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Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Making a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the history of Catholicism in Hong Kong was a good way to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist and to build a closer bond with the Lord. This is why the diocesan Liturgy Commission proposed an inter “Pilgrimage to our churches in the Year of the Eucharist” on Whit Monday the day after the solemnity of Pentecost. According to Kong Ko Bao diocesan bulletin more than 400 people from 30 parishes in Hong Kong took part with enthusiasm in the pilgrimage to the cathedral and four other churches, two churches built before the Second Vatican Council and two new churches built more recently. At every stop the pilgrims listened to talks by the cathedral rector and the president of the diocesan Liturgy Commission on the evangelisation of the territory, the growth of the local Catholic community and the indispensable work of missionaries as well as the precious testimony of Chinese martyrs. The “Pilgrimage to our churches in the Year of the Eucharist” concluded with Benediction at the cathedral. (Agenzia Fides 03/06/2005 Righe: 19 Parole: 177)
