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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 8 ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„โ›„

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day8: This is Tze-Wi ่Šท่–‡, our colleague at St. Johnโ€™s University (SJU) Chaplaincy, Taipei; she and Yi-Ting ไพๅฉท are both sponsored by the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Both are very talented & creative, and have put their skills to good use designing the Advent Church section of the diocesan website, it’s much admired by all our other churches! Together they organize all the many chaplaincy activities, and there’s always lots to do; coming up next is the SJU & Advent Church Christmas Bazaar, this year in aid of SOS Children Village in Chungli. Life is busy, busy, busy! Tze-Wi is … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 8 ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„โ›„

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 7 ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽ

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day7: This is the Rev. Charles C. T. Chen ้™ณ้‡‘ๅœฐ็‰งๅธซ and his second son, Christopher ้™ณๆ™บๆนงๆ•™ๅ‹™้•ท, Dean of Academic Affairs here at St. John’s University. We had a cake today to celebrate Charles’ 86th birthday on December 10, while Christopher celebrated his 60th birthday last month. Happy Birthday and many congratulations to them both! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽ‚ When I first arrived in Taiwan in January 1999, it was the two of them who met me at the airport ~ Charles was then rector of St. James’ Church, Taichung, much supported by his wife MaryJo, and just starting what would become … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 7 ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽ

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 3 โ›ช๐ŸŽ„โญ๐Ÿพ

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day3: This is Rev. Hsing-Hsiang Wu ๅณ่ˆˆ็ฅฅ็‰งๅธซ, chaplain at St. John’s University (SJU) and rector of Advent Church on the SJU campus. Aged 37, he’s the youngest priest in the Taiwan Episcopal Church, and is blessed with a very lovely wife, Yu-Ru. Sadly, both of them have kidney disease, his inherited from his mother (who’s already been on dialysis for over 10 years), while Yu-Ru’s started as a child, with no family connection. They both try their best to follow their doctor’s advice, eating healthily with sufficient exercise and rest, but they have to be very careful not to … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 3 โ›ช๐ŸŽ„โญ๐Ÿพ

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 1 ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿงธ

Catherine Lee

It’s December 1, the first day of #MyAdventCalendar2021 and so here I start with a photo a day for the next 24 days of people here in Taiwan who I would like to ask you to pray for. It’s not really well-planned in advance, but they will all be real people who I invite to open that day’s window on the Advent Calendar to enjoy the chocolate inside, yum yum! Day 1: this is Yi-Ting ไพๅฉท, our newest and youngest colleague on the staff at St. John’s University (SJU) Chaplaincy, Taipei, she’s here sponsored by the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Yi-Ting … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 1 ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿงธ

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Congratulations to ้„ญๅ–ป็’˜ Yu-Lin and ็Ž‹ไธ‰ๆบ San-Yuan on their Wedding Day!

Catherine Lee

A beautiful day for a beautiful couple! Such a special event, a wedding at Advent Church for 2 very special people, and the sun shone all day to mark the occasion. For us, this was THE wedding of the year, … Continue reading Congratulations to ้„ญๅ–ป็’˜ Yu-Lin and ็Ž‹ไธ‰ๆบ San-Yuan on their Wedding Day!

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Congratulations to Rev. Stoney Chia-Kuei Wu on his Ordination as Priest ๅฐ็ฃ่–ๅ…ฌๆœƒๅณๅฎถๅœญๆœƒๅๆŒ‰็ซ‹ๆœƒ้•ท่–่ทๅ…ธ็ฆฎ!

Catherine Lee

The Rev. Stoney Chia-Kuei Wu ๅณๅฎถๅœญ was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, Bishop of Taiwan, at St. Johnโ€™s Cathedral, Taipei on Wednesday September 29, 2021, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas). The service … Continue reading Congratulations to Rev. Stoney Chia-Kuei Wu on his Ordination as Priest ๅฐ็ฃ่–ๅ…ฌๆœƒๅณๅฎถๅœญๆœƒๅๆŒ‰็ซ‹ๆœƒ้•ท่–่ทๅ…ธ็ฆฎ!

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้™ณ้Š˜ไฝ‘ๆœƒๅๆŒ‰็ซ‹ๆœƒ้•ท่–่ทๅ…ธ็ฆฎ Congratulations to Rev. Chen Ming-You ้™ณ้Š˜ไฝ‘ on his Ordination as Priest!

Catherine Lee

And what a great day it was! Rev. Chen Ming-You ้™ณ้Š˜ไฝ‘ was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, Bishop of Taiwan, at St. Johnโ€™s Cathedral, Taipei on Friday August 6, 2021, the day the church celebrates the … Continue reading ้™ณ้Š˜ไฝ‘ๆœƒๅๆŒ‰็ซ‹ๆœƒ้•ท่–่ทๅ…ธ็ฆฎ Congratulations to Rev. Chen Ming-You ้™ณ้Š˜ไฝ‘ on his Ordination as Priest!