Seventeen hundred people from Vincentian parishes, member of AIC, DC, SSVP, CM and others from the Hualien diocese attended closing ceremonies on August 28th in Taitong city – East coast of Taiwan. Please click the “Read more” link for further background.
Fr. Kusno as visitor of Chinese Province , on behalf Fr. Gregory Gay, presented an award for those with a special relation with Chinese Vincentian Family. The bishop of Hualien, Philip Huang, Auxiliary Bishop of Hualian John Baptist Chen, Nuntio of Taiwan Msgr. Paul Russel, Fr. Kusno and Fr. Paul Liang and 30 priests from different congregations and dioceses concelebrated. Representatives from the aboriginal tribe in Taitong (Amis, Bunun and Paiwan) with beautiful costume and dancing took us the feeling of unity and love the poor. Different languages (Amis, Paiwan, Guangtong, Taiwanese, English and Chinese) also taught the message of unity in work for the poor.
- Frederico Pedrini, CM was responsible for the maintenance of harpsichords of the court, built instruments, including a new organ for the Jesuit church of Bei Tang, and another for the emperor. He finished the Treaty of European music commissioned by the emperor Jesuit Tomas Pereira (died 1708), accompanied the emperor on his travels, taught music to his son. His music is still available on CD today.
- David Armand, CM was featured on the cover of National Geographic for his work in China. David was truly a superb naturalist, with extensive knowledge in geology, mineralogy, ornithology, zoology, and botany. He also had in his character an innate respect for people and their culture, no matter how foreign they may have seemed to him. It was this, and his gentle manner that allowed him to travel to regions of China where strangers, let alone foreigners, were rarely made to feel welcome. (Pere David’s deer)
- History of the Province of China
Bricks – The Great Wall Appeal
Tags: 350th Anniversary, China
