This website offers news and resources from the Episcopal Asian American Ministry Commission of the Diocese of Long Island. The commission supports the ministries of Episcopalians of Asian heritages and languages; including English. Some commission members serve Asian congregations, others in non-Asian ministry settings. The Rev. Canon Joseph S. Pae is the commission's founding convener. The current EAM Convener is the Rev. Paul Lai, Priest-in-Charge at St. James Church, Elmhurst, NY.
The Great Neck Episcopal Ministry, a mission initiative of two congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will launch a new website on Sunday, April 22, during a GEM Council Meeting.
The website is focused on sharing information with the many and diverse commnunities in and around Great Neck, NY, and to invite website visitors to church services and community programs and events. Parish and community activities are offered both at the church location as well as at St. Paul's Ministry Center, which is a nearby facility that is also part of GEM.
The congreations that are collaborating in GEM are All Saints' and St. Joseph's. The GEM clergy missioners are the Rev. Constance Lorenz, Deacon, and the Rev. Joseph Sanghoon Pae, Priest.
St. Joseph's Church, which shares church facilities with All Saints' Church, is a predominantly Korean church and the only Korean Episcopal Church in New York State.
Mrs. Gnanadeebam J. Manuel, mother of the Rev. Anandsekar J. Manuel, Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul's Church, Woodside, died in India on Friday, April 13th, 2012, at the age of 80.
Fr. Manuel is leaving for India to be present for the funeral and will be returning on Tuesday, May 1st.
Condolensces may be sent to him care of:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church 3904 61st Street Woodside, NY 11377
Excerpt from April 3, 2012 Wall Street Journal article by Melissa Korn
More than ever, Chinese students have their sights set on U.S. graduate schools.
Application volume from that country rose 18% for U.S. master's and doctoral programs starting this fall, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools that provides a preliminary measure of application trends. Specific programs of interest include engineering, business and earth sciences.
That is on top of a 21% jump last year and a 20% rise in 2010—and is the seventh consecutive year of double-digit gains from China, according to the graduate-school industry group. Applications from China now comprise nearly half of all international applications to U.S. graduate programs.
China's expanding middle class has fueled an interest in expensive U.S. schools, as has corporations' interest in hiring local talent with Western exposure. As the quality of undergraduate institutions in China improves, more young people are also finding U.S. programs within reach. And as more Chinese students attend U.S. schools,burgeoning they encourage friends and colleagues to apply in what is called a "multiplier effect."
Not only is China the largest country of origin for international graduate students in the U.S., but its rate of growth is far outpacing all other countries and regions in the survey, including South Korea and India. Overall, international application volume rose 9% this year, according to preliminary results.
From the Sunday New York Times, April 1, 2012, Sunday Styles section, Page 12:
"The term Asian, as defined by the Census Bureau, encompasses a broad group of people who trace their origins to the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent, including countries like Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Vietnam.
(The Pew Research Center also includes Pacific Islanders.)
