Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Among many different initiatives organised for the Year of the Eucharist, the Philippines community of immigrants in Hong Kong recently took part in a pilgrimage arranged by Caritas Hong Kong and the community of Divine Word Missionaries SVD. About 400 immigrants made a pilgrimage to St Joseph’s Chapel in the parish of the Sacred Heart in Yin Tin Tsai village in the district of Saikung, the site of the first Catholic village in Hong Kong. The Divine Word Missionaries were the first to evangelise this area.
In his homily during Mass, pilgrimage leader Father Emilio Lim, SVD said that: “life is a pilgrimage and the Eucharist is our spiritual nourishment, our company, consolation and destination. Our whole life is a pilgrimage of faith….the Eucharist leads us to full communion. The Eucharist also expresses fully the life of Filipino domestic helpers made of joy, suffering, sacrifice and success.” The pilgrimage ended with devout adoration of the Eucharist and will remain as an event to remember for the Filipino community. (Agenzia Fides 16/12/2004 Righe: 19 Parole: 166)