Being the favorite saint of the Portuguese, Saint Anthony (1195-1231) was the patron saint of Macau until the 17th century. Especially popular among the navigators, the first Catholic church built in Macau was thus dedicated to him. The church was…
PHOTO EXHIBITION OF SEMINARY LIFE IN MACAU
The City University of Macau showcases about 150 digital reprints in their Taipa Main Campus on life at the St Joseph’s Seminary, Macau. Bishop Lee and the seminarians paid a visit and were received by Rector of City U, as…
SPOTLIGHTING THE “DOUBLE-AGING” ISSUE
A local association conducted a conference in the IPM grand hall last Saturday to discuss the problems and prospects of “double-aging”: that is, both the handicapped and their parents are aging. Bishop Lee was among the officiating guests to open…
COME, HOLY SPIRIT! – Twenty-seven faithful receive confirmation
– Ayrelyn Benas Rivera On Pentecost Sunday, twenty-seven parishioners of the Pastoral Center for the Filipino Migrants in Macau received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Macau Cathedral. Aside from the Filipino confirmands, there were also recipients of the sacrament…
ROBERT NĘCEK, TEACHER AT THE PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF JOHN PAUL II, IN KRAKOW – Where the people are, so must be the Church
– Marco Carvalho The legacy of John Paul II, especially in what regards the open and frank relationship that the Polish pope managed to maintain with the media during his pontificate, was the highlight of the seminar that Robert Nęcek…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Life in Christ : We are called to happiness (1)
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS
ALLELUIA 2019 – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
CHURCH FATHERS (59) – Saint Prosper Of Aquitaine
– Anastasios Saint Prosper of Aquitaine (390-463) was a layman, disciple of Saint Augustine, a man of great doctrine and knowledge. He was a secretary of Pope Leo the Great. Most of his writings deal with heresies that were rampant…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY BOOK BY JOSÉ MARIO O. MANDÍA
The Bite-Size Philosophy (English edition) series that ran from January 2017 to September 2018 is now available in Amazon in both paperback and Kindle format. The title The Leaves are Green in Summer was taken from GK Chesterton’s Heretics, where…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (35) – Can God do whatever he pleases?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía “He does whatever he pleases” (Psalm 115:3). Through reason we discover many attributes of God. Our faith confirms these attributes. Among all these divine attributes, however, we are obliged by the Creed to declare…