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"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen." In gratitude, The Macanese Community of California
---o0o--- Greetings Fellow Macaenses, With the inexorable passage of time, the ranks of what Tom Brokaw, renowned NBC journalist, called The Greatest Generation are slowly and sadly being depleted through attrition. This is no less true of the Macanese as of other communities of that era. Almost never a month goes by these days without some Filhos da Terra heading home to the loving embrace of our Heavenly Father – may God rest their souls. But that is not the only tragedy we lament. Sadly too, the Macanese younger generation is not exactly rushing to fill the shoes of the older members of the community, to pick up where they left off. We are witnessing the spectacle of them being assimilated into the society of the host country. They favor hamburgers over minchi. On the other hand, it cannot be said that the older generation has handed them a brightly lit torch, or a baton with which they can run. But this disquisition is not meant to point fingers. Simply, it is to deplore the thought that the Macanese diaspora could in the not distant future be a mere historical footnote – gone and forgotten; it is also to recognize that the survival of the Macanese community as such is imperiled at the rate we are going. We, the undersigned, believe that urgent action is called for to forestall that awful possibility. It will be a task for the many. We are a trio of romanticists who can make but a small contribution. And what is it that we are doing about it? We have created and launched this website, devoted to the continuity of the Macanese diaspora, at least in California, and accessible to our brothers and sisters the world over. It will be a website friendly to all who come a-knocking on its door. The website’s welcome mat is out to all with any desire to contribute to the achievement of its goals. It is our intention that the website serve to keep members of the diaspora informed of goings-on in the Macanese world, to stimulate interest in its affairs, to be conducive to the exchange of ideas and information, and to be a vehicle by which the culture and tradition of the Macanese people can be passed along to the distracted members of our younger generation. And it can be much more. Our hope is that our attempt will amount to a clarion call to our Macanese associates, both here and abroad, to rally to the noble cause of keeping alive the memory of our forebears, to stay in touch with our roots, and at the same time help to preserve the glorious history of the Portuguese presence for over four hundred years in the Far East . We will be keeping faith with the Macau government in the pursuit of the latter, and well we should for we have much to be grateful to it, particularly during the past six decades. No one has commissioned us to make this undertaking. As members of the Macanese community in California, we are concerned about its survival as such, and we act out of a sense of amor pela patria.
Horácio F. Ozório Nuno Prata da Cruz Eduardo R. Collaço Webmaster/Editor Co-Sponsor Co-Sponsor ---o0o---
For Your Convenience: Last updates: Jul 15, 2006 - Click on Editorials & Articles Jul 13, 2006 - Click on Editorials & Articles May 22, 2006 - Click on Club News
Mail Forum - Last update: May 6, 2006
Update on the Macau Cultural Center Jan 30, 2006 - Click on Club News and scroll down to "Status of the Community Center"
For other updates, see Contents below
C o n t e n t s The intent of this website being to apprise, enlighten and entertain all who pass by here, articles seemingly outdated, but which may have residual interest, are retained undeleted for the benefit of later arrivals to this scene. Our purpose, in other words, is to endeavor to tell viewers what was, what is, and what will be in the world of the Macaense.
