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Mission Forum: What's Happening in the Holy Land?
Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30 pm
Maryknoll Father Pete Ruggere who has lived in the Holy Land and has studied extensively the situation and issues impacting Palestine will give us an update on what is happening there. He will just be returning from a trip to the Holy Land to accompany a group from Catholic Relief Services.
Fr. Pete went to Lima, Peru in 1968 after ordination. Following doctoral studies in Paris in 1974 and teaching at the Maryknoll Seminary in New York, he returned to Lima Peru and taught for ten years. From 1993 to 1996 he worked with the Catholic Church's Caritas (Catholic Charities) program in Cairo, Palestine and North Africa, with outreach to both Christian and Muslim poor. In 1996, he was assigned to the Maryknoll Office of Global Concern in Washington, D.C. with responsibility for the Middle East and Asia. Most recently he was Mission Director for the San Diego Diocese.
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Mission Forum: Back from Africa 
Tuesday, November 11th, at 7:30 pm.
Carmen Matty-Cervantes served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Tanzania, East Africa from January 2005 until June 2008. During this time, Carmen was the Bookkeeper/Executive Assistant/Trainer at VEMA which is a Swahili acronym for Village, Education, Development, and Health for the well being of the people and the community. Her presentation through pictures will include the work of VEMA which relates the socioeconomic level of rural Tanzania today and what life is like as a lay missioner. Please join us! |
 Maryknoll Affiliates
Eastbay Affiliates:
Fourth Tuesday of the Month at 7 pm. Next gathering: October 28th
Join the Eastbay Maryknoll Affiliates for their monthly gathering of a potluck dinner, faith sharing and meeting. Learn more.
Contact: Mary Ellen Waite
San Francisco Affiliates:
Fourth Saturday of the Month from 11 am to 1 pm. Next gathering: Oct. 25th
Where: St. Ignatius Church at USF in the Pedro Arrupe Room.
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Mass for Missionary Vocations 
Third Tuesday of the Month at 10 am. Next gathering:
Join us for Mass followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet and fellowship to pray for the church's mission efforts and for missionary vocations.
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| Maryknoll Reorganizes Mission Education & Promotion Efforts in the Western U.S. |
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In order to better serve the local church in promoting mission and more efficiently use our resources, we're reorganizing our mission education and promotion efforts in the West. Beginning September 1st, we will work as a Regional Team to promote mission in the Western U.S.
Our efforts will be coordinated primarily from our Regional Center in the SF Bay Area with Mission Center Offices in Seattle and Los Angeles. We also plan to have a Maryknoll presence in Honolulu and Denver.
The team will be led by Deacon Matt Dulka as Regional Director in the Bay Area and Fathers Steve Booth in Seattle and Joe Donovan in Los Angeles as Associate Regional Directors.
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