Culture

Paths of Faith

Event type Exhibition
Date 15 Sep 2026 — 29 Sep 2026
Audience Adults
Venue Casa Ásia — Coleção Francisco Capelo
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Museum room with paintings on the walls

Bookings/Information

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  • Booking required. Free entry.
  • Maximum of 20 participants.

Paths of Faith is an exhibition route and temporary exhibition presented across two cultural venues of the Lisbon Holy House of Mercy. It explores faith, love and death as central dimensions of the human experience. Through 28 works from different periods, geographical contexts and artistic traditions, drawn from the collections of the Museum of São Roque and Casa Ásia – Francisco Capelo Collection, it offers a reflection on the sacred and the profane, the body and transcendence, through a dialogue between physical, social, symbolic and spiritual dimensions.

The temporary exhibition Oblivion forms an integral part of the route. Created by Mafalda Oliveira Martins and displayed at the Museum of São Roque, Oblivion pays tribute to the 233 people who died alone in Lisbon in 2021, without relatives or friends to claim their bodies. Inspired by a ceremony held in São Roque Church, the exhibition seeks to preserve the memory of those for whom only their names remained. Through imagined faces created using simple materials, it invites visitors to reflect on loneliness, human dignity and the importance of remembering those who passed away without leaving a visible memory behind.

Step by Step / Piece by Piece is a program of guided tours integrated into the Paths of Faith exhibition route. These visits explore the selected works, highlighting their historical, artistic and symbolic meanings. Through a dialogue between Christian and Asian traditions, they encourage reflection on love, death and faith, providing a gradual discovery of the connections linking the two exhibition venues.

Step by Step / Piece by Piece Guided Tours:
29 September – 2:30 pm – CA-CFC
(Maximum of 20 participants)

Access to the exhibition is included with the purchase of an admission ticket to SCML museums.
Participation in the guided tours is free of charge upon advance booking.

THE AFOREMENTIONED GUIDED TOURS TAKE PLACE EXCLUSIVELY IN PORTUGUESE.

Guided tours in English are available for groups upon advance booking and subject to availability.

Step-by-Step / Piece-by-Piece Guided Tour:

29 September

  • 2.30 pm