It’s all happening in Taiwan lol! Thousands-strong crowd races through streets in surreal but unauthenticated clip Source: Pokémon Go May Have Just Shown Us What the End of the World Looks Like | TIME Continue reading Pokémon Go May Have Just Shown Us What the End of the World Looks Like | TIME
Check this out! This wall art at Tamsui Sports Center is made of lines and lines, rows and rows of black sticky tape! Amazing eh?! Continue reading Sticky Tape Wall Art!
This week, the northern coast of Taiwan in the district of Shimen 石門 has been looking beautiful, and everyone is here to enjoy it! The Fugueijiao Lighthouse 富貴角燈塔 on Taiwan’s northern tip on Monday afternoon ~ and a huge number of large grasshoppers! The beach at Baishawan 白沙灣 yesterday… And the harbour at nearby Linshanbi 麟山鼻and the coastline also yesterday….. Many tourists, visitors and locals are here making the most of it all ~ come and see it all for yourselves ~ it’s a great place! Continue reading Summer Time on Taiwan’s Northern Coast!
Celebrating the opening mass and blessing last Sunday, August 14, of the new Filipino R. C. Church in 台中市 潭子區 Tanzi, Taichung by 蘇耀文 主教 The Most Rev. Martin Yao-Wen Su, R. C. Bishop of Taichung. Congratulations to my good friend, Fr. Joyalito ‘Joy’ Tajonera MM 陳智仁 神父 @ Ugnayan Migrants and Immigrant Ministry, and all the Filipino Community in Tanzi! Address: 台中市 潭子區 興華一路 300號 3樓 Taichung City, Tanzi District, Xing Hua First Road, No. 300, 3rd floor. Sunday Mass Times: 7:45am and 9:00am This is their fifth move to different rented accommodation since Fr. Joy started the migrant … Continue reading Congratulations to the Filipino Community in Tanzi, Taichung!
Such a fun day, and we got to go on the new skywalk ~ YES! In September 1999, I started working at St. James’ Church, Taichung, about the same time as St. James had a new church administrator, Rebecca Liu. We shared the church office together, along with Rev. Charles C. T. Chen, the rector of St. James’ Church. Rebecca was our right-hand person, always so willingly on hand to do whatever needed doing whenever it was needed, and she was always always so lovely! At Chinese New Year 2000, Rebecca kindly invited me to her home for the Liu … Continue reading Beautiful people and places of Dadu 大肚 and Changhua 彰化 ~ Thank you Rebecca 劉恩渝 and all the family!
Weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching (許淑淨) on Sunday won Taiwan’s first gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, lifting a total of 212kg in the women’s 53kg group. Source: Hsu lifts Taiwan’s first Rio gold medal – Taipei Times Continue reading Hsu lifts Taiwan’s first Rio gold medal – Taipei Times
Another big day at Good Shepherd Church, Taipei! Last Sunday, Good Shepherd Church said goodbye to Rev. Philip Lin 林立峯牧師 and his family as they moved to St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, and now this Sunday, today, they say a big welcome to their new rector, Rev. Keith Lee 李鎮丞牧師! Here he is, in the middle, after his 2 services today, still smiling! Keith and his wife Sindy have 2 children, a son and a daughter, aged about 10 and 7, but as the Good Shepherd Rectory is having major repairs for the next few weeks, Keith is in Taipei on his own for … Continue reading Good Shepherd Church, Taipei 牧愛堂 welcomes Rev. Keith C. C. Lee 李鎮丞牧師 as the new rector!
An amazing morning spent at an amazing place, at the Grand Opening Celebrations of St. Francis Care Home 聖方濟安老院 in Toucheng, Yilan County 宜蘭縣頭城鎮 YES! Last Christmas, under the leadership of Rev. Lennon Chang, the charity bazaar and fundraising efforts organized by St. John’s University Chaplaincy raised NT$ 340,000 (US$ 10,350 / £ 6,985) for St. Francis Care Home. At the end of December, a large group of us from the chaplaincy and Advent Church went there to present the donation to Sr. Betty, who had kindly come to visit us to share about their ministry. For my blog post about that visit, … Continue reading 聖方濟安老院開幕慶活動 Grand Opening Day @ St. Francis Care Home, Toucheng, Yilan!
Yes, today is a big day in the Diocese of Taiwan ~ we have many of our churches saying fond farewells to their clergy as they move on. This was the scene at Good Shepherd Church today as the church said goodbye to Rev. Philip Lin, his wife and family, here they are with the Good Shepherd Senior Warden, Mr. Jake Hung! Over at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei our beloved Rev. Elizabeth Wei and her amazing husband, Rev. Peter Chen are finally retiring after serving the last 2 years in charge of the cathedral. Many congratulations to them and we … Continue reading Good Shepherd Church, Taipei 牧愛堂 says Goodbye to Rev. Philip L. F. Lin 林立峯牧師 and his family!
