MACAUZHUHAIReport

January 2006 to April 2007 The first 15 months

Report OutlineReport Outline

MACAU History and Update

CHINA Mission Update The WORLD On-going projects Budget

MACAUMACAU• Mission ApprovalMission Approval

• The ProcessesThe Processes• ResidencesResidences

• PersonnelPersonnel• CollaborationCollaboration

• Claretian PublicationsClaretian Publications• InternetInternet

History and UpdateHistory and Update

Mission ApprovalMission Approval

Provincial Chapter Provincial Chapter in the Philippines in the Philippines in January 2006. in January 2006.

Decision to open the Macau Decision to open the Macau Residency and Fr. Alberto Rossa Residency and Fr. Alberto Rossa

assigned to start this mission assigned to start this mission post.post.

Agreement with the Macau Diocese and renting of three apartments.

Extensive work done to fix the

three apartments as living quarters

and office work.

:

the processesthe processes

Macau Residency IdentificationCard

Registration of the Congregation in Macau as an “Association”,

with 6 board members.

:

residencesresidences

• Macau - Purchasing of three apartments belonging to the Macau Diocese :

• Rental of a new apartment in Macau for residency of PBF employees and visitors.

ZHUHAIZHUHAI

ZHUHAI

Rental of one apartment in Zhuhai.

HengqinHengqin

PERSONNEL

Ian Dacayanan Fr. Sebastian Thooni

Divine de Leon

Fr. Jojo Ancheril Fr. Peter Chao

The Macau – Zhuhai Community

Collaborations with IIUM

Collaborations with Fr. Michael Saso.

Claretian Publications

Macau – a business endeavor.

• Daily Gospel 2008 in Chinese

ClaretianPublications

• Editing of the Chinese edition of the Christian Community Bible

ClaretianPublications

• Translation into English and Chinese of the pastoral notes of

La Biblia de Nuestro PuebloClaretian

Publications

More Publications The Concise Bible

in print and internet. More bilingual editions…

This time of the Four Gospels… Visual Series, 11 volumes.

The Catholic faith in drawings. OFW Prayerbook –

15000 copies printed and distributed at cost price to OFW in Hong Kong and Macau.

Chronicle: Daily entries – 1000 pages.

Internet

Extensive work upgrading web pages and posting new ones.

Collaboration with teams of people working in different countries.

New web pages and projects being prepared.

CHINAmission update

Official Contacts• Continuous contact with the

Nuncio Msgr. Eugene Nugent.

Official Contacts• Continuous contact with Mr. Liu Bainian

to get his support and approval for publication projects and to establish the first community in Beijing.

Assisting the Church in China

• Agreed to send his assistant, Mr. Francis Zhou, to Manila to study English and theology. Francis stayedin the Philippines for 8 months.

Assisting the Church in China• Agreed to send

to the Philippines and to support Mr. Quanquan for 6 months

as a token of gratitude to Fr. John Chen,

Rector of the National Seminary.

Pastoral assistance through books

• Establishing of the “Parish Library – Sister Parish” project. The coordinator in China is Fr. Huang Yu Tao.

Pastoral assistance through books

• Donation of books to the National Seminary in Beijing.

…by all possible means

• The Concise Bible in English, Chinese and English MP3.

• Establishing contacts with Chinese priests, Jesuits, SVDs, Maryknollers, Claretiansand others.

WORLD

PASTORAL BIBLE PASTORAL BIBLE FOUNDATION FOUNDATION

Reaching a world audience

• www.bible.claret.org and www.chinabible.org • Continuous update of

Liturgy Alive web page in English and Spanish.

• Monthly Newsletter: www.macaubulletin.blogspot.com

www.noticiasdemacau.blogspot.com

Reaching a world audience• Spanish edition: “Liturgia Viva”,“Liturgia Viva”,

with the collaboration of Fr. Carmelo Astiz.

• Distribution of more than 200,000 copies in Latin America and USA of the new pastoral bible – La Biblia de Nuestro Pueblo. Continuous updating of this edition.

• At present 100,000 copies more at the press.

• Printing and distribution of 80,000 copies of Diario Biblico 2007. And 2008 at the press right now.

• Several other jobs with the press in China: printing of books for Central America and Puerto Rico.

• XAVERIAN ProjectXAVERIAN Project: The Four Gospels – two languages per edition. About 20 languages in preparation.

• New Testament bilingual edition (English – Vietnamese).

• New Testament in Creole for Haiti.

Ongoing ProjectsOngoing Projects

For 2007…

– Cantonese language study of Fr. Jojo.

– New editing and translation of the Pastoral Bible into English and Chinese.

– The Concise Bible in Chinese: printing and web.

– The Chinese edition of Daily Gospel 2008 – Editing, printing and distribution.

For 2007…

More for 2007

Christian Community Bible in searchable page

The Four Gospels in mp3 format

More for 2007

The Visual Series – 11 Series

Publishing of the Four Gospels in two languages – Ongoing project with Mr. Roger Butland of New Zealand.

Teaching and formation of catechists - Fr. Peter Chao.

Fr. Peter Chao professor at IIUM. Language school in Zhuhai.

and more …

and more …

and more… New editions of the new Spanish

Pastoral Bible. Diario Bíblico 2008. New editions of the Christian Community

Bible in English. First edition in Burmese. First edition of the New Testament in Creole

for Haiti. Full color magazine with Gospel text for the

youth – with SJ Taiwan.

more books

–Books for seminaries in Books for seminaries in China.China.

more books–Parish Library project: Parish Library project: ongoingongoing

Expanding…– Partnership with Fr. John B. Zhang,

Director of Faith Press for the publication of Daily Gospel 2008 and other books in Chinese.

Expanding…– Hiring of Chinese web developer,

Mr. Yuan Yi for the Zhuhai office.

•Real estate Real estate investment in Macau investment in Macau

and Zhuhai.and Zhuhai.

and dreaming …and dreaming …

• Following a proposal Following a proposal of Mr. Liu Bainian of Mr. Liu Bainian during the General Assembly during the General Assembly of the Party at the beginning of the Party at the beginning of March we are preparing of March we are preparing a project entitled: a project entitled:

and dreaming …and dreaming …

One WORD One Dream!One WORD One Dream! The Official BIBLE The Official BIBLE

of the Beijing Olympicsof the Beijing Olympics

2006 budget

Support from the Support from the Philippine Philippine Province. Province.

Donation from the Pastoral Donation from the Pastoral Bible Foundation. Bible Foundation.

Small income from Small income from ministry.ministry.

Support from the Support from the Philippine Philippine Province. Province.

Donation from the Pastoral Donation from the Pastoral Bible Foundation. Bible Foundation.

Small income from Small income from ministry.ministry.

20071. Donation of the General

Government for the purchase of three apartmentsEuro175,000 payable in two years.

2. Support of the Philippine Province: $18,500.

3. Contribution of the Pastoral Bible Foundation $54,000 (estimated).

4. Small income from ministry.

Approved Approved BudgetBudget

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