The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held its Congregation for Master and Doctoral Degrees on 22nd September at the Ilha Verde Campus. The graduation ceremony was officiated by the Chancellor of USJ, His Excellency Msgr Stephen Lee Bun Sang, Bishop…
JAROSŁAW DURAJ, VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE — The interreligiosity of the Silk Road cannot be forgotten
Marco Carvalho Vice-director of the Macau Ricci Institute and teacher of political science at the University of Saint Joseph, Jarosław Duraj is well versed in Buddhist thought. A specialist in interreligious dialogue, the Jesuit spent some time in monasteries…
POPE FRANCIS TO CHINESE CATHOLICS — Faith changes history
(Vatican News) In a “Message to Catholics of China and to the Universal Church,” Pope Francis explains the reasons for signing the Provisional Agreement with the People’s Republic of China: to promote the proclamation of the Gospel, and to establish…
OCTOBER 1 – ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS — God’s little miracle worker from heaven and her “Little Way”
Fr Leonard E Dollentas St Therese of the Child Jesus is a powerful intercessor and she is beloved by many. In fact, she is one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church. If you have a devotion…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (1) — What have reason and faith to do with each other?
Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth –…
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Anastasios Objection 1: The Gospels were written decades after the events. Why they did not write immediately? Objection 2: If the events were reported decades later, it means the memory of what had really happened cannot be accurate. On…
ON A 5TH OF SEPTEMBER — Adoration
Paul Kung Today is the memory of St Teresa of Calcutta. We gratefully make memory of her love for Jesus, whom she adored in the Eucharist and whom she served in the flesh of the poorest of the poor:…