Posts Tagged ‘Chinese New Year’

Mass in Suva to celebrate Chinese New Year

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

About 100 Chinese and locals gathered at Suva’s Sacred Heart Cathedral to celebrate the Chinese new year with a mass last Saturday. The mass was led by Archbishop Peter Loy Chong. In his sermon, Chong said the Chinese new year, which was also known as the spring festival, was a time of reflection and to Read more

Mass in Suva marks Chinese New Year celebration

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

Members of the Asian community gathered this morning for a Mass and celebration of the Chinese New Year at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva. Leading the church service was the Archbishop Peter Loy Chong. Read more  

Year of the Horse

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

January 1 has come and gone and 2014 is already well on its way. However, in China, Taiwan, Singapore and many countries and communities around the world, the new year is just beginning. Observed on January 31 this year, the Chinese New Year rings in the Year of the Wood Horse, but it’s marked this time Read more

New Archbishop celebrates mass to mark Chinese New Year

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Archbishop Elect Father Peter Loy Chong precided at this year’s Chinese New Year mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva on Sunday. About 300 people from the Asian community in the country attended the mass to commemorate the festival. Sister Genevieve Loo said the mass was a celebration of the close relationship that the Read more