– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The report tells us that on the day Cacela and Cabral arrived at Rintam (now Chapcha, as we have seen), there also arrived a relative of the man who had negotiated the journey in Rangamati.…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis PANAMA CITY, PANAMA SMALL, WELL-FUNDED LGBT GROUP TO CHALLENGE CATHOLIC TEACHING AT WORLD YOUTH DAY (CNA) A U.S.-based coalition of dissenting Catholics, whose backers include wealthy non-Catholic funders, is sending a small group of LGBT activists to…
MACAU CATHEDRAL OUTREACH MISSIONS – Bringing cheer to 500 needy children
Last December 2018, the English-speaking community of Macau Cathedral prepared for an outreach program to the Philippines. It was launched during the Simbang-Gabi (Christmas Novena Masses). Fr Leonard E Dollentas the priest-in-charge of the Macau Cathedral English-speaking community explained to…
DEMOGRAPHIC DEMISE – China destined to grow less and less
– Stefano Magni The end of the year was marked by alarming signals from China. Not only for Apple, the American giant of hi-tech, whose stock has collapsed in the stock market due to the contraction of the Chinese market,…
WYD 2019 IN PANAMA – Pope Francis arrives and World Youth Day begins
– Seán-Patrick Lovett For thousands of young people, the arrival of Pope Francis in Panama on Wednesday afternoon marks the true beginning of the 34th World Youth Day. (Vatican News) There were those who had waited at the airport all…
AURELIO PORFIRI, COMPOSER AND WRITER – Great Catholic music is not Western first and then Catholic
– Marco Carvalho A former teacher at the University of Saint Joseph, Italian composer Aurelio Porfiri is in neighboring Hong Kong to teach a series of lectures on the history of Catholic inspired music. The initiative takes place in the…
CLIMAX OF A MUSICAL FEAST – Concert celebrates 80 years of Sacred Heart Canossian College English Section
– Benedict Keith Ip The Music Association students of the Sacred Heart Canossian College English Section (SHCCEC) gathered in the Cultural Center of Macau in the evening of January 20 to for a concert to celebrate the school’s 80th-anniversary. The…
CARITAS MACAU – 67th Anniversary Charity Dinner
On the evening of Sunday, January 20, Macau Caritas held the “67th Anniversary Charity Festival” and received the support of more than 1,300 people from all walks of life. Pun Chi Meng, Director General of Macau Caritas, led the heads…
UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH – Community Scholarships and Fellowships Award Ceremony
The University of St Joseph held its 2018-2019 Community Scholarships and Fellowships Award Ceremony at the Auditório Centenário de Fátima of the Ilha Verde Campus, on 18th January, 2019. Fifty-three undergraduate students received a total of 56 scholarships and fellowships…
THEOLOGY 101 – Bishop Lee awards certificates to participants
– Fr Leonard Dollentas Last December 9, 2018, the participants who have completed the Faith Formation Program offered by the Cathedral Parish for the English-speaking community received their completion certificates from Bishop Stephen Lee.