Our Lady of Fátima Church, Catholic church in Macau, China
Our Lady of Fátima Church is a two-storey concrete church on Rua de Lei Pou Ch'ôn in the Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish. The upper church has a T-shaped plan, coloured glass windows forming cross patterns, an altar against a red brick wall, and a square tower with three bells. The ground floor holds a hall and multipurpose rooms.
The church began in 1929 as a mission centre of St. Anthony's Parish serving northern Macau and Taipa, seating about 30 people. It became a parish in 1965, and Bishop Paulo José Tavares ordered a rebuild in 1966. The new church, designed by architect António M. Jorge da Silva, was consecrated on 7 December 1968.
Each 13 October, the parish holds its patronal feast with a procession of the statue of Our Lady of Fátima. The church also keeps a pool in its courtyard with statues of the Virgin and the three shepherd children, where the faithful come to pray. Masses are celebrated in Cantonese, English and Vietnamese.
The church stands at 23 Lei Po Chun Street in the Bairro de Fátima area of northern Macau, with the entrance reached by a long flight of steps because the school occupies the lower level. Masses are held in Cantonese on weekday mornings at 7:10 and on Sundays at 7:00 and 9:00, in English at 12:00 and in Vietnamese at 16:30. Confession is heard on Saturdays from 19:30 to 20:00 and on Sundays from 8:30 to 9:00.
The church was the first in Macau built after the Second Vatican Council, so it has no side altars and few statues; a crucifix, not the patron image, stands at the centre of the altar. Its bell tower holds three bronze bells of different sizes rung for Mass.
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