Category: Taiwan

WHAT IS CANONICAL VISITATION? A little explanation just to shed some light on the topic of sharing. According to our IMC Constitution and General directives (121), ”the Superior General or the Vice Superior General ‘or both’ during the six years of their term in office, will make a canonical visitation of all the Regions/Delegations. Canonical…

We, Fr. Antony Chomba and Fr. Caius take this opportunity to thank God for the opportunity we received to come to Asia and in particular in Taiwan, for the mission. When we received the news from our Superiors, we were enthusiastic and ready to embrace the new mission. Immediately we started the process of documents.…

ST. MARY’S ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC PARISH, HSINFENG Also called “Hsinfeng Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation”, is a parish in Hsinchu diocese / Hsinchu County, Address No. 289, Xinfeng Road, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County. A quick look at the Church building would give the impression that it is a twin parish with our first parish,…

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER PARISH, HSINPU Unlike the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Hsinchu downtown which was the first parish in Taiwan handed over directly from the Jesuits to the Consolata Missionaries, this second parish instead an orphaned parish in all senses.  It is a Spanish-style building located at the intersection of Minsheng Jie…

CONSOLATA IN TAIWAN AT SIX YEARS OF PRESENCE – Jan 2021  (by Fr. Mathews Odhiambo Owuor) The story of Consolata Missionaries in Taiwan – here are the three teams What is Taiwan, a country or just a province of China? Well, this is a common question I often get from many of my friends, family…

No dia 01 de março de 2020, em uma cerimônia privada, Dom Li João Batista, bispo da diocese de Hsinchu, como a autoridade eclesiástica local, fez algumas mudanças no Grupo IMC Taiwan: tornou o Pe. Jasper Kirimi, o mais novo pároco da paróquia Sagrado Coração de Jesus na cidade de Hsinchu. O Pe. Jasper antes…

It is with great joy that we welcome the new Consolata Missionaries: Fr Bernardo from South Korea and Fr Emanuel from Tazania, they are coming to join the Consolata group in Taiwan. They arrived in Hsinchu-Taiwan respectively on November 20 and 21, 2019, are currently in the capital Taipei, where they will live their first…

Después de 5 años en Taiwán ha llegado la hora de decir adiós. El 10 de septiembre salgo para España.  Allí voy a pasar un año sabático, para cargar de nuevos las pilas y también para estudiar algo que desde hace tiempo quería hincarle el diente. Voy a hacer un master en “relación de ayuda…

FROM THE SACRED TEXT TO THE EXISTENTIAL CONTEXT, WITH THE PRETEXT OF THE ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST Reread the text “The Encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman” (Jn 4, 1-30, 39-42) as an analogy of our personal encounter with Christ. The text about the Encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman can be interpreted by…

“Venham comigo para um lugar deserto e descansem um pouco”. Marcos 6:31 Na vida sempre temos a necessidade de recarregar as energias, de avaliar e reafirmar os compromissos, de fortalecer a fé e a esperança para poder recomeçar na vida cotidiana com força renovada; e é por isso que devemos subir a “montanha”, ou às vezes,…