Maryknoll Christmas Dinner

25 December 2009

Christmas Day is a regular work day in Cambodia. Charlie Dittmeier had a 10:00 AM mass in the morning at the Khmer parish, but for most of the Maryknollers, it was business as usual in the AIDS project, at the university, in the resettlement areas, etc. But at the end of the day, all the Maryknoller got together at 6:00 PM for a Christmas dinner, each of us bringing some dish. A few foreign Christians who would otherwise be alone on Christmas joined us for the meal.

Regina Pellicore, Susan Sporl, Helene O'Sullivan, and Sovoun

 

 


Preparations began inside, putting on an old plastic Christmas tablecloth someone found in a drawer.

Bill Burns and Regina Pellicore

 

 


Back in the kitchen Bill Burns and Regina Pellicore got things ready.

Checking the table

 

 


Bill Burns like the table to be just SO and Bob Wynne is willing to go along with it.

People starting to arrive

 

 


About 5:30 PM, the guests started to arrive.

Bob Wynne leading a prayer

 

 


Fr. Bob Wynne led a prayer of blessing before the group went in to eat.

Time to eat

 

 


Finally it was time to eat. The main course was a turkey. The mashed potatoes are always a big hit among the North Americans and Europeans.

Dinner conversations

 

 


Throughout the evening lots of different conversations took place.

Time for dessert

 

 


Then it was time for dessert, with many delicious choices.

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