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Hua Hin 2019—Day 2

Today was the first full day of our retreat. Click here to follow the day’s schedule in pictures.

Hua Hin 2019–Day 1

Today was a travel day, getting everyone arriving in Bangkok to the southern Thai city of Hua Hin. Click here for some photos from the day.

Christmas 2018: Maryknoll Tree

Every year at the Maryknoll office we put up a large Christmas tree that was given us several years back by a departing family. In the recent past, Fr. Bob Wynne did most of the work setting in up in his free time, but this year, after his return to the US, the tree decorating became a Maryknoll community event. We ended our usual Wednesday meeting an hour early and encouraged by some cheese and crackers and chocolate candy, the tree was set up and grandly decorated.

The tree is artificial and our guard washed it down, along with some of the other decorations, before we started decorating. Here Sr. Ann checks with the guard to see what is dry and what is still wet.

Always first to go on the tree are the lights. Here Sr. Len (kneeling) and Nancy Davies (a former lay missioner visiting Cambodia), and Hang Tran string sets of lights around the tree.

Sr. Mary Little, Karen Bortvedt (another former lay missioner back for a visit), Hang Tran, Fr. Kevin Conroy, Sr. Len Montiel, and Nancy Davies start to hang the ornaments and snowflakes.

Trip to Taiwan–30 October

I was on the road to the airport by 6:00 AM this morning, flew out of Taipei at 8:45, and was back in Phnom Penh at 10:30 AM. Click here to see a few photos from an uneventful trip.

Trip to Taiwan–29 October

The day started out at the Franciscan retreat center, made a trip up into the mountains to a shrine, and then ended back in Taipei where the Hong Kong pilgrimage ended. Click here to see pictures from the various places.

Trip to Taiwan–28 October (Part 2)

After breakfast at the retreat center we board the bus for a long, twisting journey up into the mountains where we visited an aboriginal parish and ate with them. Then we came down the mountain, ate supper, and returned to the center for a second night. Click here to see the day’s journey.

Trip to Taiwan–28 October (Part 1)

I am trying to catch up with these posts from each day of the trip so some days I am posting two or three times. Be sure to look below to see if you have read all the posts to get the full story. Click here to see the first part of our Sunday journey to an aboriginal parish high in the mountains of Taiwan.

Trip to Taiwan–27 October

This morning was spent at a fascinating open house at a science institute in Taipei and then we traveled south and ended the day at a retreat center in the central part of the country. Click here for photos from the day.

Trip to Taiwan–26 October

A guard at the temple near the night market.

This day started at the Maryknoll house and then after lunch I went to the Wong house and son Dominique and I bicycled along the river before meeting Henry and going to dinner. Click here for colorful photos from the day.

Trip to Taiwan–25 October

This morning we gathered to pray and had breakfast, and then guys started returning to their mission countries all over Asia. I went to the Maryknoll house in Taipei and worked there until evening when I met a friend who showed me some of the sights of Taipei by night. Click here for some pictures from the day.