Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy - News and Events
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.
October 27, 2024
The Year of Prayer Lecture Series “St Teresa of Avila – Teacher of Prayer” by Fr. Eduardo Emilio Agüero, SCJ (Dehonian Missionary), will take place on October 27 in the Costal Hall of Sé Cathedral.
Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony between USJ and HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College
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October 7, 2024
USJ Macao and the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican) Ming Hua Theological College have entered into an academic partnership to contribute to the formation of students in the area of religious studies.
October 21, 2024
The Public Lecture “Living without Limits? Christian Reflections on the Ecological Dilemmas” by Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Gabriel, organised by the USJ Green Committee, Institute of Science and Environment, and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, will take place on October 21 in the Speaker’s Hall – NAPE Campus.
September 18, 2024
Prof. Jaroslaw Duraj of the the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, along with students of Bachelor of Christian Studies, participated in a trip to Xi’an, China, that was organised to inspire the participants to reflect on the adaption of world religions to Chinese culture in Chinese history.
October 15, 2024
The Public Lecture “Kenosis and Krisis. Christianity’s Inculturation into Modernity (Vatican Council II, Gaudium et spes)” by Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Gabriel, organised by the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, will take place on October 15 in the Conference Room at Seminary Campus.
July 30, 2024
Rev. Prof. Luis Navarro, Rector of Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome, toured the USJ Ilha Verde and Seminary Campuses during his visit on the 29 July.
July 25, 2024
The Commission for World Mission and Evangelization (CWME) of the World Council of Churches (WCC, headquarters in Switzerland) assembled in person for the first time in their term (2023-2030) in Nairobi, Kenya, hosted by the “All Africa Council of Churches” (AACC) in Desmond Tutu Conference Center, from the 5th to the 11th of July, 2024.
