“We haven’t come to show off, but to share our talents with you and to bring glory to God!” So said Gloria at their first concert, and that theme continued throughout the week, as they shared with us their amazing … Continue reading Taiwan Concert Tour 2023🎺🎹🎼: Welcoming Bill & Cynthia Lawing & Gloria Cook!
Location is everything – or could be! Taipei is a high-rise city and getting higher, and with it, more expensive. Rows of old 5-storey buildings – shops below, apartments above – are gradually being cleared and replaced with gleaming new … Continue reading Location, Location, Location @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei!
Canon Chancellor Professor Herbert Ma passed away on December 20, 2022, and his Memorial Service was held on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Mrs. Aline Ma, who … Continue reading In Memoriam: Canon Chancellor Professor Herbert H. P. Ma 馬漢寶 1926-2022 and Mrs. Aline Y. L. Ma 馬蕭亞麟 1930-2022
There’s rabbit clothes, rabbit lanterns, rabbit displays and rabbit-everything everywhere! An abundance of real live rabbits is one of the things I noticed about the UK on my recent visit – they were everywhere, munching away on people’s lawns. Not … Continue reading 🐰 Bouncing into the Year of the Rabbit! 🐰
My six months in the UK has come to an end, and on Saturday January 7, I left Gatwick Airport and flew to Taiwan on Turkish Airlines, via Istanbul. A delay meant I was stuck in Istanbul Airport for 7 hours overnight, but hey, it wasn’t too bad – and I arrived safe and sound in Taipei on Sunday evening about 10 pm. Thanks for all your prayers and concern for my journey. This is Saturday night coming into land at Istanbul… In Taiwan, the good news is that the plum blossom is out in Taipei, always the iconic first … Continue reading Goodbye London, Hello Taipei! ✈️
Mrs. Aline Y. L. Ma 馬蕭亞麟 (Ma Siao Ya-Lin) died peacefully on June 18, 2022, the beloved wife of Professor Herbert H. P. Ma (馬漢寶 Ma Han-Pao), Canon Chancellor of the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Mrs. Ma, always known affectionately as … Continue reading Fondly Remembering Mrs. Aline Y. L. Ma 馬蕭亞麟 (Ma Siao Ya-Lin) 1930-2022
Published this week by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link below… As you’ll have read in my link letter above, I’m preparing for my ‘home leave’ in the UK, so I’m busy saying goodbye to … Continue reading CMS Link Letter #86: UK Calling!
The latest edition of our diocesan Friendship Magazine, June 2022, is just published online, and the printed version will be coming out soon. I’m the editor of this publication, so please read ~ and pray for us! It contains news of all our 15 churches, photos, updates, and articles. We really appreciate all your support. Thank you! It’s published under Friendship Magazines in the English section of the diocesan website: https://episcopalchurch.org.tw/ and also here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18uNKbrMb29LkohavgYF0NbvHBkmVzsEz/view Blog posts always look better with a photo – so this is from Advent Church last Sunday, red for Pentecost! Happy Pentecost to you all … Continue reading Diocese of Taiwan New Friendship Magazine Just Published!
Yes, we’re looking forward to it already, next year’s diocesan convention on Taiwan’s scenic east coast ~ St. Luke’s Church, Hualien here we come! We’ve just had this year’s convention online, for the first time ever, preceded by a day’s … Continue reading 2022 Taiwan Diocesan Convention & Workshop: Next Year Hualien 明年花蓮!
Catherine Lee 