About us Who are the Diaspora in America? We Eurasians Club News Casa de Macau, Vancouver, Canada 2006-2007 Election Results May 20, 2006 Unity Celebration of Sixth Anniversary of RAEM Apr 10, 2006 Lusitano Club Goes After Young Descendents Mar 25, 2006 2006 Elections – Casa de Macau, São Paulo, Brasil Mar 10, 2006 Lusitano 2006 Calendar of Events & 2006-2007 Directors Feb 17, 2006 2005/2006 Election Results - Casa de Macau Inc. Australia Oct 15, 2005 Casa de Macau em Portugal Launches New Website Oct 3, 2005 PRC Consulate Entertains Casa de Macau, São Paulo, Brazil Sep 23, 2005 President of APIM in Joint Session with North American Casas Jul 27, 2005 Protocol of Cooperation - The APIM & Lusitano Club of Calif. Jul 25, 2005 CEO Edmund Ho Visits Casa de Macau São Paulo Jun 23, 2005 Status of the Community Center - Update Jun 3, 2005 Casa de Macau Vancouver 2005 Election Results May 15, 2005 Tarde Macaense 2005 - Good show! May 4, 2005 "Double Celebration" with Casa de Macau, Vancouver Apr 22, 2005 Lusitano Club of California President's Spring Message Apr 21, 2005 Casa de Macau USA, Inc. 2005 Election Results Apr 12, 2005 Casa de Macau in São Paulo Looks to its Future Apr 3, 2005 Incorporation of Macau Cultural Center, Board of Directors Formed Mar 1, 2005 JTM Interviews President of Casa de Macau USA Feb 17, 2005 Three California Macaense Clubs Form Cultural Center Feb 16, 2005 Maria Roliz to Represent the Casas de Macau of the World Dec 24, 2004 Casa de Macau, Sao Paulo, will attend Encontro 2004 Nov 12, 2004 The Portuguese Club in Hudson, Massachusetts Oct 8, 2004 Casa de Macau no Canada, Toronto, Election Results Sep 25, 2004 The Associations of California Support CCM Sep 25, 2004 Lusitano Club Celebrates Dia de Portugal 2004 June 6, 2004 Lusitano Club Call out to Portuguese Macaense 18 & over Youth Community Mar 2, 2004 Status of the Community Center Updated Jan 30, 2006 Encontro das Comunidades Macaenses 2004 Disagreement on Use of Clubhouse Funding Editorials & Articles A Filomacau Takes on the U.S. Supreme Court? July 15, 2006 Meaningful Elections - One More Time July 13, 2006 Vancouver, Put an End to It! Apr 27, 2006 Respect for Each Other Mar 13, 2006 Jornal Tribuna de Macau Reviews 2005 - Excerpts Jan 1, 2006 Matriarch of a Very Portuguese Family Dies Aug 27, 2005 World Heritage Recognition Jul 16, 2005 Jorge Rangel on Indifferent Financial Support for the Diaspora Macaense Jul 5, 2005 Recreio Club Hockey Players Newsletter Mar 3, 2005 The Macau Post Daily Editorial of December 6, 2004 Jan 30, 2005 Revisiting the Rationale for Macau's $2MM Clubhouse Grant Jan 9, 2005 A Wake-up Call to the Macanese Community Jan 7, 2005 We Think Alike! Dec 18, 2004 Some Observations on Encontro 2004 Dec 18, 2004 A Juventude Lusa na Web Aug 28, 2004 Civility Among the Macanese Community Leadership Jul 30, 2004 Reaching Out for Yesterday Jun 24, 2004 Joint Cultural Activities Apr 11, 2004 On Speaking Chinese Apr 4, 2004 Doci Papiaçam di Macau Apr 1, 2004 Celebrating Macanese Golden Wedding Anniversaries Mar 19, 2004 Diaspora Macaense is the Salvation of Macau Feb 13, 2004 Meaningful Elections Jan 27, 2004 Unprofessional? Amateurish? Jan 27, 2004 Lusitano Bulletin Editor Speaks Out Dec 26, 2003 Response to Lusitano Bulletin Editorial Dec 23, 2003 Unity and Separatism Sep 30, 2003 Let us Give Thanks Oct 12, 2003 Meanwhile – Back in Hong Kong Nov 3, 2003 Memories of October 2003 Brazil Tour Nov 22, 2003 A Memorable Visit to Macau Nov, 2003 The Way it Was Macanese Fighter Pilot's Heroic Deed Jul 8, 2005 Love is a Many-splendored Amah Jan 4, 2005 Re-visiting Lisbon and Sintra Vicariously Sep 29, 2004 Were Amahs Charitably Treated by Us? Aug 21, 2004 A Trip to a China Town Grocery