St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Hong Kong

　　St. Stephen's Catholic Church (English: St. Stephen's Parish) is a Catholic church located in the Southwestern New Territories Deanery of the Hong Kong Diocese. It is situated at 14 Wing Fong Road, Lower Kwai Chung, New Territories, and was completed in 1980.

　　History

　　St. Stephen's Catholic Church was completed on December 26, 1980. The church is dedicated to Saint Stephen as its patron saint and was consecrated by the then Bishop of Hong Kong, John Wu Cheng-chung (late Cardinal). Prior to the church's construction, Father Manuel Fonseca had moved from Tsuen Wan to Kwai Fong and set up a pastoral center at Wing Wan House. Mass centers were also established at the SKH St. Mary’s School Yau Tong and the Maryknoll Fathers' School in Kwai Shing. However, over the past decade, due to a continuous decline in clergy numbers and the Hong Kong Diocese's structural reforms regarding mass centers and chapels, the parish structure was revised starting in 1999 to become the "St. Stephen Pastoral Committee and Ng Kwok Shing Pastoral Committee." The Parish Council was then formed by selecting four members from each of the two pastoral committees, totaling eight members.

　　Patron Saint

　　Saint Stephen is the first martyr of the Church. At the time of his martyrdom, Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit, his face shining like an angel’s as he gazed toward heaven. He proclaimed what he saw, then knelt down and prayed, asking the Lord to receive his spirit and forgive those who were stoning him (“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”; “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”). He was ultimately stoned to death by the Jews.

　　Mass Schedule

　　Sunday Masses: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM (Cantonese) Sunday Vigil Mass: 8:00 PM on Saturday (Cantonese) Weekday Masses: 7:15 AM (Cantonese), Monday to Friday.

　　Church Opening Hours

　　Sunday: 7:15 – 17:00, Monday to Saturday: 6:45 – 17:30, Public Holidays: 6:45 – 21:00.

　　Transportation Guide

　　Address: 14 Wing Fong Road, Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong

　　How to get there: Take New Territories minibuses Route 87