Mother of Good Counsel Church, Catholic church in San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Mother of Good Counsel Church is a Catholic church at 5 Choi Hung Road in San Po Kong, within the grounds of Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School. It was consecrated on 19 December 1966 and is one of three churches built with donations from the Diocese of Essen in Germany. The parish also includes St. Vincent's Chapel on Ching Tak Street in Wong Tai Sin.
The church was one of three built with donations from the Diocese of Essen in Germany, the others being Sts. Cosmas and Damian Church and St. Alphonsus Church; it was named according to the donors' wishes in gratitude. The Archbishop of Essen consecrated it on 19 December 1966. From 24 to 30 March 2012 Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen led a delegation to the Hong Kong diocese and visited the church and Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School on 27 March.
The parish keeps the feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1903 and held on 26 April, but celebrates its patronal feast on the second Sunday of November. Masses are in Cantonese, with an English Sunday Mass at 13:00. The parish also covers St. Vincent's Chapel in Wong Tai Sin, which became a chapel of this parish on 1 October 2000.
The church stands at 5 Choi Hung Road in San Po Kong, on the campus of Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School, and the parish also covers St. Vincent's Chapel at 102 Ching Tak Street in Wong Tai Sin Lower Estate. Masses are held in Cantonese and English, with the English Mass on Sundays at 13:00. The parish patronal feast falls on the second Sunday of November.
The church is one of three Hong Kong churches built with donations from the Diocese of Essen in Germany, the others being St. Goran and St. Alphonsus. The donors' wishes determined the dedication, and the church was consecrated on 19 December 1966 by Archbishop Hengsbach of Essen. In March 2012 Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen visited the church and the adjoining Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School.
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