Chinese New Year - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:56:09 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Chinese New Year - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Mass in Suva to celebrate Chinese New Year https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/02/24/mass-in-suva-to-celebrate-chinese-new-year/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:03:04 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=68313

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 to celebrate Chinese New Year... Read more]]> 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 decide on one's destiny.

He said that this was the year of the goat in the Chinese calendar.

The goat symbolised pureness and preciousness due to its natural beauty

Chong said beauty was a key characteristic of God in the Bible.

He said it should be a time for people to decide on what defined their success and what they wanted to achieve in life.

Those present at the service enjoyed the multicultural hymns sung by the choir.

The end of the church service also featured the Fiji Chinese youth members performing the lion dance.

Many Chinese nationals who travelled to Fiji to start up businesses were also a part of the church service.

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Mass in Suva to celebrate Chinese New Year]]> 68313 Mass in Suva marks Chinese New Year celebration https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/02/11/mass-suva-marks-chinese-new-year-celebration/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:05:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=54183 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  

Mass in Suva marks Chinese New Year celebration... Read more]]> 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

 

Mass in Suva marks Chinese New Year celebration]]> 54183 Year of the Horse https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/02/04/year-horse/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:30:20 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=53854

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

Year of the Horse... Read more]]> 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 by considerable fire, according to feng shui experts. This could bring startling changes for the world, they say.

Fortune-tellers have also predicted this Year of the Horse could see increasing violence, turmoil and natural disasters — as if the previous Year of the Snake didn't cause enough trouble for the world. Continue reading.

Source: HuffPost Religion

Image: Performers display a dragon dance during a Chinese New Year parade in Hong Kong on January 31, 2014. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Year of the Horse]]> 53854 New Archbishop celebrates mass to mark Chinese New Year https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/12/new-archbishop-celebrates-mass-to-mark-chinese-new-year/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:30:22 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38971

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

New Archbishop celebrates mass to mark Chinese New Year... Read more]]> 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 Asian community had with Fiji. She said the Archbishop Elect brought out an important message during the service about the spring festival and about new beginnings for all.

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