2018年九月份聖良華人牧民通訊
September 2018 St. Leo Chinese Pastoral Newsletter
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Eulogy
Reverend Thomas Ng
by Bishop John Cummins
St. Leo’s Parish
August 21, 2018
The ministry of Father Thomas Ng in the Diocese of Oakland I would describe as providential. The hand of God was in it. Without him one would read a different history of both diocese and of our Chinese community.
Our first bishop Floyd Begin coming from Ohio quickly recognized the diversity that is Northern California, the Bay Area and particularly the Diocese of Oakland. He established vicariates to recognize the major communities. One of those was Chinese, noted much by the presence of Father Matthias Lu. Exiled from his own country and urged by the apostolic delegate in the United States to be situated at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Father Matthias’ scholarly work of translating Thomas Aquinas was a time consuming operation. Father Lu also was aging.
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與及追憶吳神父的一些小故事.
光榮十字聖架
- 黃昌雄執事
「誰若願意跟隨我，該棄絕自己，背著自己的十字架來跟隨我。」（瑪:16:24）這句福音對公元313年前的基督徒是每天都要做的。因為那時候跟隨基督的信徒，每天過着心驚膽顫的生活，好像背著一個被迫害的十字架。他們的敘會是秘密的，如果給羅馬政府捉住，極有可能被送到鬥獸場餵野獸。雖然如此，但他們仍然為了信基督而不害怕死亡。 早幾拾年，在中國大陸亦有主教、神父、修女、平信徒每日背著基督的十字架在監獄或勞改營生活。他們受的苦難與公元313年前在羅馬帝國統治下生活的基督徒一樣。
Evangelization – or preaching the Gospel and making Disciples – is an essential element of our faith.
- by CradleCatholic2.0
For Chinese Catholics, perhaps no evangelist figures as prominently as Servant of God Matteo Ricci, S.J. (利瑪竇), who was invited into Imperial China in the late 1500s and founded the historic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the oldest church in Beijing. Ricci’s model of accommodating for cultural differences without distorting the Gospel message increased how native Chinese viewed the word of God.
Centuries later, when Chinese Christians emigrated from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan to foreign countries, they needed evangelizers and spiritual directors who could connect with them.
九月份禱文 Prayer for September
9月14日 光榮十字聖架（慶日）
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
至聖的主耶穌基督，我們在這裡、並在普世的聖堂內，朝拜祢、讚美祢，因為祢以祢的十字聖架救贖了普世！ （聖方濟的祈禱)
《生命恩泉》是一個多媒體平台，透過製作及廣播中文天主教電視及電台節目，將福音的喜訊帶到世界上每一個角落。節目內容豐富，請大家不容錯過。
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