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Encyclopedia > St. Lawrence Parish

St. Lawrence Parish (風順堂區 Pinyin: Fēngshùn Tángqū , or 聖老愣佐堂區 Shèng Lǎoléngzuǒ Tángqū; Portuguese: Freguesia de São Lourenco) is a southwestern region of Macau Peninsula, Macau, the People's Republic of China. This page concerns the Christian martyr. ... Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Macau Peninsula (澳門半島 Pinyin: Aomen Bandao; Portuguese: Península de Macau) is the oldest and most populous part of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

It is surrounded by water on all sides except north, where it neighbours Cathedral Parish. Penha Hill (西望洋山) and Barra Hill (媽閣山) are to the south. The Portuguese governor building and current administrative buildings locates here; their slopes contain a luxurious residential area of villas. This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Cathedral Parish (大堂區 Pinyin: Dà Tángqū; Portuguese: Freguesia da Se) is a southeast region of Macau Peninsula, Macau, the Peoples Republic of China. ...


See also

  • Templo de A-Má
  • Santa Sancha
  • Avenida da REpublica
  • Sede do Governo da RAEM
  • Igreja São Lourenco

External links

  • Freguesias da RAEM

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Lawrence parish, however, did have an extra chapel, St. Mary's on the corner of Fifth and School Sts., which took care of many of the south end parishioners.
Important as were these activities in behalf of the parish, Father Clark would not let his people forget their larger duties of charity, and we find notations about collections for Missions, for St. Luke's Hospital in the city, which had begun a short four years before, and for the Orphans of the Diocese.
The bolt, which struck the spire of St. James Catholic Church, sent a shower of slate, chips of wood and nails hurtling to the streets and crashing down upon the sidewalk and in the yards on the opposite side, to a distance of 150 feet from the Church.
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