Teresita Castillo was 21 years old when she fled her prominent home and followed her secret desire to become a Carmelite novice on July 4, 1948. Within one month of her arrival into the convent, on July 31, 1948, satan…
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ROME, ITALY FRANCIS CALLS FOR ‘PERMANENT CATECHUMENATE’ FOR MARRIED COUPLES (CNA/EWTN News) Pope Francis has stressed the need for ongoing formation for couples, before and after marriage, saying that even the basic teachings of the Church “could not be taken…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER COLUMBA KELLY – Study, pray, then compose
– Aurelio Porfiri The repertoire that par excellence represents the high point of a cappella music is Gregorian chant. Generation of singers, monks and laypeople, have sung these beautiful monophonic melodies, trying to attune their heart to the movement of…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/9/018/2018 Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang would like to announce the following: 1. Earthquake in Sulawesi (Indonesia) A few days ago, a portion of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was devastated by an earthquake and the resulting tsunami which has…
DEACON JAMES CHANG WOO HO ORDAINED TO PRIESTHOOD
Deacon James Chang Woo Ho (張宇鎬) from the Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs received the sacrament of priesthood from the hands of the Most Reverend Stephen Lee, Bishop of Macau on 29 September 2018. In his homily, Bishop…
USJ HAVE THEIR NEW SCHOOL CHAPEL BLESSED BY BISHOP STEPHEN LEE
St Joseph Diocesan College (Nos 1, 2, 3, 4) and St Joseph Diocesan College (Nos 5) had their new school chapels blessed by Bishop Stephen Lee on September 20 and September 26 respectively. In the homily of the short ceremony…
BE WITNESSES TO THE MYSTERY – Second International Congress On Catechesis
– Fr Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro, SCJ The II International Congress on Catechesis was held at the Paul VI Hall, in Rome From September 20 to 23, 2018. The event was attended by about 2,000 people, including bishops, priests,…
IN MEMORY OF 19TH CENTURY MARTYRS SAINT ANDREW KIM TAEGON AND COMPANIONS — The Korean Church flourished with its martyrs
Miguel Augusto (*) On 20 September, the Church celebrates the feast of Holy Martyr Andrew Kim Taegon and his companions (more than a hundred martyrs), laymen and priests who embraced Christ to the last breath. On May 6, 1984,…
Great Figures of the Missionary Work — Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (21)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Christians remained in Rangamati for about a hundred years. The condition of soldiers forced them to remain stationed in that region ready to participate in the Mughal military campaigns in neighboring Assam. This is…
International Conference and a forum on Peace Journalism
On the occasion of the canonization of Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Dicastery for Communication, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication), is organizing an International Conference…