Vox Antiqua, the acclaimed Hong Kong-based choir, returns to Macau on May 1 to celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph with a special choral programme at two of the city’s most beautiful churches. Led by Andrew Leung, Vox Antiqua will perform William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, Gregorian chants, traditional hymns, and works by composers from around the world.
Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, Cardinal John Hon Tong, presided over a Solemn Eucharist at Saint Joseph’s Church in Macau, as part of the 23rd anniversary celebration of the Saint Joseph’s Seminary Alumni Association. The ceremony was con-celebrated by three other priests, and the Church of Saint Joseph was filled with former students of the seminary from Macau and abroad.
On March 25, the first-ever Deignan Award for Responsible Entrepreneurship was presented in Hong Kong, recognizing three companies from Macau and three from Hong Kong. Among the Macau-based awardees was C&C, a law firm that received the Deignan Silver Award for its commitment to environmental, social, and responsible management practices. The Deignan Award was established by the Macau Ricci Institute and the WooFoo Foundation to acknowledge small and medium-sized enterprises that have gone above and beyond in adopting responsible business practices guided by values such as sustainability and social justice.
The Choral Vespers worship service presented by the Cathedral Schola Choir has become a longstanding Lenten tradition in Macau and this year will be no exception. The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady hosts this Saturday “a sung meditation on the Lord’s Passion”. The one-of-a-kind worship service starts at 7pm.
Over three dozen artefacts dating from or relating to the Song Dynasty will be on display at the Macau Cardinal Newman Center of Culture and Performing Arts until late May. The result of a joint effort conducted in cooperation with the Macau Collector Association, the exhibition brings together paintings, historical documents and porcelain objects.
Rev Ian, CMF, has a story similar to that of the prodigal son in the Bible. He left the seminary only to find that without God as the cornerstone of his life, he is indeed nothing.
Earlier this month, a lecture on the most scientifically-proven miracle in the history of the Catholic Church was attended by sixty people. Even after five centuries, the Marian apparitions witnessed by Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin and his uncle, Juan Bernardino, in December 1531, continue to baffle modern science in numerous ways.
Fr Timothy Wan Kwok Kwong shares his encounter with Bom Jesus dos Passos and how it led him to consider his journey to the priesthood. He explains how the event inspired him to offer himself to Jesus and consider his vocation. Fr Tim talks about his experience with the procession and how Jesus called him, leading to a series of events that ultimately led him to enter the seminary.
The Rui Cunha Foundation will host a forum on business leadership on March 14. Promoted by the Macau Ricci Institute, the initiative is a warm-up event in preparation for the ceremony of the First Deignan Award for Responsible Entrepreneurship. Nine companies from Macau have been nominated for the prize.
The Old Court building on Avenida da Praia Grande hosts, until March 17, the largest inter-religious event organized in Macau since the handover. With a particular focus on the cultural and religious heritage of the six religions that move the most followers in Macau, the exhibition “The Journey Over a Thousand Miles” brings together more than a hundred artefacts and sacred objects appurtenant to Buddhism, Catholicism, Taoism, Islam, the Baha’i faith and the Anglican communion.
The combined effort is the result of a long process of dialogue and deliberation that extended, well, for over a year. Benedict Keith Ip, curator of the exhibition, claims that the greatest challenge that he had to deal with was to ensure that religion was the essential focus of the event. The exhibition was inaugurated last Sunday and draws together 109 sacred artefacts, representing the culture and heritage of Macau’s six largest religions.