The Diocesan Youth Commission will hold this Wednesday its very first open day with the aim of introducing the new Diocesan Youth Centre to Macauโs population. The Commission wants the facilities, located at Rua Formosa, to become a reference point for the Special Administrative Regionโs younger generations.
This year the feast of Our Lady of Fรกtima, celebrated this Sunday in Macauโs northernmost parish, had a special flair to it. Located at a short distance away from Mainland China, the Church of Our Lady of Fรกtima became the first in the Diocese of Macau to display relics of Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco Marto, two of the little shepherds who witnessed the Cova da Iria apparitions.
In Macauโs largest parishes, catechesis classes will mobilize more than 100 children, O Clarim was told by the Diocesan Commission for Catechetical Formation. The number refers only to the Cantonese-speaking Catholic community. In the smaller Portuguese-speaking community, about 130 children โ distributed by the Cathedral parish and by Our Lady of Carmel parish โ will attend catechesis this year.
The Saint Pius X Music Academy will celebrate its 60th anniversary on October 8th. To mark the occasion, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang will unveil the busts of the schoolโs founder, Father รureo Castro, and the schoolโs patron, Saint Pius X, in the new premises of the institution. The academy has moved lock, stock and barrel to the former building of the Matteo Ricci College, not far from the government headquarters in Macau.
Created by Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, the exhibition was extended until last Friday and, in its second stint, it received more than two thousand visitors, willing to develop a better understanding of the Eucharistic Miracles phenomena and exploring the relationship between Catholic doctrine and contemporary science.
The love towards the saint and requests for his intercession has been increasing day by day among the faithful.
Santa Rosa de Lima College, one of the oldest schools in Macau, has been placed under the direct supervision of the Diocese of Macau, informs the schoolโs new chaplain Father Josรฉ Mario Mandรญa. And for the first time ever, a feast mass was celebrated in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, and also the patron saint of the college.
We may recall that O Clarim was established when print and newspapers were the dominant media force in Macau. Today, the landscape has dramatically transitioned to a digital platform, where information is frequently sought and shared in real time.
Born to a rich family in southern France, Roch of Montpellier devoted himself to the care of the sick and the Catholic Church immortalized him with the status of protector against infectious diseases, patron saint of the invalids, surgeons and falsely accused people and defender of dogs. In Macau and around the world, devotion to Saint Roch was restored due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To thank the charitable saint for the protection he has extended over the city, the Catholic Diocese of Macau has recently released a book on his life and journey of faith.
There will be games, all sorts of entertainment and a dynamic environment as tradition dictates. The 2022 edition of Caritas Charity Bazaar will hopefully take place on the Nam Van waterfront in just over a month with the same vigor it had in pre-pandemic times, despite Covid-19โs long shadow over Macau.