St. Anthony's Catholic Church () is a

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church in

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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History

The church building covers an area of , and is located along Nonglin Road,

Futian District Futian District () is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, China. The district is home to the government and Municipal Committee of Shenzhen, as well as one of the city's central business district (CBD). Name There are two ...

. The foundation of the church was laid in April 1998, and the church was completed in December 2001. Building the church took three years and eight months. The design of St. Anthony's Catholic Church aims to symbolize the spirit of Catholicism in the

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone The Shenzhen Special Economic Zone () is a special economic zone (SEZ) of China. One of four special economic zones (SEZ) established in May 1980, it was the first SEZ created by Deng Xiaoping, and, like the other three zones, was modeled afte ...

. The construction of the church required the efforts of a large number of Catholics. St. Anthony's Catholic Church is an international parish, which each Sunday at 11:00am provides the

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in English for Catholics from overseas who live and work in Shenzhen.

Parish

The church has four Sunday Masses (), at 9:00 am on Sunday, and 11:00 am on Sunday (English), and 7:00pm on Sunday(English), and 7:00 pm on Saturday. It also has weekday Masses () at 7:00am from Monday to Saturday.

Transportation

* Take subway Line 2 (Shekou Line) to get off at Qiaoxiang Station. Getting out from Exit A and walk to reach the church.

List of priests

References

External links

* {{Futian District Roman Catholic churches in Guangdong Churches in Shenzhen Tourist attractions in Shenzhen 2001 establishments in China 21st-century Roman Catholic church buildings in China Roman Catholic churches completed in 2001 Futian District 2001 in Shenzhen