Before the deaf people and their families returned to their traditional villages to celebrate with their elders there, the Deaf Community Center had a celebration for all the deaf community the Sunday before the New Year exodus began. Click here and scroll down to #2 to see the photos.
Easter Sunday — 2017
Today we had our Easter morning liturgy at St. Joseph Church with a very large crowd and coffee and doughnuts afterward. Click here to see the pictures, but scroll down to Easter Sunday Morning.
Holy Saturday — 2017
Tonight was the culmination of the church’s liturgical year with the Easter Vigil celebration of Christ’s rising from the dead. Our English community gathered at World Vision. Click here for more and then scroll down to Holy Saturday.
Good Friday — 2017
Today was both New Year’s Day for the Khmer people and Good Friday for the Christians. Because it was a holiday the traffic was much less for those traveling to St. Joseph Church but then many people also left town for the long new year holiday. Click here and scroll down to Good Friday to see the service.
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Holy Thursday — 2017
Today is new year’s eve for the Khmer New Year but is Holy Thursday in the Christian calendar. Only one liturgy is allowed for a parish community on this day and we gathered in the evening at St. Joseph Church. Click here to see pictures from the ceremony. [The link is still not working properly so scroll down to Holy Thursday after clicking.]
Khmer New Year 2017 — #1
The Khmer New Year is just two days away. The first day of the official holiday is 14 April and people are starting to implement their new year plans. Click here for some early signs of new year activity.
A Cambodia Supermarket
This is Thai Huot supermarket, one of the large grocery stores or supermarkets that cater to the foreigners in Phnom Penh. Lucky Market is the original such market and Thai Huot previously was a much smaller second. In the last couple years, though, they have expanded greatly and even have this purpose-built store as their newest site. It still is quite different from a US-style supermarket: it has parking for only five or six cars on the righthand side and it’s two stories, a definite inconvenience if you are purchasing things on both floors and have to carry them up and down stairs or wait for a small elevator. Still, though, you can get some of the touches of home here and some of the comfort foods you’re used to, to help you deal with some of the quirks and frustrations of Cambodia.
Palm Sunday–2017
Palm Sunday is one of those days that traditionally many Catholics try to attend mass. Although longer than usual, the service is different in a way that attracts people and holds their attention. Click here for photos from Palm Sunday in Phnom Penh.
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Lent 2017
Lent is a very meaningful season for most Catholic Christians and it is taken seriously. Our English Catholic community tries to celebrate the different events of Lent in a way that invites people to participate and that supports them in their struggle to live as followers of Christ. Click here for pictures from Lent in 2017.