St. Joseph the Worker Church (Macau)

St. Joseph the Worker Church
聖若瑟勞工主保堂
Igreja de São José Operário
Façade of the church
Basic information
Location Freguesia Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China
Geographic coordinates Coordinates: 21°11′50″N 113°32′43″E / 21.19722°N 113.54528°E / 21.19722; 113.54528
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Status Active
Architectural description
Architect(s) Luis Tomás Piñeiro Nagy
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1998
Completed 1999

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.[1]

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.[2]

This is the main church of the neighborhood and the parish was given from bishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung to Combonian fathers in 1999.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Igreja de São José Operário". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church". www.macauholiday.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "A thousand Lives for the Mission". comboni.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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