Store in California Feb 20, 2004 The Best Pitman’s Shorthand Teacher East of the Suez Alaskan Hospitality Cultural Shock – A Filomacau Fresh Off the Boat An Unsophisticated Macanese Boy in 1942 Chicken Soup for Bankers As Simple as Do Re Mi Adjusting to Cultural Shock A WWII Refugee Remembers Caixa Escolar Days in Macau Cash, Checks, Buying on Credit US Life in the Fifties, Life Now A Lesson in Humility Saudades on the Road Jan 21, 2004 Mail Forum Letters to A Diaspora Macaense na America Updated May 6, 2006 Kudos Francis X. Remedios, Ph.D Mar 29, 2005 Anchors Aweigh, Brandon Jan 22, 2005 Maria Roliz Honored Dec 22, 2004 Well Done, Stephen Remedios! Aug 1, 2004 Ray Cordeiro Jul 19, 2004 A Macanese Club Celebrates Jun 19, 2004 Tony Cruz - A Macaense Champion Mar 6, 2004 Gabby Pereira Scores Again! Jan 30, 2004 Culture & Tradition Patuá - Pa tudu Genti-Genti de Macau Mar 9, 2006 Uma tradição para “perpetuar” Mar 8, 2006 Macaense Poetess Keeps Alive the Traditions of Macau Dec 1, 2005 Comizaina! Oct 27, 2005 O Mar - Um Poema por Rita Lopes Sep 29, 2005 Two Popular Macau Traditions Aug 6, 2005 Rush in the Far East to learn Portuguese Aug 5, 2005 Creole Identity Mar 19, 2005 An Angel from the Sea, a Flower from Heaven Mar 18, 2005 Speaking up for Heritage Feb 2, 2005 Coming Home Jan 1, 2005 Viva Bacalhau! Dec 28, 2004 Preserving the Portuguese Language in Macau Oct 26, 2004 Mariza Hits Every Hue of the Portuguese Blues Oct 20, 2004 Fundação Oriente Finances Portuguese Language Teachers in Goa Sep 29 2004 Portuguese Culinary Tradition Discussed Jul 12, 2004 The Tradition of Classical Old Filho Macau Names - Jun 15, 2004 Macau Terra Minha - Um Poema Jun 2, 2004 Music of Macau Apr 17, 2004 Names I Used to Know Feb 17, 2004 Maquista Chapado Macau: O Ano Lunar de Macaco Jan 21, 2004 Our Macanese Catholic Tradition Macaenses Share This Tradition? Jan 14 2004 Historical Interest Macau in UNESCO World Heritage List Jul 15, 2005 Macau - Universal Heritage May 10, 2005 Macau - Universal Heritage Apr 2, 2005 LusaWeb - A Portuguese Ancestry Community Aug 6, 2004 Macau Candidates for World Heritage Status Jul 2, 2004 Dia de Cidade Jun 22, 2004 Memórias do 25 de Abril Jun 1, 2004 1993 Flashback - In the Words of Anabela Ritchie May 28, 2004 Macau and the Macaenses The Hong Kong Volunteers Homeland News 6th Anniversary of RAEM to be Celebrated in California Mar 23, 2006 A “Bridge” Between RAEM and California Mar 17, 2006 Macau Week in Las Vegas July 25, 2005 The Macanese Celebrate Dia de Portugal Jun 14, 2005 Goodwill Trip to Canada and the USA by Macau Official Jun 7,2005 Macau VIP to attend California Dia de Portugal Festival Jun 2, 2005 Macau to Compete in World Championship Roller Hockey May 29, 2005 Dia de Portugal May 14, 2005 A Celebration of Unity Feb 14, 2005 Join the Portuguese for a Festa Jan 19, 2005 Newly Appointed Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco Nov 11 2004 Casas de Macau Prepare for Encontro 2004 Sep 16, 2004 Check This Out - Portuguese Cultural Center of Danbury Connecticut Jul 25, 2004 2004 Dia de Portugal Festa - Portuguese Heritage Society Jun 6, 2004 Homage to a Great Portuguese Humanitarian Jun 4, 2004 Macau – Espaço de Encontro de Culturas May 4, 2004 Portuguese Soccer Anyone? Apr 21, 2004 Macau Presents Itself to California Apr 15, 2004 Remembering our History - Reliving our Traditions Feb 11, 2004 The Macanese of Rossmoor Community Liaison to Lisbon, Portugal, Elected Portuguese American Leadership Council of the U.S. Update Visit of Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities Overseas News Bishop of Hong Kong Elevated to Cardinal Mar 27, 2006 Macaense Community Praised by Chinese Foreign Trade Commissioner Feb 20, 2006 