Welcoming Fr. Ramon Santacana from Providence University!
Once a semester, the St. John’s University Chaplaincy hosts a speaker for a lunchtime event ~ and today was the day! Fr. Ramon Santacana is R. C. chaplain of Providence University, Taichung, and came to speak about Pope Francis, his life and witness. We had 40 university staff, students and church members in attendance – and for lunch too. Fr. Ramon is from Barcelona, Spain and has been in Taiwan for 25 years ~ he also shared his blog, canvascolor.blogspot.tw of his oil paintings and his recent art exhibition in Barcelona ~ clearly very talented in art as well as in … Continue reading Welcoming Fr. Ramon Santacana from Providence University!
Sunday event to mark Taipei Air Raid – Taipei Times
Important anniversary coming this weekend…. Sunday event to mark Taipei Air Raid – Taipei Times. Continue reading Sunday event to mark Taipei Air Raid – Taipei Times
Taiwan’s wacky themed restaurants take off – BBC News
Oh yes, a must-visit for all my visitors to Taiwan…. it’s great fun ~ check out this article…. Taiwan’s wacky themed restaurants take off – BBC News. And in glorious technicolour video….. Visit to Taiwan’s Hello Kitty restaurant – BBC News Continue reading Taiwan’s wacky themed restaurants take off – BBC News
Celebrating Pentecost at St. James’ English Service, Taichung ~ and Kelvin’s Confirmation!
Special congratulations to Kelvin and his family on his confirmation at St. James’ Church, Taichung yesterday, Pentecost Sunday ~ YES! And as it was Pentecost it was most appropriate that the congregation was all from everywhere ~ including Taiwan, Philippines, Korea, Japan, India, Germany, Malta, UK, USA and maybe more besides – it was a great day indeed! Yes, a wonderful day ~ lots of people at the service, including Bishop Lai, Rev. Lily Chang and Rev. Joel del Rosario, and all followed by a big lunch, kindly hosted by Kelvin’s family. And such a lovely family they are ~ … Continue reading Celebrating Pentecost at St. James’ English Service, Taichung ~ and Kelvin’s Confirmation!
Coffee 4 Pentecost!
Celebrating Pentecost in Taichung this weekend ~ red is THE colour! Torrential rain all afternoon ~ so drinking good coffee with good friends is the way to go ~ and ~ I love red! Continue reading Coffee 4 Pentecost!
Stinky tofu ranked No. 1 night market food in poll – Taipei Times
So now you know ~ Stinky Tofu – compulsory must-try for all my visitors! And the results are in: Stinky tofu ranked No. 1 night market food in poll – Taipei Times. Continue reading Stinky tofu ranked No. 1 night market food in poll – Taipei Times
Comings and Goings….
Been away in the UK for 7 months and so much has happened in my absence. Out in the big bad world, as usual more has changed in 7 months in Taiwan than in the UK over the whole previous 3½ years that I’d been away ha ha! In Taiwan, new buildings, new businesses, new roads, new Metro Stations, new everything keeps appearing – but in the case of people, some have left and can never be replaced! Quite a few staff here at St. John’s University retired while I was away, including Mrs. Chao from our chaplaincy office – … Continue reading Comings and Goings….
SJU in all its glory!
Beautiful weekend ~ and St. John’s University’s looking good ~ and these days by midday the temps are up in the 30’s!! Having said that, we could do with some rain, we’re currently having the worst drought for almost 70 years ~ check out this article from a few weeks ago…. Taiwan rations water amid drought – BBC News. Continue reading SJU in all its glory!
Advent Church celebrates Mother’s Day!
Yes we had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday, with a special song from our Advent Church choir ~ and then more special songs and dances from one of our groups who are mostly not church members but meet for singing and dancing on a Sunday afternoon, a kind of outreach ministry of Advent Church. They perform for us several times a year, always beautifully attired, this time Hawaiian style! Carnations are THE flower for Mother’s Day, so the Sunday School children were kept very busy distributing them all…. And finally all the mothers in the church gathered for a big … Continue reading Advent Church celebrates Mother’s Day!
Catherine Lee 