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Advent Word, Day 25 ‘animate’

Catherine Lee

Day 25 #animate #賦予生命 Wednesday December 22 ‘The Spirit of God animates us, but it all happens in the flesh: every deed of kindness, every act of generosity, every word of encouragement happens in the flesh. Every embodiment of Christ’s grace or truth or love happens in the flesh—or it doesn’t happen’. 上主的靈賦予我們生命，但一切都體現於「肉身」之中。［譯者註：此「肉身」令人聯想到「道成肉身」！］舉凡仁慈的行為、慷慨的舉動、鼓勵的話語，都藉由「肉身」來表現；而基督的恩惠、真理、愛的具體顯示，亦是如此，若沒有「道成肉身」，這一切都無法實現！ A Fantastic Day ~ a very animated and super-talented Supermaster and his Superfriends from St. John’s University perform their Christmas Show for the very lovely children of LaoMei Elementary School (老梅國小)! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 25 ‘animate’

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St. John’s University and Advent Church Christmas Charity Bazaar 聖誕義賣 2016!

Catherine Lee

Our 20th year of holding a charity bazaar at Christmas for St. John’s University and Advent Church ~ and today was the day! A mammoth project and really a huge achievement to organize such a major event, involving faculty, staff, students, friends, church members and local people ~ and all coordinated by the clergy and staff of St. John’s University Chaplaincy and Advent Church, in particular Yu-lin, our youngest staff member ~ she is so multi-talented, patient and calm ~ and excels at organizing events like this! Publicity and preparations have been ongoing for weeks, selling coupons and accepting donations … Continue reading St. John’s University and Advent Church Christmas Charity Bazaar 聖誕義賣 2016!

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Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’

Catherine Lee

Day 13 #befriend #親近 Saturday December 10 ‘On my journey of faith, Mary has become a kind of friend, and our shared experience of Jesus has become a sacred communion. He invites me into her presence with contagious joy. She points me to him with fresh insight and renewed simplicity’. 在信仰的旅程中，聖母馬利亞可說是我的朋友，我們有共同的體會，就是經歷耶穌，這已成為一種神聖的「共融」（共襄盛舉之交流）。耶穌奇妙地邀我進入馬利亞的喜樂心境；馬利亞則以清新的眼光和單純的心，指點我靠近耶穌。 Supermaster and his Superfriends at St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach on Thursday night! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’

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St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!

Catherine Lee

Supermaster and his Superfriends were in action last night at last ~ YES!  After 2 long months of rehearsals and preparation, their moment in the spotlight finally arrived ~ and what a great moment it was!   A whole evening of non-stop action, colour, noise, music, dancing and singing ~ and it was wonderful! This was the Christmas Outreach evening of our Student Fellowship at St. John’s University, held in our new Advent Church Center, in use for the first time for our Christmas Outreach Program. We had singing and worship, the Supermaster drama, sharing time from our chaplain Rev. … Continue reading St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!

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Advent 2 @ St. John’s University 2016!

Catherine Lee

It’s the second week of Advent and so to our second walkabout today to all the offices and departments of St. John’s University to light the 2 candles on the Advent wreath, also to have a short Bible reading, sing a verse of ‘Joy to the World’ and wish everyone a Merry Christmas’, finishing at the President’s office this afternoon.  A few photos…. Happy Advent to you all! Continue reading Advent 2 @ St. John’s University 2016!

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Advent Word, Day 6 ‘light’

Catherine Lee

Day 6 #Light #顯明 Friday December 2 ‘We will be a more luminous epiphany of the love of Christ not only when we love, but when we recognize Christ present in the loving hearts of others, whatever their beliefs or understanding of God’. 自己心中有愛時，固然能顯明基督的愛，就是看出別人充滿愛心，儼然有基督同在的時候（無論其信仰為何、對上帝認識有多少），我們依然可以彰顯基督的愛，藉以榮神益人。 Dr. Peter H. C. Ay, President of St. John’s University lights the first candle of this year’s Advent Wreath. Continue reading Advent Word, Day 6 ‘light’

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Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

Catherine Lee

Every Advent, the chaplaincy team with some of our students go on a walkabout around St. John’s University, once a week for the 4 weeks of Advent, visiting every main office and department, lighting the appropriate candle(s) on the Advent wreath, and holding a short time of prayer.  Today was the first walkabout of this Advent, and today we prayed for every faculty and staff by name according to which office they are attached to. A small selection of photos of this morning! Wishing everyone at St. John’s University (or wherever you may be) a meaningful and blessed Advent season! Continue reading Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

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St. John’s University Coming of Age Ceremony (成年禮) 2016!

Catherine Lee

Another November, another Coming of Age Ceremony at St. John’s University for all our first year university students, over 800 of them!  Smartly dressed in their SJU blue ties and white shirts, and accompanied by their tutors, faculty, our new SJU President Peter Ay, SJU Alumni and about 100 parents, the students all arrived at 3:00 pm on Wednesday afternoon for our annual event.  As you will see, the preparations took much time and a lot of experimentation – especially to get those ties looking good! The ceremony was organised by our SJU Chaplaincy and the Student Affairs Section, and … Continue reading St. John’s University Coming of Age Ceremony (成年禮) 2016!

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新北市淡水區興仁國小創校100週年慶祝會 ~ XingRen Elementary School, Tamsui celebrates 100 years!

Catherine Lee

Many congratulations to our local elementary school, XingRen 新北市淡水區興仁國小 on celebrating their centenary today, with beautiful sunny skies and temps of over 30 ºC! St. John’s University and Advent Church are in the XingRen Elementary School catchment area, and we have a really good relationship with the school ~ the principal, teachers, staff, children and parents are all our good friends, and there’s lots going on ~ here’s some of our friends on the school welcome desk this morning! Hundreds gathered for the centenary celebrations today ~ and we joined in! Advent Church has a drum class who were invited to perform, and … Continue reading 新北市淡水區興仁國小創校100週年慶祝會 ~ XingRen Elementary School, Tamsui celebrates 100 years!