St. Joseph The Worker Church (Macau)
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.
Building
Inside there are exhibited fourteen oriental icons that represent the main events of Christianity, from Abraham to Pentecost. On the main altar stands a statue of the Holy Family.
This is the main church of the neighborhood and the parish was given from bishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung to Combonian fathers in 1999.
See also
References
- ^ "Igreja de São José Operário". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church". www.macauholiday.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "A thousand Lives for the Mission". comboni.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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