The International Institute of Macau and several other local organizations join forces to celebrate the quatercentenary of the ‘Battle of Macau’, which coincides with the feast of Saint John the Baptist – the city’s patron saint – on June 24th. The commemoration of the historical event will continue with lectures, conferences and a cultural soirée after the initial thanksgiving Mass at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady.
The Macau Ricci Institute has invited Hong Kong’s practical theologian Christine Lai to explain next Wednesday why integrity and sustainability go hand in hand in terms of good business practices.
Lai is the guest speaker at a digital forum that is the first of two initiatives to advance a better understanding of the values that the recently-instituted Deignan Award for Responsible Entrepreneurship will reward.
Mary’s special month was even more so with the celebration of Flores de Mayo after the span of the pandemic. It was a beautiful occasion honouring Our Lady and facilitating the bonding of Filipinos.
Caritas Macau was one of eight associations and organizations recruited by the government to help with the vaccination drive aimed at senior citizens. To boost vaccination rates, the Macau Foundation grants a 250 pataca voucher to residents over 65 who have already received two shots of the Covid-19 jab. The Secretary General of Caritas claims that money is not, however, the reason why an increasing number of elderly are choosing to get vaccinated.
The University of Saint Joseph will launch on Monday its first digital platform aimed at Portuguese language learners. Christened Português à Vista, or Portuguese in Sight, it aspires to be a valuable resource for students studying Portuguese as a second language. Made in Macau and for Macau, the platform does not dismiss the importance of the Portuguese-speaking world.
As children of God, we have the power of interceding for ourselves and others to have our needs met by God. This power of intercession has been harnessed exceedingly well by the Associação Piedosa do Escapulário do Carmo on the Taipa Island, already having prayed for the intentions of about 140 people.
The Macau subsidiary of the Claretian Publications will publish, starting from next year, the Portuguese version of Children’s Daily Word. The book will be sold in Macau and distributed in several other Portuguese-speaking regions.
Children who will be receiving First Holy Communion had their maiden experience of the soul-cleansing sacrament of Confession. The sacrament, which was also administered to confirmands, should be one that every Catholic frequents regularly in order to grow spiritually.
Caritas Macau has the responsibility of a new short-term food assistance program devised by the government to aid unemployed Macau residents who have exhausted all other support modalities. Applications opened this week.
This is the dilemma that one of Macau’s oldest parishes currently faces. In the parish of Saint Lawrence, involving the younger generations in the liturgical life of the local Catholic communion has proved to be a challenge. Born in South Korea and facing the conundrum, Father James Ryu Jae Hyoung wants to better understand what worries and motivates young people in the parish. Nevertheless, there is hope: twenty children will celebrate their First Communion on June 19th.