Monica is a patron saint for mothers and wives. She was an exemplary woman who never gave up hope and her faith in God among all tribulations in her family life. If there are mothers out…
AGING WELL TODAY – Meaning of old age (1)
[照片來源] Thang Phan at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Hereafter. I wish to reflect on aging and old age today. I started to be concerned about aging and the elderly when I was a young adult. At about 42 years…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS – What the Church teaches about choirs (1)
– Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, there has been a very big debate about the role of choirs in Catholic liturgy. Some people, even within the ranks of the clergy, assumed that choirs were an impediment to the participation of…
REV. CARLOS ALBERTO MALÁSQUEZ QUISPE MCCJ INSTALLED AS PARISH PRIEST OF ST JOSEPH THE WORKER
On August 28, H.E. Bishop Stephen Lee officially installed Rev. Carlos Alberto Malásquez Quispe MCCJ as parish priest of St Joseph the Worker Parish, substituting Rev. Manuel António Silva Machado, MCCJ. Likewise, Rev. Valnei Pedro Reghelin, MCCJ, took over the…
FIRST POPE FROM POLAND – The elixir of eternal life
– José Maria C.S. André It is quite simple: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:54). Thanks to an unlikely Pope, these words of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (67)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In the course of their investigations into the mythical kingdom of Cataio, which they had so far failed to identify, the Jesuits João Cabral and Estevão Cacela would hear of another mysterious kingdom named Xembala,…
CELEBRATING THE FIRST EVER EUCHARIST IN THE PHILIPPINES – President Duterte declares ‘First Mass Day’ holiday in Southern Leyte
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia leads the 498th anniversary of the first Mass in Limasawa Island on March 31, 2019. Photo from the Diocese of Maasin (CBCP News) President Rodrigo Duterte has made the first Mass held in the Philippines…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – The Beginning of Christianity in the Philippines (2)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas Some years ago the US-based Pew Research Center conducted its “Global Christianity” study, to determine the size and extent of the world’s Christian population. With its research center in Washington, DC in the United States,…
NIGERIA – President calls for an end to conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun
(Agenzia Fides) “The murder of the Catholic priest highlights the urgency of addressing this embarrassing and persistent conflict. On behalf of the federal government and the entire people of the Country, I offer my condolences to the Catholic community, the…