Trip to United States

28 June to 30 July 2010

7 July 2010 (Wednesday)

This was a day for catching up with people and work around the greater Maryknoll campus.  Just walking around the Maryknoll campus to various offices in different buildings is a refreshing experience--except that the temperature was above 100 degrees today!

In the morning I walked from Bethany, the headquarters building of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, to the seminary building, about a half mile away.  The seminary is the largest Chinese-style building in the United States.  The seminary has actually been moved to Chicago Theological Union but all the Maryknoll offices remain here at "the Knoll."
The Maryknoll seminary building

The Maryknoll campus, several hundred acres, is a beautiful park-like setting above the Hudson River.  Trees like this have been part of Maryknoll's presence throughout its 99-year history.  I passed this way going to the controllers office to arrange for a bank transfer of funds to the deaf program in Cambodia.
A tree as old as Maryknoll

This stone memorial was a gift to Maryknoll from the Catholic church in Korea for Maryknoll's help in setting up the diocese of Pyongyang, now in North Korea, 90 years ago.
Korean memorial stone

Inside the seminary building I looked for Ed McGovern, now serving on the general council, and for Jack Corcoran, a friend from Nepal who is receiving medical treatment in New York.  This statue is set in a foyer off the main chapel.
Statue of Mary