Echo News

On 15 May, inside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 8000 people gathered from across the parishes, schools, and social services under the HKSKH umbrella for the 5th Joint Development Day.

IARCCUM invited the church press of both the Anglicans and Catholics in Hong Kong to hold a joint interview. Cardinal Stephen Chow and Bishop Matthias Der sat down in conversation about the ecumenical road thus far, and the path ahead.

The dinner gathering ‘The Lord’s Grace Brings Warmth to Wang Fuk Court’, jointly organised by The Diocese of Eastern Kowloon Women’s League, HKSKH ‘Act of Love’, and Aspex Management, was successfully held on 11 April at a Chinese restaurant in To Kwa Wan.

The year was 1219, and the Fifth Crusade was stuck in quagmire. The Crusaders were laying siege to Damietta, an Egyptian stronghold, and the siege was going nowhere as deaths on both sides piled up.

Christ is risen! Alleluia! In Easter, we celebrate not just the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Easter, each of us is raised to a new life!

One pillar of the debate came from Augustine, whose Just War Theory mapped out the foundation on which Christians for years to come would judge the morality of war; on the other side stands the Beatitudes, preached by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount, and forming the pacifist core of Christianity.

This year, the Province organised a Lenten retreat for the clergy on 11 to 12 March, held at the St Paul’s House of Prayer. Joining us was the Bishop of West Malaysia, the Rt Revd Stephen Soe, who led sessions on the topic of discipleship.

On the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, the Solemn Eucharist marking the tenth anniversary of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Servers’ Guild was held in the evening of 2 February at St John’s Cathedral.

In order to foster the spirit of ecumenism and reinforced friendship between Anglican and Roman Catholic faithful, IARCCUM held a Joint Passover Supper on the evening of 20 March at HKSKH Holy Trinity Cathedral. The celebration was attended by more than 220 Catholic and Anglican clergy and lay people, who gathered to recall together the story of the Passover.

This year marks the 120th anniversary of St Stephen’s Girls’ College, whose anniversary theme is ‘Legacy of Grace, Go Forward in Faith’. The year-long celebrations were inaugurated by the 120th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service, held on the morning of 30 January at St John’s Cathedral.