“The simple fact is that one of our two major parties — the one that likes to wrap itself in the flag — no longer believes in American values. And it’s very much up in the air whether America as we know it will survive.”
~ Paul Krugman
Easter Sunday
We finished our Holy Week and Easter liturgies with a very well attended mass in English at St. Joseph Church. Click here for some photos.
Easter Vigil
The most important ceremony of the Catholic Church year is the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. Click here for pictures of the Phnom Penh English community’s service.
Good Friday
(Second of two posts on 21 April)
Our Good Friday service was at St. Joseph Church and was well attended. Click here to see photos from the evening.
Holy Thursday
(First of two posts on 21 April)
We held our Holy Thursday service at St. Joseph Church at 6:30 PM. Click here to see the different parts of the ceremony.
Palm Sunday
We’re a week late with this post because of the past week’s busy-ness but click here to see photos of our Palm Sunday celebration at St. Joseph Church.
Two in a row
Yesterday I got home from the Holy Thursday service very late after a busy day–I never had a chance to eat supper–and I didn’t have time to post something here. Now today that pattern repeated with the Good Friday service. Sorry! I’ll be back on track on Saturday, I hope.
Khmer New Year 2019
The Khmer New Year was April 14-17 this year. Click here for some photos of the celebrations.
Heading home–11
Thursday and Friday became the travel days from New York City to Guangzhou (near Hong Kong) to Phnom Penh. Click here to see how we traveled.
Heading home—10
Today I left Louisville and returned to Manhattan to catch a plane to Guangzhou and then to Phnom Penh. Click here for some scenes from the day.