Ash Wednesday 2025
Some photos of Ash Wednesday yesterday here at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, with the burning of the old palm crosses, and then the imposition of ashes during the service in the evening – with almost 60 people. Wishing you all … Continue reading Ash Wednesday 2025
Taiwan Episcopal Church Ordination Service: Rev. Shawn Wang & Rev. Emily Cheng ๅฐ็ฃ่ๅ ฌๆ:็ๅฝฅ่ปๆ็ซๆ้ท้ญๅป็ๆ็ซๆๅ่่ทๅ ธ็ฆฎ โ๏ธ
The Taiwan Episcopal Church has a new priest and a new deacon ~ Thanks be to God! YES! โค๏ธ Congratulations to Rev. Shawn Yen-Hsuan Wang ็ๅฝฅ่ป, ordained priest, and Rev. Emily Yu-Lin Cheng ้ญๅป็, ordained deacon by the Rt. Rev. … Continue reading Taiwan Episcopal Church Ordination Service: Rev. Shawn Wang & Rev. Emily Cheng ๅฐ็ฃ่ๅ ฌๆ:็ๅฝฅ่ปๆ็ซๆ้ท้ญๅป็ๆ็ซๆๅ่่ทๅ ธ็ฆฎ โ๏ธ
๐ฎIt’s Lantern Festival Time! ๐
Yes, there’s snakes galore! It’s the Year of the Snake, and snakes feature highly in the Lantern Festival events being held all over Taiwan in recent weeks. There are snake lanterns of every shape and size, and of every description, … Continue reading ๐ฎIt’s Lantern Festival Time! ๐
๐๐ฎโฉ๏ธ Happy Year of the Snake! ๐งง๐๐ชญ๐งจ
Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year & Spring Festival) has taken over our lives here in Taiwan in the last few weeks, it’s great! We spent most of January in preparation ~ spring cleaning, cooking, shopping and decorating, all … Continue reading ๐๐ฎโฉ๏ธ Happy Year of the Snake! ๐งง๐๐ชญ๐งจ
Happy New Year 2025!
The above photo is the night view from just across the road at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei. It’s the National Taipei University of Education Museum’s exhibition by Yayoi Kusama, famous for her polka dots! It’s good to go late afternoon, … Continue reading Happy New Year 2025!
Advent Update โค๏ธ
A big thank you to everyone for your support and prayers these past few weeks โค๏ธ On November 29, I posted this news in English and Chinese on my Facebook and Instagram: “My dear Mum died peacefully on Remembrance Sunday, … Continue reading Advent Update โค๏ธ
Typhoon Kong-Rey ๐ October 31, 2024
Another week, another typhoon, such was October 2024. Taiwan started the month with Typhoon Krathon – which caused major damage in Taiwan’s extreme north and south but left the rest of the country relatively unscathed – and we’ve now finished … Continue reading Typhoon Kong-Rey ๐ October 31, 2024
Friendship Magazine & CMS Link Letter Out Now!
My latest Church Mission Society CMS Link Letter has just been published hereโฆ.. Also, in the same week, the Diocese of Taiwan Friendship Magazine has just been published at this link: Friendship Magazine October 2024 with a focus on the Taiwan Episcopal … Continue reading Friendship Magazine & CMS Link Letter Out Now!
The Taiwan Episcopal Church Celebrates 70 Years!
Seventy years! Yes, 70 years of sharing the good news of Christ on this green and beautiful island that we call home, but that the world knows mainly for its earthquakes, typhoons, semiconductors and troubled relationships with its much larger … Continue reading The Taiwan Episcopal Church Celebrates 70 Years!
Catherine Lee 