Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy - News and Events
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.
July 30, 2024
Rev’d Fr. Luis Navarro, Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, will give an open talk about “Evangelization, Laity and Charisms” on 30 July in the Holy Cross Chapel at USJ Ilha Verde Campus.
July 3, 2024
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Macao gathered renowned scholars from Macao, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States, to collectively explore and honor the history and legacy of the First Council of Bishops in Shanghai, China, in 1924.
June 26, 2024
USJ Macao will host an International Symposium from June 26 – 29, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First Council for China, held in Shanghai in 1924. This was the first plenary council of the Catholic Church in China.
June 27, 2024
This rare 16mm color film – including original sound narration by filmmaker Fr. Bernard Hubbard – takes the audience through postwar China in 1947–1948, including rare scenes from Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Yangzhou and Chinese Catholic communities related to these cities.
June 26, 2024
This talk explores the filmmaking of American Jesuit missionaries in China between 1947 and 1949, illuminating rare missionary films in conjunction with relationships between Chinese Catholic communities and international church networks immediately before the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
