And a Happy New Year 2020! Wishing you all a good start to the new year! If you’re going to read this blog post all the way through, then I suggest you first stop and brew up, it’s a long … Continue reading Advent Adventures & Christmas Colours 2019! ๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐๐ ๐๐โชโ๐ถ๐โ๏ธ๐
On September 2, 2019, I received a very special message, and it made my day! The message said, “Hello Catherine! I am going to get married on December 14, 2019! Our wedding will be held in St. Peter’s Church (Chiayi). … Continue reading Congratulations to Isaac Chen Wei-Chieh ้ณ็ๆฐ and his beautiful bride ็พ ้ ้ฆจ!
Walking, Running, Relays, Obstacle Race, Table Tennis, Frisbee, Ball Throwing and a new game called Taspony (rules similar to tennis but using bare hands and a sponge ball): non-stop action all day! All part of the annual ecumenical NCCT Sports … Continue reading NCCT ๅบ็ฃๅพ่ฏ่ชผ้ๅๆ Sports Day 2019!
Today is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, known as Double Ninth Festival or Chong-Yang Festival ้้ฝ็ฏ and in Taiwan, it’s a special day for honoring all senior citizens. Yesterday I was in Taichung at St. James’ Church and the Rev. Lily Chang kindly invited me to stay on after the services for their Chong-Yang Festival lunch in a nearby restaurant. All those aged 65 and over were invited to join – and they had a few spare seats, which is how I got to be there too. The oldest there was 86, and the youngest had just … Continue reading Celebrating Taiwan’s Double Ninth / Chong-Yang Festival ้้ฝ็ฏ!
Update on Tuesday August 6: the official report on the Episcopal News Service announcing these results is now published here After many months of prayer and preparation, today was THE big day, when Bishop David J. H. Lai gathered the … Continue reading Rev. Dr. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang ๅผตๅกๆฆฎ็งๅธซ elected as next Bishop of Taiwan ~ Congratulations!
Happening this very weekend, on Saturday August 3 is the election of the new diocesan bishop of Taiwan. Prayers requested please! The mandatory retirement age for bishops in the Episcopal Church is 72, so our current diocesan bishop, Bishop David J. H. Lai ่ณดๆฆฎไฟกไธปๆ must retire before March 3, 2020. Bishop Lai is the 5th diocesan bishop of Taiwan, he was consecrated on November 25, 2000 as coadjutor, and then installed as diocesan bishop in 2001 on the retirement of Bishop John C. T. Chien ็ฐกๅ่ฐไธปๆ. So we are electing our 6th diocesan bishop as Bishop Lai’s successor. The date … Continue reading Prayers Requested for the Diocese of Taiwan Bishop Election This Coming Weekend!
My first ever visit to the Kinmen Islands โ YES! Kinmen ้้ (aka Quemoy / Chinmen / Chin-men), one of Taiwan’s farthest-flung islands, is where the 823 Artillery Shell Bombardment ๅ ซไบไธ็ฎๆฐ happened in 1958 as part of the Second Taiwan … Continue reading Kinmen ้้: Transforming War into Peace @ The Home of the Kinmen Artillery Shell Crosses!
Yes, we all gathered on Saturday May 11, 2019 to celebrate – and to give thanks to God for his many blessings to Grace Church, Tainan over the last 60 years! Tainan ๅฐๅ is Taiwan’s ancient capital and oldest city, … Continue reading ๅฐ็ฃ่ๅ ฌๆๅฐๅๅคฉๆฉๅ 60้ฑๅนดๆๆฉ็ฆฎๆ Grace Church, Tainan 60th Anniversary Celebrations ~ Thanks be to God!
On Wednesday May 1, 2019, the Feast of St. Philip and St. James, at 7:00 pm in St. Johnโs Cathedral, Taipei, Rev. Antony F. W. Liang (ๆขๅกๅ) was ordained priest by the Bishop of Taiwan, David J. H. Lai… Exactly … Continue reading A New Priest In the Diocese of Taiwan ~ Congratulations to Rev. Antony F. W. Liang on his Ordination! ๆขๅกๅๆๅๆ็ซๆ้ท่่ทๅ ธ็ฆฎ YES!
Catherine Lee 