Greetings!
Greetings!
At our Maryknoll Affiliates meeting last night we were reflecting on how fall seems to be the season of change. We have quite a few changes in our mission promotion staff here in the west. See below for all the details.
Another major change is that the Presentation Sisters Flo, Joan and Teresa, with whom we've been sharing space here in San Lorenzo, are leaving for new living assignments at the end of the month. We will miss them very much. We will be taking over their space with the hope of offering more retreats, trainings and workshops. Planning is underway for an Advent Retreat, Dec. 3-5. More details to follow.
Our first movie of the fall season is next week. We will be celebrating the feast of the great missionary St. Francis of Assisi on October 4th with the movie Avatar. Sorry no 3D, but a great discussion will follow. See below for details.
We are offering a mission immersion trip to Montego Bay Jamaica November 9-16. Details below.
For those out in the Central Valley, we will be at the Fresno Faith Formation Conference in Visalia Oct. 8-10 with an exhibit and I'll be offering a workshop on how the Eucharist nourishes and sends out on mission to share God's love.
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Maryknoll. We will kick off the celebrations in Honolulu on Mission Sunday (October 24th) with a mass and reception for our benefactors at the Maryknoll School Community Center. We are excited that Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva and Bishop Quinn Weitzel, MM, the Maryknoll bishop of Pago-Pago, Samoa, will be joining us.
Five new men have entered our formation program in Chicago. Please keep them in your prayers.
Peace,
Matt
Deacon Matt Dulka
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Movie Night: Avatar
Monday, October 4 at 6:30 pm
St. John the Baptist Meeting Room
264 Lewelling Blvd., San Lorenzo, CA 94580
 A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron. The film, which marks Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's Titanic, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a war veteran who gets called to the depths of space to pick up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a megacorporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. The greatest adventure of all time.
Join us on the feast of St. Francis to watch this popular movie that raises important issues related to our interaction with the environment and relationship to indigenous people. A discussion will follow on how this movie relates to our faith.
This event is co-sponsored withe the Adult Faith Formation program at St. John the Baptist. |
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New Faces
Deacon Leonel Yoque |
Deacon Leonel Yoque
Mission Promoter
Please welcome Leonel Yoque who joined Maryknoll as a Mission Promoter last week. Leonel was born and raised in Guatemala City. He was forced to leave his country due to the civil war in the 1980's and moved to California where he has lived for the past 20 years. Leonel is married and has three children.
In 2008, Leonel was ordained permanent deacon for the Los Angeles Archdiocese and assigned to Holy Cross Catholic Church where he serves as deacon, assists in the liturgical and sacramental ministries and coordinates the justice and peace committee. Prior to joining Maryknoll, Leonel worked as a community health promoter.
As a full time Maryknoll Mission Promoter based out of Los Angeles and working with Fr. Joe Donovan, MM, the Associate Regional Director for the Western Region, Leonel will be available for mission appeals, mission education presentations, parish missions and retreats.
Deacon Leonel is bilingual in English and Spanish.
He can be reached at:
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers Los Angeles Mission Center Office
222 S. Hewitt St. #6
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(888) 444-8957 Ext 522
213) 747-9676
LYoque@maryknoll.org
Fr. Tom Marti, MM | Fr. Tom Marti, MM
Associate Director MEPD Western Region and
Seattle House Coordinator
We are pleased to announce that beginning October 1, 2010, Fr. Tom Marti, MM will be the new Mission Education and Promotion Associate Director for the Western Region, working out of our Seattle House. Fr. Marti is replacing Fr. Steve Booth, MM, who will assume new responsibilities within our Vocations Department.
Fr. Tom has his roots deeply planted in Seattle soil. He is a native of St. Edward's Parish and a graduate of O'Dea High School. He was ordained a Maryknoll priest in 1965 and served as a missioner in the Philippines for many years. He brings an impressive breadth of experience having served as Director of Maryknoll's Peace and Justice Office, Maryknoll's Vocations Director and as a Mission Promoter and Director in our Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and Denver Promotion Houses.
Fr. Tom will be coordinating our efforts to animate and promote mission through mission education presentations, mission appeals, retreats and workshops.
Fr. Tom can be reached at:
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers
Seattle Mission Center Office
958 16th Ave. East
Seattle, WA 98112
206-322-8831
206-324-6909 Fax
TMarti@maryknoll.org
Other Personnel Changes...
Effective October 1st, Marylucia Kropelnicki will retire from her position as the Mission Promotion Coordinator in Seattle. Marylucia has been with Maryknoll for over nine years. We thank Marylucia for her dedication and superb service over the years. She has provided a warm and cheerful presence in a place that is often rainy and overcast. She will be missed very much. We wish her all the best in her retirement.
Michael Dulka, who has been an Office Assistant in our San Lorenzo Office for the past 3 years will begin working part time in the Seattle Office on Mondays and Wednesdays during the school year and return to his work in the San Lorenzo office during the summers.
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Jamaica Immersion Trip
November 9th to 16th
Since 2006, the Diocese of San Jose has partnered with the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers to participate in mission to the Diocese of Montego Bay.
 Join us in Jamaica for a visit with Fr. Robert Brocato and Fr. Leo Shea, MM to learn more about the Jamaican people and church and explore how we are linked to the Jamaican people in the bonds of global solidarity. Immersion Trip includes: · Pre-trip orientation
· On-site introduction to the cultural, economic and political realties of Jamaica by leaders of the Jamaican community
· A look at the ministries of Fr. Robert Brocato and Fr. Leo Shea
· Tours of the Montego Bay Diocese sponsored ministries, including: the Clinic, Hope Hospice and Cathedral based ministries
· Visit to the orphanages for disabled children at Blessed Assurance and Widow's Mite
· Visits to tourist and cultural sites
· Post trip debriefing and reflection
Estimated Costs
· Room, meals and island transportation: $930. · Accommodations at the Big Apple Bed and Breakfast ( http://www.bigapplejamaica.com/ ) · Participants are responsible for air travel to and from San Jose to Montego Bay (estimated $600) · Passport required. (Visa not required)
Co-sponsored by the Diocese of San Jose and the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
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Reflection
Lord,
isn't your creation wasteful?
Fruits never equal
the seedlings' abundance.
Springs scatter water.
The sun gives out
enormous light.
May your bounty teach me
greatness of heart.
May your magnificence
stop my being mean.
Seeing you a prodigal
and open-handed giver,
let me give unstintingly...
like God's own.
Helder Camera, Brazil
The Desert is Fertile, ORBIS 1974
For more reflection see Psalm 104 |
Mission Education & Promotion
Western Region
Regional Center
16642 Ashland Ave.
San Lorenzo, California 94580
Mon-Fri 9 am to 4 pm
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