Newsletter No. 205

4 No. 205 19th June 2002 CUHK Newsletter 30 Years of Mass Saying at the Adam Schall Chapel T he catholic congregation o f A d am Schall Chapel celebrated the 30th anniversary o f the chapel on the Sunday evening o f 19th Ma y , the exact day on wh i ch, 30 years ago, the first mass was said in the chapel. Celebrations consisted o f a mass said by none other than Father Ciaran Kane o f the Society o f Jesus, the preacher o f the first mass held in A d am Schall Residence, then semi-finished, back in January 1972, and also the first warden o f the residence. A l so in attendance at the anniversary mass were Jesuit fathers who have been saying mass at the chapel, most since the m i d - 1 9 9 0 s. T h ey we re Fr. Joseph Shields, Fr. A l f r ed Deignan, Fr. Sean C o g h l a n , a nd F r . M a r c i a n o Bap t i s t a. The mass was f o l l o w ed by dinner for the congregation held by the University sw immi ng pool. I n the 1960s, the Society o f Jesus, who had already established a base at The University o f Hong Kong, decided that a similar foothold in what wou ld become a major university in the N ew Territories was essential. A few Jesuits teaching at Un i t ed Co l l ege then put f o r wa rd the ambitious idea for a centre for Catholic a c t i v i t i es to be b u i l t on the U n i t ed College campus. This eventually evolved into plans for a hostel w i t h a chapel. I n memo r y o f the Jesuit o r i g i ns o f the chapel, the residence was named after Johann A d am Schall v on Be l l, a famous Jesuit priest o f the 17th century who was also a sinologist, a s t r onome r, and adv i ser to the emperor o f China. F r om the s t a r t, the A d a m Scha ll Chapel has d r awn a r i ch d i v e r s i ty o f supporters f r om a ll w a l k s o f l i f e r e s i d i ng i n t he n e i g h b o u r i ng areas, but ma i n l y f r o m t he U n i v e r s i t y i t s e l f. I n t h i s c o m m u n i t y , a c a d e m i cs r u b s h o u l d e rs w i t h j o c k e y s , h o r se t r a i n e r s, b u s i n e s s me n, p r o f e s s i o n a l s, s t u d e n t s, a nd d ome s t ic h e l p e r s. I n 1994, the ownership and m a n a g e m e n t o f t he A d am Schall Residence was reverted to Un i t ed College, i n accordance w i t h an earlier agreement b e t w e e n t h e Society o f Jesus and the co l l ege. A l t h o u gh the chapel has been deconsecrated, the Society o f Jesus continued to supply priests for the masses every Sunday. A n A d am Schall Chapel Committee was also established under the leadership o f Prof. Kuan Hs in Chi. M r . Pa t r i ck Y i u , senior f i nan ce manager o f the University, who oversees the committee's accounts, says the future is uncertain f or A d am Schall Chapel. 'Mass continues as usual n ow because retired Jesuit priests are k i nd enough to take t ime to say mass here. Cu r r en t ly there are three, two o f wh om are over 70 o f age. The y ' re healthy but there's no know i ng when they wou ld want to return home. Fr. Deignan takes care o f the first, second, and f i f t h , i f t he r e 's a f i f t h , Sundays o f the month, while Fr. Baptista does the third, and Fr. Shields the fourth. As you can see, we cannot afford to have a n y m i s h a p i n t h e arrangement, no matter how small. ’ T he p r o b l em o f a shortage o f priests is not confined to A d am Schall. A c c o r d i ng to M r . Y i u , t h e t w o p a r i s h e s i n Sha T i n t oo have been combined into one. Due to economi c, demographical, and social reasons, far f ewer y o u ng peop le see t a k i ng h o l y orders as the way to spend the rest o f their lives. The chapel still draws a gathering o f about 60 souls each week. However the committee w i l l lose many o f its core members in the near future and that w i l l not help matters a bit. 'Prof. Kuan w i l l j o i n another parish as he wants to be more involved in voluntary services; Mrs. Jean Wi l son w i l l leave the University in July w i t h her husband Prof. Ian Wilson; and a couple o f other professors are going to retire. The future, as y ou can see, is not optimistic, but we w i l l try to keep on for as long as possible,' observes Mr . Y i u, w i t h a tinge o f sadness. Piera Chen (From left) Fr. Shields, Fr. Deignan, Fr. Kane, Fr. Coghlan, and Fr. 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