Bulletin No. 1, 2010

Humanities · Humanity · Humankind  17 suicide, whether spirits exist...if only we would let it.’ The centre has been very active in research and most of its projects shed light not only on the Catholic religion in Hong Kong and southern China, but also the development of our society. They include the study of Catholic cemeteries in Hong Kong as a product of human culture and society, the history of religious orders and missionary congregations working in Hong Kong, research on women and the church, Catholicism and a Hakka village in Sai Kung, an oral history project, and the experiences of the Hong Kong Church in implementing the internal reform of the Catholic Church as put forward by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. Looking ahead, the centre hopes to enhance dialogue and interaction among the Christian religions in Hong Kong and contribute to the ecumenical movement in Hong Kong and Asia.