Tag: SJU Chaplaincy

St. John's University, TaiwanLeave a comment

St. John’s University 畢業典禮 2014 Graduation Day!

Catherine Lee

Saturday was THE big day!  Thousands of students, parents, gowns, mortar boards, VIPs, flowers, balloons, cameras, cars – and even dogs – all here for graduation…. Very hot and very humid, stamina needed!  Photos and photos and more photos.  Cameras and phones everywhere.  Smiles permanently fixed.  Click click click all day long.  More stamina needed than ever! So nice to meet the parents of all these lovely students that we know.   Some students look just exactly like their parents, and some – well you’d never know they were even related! Ha ha, the internet was buzzing all day with … Continue reading St. John’s University 畢業典禮 2014 Graduation Day!

St. John's University, TaiwanLeave a comment

St. John’s University Student Fellowship 送舊 YA!

Catherine Lee

Saying goodbye is never easy, and every year as graduation nears, so we get ready to say congratulations and goodbye to another group of lovely students ~ this year the Chaplaincy Student Fellowship is saying goodbye to more than 20 of their group who graduate this weekend…. Delighted that many have become Christians during their 4 years here, some were already Christians when they came but quite a few have yet to make any decision – praying for them all! Last night was the farewell 送舊 event, the students in years 1-3 saying goodbye to the graduating students in year 4 … Continue reading St. John’s University Student Fellowship 送舊 YA!

TaiwanLeave a comment

Easter Eve on Qixing Mountain 七星山 ~ Us ‘n the boys!

Catherine Lee

This morning up bright and early to take a group of lovely SJU students, all boys, plus Shu-Jing, one of our SJU chaplaincy staff – all of them on their first ever visit to Qixing Mountain, the highest in the Yang-Ming Shan Mountains….. Foggy and full of sulphur smoke from the fumaroles – all added to the atmosphere – great weather for walking in! Most appropriate for Easter Eve as we wait for the celebrations to start later tonight…. And back mid-afternoon in time to get ready for tonight’s Easter Vigil ~ one of the boys is to be baptized … Continue reading Easter Eve on Qixing Mountain 七星山 ~ Us ‘n the boys!

Taiwan1 Comment

Yang-Ming Shan 陽明山: All Smiles YA!

Catherine Lee

Wonderful weather yesterday for Taiwan’s 228 national holiday ~ and it seemed like the whole of Taipei was up on Yang-Ming Shan Mountains making the most of the last few days of the Cherry Blossom season…. And it was quite some day, I can tell you!   3 very delightful students from our university student fellowship and me ~ there we all were standing at the bus stop outside the main SJU gate in the dark at 6:00am, all set for me to lead them on their first ever great ascent of the Yang-Ming Shan mountains…. Can’t believe we did it ha … Continue reading Yang-Ming Shan 陽明山: All Smiles YA!

St. John's University, TaiwanLeave a comment

Paper Embroidery Art Exhibition Opening Day!

Catherine Lee

St. John’s University is hosting an exhibition of Paper Embroidery Art, in association with our neighbouring junior-high school – and yesterday was the grand opening YA! Really quite amazing stuff!  A traditional Chinese handicraft, using parchment (like thick tracing paper)…. and leading expert is Ms. Shen Hai-Rong 沈海蓉 who also happens to be famous in Taiwan for her acting roles in Chinese drama, and now devotes her time to teaching this craft to our local children, along with her team of teachers – they all came along yesterday, pupils and teachers – to show us and teach us how to do … Continue reading Paper Embroidery Art Exhibition Opening Day!