– Tej Francis A devout man named Diotallevi d’Antonio Santilli was the owner of a modest house near the town of Spoleto, Italy, located on the road to Trevi. In all the documents of the time, the owner of the…
THE MOST BELOVED CHRISTMAS CAROL – The Story behind “Silent Night”
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas It was Christmas eve in the small village of Mariapfarr, a small municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The year was 1816, and the young village priest was…
Great Figures of the Missionary Work – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (33)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As the vehicle struggled over the uphill zigzag path that came from the main road, we are able to see several houses in ruins, proving the ancestrality of the place. We had witnessed nothing of…
DEVOTION TO THE “TRINITY” OF NAZARETH — Families called to holiness
– Miguel Augusto It is interesting to note that after Christmas, the following Sunday, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family, no later than 30th of December. Christ wanted to enter the world by a family, by the…
THE FIRST SAINT TO EVER SERVE IN HONG KONG — A musical for Macau
– Robert Carroll St Joseph Freinademetz The First Saint To Ever Serve in Hong Kong. A Catholic Musical produced in Hong Kong is planned to be staged in Macau. The show’s producer Fr Tan Lei Tao has long been hugely…
VATICAN — The sand nativity
– José Maria C.S. André This year, the crib of St. Peter’s Square is a 16 m long, 5 m high and 6 m deep sand sculpture. It took 20 large trucks to transport 700 tons of sand from Jesolo…
1st Simbang Gabi at Macau Cathedral
For the first time the Simbang Gabi has also been held this year in the Macau Cathedral at 8 in the evening. Other venues for the traditional Filipino novena of Christmas Masses are St Augustine (8 PM) and St Lawrence…
Prayer for the Philippines
Philippine Consul General in Macau Ms Lilybeth Deapera, assisted by Fr Leonard Dollentas, led the prayers for grace, unity, prosperity of the Philippines on December 18 at 8:00 PM. The half-hour gathering was well attended, with some Mexican, Indian and…
USJ Pre-Christmas Mass — “Pursue Truth, Good and Beauty”
Bishop of Macau Dom Stephen Lee celebrated a Pre-Christmas Mass at Holy Cross Chapel for USJ students and staff on Friday the 14th of December 2018 the Memorial of Saint John of the Cross. In the Holy Eucharist, Dom Stephen…
Alumni’s annual Christmas gathering warms the Seminary
St Joseph’s Seminary Alumni Association hosted its annual Christmas gathering at 12:15 PM on 16th December 2018 (Gaudete Sunday). The Te Deum liturgy was presided by Dom Stephen Lee, and followed by a lunch gathering together with Bishop Emeritus Jose…