HONG KONG (SE): The Hong Kong-Macau district of the China Province of the Society of the Divine Word [SVD], marked the 150th anniversary of the congregation’s founding by St. Arnold Janssen on 8 September 1875.
Cardinal Stephen Chow S.J., the bishop of Hong Kong, presided over the Mass at Christ the KIng Chapel, Causeway Bay on September 7, which was concelebrated by former bishops, John Cardinal Tong Hon and Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, along with Father Johnson Dhos SVD, regional superior of Hong Kong and Macau, Monsignor Jose Luis, of the Holy Spirit Study Mission, Father Peter Choy Wai-man, vicar general, Father Joseph Yim Tak-lung, chief executive of Caritas-Hong Kong.
They were joined by SVD priests, other priests of the diocese, clergy and religious, and a joyful congregation packed into the church.
