On 27th April, USJ launched its 2018 International Cultural Fair and Languages Day ceremony at the new Ilha Verde Campus.
PASTORAL CARE FOR MIGRANTS – A family of families
Ross Belle Balatbat “You did not choose me; it was I who chose you and sent you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last.” (cf John 15:16) One of the commissions of the Pastoral Care for Migrants in…
UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH – 1st National Flag Raising Ceremony on Saint Joseph Campus
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Saint Joseph Diocesan Secondary School 6 (CDSJ6), held their first National Flag Raising Ceremony on Saint Joseph Campus at 8:15am on the National Youth Day (4 May 2018).
NEW BUILDING AFTER JULY 2019 – Catholic Center Urban Development Plan Approved
Pedro Daniel Oliveira On May 9th of this year, the Macau Government approved the urban development plan concerning the Macau Diocese’s new Catholic Center. The current building is expected to be torn down in July 2019.
POLICY TOWARDS CHINA – Sinicizing Church Architecture at Macau Ricci Institute
Pedro Daniel Oliveira On June 6, the Macau Ricci Institute (MRI) is holding the lecture “Sinicizing Church Architecture in the 1920s and 1930s,” by Professor Thomas Coomans, in Saint Joseph Seminary.
LOOKING AFTER ELDERLY, MOTHERS AN FATHERS – Melco Resorts Committed To Social Welfare
Pedro Daniel Oliveira A team of 60 gaming operator Melco Resorts volunteers, consisting of adults and children, dedicated time last Sunday to the senior citizens of the Pou Tai Integrated Service Center for the Elderly, for an afternoon of games…
BOUND TO COOPERATION – Gelmac and Scout Association of Hong Kong
Photo by GELMAC Pedro Daniel Oliveira Also known as GELMac, the local Catholic “Grupo de Escuteiros Lusófonos de Macau“ (Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau) traveled on May 11-12 to Hong Kong, as part of a joint activity with the Scout…
A PILGRIM’S NOTES – “Rejoice and be glad”, Holiness made easy
Featured Image: Photo by Yingchou Han on Unsplash Fausto Gomez OP A close friend of mine, a lay person called me up some days ago to tell me joyfully: “I understood it well!” He was referring to the new Apostolic Exhortation…
APOLOGIA (18) – Does God have a will?
FEATURED IMAGE: Guilherme Stecanella at Unsplash Anastasios Objection 1: When we talk of a will, we know that this will has an end in something, in some kind of “good.” But we cannot assign to God any end, so God has…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (63) – Human life: is there an instruction manual?
FEATURED IMAGE: PublicDomainPictures at Pixabay Rev José Mario O Mandía All human beings with the use of reason are capable of knowing natural law and its demands. Moreover, for those who have accepted the faith preached by Jesus Christ, there…