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Julianna Devoy
Sister Juliana Devoy (7 February 1937 – 14 December 2020) was an American-born Catholic nun, missionary, and social activist, residing in Macau. She joined the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and conducted missionary work in Southeast Asia, eventually settling in Macau where she spent the rest of her life. She was active in efforts to reform Macau's laws governing domestic violence. She founded and managed the Good Shepherd Center, a charitable institution in Macau, which provided support to women in crisis. She was the recipient of several honors, including the Medal of Altruistic Merit from the Macau government in 2013. Biography Juliana Devoy was born on 7 February 1937 in Norfolk, Nebraska in the United States of America. Her father was in the American Air Force, and she had six siblings. She spoke English and Cantonese. She graduated high school in 1954, and spent a year at the California State University studying social services, but did not continue her education at the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of " one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
