United Thank Offering UTO Collection 2016
Every Holy Week at Advent Church we collect up all our coins in blue collection boxes ready for our offerings on Maundy Thursday towards The Episcopal Church United Thank Offering (UTO)… This is my collection this morning! The Diocese of Taiwan has received several large grants from UTO in the past, most notably and most recently towards the purchase of a property for St. Stephen’s Church, Keelung….. well worth supporting! Continue reading United Thank Offering UTO Collection 2016
棕枝主日 Palm Sunday 2016 @ Advent Church
Palm Sunday 2016 ~ and now the start of Holy Week! Yesterday at Advent Church, a procession with palms around the church stopping for a few seconds at each Station of the Cross, and then a drama of the events of Holy Week during the Gospel reading…. At the end of of the service, our rector Rev. Lennon Chang encouraged to do less of 3 things and more of 3 others during this coming Holy Week ~ less talking, less eating and less watching TV, and more confessing of our sins, more praying, more reading the Bible….. So wishing y’all … Continue reading 棕枝主日 Palm Sunday 2016 @ Advent Church
Spring Retreat @ Advent Church
Palm Sunday weekend and ideal for our Spring Retreat, helping us to focus on the coming Holy Week ~ today was the day, with about 30 of us from Advent Church, including quite a number of our fellowship students. A day retreat, like a ‘Quiet Day’, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, based in one of the conference rooms of St. John’s University, and wonderfully led by Fr. Gino Picca, S. J. 王秉鈞神父 from Holy Family R. C. Church, Taipei. Such a lovely friendly person! He was ordained in Taipei in 1969, but first came to Taiwan from Italy in 1964 … Continue reading Spring Retreat @ Advent Church
Palm Sunday’s coming!
Yep, making palm crosses today at Advent Church! Preparing for Palm Sunday and Holy Week…. Continue reading Palm Sunday’s coming!
Do as the lady says – Taipei Times
Check out this article…. On March 16th, on the stroke of half past midnight, a palanquin holding a centuries-old Matsu statue, newly washed and dressed, will leave the Gong Tian Temple (拱天宮) in Baishatun (白沙屯), Miaoli County….. Source: Do as the lady says – Taipei Times Continue reading Do as the lady says – Taipei Times
Taiwan Kuomintang: Revisiting the White Terror years – BBC News
Challenges facing Taiwan’s new president… Calls are mounting in Taiwan for the government to look into the White Terror, a dark period in its history when hundreds of dissidents were executed. Source: Taiwan Kuomintang: Revisiting the White Terror years – BBC News Continue reading Taiwan Kuomintang: Revisiting the White Terror years – BBC News
True Southern Hospitality @ St. Mark’s Church, Pingtung 台灣聖公會屏東聖馬可堂!
Culture Shock. You’d never believe it. Yep, for a northerner (that’s me), the south of Taiwan is quite a culture shock ha ha! Everything works just like in the north, but at a much more stately pace. Nobody seems to be in a rush to go anywhere. There’s just as many traffic lights, but hardly any cars or buses or even people waiting at them. It’s just, so, well, quiet! And spread out. In the north, all the old one-storey Japanese houses are now largely gone, replaced by multi-storey apartment blocks, but in the south, they’re still lived in, so … Continue reading True Southern Hospitality @ St. Mark’s Church, Pingtung 台灣聖公會屏東聖馬可堂!
Morning Fog @ Advent Church!
White on White in the fog this morning…. Kind of like a different world out there! Continue reading Morning Fog @ Advent Church!
Tour de Taiwan 2016 ~ Go Go Go!
Today is the second stage of the Tour de Taiwan, a round-Taiwan international cycle race that started yesterday in Taipei. It’s a bit grey out there this morning, but probably ideal for cycling. Today they’re doing 114.67 km, from Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf around the northern coast, up Yang-Ming Shan a little, and finishing at Baishawan Visitors Centre around lunch time. Much excitement outside St. John’s University this morning as a whole crowd of students and staff gathered to cheer the cyclists on their way, we had flags, a big drum and lion dancers too! The procession of course started with … Continue reading Tour de Taiwan 2016 ~ Go Go Go!
Catherine Lee 