Thai Nuns
Re: Carmelite nuns pray surrounded by Bangkok’s hectic urban life
Although not mentioned in the article, there is a very vibrant Thai Catholic community in the neighborhood near Bangkok's Santa Cruz Catholic Church (pictured below), which was built by the Portuguese. This Catholic parish in a Buddhist country shows us what a church should be: the center of community. The church itself is entirely Occidental in appearance, except for some small Oriental dragon motifs that adorn its roof.
My wife and I got lost in this neighborhood in 2001, after visiting Santa Cruz Church, where there was a rehearsal for a wedding going on. A nice shop-keeper helped us find our way in halting English. He asked if we were Catholics and lit up when I answered in the affirmative. [I was worshipping with Anglicans at the time (that week at CHRIST CHURCH BANGKOK, where we witnessed the baptism of a Chinese national), but considered myself an Anglo-Catholic.]
From Along Chao Phraya Sightseeing Guide [PART II]:
Re: Carmelite nuns pray surrounded by Bangkok’s hectic urban life
Although not mentioned in the article, there is a very vibrant Thai Catholic community in the neighborhood near Bangkok's Santa Cruz Catholic Church (pictured below), which was built by the Portuguese. This Catholic parish in a Buddhist country shows us what a church should be: the center of community. The church itself is entirely Occidental in appearance, except for some small Oriental dragon motifs that adorn its roof.
My wife and I got lost in this neighborhood in 2001, after visiting Santa Cruz Church, where there was a rehearsal for a wedding going on. A nice shop-keeper helped us find our way in halting English. He asked if we were Catholics and lit up when I answered in the affirmative. [I was worshipping with Anglicans at the time (that week at CHRIST CHURCH BANGKOK, where we witnessed the baptism of a Chinese national), but considered myself an Anglo-Catholic.]
From Along Chao Phraya Sightseeing Guide [PART II]:
Santa Cruz Catholic Church,
Bangkok, Thailand
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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