“In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar….” 🐛 So runs the … Continue reading 🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar ….. and other news from Taiwan 🦋
‘The Soul Trembles’… This is us, facing a new situation in Taiwan, our collective soul trembling as a Covid-19 surge in Greater Taipei has suddenly wrenched us from our complacency that all was well. These last few days have seen … Continue reading The Soul Trembles 顫動的靈魂…. Update from Taiwan
Green is the colour for Earth Day, of course! So here I am at our local elementary school all in green, for a day of fun and games with all 6 classes of children (photos taken by the school for … Continue reading Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Earth Day Vibes!
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Right in the middle of our 4-day Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping) weekend, so we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. Just as so many in Taiwan were at their family graves and tombs remembering … Continue reading Easter Joy in Troubled Times
Today’s tragic news is of a train accident early this morning in a tunnel in Hualien County, on Taiwan’s east coast, with many killed and injured. News is still coming in. We mourn and lament such terrible loss of life on this the first day of the Tomb-Sweeping Festival. Please do pray for all the victims, and for all those in shock and grief. Today is also Good Friday. We hear the words again of Jesus on the cross, ‘It is finished’. Last night we marked Maundy Thursday at Advent Church with a service which included foot-washing. This year, we … Continue reading ‘It is finished’: Maundy Thursday & Good Friday @ Advent Church
The Taiwan Episcopal Church Diocesan Convention 2021 was held last weekend, March 5-6, at St. Timothy’s Church, Kaohsiung… As Covid-19 in Taiwan continues to be contained through strict border and quarantine controls, so we are grateful that our convention could … Continue reading Taiwan Episcopal Church Diocesan Convention 台灣聖公會第61屆教區議會 2021
Cathwel Service (Cath-wel is short for Catholic Welfare) 財團法人天主教福利會, is the Taiwan branch of the US Catholic Relief Services, founded in 1949, originally to help unmarried mothers and their children. It continues its ministry helping disadvantaged women and children; many … Continue reading Advent Church & St. John’s University Charity Fundraising 2020 @ 天主教福利會 ‘Cathwel Service’, Shenkeng 深坑, Taipei
Yes, our 10 weeks of community English classes for adults – running on Tuesday evenings for beginners and Thursday afternoons for the more advanced (each class 90 minutes) – are now over for this semester, and last night we brought … Continue reading ‘Happy Ending’ Party-Time 🥳 for Advent Church English Classes!
This year is the 50th anniversary of the death of Gladys Aylward (1902-1970): “English missionary in China and Taiwan who worked to end the traditional Chinese practice of binding women’s feet, led a large group of orphans out of occupied … Continue reading Gladys Aylward (1902-1970)
Catherine Lee 