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CMS Link Letter #79

Catherine Lee

Published yesterday by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link below… I wrote the original letter on January 22, just before Chinese New Year, but the corona virus situation has developed so fast since then that the letter is already vastly out of date. So I have sent a prayer request to CMS for this week’s Prayerspace email, as follows: “Catherine Lee requests prayer for the consecration of the new Bishop of Taiwan, Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, on Saturday February 22 at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei. Taiwan has 18 confirmed cases of the corona virus, and … Continue reading CMS Link Letter #79

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陳銘佑傳道按立會吏聖職典禮 Congratulations to Rev. Chen Ming-You on his Ordination as Deacon!

Catherine Lee

A brand new deacon for the Taiwan Episcopal Church ~ YES! The Rev. Chen Ming-You 陳銘佑 was ordained deacon by the Rt. Rev. David J. H. Lai, Bishop of Taiwan, at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei on Saturday January 18, 2020, … Continue reading 陳銘佑傳道按立會吏聖職典禮 Congratulations to Rev. Chen Ming-You on his Ordination as Deacon!

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Rev. Dr. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang 張員榮牧師 elected as next Bishop of Taiwan ~ Congratulations!

Catherine Lee

Update on Tuesday August 6: the official report on the Episcopal News Service announcing these results is now published here After many months of prayer and preparation, today was THE big day, when Bishop David J. H. Lai gathered the … Continue reading Rev. Dr. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang 張員榮牧師 elected as next Bishop of Taiwan ~ Congratulations!

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Prayers Requested for the Diocese of Taiwan Bishop Election This Coming Weekend!

Catherine Lee

Happening this very weekend, on Saturday August 3 is the election of the new diocesan bishop of Taiwan. Prayers requested please! The mandatory retirement age for bishops in the Episcopal Church is 72, so our current diocesan bishop, Bishop David J. H. Lai 賴榮信主教 must retire before March 3, 2020. Bishop Lai is the 5th diocesan bishop of Taiwan, he was consecrated on November 25, 2000 as coadjutor, and then installed as diocesan bishop in 2001 on the retirement of Bishop John C. T. Chien 簡啟聰主教. So we are electing our 6th diocesan bishop as Bishop Lai’s successor. The date … Continue reading Prayers Requested for the Diocese of Taiwan Bishop Election This Coming Weekend!

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Kinmen 金門: Transforming War into Peace @ The Home of the Kinmen Artillery Shell Crosses!

Catherine Lee

My first ever visit to the Kinmen Islands – YES! Kinmen 金門 (aka Quemoy / Chinmen / Chin-men), one of Taiwan’s farthest-flung islands, is where the 823 Artillery Shell Bombardment 八二三炮戰 happened in 1958 as part of the Second Taiwan … Continue reading Kinmen 金門: Transforming War into Peace @ The Home of the Kinmen Artillery Shell Crosses!