Televising Macau Live Dec 23, 2005 Importance of the Macanese Highlighted Dec 12, 2005 Fundação Macau Provides Refurbishing Funds Nov 29, 2005 Casas de Macau Worldwide to Promote Macau Nov 5, 2005 Casa Leaders in Macau to Meet with CCM President Nov 1, 2005 A Dream Holiday Oct 24, 2005 Beijing: Macaenses are “Agents for a Better Future" Jul 11, 2005 Beijing Repeats its Support & Respect for Macaense Community Jul 5, 2005 Donald Tsang Hopeful for Beijing and Vatican Rapprochement Jun 4, 2005 Teaching Portuguese Electronically Apr 2, 2005 Graphic Photos of Tsunami Disaster Dec 30, 2004 Excerpts from the Annual Frank & Vivi Correa Christmas Letter Dec 21, 2004 Photos and quotes from Encontro 2004 Dec 17, 2004 Participation in Encontro 2004 Above Expectations Nov 21, 2004 Diaspora Macaense Important to China Nov 17, 2004 New Page of Website of Associação dos Macaenses of Macau Oct 24 2004 APIM Announces Encontro 2004 Program Oct 16, 2004 Twelve Casas de Macau Join the CCM Oct 7, 2004 Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses Now Has a Logo Oct 6, 2004 Macaenses in “Total Convergence” in Hong Kong Meeting Sep 27, 2004 "Zombies" de Macau Sep 23, 2004 Controversy over Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses Sep 22, 2004 Council of Donors for Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses Sep 16, 2004 A Canadian Multicultural Birthday Celebration Sep 14, 2004 APIM in Vancouver & Lisbon to Confer with Diaspora Sep 10, 2004 Macau - Now a Boom Town? Sept 1, 2004 Edmund Ho Lauds Portuguese Community Aug 26, 2004 The President of APIM Meets With the Casas in Vancouver Aug 21, 2004 APIM - Criação de núcleo de juventude Jul 21, 2004 Rediscovered Jewels Jul 8, 2004 Small is Big Jun 18, 2004 Encontro 2004 Announcement by APIM Jun 15, 2004 First Time Lucky May 26, 2004 Pearl River Delta Bridge Gets Go-Ahead May 25, 2004 Stanley Ho Upstages Rival Sands Casino May 19, 2004 Golden Days May 14, 2004 The Goan Diaspora in Portugal May 13, 2004 Picture of the new Clube Lusitano of Hong Kong May 1, 2004 Dóci Papiaçam di Macau - An Announcement Mar 10, 2004 Macau Population Density Highest in the World Mar 10, 2004 Macau – A Tourist's Delight Mar 10, 2004 Macau Could be a Sun City Mar 6, 2004 Clementina Ângela Leitão Ho Feb 27, 2004 An Agreement - Finally! Casa de Macau USA Interviewed by Jornal Tribuna de Macau Additional Comments on Preliminary Meeting Macaenses have an Admirer Forthcoming Encontros in Macau Preliminary Meeting Of the Directors of the Casas de Macau Year 2003 APIM New Web Site Launched Good Economic News for Macaenses in Macau Another Feather in His Cap? Las Vegas of the Orient? Not! December 2003 Review - Some Highlights by JTM Ponto Final Launches Literary Initiative Macau Portuguese Press Alive and Well Informal Brazilian Survey on Encontro 2004 Jan 17, 2004 Plataforma Mundial de Jovens Luso-Descendentes Jan 30, 2004 Everything's Comin' Up Roses in Macau? Jan 31, 2004 Gustavo da Roza no Serão Macaense Feb 2, 2004 Casa de Macau, São Paulo, Brasil, 2004 Election Results Feb 12, 2004 The Macanese Diaspora and the Portuguese Language Feb 16, 2004 Gustavo da Roza: Macaenses são “importantes” para a China Feb 16, 2004 Casa de Macau de São Paulo, Brazil, Hold Biennial Elections Mar 12, 2004 This and That Anglicized Portuguese Names Mar 19, 2005 The City That Knows How Dec 25, 2004 Portuguese Diner in San Francisco Nov 15 2004 Curiosidades de Um Outro Mundo Nov 3, 2004 Translating Avó’s Portuguese Recipes Sep 7, 2004 Mother Teresa Defines Love May 28, 2004 Ann Landers Defines Class May 28, 2004 Filho Macau Words & Phrases Nosso Gente, Filo Macau, Fala Directories & Links Contact Us ---o0o---
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