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Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, July 9, the liturgy recalls St.Augustine Zhao Rong and his fellow martyrs in China. On that day His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, will preside the Mass in the Cathedral with the ordination of a priest and a deacon, both Dominicans: Christopher Chor, a native from Hong Kong, and the Korean Hong Seung Kook. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the diocesan bulletin) with the ordination of Christopher Chor, the Chinese province of the Dominican Rosary will finally have a new religious of local origin among its members. The new deacon Hong Seung Kook instead will return to South Korea, to dedicate himself to pastoral service.
Christopher Chor was born and raised in Hong Kong, in a family converted to Christianity in 1980. He became a Catholic in 2003 and entered the Dominicans in the same year. In December 2009 he professed his final vows and was ordained deacon in July 2010. In addition to teaching in the Dominican school, he also carries out pastoral service in the parish. On the eve of his priestly ordination he said: "I feel fulfilled only by dedicating myself fully to the Lord". Moreover, "I am happy to be ordained in the year when the congregation celebrates its 150 years of mission in Hong Kong. In addition, I will be the only Dominican from Hong Kong in my current community". (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 05/07/2011)
