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St. Joseph the Worker Church (Macau)

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Affiliation
  
Roman Catholic

Completed
  
1999

Opened
  
1999

Groundbreaking
  
1998

Status
  
Active

Address
  
Macau

Architectural type
  
Church

St. Joseph the Worker Church (Macau)

Location
  
Freguesia Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China

Similar
  
Chapel of St Francis Xavier, St Joseph's Church‑K, St Lazarus' Church, St Joseph's Church, Our Lady of Carmel Church

The St. Joseph the Worker Church (Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂; 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.

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.

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

References

St. Joseph the Worker Church (Macau) Wikipedia