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Members of the Catholic church have been active on certain issues of social reform: for e.g., Sister Juliana Devoy was an advocate against domestic violence and for legal reform in Macau, [10] the Macau diocese has established drug rehabilitation centers, [11] and Reverend Lancelote M. Rodrigues worked for the rehabilitation of refugees in Macau.
After the establishment of the Diocese of Macau in 1576, the Franciscans (1579–1580), the Augustinians (1586–1587), the Dominicans (1587–1588), and the Poor Clares (1633–1634) also settled in Macau. All these religious orders, especially the Jesuits, contributed much to education in Macau and the Catholic missions in the Far East.
The Chinese folk religion is the indigenous religion of the Han Chinese.Its focus is the worship of the Shen (神 "expressions", "Gods"), that are the generative powers of nature, also including, in the human sphere, ancestors and progenitors of families or lineages, and divine heroes that made a significant imprinting in the history of the Chinese civilisation.
The Ruins of Saint Paul's (Chinese: 大三巴牌坊; Portuguese: Ruínas de São Paulo) are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau. They include what was originally St. Paul's College and the Church of St. Paul ( Igreja de São Paulo ), also known as " Mater Dei ", a 17th-century Portuguese church ...
The Diocese of Macau (Portuguese: Diocese de Macau; Chinese: 天主教澳門教區 [romanization needed]) is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, [1] in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong.
The St. Joseph the Worker Church (Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂; Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário) is a church in Macau, China; It is part of the freguesia of Our Lady of Fatima, in the district Iao Hon. Begun in 1998, it was completed in 1999.
The Procession of the Bom Jesus dos Passos in Macau (also known as the Procession of the Great Jesus in Chinese or the Procissão em Honra do Senhor Bom Jesus dos Passos in Portuguese) is the most famous Catholic procession in honor of Jesus Christ organized in Macau about forty days before Easter. [1]
Chapel of St. Francis Xavier (Chinese: 聖方濟各聖堂, Portuguese: Capela de São Francisco Xavier) is a church located on the island of Coloane, Macau. The chapel, built in 1928, is located on the southwestern coast of the island and stands near a monument commemorating a victory over pirates in 1910.