St. Joseph the Worker Church (Macau) explained

Building Name:	St. Joseph the Worker Church
Native Name:	Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂 Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário
Location:	Freguesia Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China
Geo:	21.1972°N 113.5453°W
Religious Affiliation:	Roman Catholic
Functional Status:	Active
Architecture:	yes
Architect:	Luis Tomás Piñeiro Nagy
Architecture Type:	Church
Groundbreaking:	1998
Year Completed:	1999

The St. Joseph the Worker Church (; Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário) is a church in Macau, China; It is part of the freguesia of Our Lady of Fatima, in the district Iao Hon. Begun in 1998, it was completed in 1999.^[1]

Building

Inside there are exhibited fourteen oriental icons that represent the main events of Christianity, from Abraham to Pentecost. On the main altar stands a statue of the Holy Family.^[2]

This is the main church of the neighborhood and the parish was given from bishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung to Combonian fathers in 1999.^[3]

See also

• Religion in Macau

References

1. Web site: Igreja de São José Operário. gcatholic.org. 6 September 2015.
2. Web site: St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church. www.macauholiday.com. 6 September 2015. 1 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001103102/http://www.macauholiday.com/st-joseph-church.html. dead.
3. Web site: A thousand Lives for the Mission. comboni.org. 6 September 2015.