The old Protestant Cemetery in Macau (1821-1858), its history and its tombs.O antigo Cemitério Protestante em Macau (1821-1858), a sua história e os seus túmulos.Download PDFDescarregar PDF
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Philippe Yvanovich An edited version of a booklet previously distributed privately by Philippe Yvanovich. His family has kindly given permission for it to be included in this website.December 7, 1941After 10 am mass at St Theresa’s I went along to the Club Recreio for a game of hockey and lunch at the Club. Then we
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I reported, as instructed, to my department at the Bank building in . It dealt with Foreign Exchange, which covered all outward remittances. Apparently my other departmental colleagues had not heard the wireless announcement for I was the only soul present. My Wartime Experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese December 1941 to August Luíz
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Ruins of S. PauloA church on the site was first built in 1580 but was burnt in 1595 and 1601. Reconstruction started in 1602 and completed in 1637. It was 37 metres long, 20 metres wide, 11 metres high – the largest church in East Asia. It had a grand vaulted roof and three magnificently
SÃO PAULOMacau’s most famous landmark is the façade of the Church of the Mother of God (Madre de Deus), which is today commonly called (St Paul’s church). It is all that is left of what was once the outstanding baroque structure of Eastern Asia. An earlier church was first constructed on the site in 1580,
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANO First published in the UMA Bulletin Apr-Jun 2011 Vol 34 No 2 [Editor’s Note: A number of years ago the late Fr Zinho Gosano’s friend in New Zealand, a Father John Griffin, sent the UMA News Bulletin editor a floppy diskette containing an autobiographical narrative