(CNA) While the COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down for many people in 2020, it’s not the first time the Church has gone through a major health crisis.
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Baptisms and confirmations at St Lazarus Parish
/ January 8, 2021It was a special Christmas season in the year 2020 as nineteen catechumens were baptized while nine received the Sacrament of Confirmation during the Christmas Mass on 25 December, 2020. The pandemic had affected the ordinary religious liturgies during Easter in 2020. But Macau is blessed to have recovered earlier and liturgical services have returned to normal in later 2020.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (29)
/ January 8, 2021Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The chroniclers Castanheda, Couto and João Baptista Lavanha would literally dissect the mission of the envoy Francisco de Castro.
Five hopes for 2021
/ January 8, 2021Aurelio Porfiri Let us be honest: 2020 was horrible! I think that all will agree that so many bad things happened in the past year that we are very happy to leave it in the past forever. But now we need to see what our expectations are from 2021, and I want to state five points, five hopes that I…
Carols bring Christmas cheer
/ January 8, 2021Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat The Loved Flock Catholic Charismatic community, together with the locals and different parishioners and ministers of St Joseph the Worker parish, sang a 15-minute medley of Christmas songs on 23 December from 8 to 9 PM in front of the parish church. Residents and passers-by in the Iao Hon area came and flocked in the park in front…
2020 H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
/ December 23, 20202020 H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We have experienced a very special year. The world is still responding to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us. In addition, wars and struggles among nations and races, the use of “religion”…
CARLOS MARREIROS, ARCHITECT, TOWN PLANNER AND CULTURAL MANAGER – “Baby Jesus is central to Christmas, not Santa Claus”
/ December 23, 2020Marco Carvalho A Catholic temple, flooded with light, preferably in Coloane. Amongst the professional challenges that Carlos Marreiros has not yet managed to fulfill is the conception of a Church. The architect and cultural manager tells O Clarim about the memories he keeps from his childhood Christmases and addresses the contribution of the long-waited new Urban Master Plan to the…
ADVENT RECOLLECTION 2020 – “Repentance is a manifestation of an improved and renewed life”
/ December 22, 2020Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat Last 6 December 2020 at the St Joseph the Worker Church (Iao Hon), the Loved Flock Catholic Charismatic Community Macau Chapter held their Advent recollection from 1 to 4 PM attended by 40 participants. The them: “Repentance is a manifestation of an improved and renewed life.”
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (110) – Why does the liturgy need external signs and symbols?
/ December 22, 2020Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Why can each one not just worship in his heart? Why do we need to use external signs and gestures in the liturgy? Man is body and soul. He is not, as some philosophers have thought, a soul imprisoned in a body. The body is part of man’s being. Hence, in everything that man does,…
SANTA BALBINA ALL’AVENTINO – The church on the little Aventine
/ December 22, 2020Anastasios Rome, as you know it, is full of important historical memories. Indeed there are certain areas that overflow with archeological remains. In one of these areas is the Caracalla Baths, where the memories of the past are really everywhere. And there also many churches, all of them worthy of being paid a visit. One of these churches is the…