Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy - News and Events
June 10, 2025
The Macau Ricci Institute is hosting the MRI Public Forum: “Filioque or not? A Look into the Coining of the Trinitarian Doctrine” on 10 June, from 18:30 – 20:00, in the USJ Seminary Campus.
June 6, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy are organising a Doctoral Forum in the study/research area of Religious Studies and Philosophy on 6 of June 2025, in the Conference Room of the Seminary Campus.
June 6, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy are organising a Doctoral Forum titled “Practical Theology and Religious Studies – Developing Imagination, Reflexivity and Wisdom for Research in the Field” on 6 June 2025 in the Conference Room of the Seminary Campus.
May 21, 2025
The exhibition features a total of five beautifully preserved leaves from the 1568 Bishop’s Bible, an extraordinary collection that holds significant historical, religious, and cultural value.
May 14, 2025
The Macau Ricci Institute is hosting the MRI Public Forum: “From Tribute to Treaties: How China Navigated Geopolitics and European Relations in the Westphalian Era” on 14 May, from 18:30 – 20:00, in the USJ Seminary Campus.
May 20, 2025
The Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy is hosting the public lecture “Quo Vadis? —— Where does Nicaea I lead us?” on 20 February from 6:30 PM in the
St. Joseph’s Seminary Chapel.
March 24, 2025
On 14 March, 2025, Rev’d Professor Stephen Morgan, Rector of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), led a delegation of four to visit Wuhan University (WHU).
March 24, 2025
The Faculty of Social Sciences of Fu Jen Catholic University and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy of USJ Macao signed a student exchange agreement for promoting academic co-operation,
March 11, 2025
On the 21st of February, 15 members of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) visited Macao as part of their Regional Conference in Hong Kong.
February 18, 2025
A delegation from Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican) Ming Hua Theological College (Ming Hua) visited the University of Saint Joseph’s (USJ) Seminary and Ilha Verde campuses, as part of the developing partnership between Ming Hua and the USJ.
February 24, 2025
The Macau Ricci Institute is hosting the MRI Public Forum: “A Tribute to Paul Anthony Rule (1934-2024): Scholar on the Jesuit Mission to China” on February 24, from 18:30 – 20:00, in the USJ Seminary Campus.
February 11, 2025
The Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy is hosting a Roundtable on “The Question of filioque and the Great Schism of 1054” on 11 February from 6:30 PM in the Conference Room of the USJ Seminary Campus.
February 15, 2025
Join us on the 15th of February, 2025, for the “USJ Doctoral School and HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College (Hong Kong) Open Day 2025” to visit USJ in Macao, learn about the Doctoral Programme in Religious Studies and meet the USJ Doctoral Programme Coordination Team.
The "13th Young Scholars Forum on Catholic Studies" held at the University of Saint Joseph Macao
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December 19, 2024
The 13th Forum for Young Scholars in Catholic Studies themed ‘St Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology and Philosophy’, was held from 10 to 13 December 2024 at the USJ Ilha Verde Campus in collaboration with the Institute of Catholicism and Culture in Beijing.
December 14, 2024
The Year of Prayer Lecture Series “In Good Hope: Advent Mediation on Psalm 139”, will take place on December 14 in the Penha Hill Chapel.
The Pan Asian Heritage of St. Francis Xavier | "Between Memory & Contemporary Appropriations "
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December 13, 2024
The conference, co-organised by St Xavier’s College, Rosary College of Commerce & Arts (affiliated to Goa University), the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, and ISAC, and sponsored by USJ Macao, is taking place in Goa from 13 – 14 December, 2024.
December 15, 2024
The Rev’d Professor Stephen Morgan, Rector of USJ, will present the Year of Prayer Lecture Series “Prayer in the Benedictine Tradition” on Sunday, 15 December, 2024, at the St. Lawrence’s Parish Church.
November 25, 2024
The Public Lecture “Jonathan Edwards and Bernard Lonergan on Religion”, will take place on November 25 in the Conference Room of the USJ Seminary Campus.
November 19, 2024
The Year of Prayer Lecture Series “Hesychasm, Theosis, and Divine Darkness: Eastern Christian Perspectives on Prayer”, will take place on November 19 in the St. Joseph’s Seminary Chapel.
December 9, 2024
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Macao, The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College, and the Macau Ricci Institute at USJ are jointly organising a seminar titled “The Chinese Rites Controversy and Macau: The Acta Pekinensia. of Kilian Stumpf . S.J. (1655-1720)” on December 9, 2024.
