It’s been quiet on the waterfront at Bowness-on-Windermere this week, as the Lake District starts to show signs of autumn, with cooler mornings, early morning mists lingering over the lake, and darker evenings. After a summer of endless visitors, many … Continue reading 👑 A Country in Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II ❤️
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!
Easter Greetings to you all, if a little late! Christ is risen, alleluia! Lent has felt extra-long this year, particularly because of the tragic war in Ukraine – now on its 54th day, but also the pandemic – with lockdowns … Continue reading Easter Joy! ❤️🐣🌼
Escaping from Taipei’s endless rain and cold, and in search of some sun, warmth and blue skies, so we just spent this past week driving down Taiwan’s east coast. Beautiful! Yes, sun, warmth and blue skies, all so much appreciated. … Continue reading Roaring Down Taiwan’s East Coast in the Year of the Tiger! 🐯
January: Chinese New Year is coming ~ so it’s the end of term for us all, and the start of the New Year holidays. Yippee! We’ve been working all over Christmas so a break will be appreciated by everyone, though we do have some more serious Covid-19 clusters breaking out which might restrict the celebrations. Everyone is busy cleaning, shopping and finishing off everything that needs doing – we have one more week to go to get everything done. And it’s the Year of the Tiger, so tigers are everywhere! One of the features of Chinese New Year is family … Continue reading January: The End of Term ~ Yippee!
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day24: This is the very lovely Cai-Pei 采沛, just arriving now at St. John’s University (SJU), and all ready for her baptism during tonight’s Christmas Eve service ~ and she gets the largest Teddy Bear chocolate in the Advent Calendar! Ah, she’s so happy! She comes every Sunday to Advent Church from her home in Taoyuan, having graduated last year from SJU in Creative Design, a classmate and good friend of Yi-Ting who works on our SJU Chaplaincy staff and the one who originally invited her to join the student fellowship. They also did their senior project together on … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 24 🌟🕯️🎄
Catherine Lee 