Holy Week & Easter 2025 @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, Taiwan โค๏ธ
A few photos of St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, Taiwan, during Holy Week and Easter 2025… We started Holy Week on Sunday, April 13, Palm Sunday – with an English service and then a Chinese service, and a Palm Sunday procession … Continue reading Holy Week & Easter 2025 @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, Taiwan โค๏ธ
Welcoming Anne & Rhena to Taiwan! ๐โ๐ฅณ
Anne and Rhena’s amazing trip to Taiwan was quite something else. ๐คฃ๐คฃ It coincided with four days of real Taipei ‘Weather-with-a-capital-W’, which means rain, cold, and wind for all four days, and it only stopped raining in Taipei as they … Continue reading Welcoming Anne & Rhena to Taiwan! ๐โ๐ฅณ
Alishan ้ฟ้ๅฑฑ Cherry Blossom Season 2025! ๐ธ
Alishan in Cherry Blossom Season is THE place to be! High up in Taiwan’s central mountain range, part of Chiayi County, its charm lies in the little red mountain trains that chug upwards and onwards each day before dawn, taking … Continue reading Alishan ้ฟ้ๅฑฑ Cherry Blossom Season 2025! ๐ธ
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
Catherine Lee 