Month: April 2014

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Taiwan Episcopal Church 60th Anniversary Celebration Day 台灣聖公會宣教60週年感恩慶典 ~ YES YES YES!

Catherine Lee

60 years old ~ and in Chinese culture, the 60th birthday is always THE major landmark… Thanks be to Almighty God for his many blessings over the last 60 years, and here’s to the next 60! Actually, the day started at 2:20am (yep, it’s true) with a massive huge thunderstorm that brought torrential rain, thunder and lightning for the next 3 hours ~ the end of all sleep for the rest of the night!  No oversleeping then for those of us gathered at Advent Church for the journey to Taichung for the big day ~ but in fact by daybreak … Continue reading Taiwan Episcopal Church 60th Anniversary Celebration Day 台灣聖公會宣教60週年感恩慶典 ~ YES YES YES!

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St. John’s University, Taiwan celebrates 47 years….

Catherine Lee

聖約翰科技大學在台復校47週年校慶暨創辦人故王長齡主教逝世44週年紀念感恩禮拜 Our annual week of celebrations ~ this year we mark 47 years of SJU in Taiwan, and 44 years since the death of Bishop James C. L. Wong (Bishop of Taiwan 1965-70) who did so much to help establish the school in 1967 ~ today was a special service attended by SJU President Chen and all those who receive scholarships to help them with their studies, plus our SJU Chaplaincy student fellowship who sang in the choir…. Tomorrow is the main SJU celebration day, when all the alumni come back and all the students and staff are here for … Continue reading St. John’s University, Taiwan celebrates 47 years….

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救主復活日 Happy Easter ~哈利路亞! 主已復活!

Catherine Lee

Alleluia, Christ is Risen!  哈利路亞! 主已復活! Easter celebrations at Advent Church started last night, Easter Eve, with the Easter Vigil – the lighting of the Easter fire and the first half of the service by candlelight, then 4 baptisms and Holy Communion…. All wonderfully led by retired priest, Rev. Michael Liou, who sang the whole service ~ amazing! Despite having no voice only a few days earlier, on the night he was in fine form! Oh yes and the dog ~ well it was kind of snuggled up in someone’s bag on the back row, but its head kept on … Continue reading 救主復活日 Happy Easter ~哈利路亞! 主已復活!

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Easter Eve on Qixing Mountain 七星山 ~ Us ‘n the boys!

Catherine Lee

This morning up bright and early to take a group of lovely SJU students, all boys, plus Shu-Jing, one of our SJU chaplaincy staff – all of them on their first ever visit to Qixing Mountain, the highest in the Yang-Ming Shan Mountains….. Foggy and full of sulphur smoke from the fumaroles – all added to the atmosphere – great weather for walking in! Most appropriate for Easter Eve as we wait for the celebrations to start later tonight…. And back mid-afternoon in time to get ready for tonight’s Easter Vigil ~ one of the boys is to be baptized … Continue reading Easter Eve on Qixing Mountain 七星山 ~ Us ‘n the boys!

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All set for 台灣聖公會宣教六十週年 Taiwan Episcopal Church 60th Anniversary!

Catherine Lee

The T-shirts are ready, all 1,000 of them, YA! The Taiwan Episcopal Church celebrates its 60th anniversary this year ~ the big celebration will be on Saturday April 26 in Taichung…. The T-shirts, with a specially designed logo in honor of the occasion and to be worn on the day are now ready ~ the logo designed by church members of Christ Church, Chung-Li, and the T-shirts made by our very own Tan Shirt Company.  The Tan family are church members here at Advent Church, and Marge Tan (our senior church warden) runs their cutting factory just up the road … Continue reading All set for 台灣聖公會宣教六十週年 Taiwan Episcopal Church 60th Anniversary!

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奇萊南峰 Chilai South Peak & 南華山 Nanhua Mountain

Catherine Lee

Big weekend just gone YA!  Made the most of Tomb-Sweeping Festival and the long weekend, and off we went for a big expedition to Nantou County in central Taiwan for 3 days on the 能高越嶺古道 Nenggao Cross-Ridge Trail ~ which crosses Taiwan’s central mountain range from west to east… Like many beautiful places in the world, unfortunately the Nenggao Trail has a tragic history, related to the Wushe Incident… These days the trail is used only for peaceful purposes, and mostly by walkers…. that’s us! We started off on Thursday evening from Tamsui, arriving well past midnight in the village of … Continue reading 奇萊南峰 Chilai South Peak & 南華山 Nanhua Mountain

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Taipei Student Protests ~ The Sunflower Movement….

Catherine Lee

Taiwan’s student-led protests and occupation of the Legislature are now into their 3rd week…. so I thought it was high time for me to go along and check out what’s going on! Yesterday (on my home from the diocesan office) I passed by in front of the Legislature Building in downtown Taipei City – the main door guarded by police, but crowds seated on stools listening to speakers, and of course people posing for photos, as always! Then around the back of the Legislature building, and in amongst the student protest area, located around a crossroads.  People, tents, stalls, speakers, … Continue reading Taipei Student Protests ~ The Sunflower Movement….