Projects

Discover the 19th Century Hong Kong through St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery

Year of Approval

2006-2007

Grantee

Centre for Catholic Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Project Status

Completed in December 2008

Brief Description of the Project

The objectives of the project were to record and analyse systematically the tombs, inscriptions, memorial artefacts, and personal data of those buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Happy Valley in the 19th century. The Centre for Catholic Studies had organised exhibitions, seminar and guided tours on the same subject; a booklet was published as well. All these aimed to reveal an artistic and historical perspective of the Catholic Cemetery and to help public acquire a more positive way of thinking towards burial places in general.

Related Link(s)

(1) Centre for Catholic Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong