Maryknoll Retreat and Meetings 2009

Meeting Day 1
15 January 2009

Mary Grenough, Jose Aramburu, Claudette Laverdierre The mass time switched to 8:00 AM today (previously it was at 11:30 AM during the retreat) because of the meeting schedule. Jose Aramburu was the presider. With him were Mary Grenough and Claudette Laverdierre.

Sr. Francis and Sr. Helene O'Sullivan Sr. Francis (left) celebrated her 50th anniversary as an Ursuline sister today and Sr. Helene O'Sullivan gave her a little gift from the Maryknoll community. Sr. Francis has been very helpful each year we have come to Hua Hin, allowing our overflow crowd to stay at the Ursuline residence not far away.

John Beeching During the liturgy, Brother John Beeching read the first reading.

Peggy Vamosy One of our new lay missioners, Peggy Vamosy, who is going to East Timor, really joined in the singing at mass.

MKLM meeting The Maryknoll Society (priests and brothers), Congregation (sisters), and Lay Missioners all met in separate groups this day to discuss business particular to each of their organizations.

The lay missioners heard more reporting about the general assembly held in October and then discussed the weakened financial state of MLM. One concrete consequence is the possibility that the lay missioners may not be able to attend this annual January meeting next year because of a lack of funding from MLM.

Small group meeting The lay missioners worked in small groups on the funding crisis that may affect next January's meeting. They were asked to discuss and list both what is valuable about this meeting with all the other Maryknollers and what is essential about the meeting.

Hiep Vu, new regional coordinator Another item of business at this meeting of the lay missioners was the election of a new regional coordinator to replace Lisa Pirie who finished up her term. Chosen as the new RC is Hiep Vu who works in Vietnam. Here Lisa symbolically hands over to him documents and records he will need in his new job.

Salesian school at retreat center The Salesian Retreat Center is located on the same grounds as a huge Salesian school. Each year when we come back to Hua Hin it seems there is a new school building on the campus, and now the school has 4,000 students.

Dinner for Susan Sporl This evening the Cambodia lay missioners took Susan Sporl, the new member just arrived, to dinner to welcome her again and to help her get to know us better. Susan has not yet been to Cambodia where she is assigned.

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	The mass time switched to 8:00 AM today (previously it was at 11:30 AM during the retreat) because of the meeting schedule. Jose Aramburu was the presider. With him were Mary Grenough and Claudette Laverdierre.
	Sr. Francis (left) celebrated her 50th anniversary as an Ursuline sister today and Sr. Helene O'Sullivan gave her a little gift from the Maryknoll community. Sr. Francis has been very helpful each year we have come to Hua Hin, allowing our overflow crowd to stay at the Ursuline residence not far away.
	During the liturgy, Brother John Beeching read the first reading.
	One of our new lay missioners, Peggy Vamosy, who is going to East Timor, really joined in the singing at mass.
	The Maryknoll Society (priests and brothers), Congregation (sisters), and Lay Missioners all met in separate groups this day to discuss business particular to each of their organizations.
	The lay missioners heard more reporting about the general assembly held in October and then discussed the weakened financial state of MLM. One concrete consequence is the possibility that the lay missioners may not be able to attend this annual January meeting next year because of a lack of funding from MLM.
	The lay missioners worked in small groups on the funding crisis that may affect next January's meeting. They were asked to discuss and list both what is valuable about this meeting with all the other Maryknollers and what is essential about the meeting.
	Another item of business at this meeting of the lay missioners was the election of a new regional coordinator to replace Lisa Pirie who finished up her term. Chosen as the new RC is Hiep Vu who works in Vietnam. Here Lisa symbolically hands over to him documents and records he will need in his new job.
	The Salesian Retreat Center is located on the same grounds as a huge Salesian school. Each year when we come back to Hua Hin it seems there is a new school building on the campus, and now the school has 4,000 students.
	This evening the Cambodia lay missioners took Susan Sporl, the new member just arrived, to dinner to welcome her again and to help her get to know us better. Susan has not yet been to Cambodia where she is assigned.