HOLY WEEK 2011 AT ST. DOMINIC’S PRIORY

PALM SUNDAY:

COMMEMORATION OF THE LORD’S ENTRANCE

INTO JERUSALEM

AND PROCLAMATION OF THE PASSION

(Mth 26:14-27, 66)

Palm Sunday celebration 2

Palm Sunday 3

Palm Sunday 4

Palm Sunday 6

Palm Sunday 5

THESIS DEFENSE

THESIS DEFENSE

From: Marilia Coutinho <marilia.coutinho@usj.edu.mo>
Date: Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Subject: MScED oral defense – April 18 – 20

Dear All,

Please be informed that there will be the following Master Dissertation oral examination:

MScED

The examination is a public event, therefore All are welcome!

Thank you for your attention.

Marilia Coutinho

Graduate School

ASSISTANT OF THE MASTER OF THE ORDER VISITS ST. DOMINIC’S

ASSISTANT OF THE MASTER OF THE ORDER

VISITS ST. DOMINIC’S

Fr. Vincent Lu, OP, the Socius or assistant of the Master of the Order for the Asia Pacific Region visited our St. Dominic’s Priory on April 12-13, 2011. He came to break Bread, share table and conversation with all the members of our Dominican Convent. He also had an open dialogue with our 17 theology students. Our Fr Provincial, Javier Gonzalez, OP, accompanied him to Macau from Hong Kong, where Fr. Vincent visited our two Dominican houses there.

Fr Vincent showed a keen interest for our work and mission. In his homily during the Mass he presided he told us that initially he was a member of our Province of Our Lady of the Rosary, before the Vietnam Province became an autonomous Province. He underlined the importance and relevance in the Dominican Order of our missionary Province, and he encouraged us to continue being faithful to our fore-fathers and to the many martyrs our Province has given to the Order and to the Church.

It was a short, sweet and pleasant visit of our brother Vincent, member of the Province of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Vietnam. Fr. Vincent promised us another visit – this time, a longer one – to our Convent. Many, many thanks father for visiting us, and we joyfully expect your next visit. May you have a fruitful journeying through our Dominican missions in the Asia Pacific Region! And May our Queen of Martyrs and of the Rosary bless us all!

Fr. Vincent Lu is conversing with Holy Rosary province young brothers

Fr. Vincent Lu is celebrating the mass

ST. DOMINIC’S PRIORY NEW WEBPAGE

ST. DOMINIC’S PRIORY NEW WEBPAGE

Jesus said to his disciples:

“Go out to the whole world; proclaim

the Gospel to all creation” (Mk 16:15)

Some months ago, in 2010, St. Dominic’s Priory inaugurated quietly a new webpage: www.dominicansmacau.org It is a simple page that wishes to share with others the life, mission and work of the members of the Dominican community – students of theology, formators, educators, teachers and preachers.

Macao-Dominicans’ webpage is structured into different sections, including at present the following: Bulletin Board, About Us, News, Preaching, Spirituality, Message of Hope, and Gallery Archive.

As we continue the journey of life, we hope to add other sections to include more stories, reflections, news on our life, interests, and loves.

St. Dominic’s Priory is a Dominican community composed at present of twenty three (23) brothers from different countries: seventeen (17) simply professed students of theology, and six (6) Dominican priests dedicated to formation, education, teaching and preaching.

We invite our brothers and sisters to visit us, and, perhaps, share with us their story and stories. We are deeply grateful for your visit, your understanding, and your kindness. We also need your prayers to go on – slowly, but firmly and joyfully. Indeed, tomorrow will be better, if we begin today! God bless us all! (FGB)

ARCHBISHOP MATTHIAS U SHWE (ARCHBISHOP OF TAUNGGYI) , FATHER PETER VISIT ST.DOMINIC’S PRIORY

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April.4.2011 ARCHBISHOP MATTHIAS with Fr.Prior and Brothers

ARCHBISHOP MATTHIAS talk with Brothers

Karuna and partners continue quake aid

Karuna and partners continue quake aid

Likely to be at least a year before hard-hit Shan State recovers fully 

ucanews.com reporter, Yangon
Myanmar
April 1, 2011

Quake damaged government run school in Tarlay, the most affected area in Shan State

The Catholic Church’s relief team of Karuna Myanmar will continue relief efforts in 13 villages seen to be the hardest hit by last week’s earthquake in the north of the country in collaboration with the local operations of World Vision, Red Cross and other partners.

Nyi Nyi Soe, projector director of Disaster Risk Reduction for KMSS (Karuna Myanmar Social Services) in Yangon, who is working in the quake affected areas, said Karuna had made a joint assessment with 10  other NGOs and that Karuna will take care of the 13 worst affected villages.

“We will be the key player in those 13 targeted villages and help the victims with whatever we can do for them but World Vision Myanmar will now take over the leading role,” said Nyi Soe.

A series of earthquakes in northeast Myanmar and north Thailand March 24 and 25 killed at least 120 people according to independent reports although government figures remain at 74 deaths and 125 injuries.

A report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on March 30 said at least 18,000 people in 90 villages have been moderately or severely affected. The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) reports 3,152 people are homeless.

The Karuna team is arranging temporary shelters for some 100 victims in the village of Thiri and around 50 victims in Kaw Kawt village, not so far from Mong Lin village, one of the hard hit places according to Nyi Soe.

Nyi Soe said that these people, unlike the Nargis victims, considered the shelter as just a place to rest and sleep and they all go for their work in the morning and back only in the evening.

Nyi Soe told ucanews.com by phone on March 31: “As we are not ready yet to help the victims with a housing program, we will find out how to help the victims according to the situation of their damages.”

Dr. Soe Moe Aung, the project director of HIV/AIDS in KMSS, said as many as half the villagers are suffering from diarrhea and some have skin problems, colds and coughs.

Receiving donations is another task of the Karuna team.

It has opened donation centers in the parishes and is accepting food, drinking water and cash for the victims.

“Our first priority now is distributing food items, drinking water and kitchenware which they received from the donors,” said Claudia Ko Win Myat, the coordinator of the health sector in Karuna Kengtung.

Trauma healing will also be another priority for the quake victims.

The majority of the people who experienced the earthquake seem to be scared and they are afraid to go into the buildings, said Win Myat, and there have been trauma cases in some villages “so we need to do trauma healing to the victims.”

He claims it will take a year for the quake survivors to get back to normal condition.