Maryknoll Retreat and Meetings 2009

First Day of Retreat
10 January 2009

Candle at morning prayer Each morning one of the country mission teams prepares morning prayer for the whole community, celebrated after breakfast and right before the first retreat talk.

Setting up the chapel for mass When Maryknoll uses the Salesian Retreat Center, we move all the pews, normally set up in traditional rows, to the sides of the chapel to create a large worship space where people sit on pews along the edges or on the floor. Different services are arranged in different ways, and here Luise Ahrens, Kevin Conroy, and Ed McGovern rearrange the chapel for mass after the morning prayer.

Endless conversation Sometimes the nine or ten days at Hua Hin seems like one long conversation as people catch up with each other after a year apart.

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe Fr. Timothy Radcliffe continued his reflections today, offering more connections between our spirituality and the structure of the liturgy we celebrate each day.

Jim Camption and Billy Doerner Jim Campion and Billy Doerner, both part of the Thailand mission team, at the morning break.

Four of the East Timor team Claudia Chin, Peg Vamosy, Eileen Farrel, and Sue McGubbin get acquainted at the break. Claudia and Peg are new missioners on their way to Timor for the first time.

Checking e-mail One room that is almost always occupied is the computer room where people can be found checking e-mail and preparing various documents for meetings and reports. Here are Jack Casey, Tom O'Brien, and Jose Aramburu.

Doug Venne on retreat Doug Venne takes advantage of the warm sun for a reflection period on a cool day.

Kevin Conroy, Ed McGovern, Jean-François Frys The weather has been unusually cool this year during Maryknoll's stay at Hua Hin. People who never dreamed they would need a jacket or sweater ended up wearing the light blankets provided on the beds. Jean-François Frys, wearing his blanket, talks with Kevin Conroy and Ed McGovern on the break.

Jose Aramburu and Bill Galvin At the morning liturgy, right before lunch, Jose Aramburu and Bill Gavin join in a hymn.

Janet Hockman offering communion At communion time, Janet Hockman was a minister of the cup for Sue McGubbin.

Serving line at lunch Tom O'Brien and Bill McIntire were at the head of the serving lines at lunch time.

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	Each morning one of the country mission teams prepares morning prayer for the whole community, celebrated after breakfast and right before the first retreat talk.
	When Maryknoll uses the Salesian Retreat Center, we move all the pews, normally set up in traditional rows, to the sides of the chapel to create a large worship space where people sit on pews along the edges or on the floor. Different services are arranged in different ways, and here Luise Ahrens, Kevin Conroy, and Ed McGovern rearrange the chapel for mass after the morning prayer.
	Sometimes the nine or ten days at Hua Hin seems like one long conversation as people catch up with each other after a year apart.
	Fr. Timothy Radcliffe continued his reflections today, offering more connections between our spirituality and the structure of the liturgy we celebrate each day.
	Jim Campion and Billy Doerner, both part of the Thailand mission team, at the morning break.
	Claudia Chin, Peg Vamosy, Eileen Farrel, and Sue McGubbin get acquainted at the break. Claudia and Peg are new missioners on their way to Timor for the first time.
	One room that is almost always occupied is the computer room where people can be found checking e-mail and preparing various documents for meetings and reports. Here are Jack Casey, Tom O'Brien, and Jose Aramburu.
	Doug Venne takes advantage of the warm sun for a reflection period on a cool day.
	The weather has been unusually cool this year during Maryknoll's stay at Hua Hin. People who never dreamed they would need a jacket or sweater ended up wearing the light blankets provided on the beds. Jean-François Frys, wearing his blanket, talks with Kevin Conroy and Ed McGovern on the break.
	At the morning liturgy, right before lunch, Jose Aramburu and Bill Gavin join in a hymn.
	At communion time, Janet Hockman was a minister of the cup for Sue McGubbin.
	Tom O'Brien and Bill McIntire were at the head of the serving lines at lunch time.