This article reviews Hon-Fai Chen’s latest monograph entitled Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau: Changing Meanings of Religiosity, Morality, and Civility, which offers an in-depth sociological investigation of the ecclesial identity of the Roman Catholic Church, its engagement with state and society, and the growing prophetic witness among the laity. Focusing on the popular imaginary of citizenship, Chen draws on qualitative data to show that faced with intense psychological conflicts without abandoning the faith, local Catholics are keen to reconcile secular humanism with contemporary Catholic social teachings. Instead of following blindly the conservative doctrines and instructions of the institutional Church, they adhere to Catholicism as a personal faith and utilize the God-ordained freedom to exercise personal agency in an increasingly materialistic society.