Update from Taiwan: Masked Graduation in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Congratulations to all our St. John’s University (SJU) graduates! Face-masks on, temperatures checked, gowns a-swaying, mortar boards balanced in place, and we’re off! Today, Saturday June 20, 2020, we celebrated the graduation of 722 students from the 4-year SJU Bachelor’s … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: Masked Graduation in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Update from Taiwan: Masked Celebration in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
First the good news, today Taiwan has reached the biblical milestone of 40 days, that’s 40 straight days with no domestically transmitted Covid-19 infections. Cautious optimism all round. 😌 Good news part 2 is that it’s perfectly possible for everyone … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: Masked Celebration in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Update from Taiwan: Masked Confirmation in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Masked church services, masked communion, and now masked confirmations ~ all happening now at Advent Church @ St. John’s University, Taiwan! It’s just over 2 months since the consecration of our new bishop, Bishop Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, and yesterday was … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: Masked Confirmation in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Update from Taiwan: Masked Communion in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
So here I am, along with 23 million other people, on this small, densely-populated island of Taiwan, only 130 km across the Taiwan Strait from mainland China, and only 1,000 km or 2 hours’ flight from Wuhan, the original epicenter … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: Masked Communion in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2020!
Or as I prefer, the West-East Vertical Traverse! This is THE mountain challenge for all those looking for a day out from Taipei, an 11-hour hike over the 10 mountains in the Yang-Ming Shan range that lie just above Taipei … Continue reading ‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2020!
Update from Taiwan: So, where are we now? 😷
(On first sight, doesn’t that sign above look like it’s saying ‘Avoid Catherine’?!) 😮 Taiwan is now in its 3rd month since the fear and worry about the coronavirus situation started. It was just before Chinese New Year in the … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: So, where are we now? 😷
Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang 張員榮 consecrated and installed as bishop of Taiwan!
“Hello, Taiwan! It is a blessing to be with you on this glorious day, and I know that I speak for all the archbishops and bishops that this is a glorious day!” With that joyful introduction, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry … Continue reading Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang 張員榮 consecrated and installed as bishop of Taiwan!
News from Taiwan of Consecration and Celebration in a time of Coronavirus
The consecration and installation of Rev. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang 張員榮 as the new Bishop of Taiwan will take place this coming Saturday, February 22, 2020 at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, starting at 2:00 pm Taiwan time (UK time: 6:00 am). … Continue reading News from Taiwan of Consecration and Celebration in a time of Coronavirus
CMS Link Letter #79
Published yesterday by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link below… I wrote the original letter on January 22, just before Chinese New Year, but the corona virus situation has developed so fast since then that the letter is already vastly out of date. So I have sent a prayer request to CMS for this week’s Prayerspace email, as follows: “Catherine Lee requests prayer for the consecration of the new Bishop of Taiwan, Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, on Saturday February 22 at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei. Taiwan has 18 confirmed cases of the corona virus, and … Continue reading CMS Link Letter #79
Catherine Lee 