Jesuits
The Vatican has just announced today that Pope FRANCIS has appointed the Reverend Stephen CHOW Sau-yan, a member of the Society of Jesus, as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Rev. Stephen CHOW, S.J., Bishop-elect, is aged 62. He was born in Hong Kong in 1959 and was ordained a priest in Hong Kong in 1994. He holds a Doctorate in Education from Harvard University, USA. Currently he is Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Chinese Province and Supervisor of Wah Yan College (Hong Kong and Kowloon).
Click here to read the whole article from Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
我不認識余理謙神父（Fr. James Hurley)，只從別人口中聽到過他的名字。報章近日報道他的死訊，我才從他的作品丶訪問和別人的敍述中認識他，驚覺香港曾經有一位這麼關心學生丶青年人丶工人丶基層人士丶人權和民主，一生奉獻香港的先知性人物。
The book was originally published in Fr. Naylor website which has since been decommissioned. A snapshot of the website was found in an online archival storage preserving most of the text but not the pictures. It is still a very precious find and is uncertain how long the archived web pages will stay up before taken down making room for other sites. Read the book while you can.
From Fr. Stephen Chow, "We have been informed that Fr. James Hurley went peacefully to the Lord on April 13, 2020, at Cherryfield Lodge, Dublin, Ireland, at 5:15PM (Irish time).
Fr. Hurley was born in Ardmore, Co. Waterford, Ireland on Oct. 1, 1926. He entered the Society at Emo Park, Portlaoise, Laoise, Ireland, on Nov. 11, 1944; was ordained to the priesthood on July 31, 1958 in Dublin and professed the final vows on Feb. 2, 1962 at St. Ignatius Chapel, Wah Yan College Kowloon, Hong Kong.
It is officially confirmed that Fr. Hurley tested positive for COVID-19 3 days ago. He sufferered a very mild form of it. He watched the Pope’s Urbi et Orbi address on Sunday and spoke with his family. He ate his dinner yesterday and was fully aware up to the end and died very peacefully at 5.15 pm yesterday evening."
Written by Janet Wong, Fr. Deignan's care taker and sponsoored by Francis Yuen ('70). A copy is being sent to our chapter.