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Bishop John Hsane Hgyi of Pathein in Myanmar
Bishop John Hsane Hgyi of Pathein in Myanmar has released guidelines for the celebration of Christmas in his diocese during the pandemic.
Midnight Mass on Christmas is to be celebrated with not more than 30 participants, including altar boys, and should be finished before 9 p.m. on December 24.
“Do not allow churchgoers who have been involved in one Mass after another to get together,” said Bishop John.
He instructed those attending Mass and other religious activities to always wear a face mask, to have their temperature tested, to wash their hands, to stay six feet apart, and to receive Holy Communion by hand.
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There are many great women in the world. Sister Mary Joseph, former superior of the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier Sisters, was one of them.
She was born in Kanazogone village in Wakema Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar, to U Bote Ni and Daw Maria. She was their third child.
The nun was elected Mother General of the congregation from 1994 to 2000 and served as a religious sister for 61 years.
Sister Mary Joseph had fallen asleep in Christ on December 1 at the age of 85.
Her long life was a good example not only for the members of her congregation but of the community of the faithful in Myanmar.
The Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Loikaw in Myanmar died on Wednesday, Dec. 16, after being in coma since Dec. 5. He was 65 years old.
Bishop Stephen Tjephe, who suffered from diabetes, had ruptured blood vessels in the brain due to a tumor that was operated on in 2018.
“We express our sincere condolence for his passing. It is a great loss for the diocese of Loikaw as well as for the Church of Myanmar, said Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide of Hpa-An diocese. He was surely respected and beloved . particularly for his leadership, spiritual guidance, fatherly care, and as a good shepherd to the people of God in the Diocese of Loikaw,” added the prelate.