Location
Official nameTrappistine Monastery “Our Lady Star of Hope”
Contact Information
Telephone(853) 2857 2801
Community emailstarofhopemacau@gmail.com
SuperiorM. Caterina Mazzarelli, Prioress 2026-2032
Other Information
Juridical statusSimple Priory
OriginsFoundation of Gedono
History
- On April 15, 2012, Divine Mercy Sunday, the foundation of Gedono (Indonesia) in Macao, which was approved by the General Chapter in Assisi in September 2011, welcomed its sixth foundress and officially celebrated its canonical beginning, placing itself under the patronage of the Virgin Mary, “Star of Hope”.
- On 26 January, 2026, during a solemn Mass celebrated by the diocesan bishop Most Reverend Stephen Lee, and in the presence of Dom Paul Kao, Abbot of our Lady of Joy, Lantao, Father Immediate, and of Mother Cornelia Ellis Lisnawaty, abbess of Gedono, the founding monastery, the foundation of Our Lady, Star of Hope, Macau was officially elevated to the rank of simple priory, according to the decision of the General Chapter 2025.
- On 27 January, 2026, Mother Caterina Mazzarelli was elected the first prioress of Our Lady Star of Hope, Macau for a six-years term. Mother Caterina was born in Milan, Italy in 1957. She entered Vitorchiano in 1980, went to Gedono in 1987, and was sent to Macau as one of the foundresses in 2009. She has been the superior of the community of Macau since 2012.
Father immediateLantao
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