The Maryknoll Lay Missioners Board of Directors meets three times a year, once in a conference call and twice face-to-face. This was the third and last meeting of the board for this year, held in the board room at Bethany.

Bill Vos presided at a liturgy with the board members and the candidates to begin the meeting of the board. This was the last time the board will meet at Bethany because Maryknoll Lay Missioners should be in their new home in the Walsh Building for the next meeting.

Mike Wrob, Margo Cambier, Bill Vos, Marci Winston, and Mike Noonan listened to the Human Resources Manager, Barb Banovich (third left) give her report Friday morning.

At the other end of the boardroom table were Sarah Welch, Dave Dreiling, Sam Stanton, Frank Johnson, Kathy Bond, Mike Wrob, and Margo Cambier.

To increase and improve communications with other parts of the Maryknoll family, the board members ate lunch with the Maryknoll Sisters.

After lunch Sr. Theresa Baldini (left) explained the Maryknoll Sisters Heritage exhibit to Mike Noonan, Sam Stanton, Sarah Welch, and Mike Wrob while Sr. Janice McLaughlin looked on.

Then the board met with Sr. Anastasia, the Sisters' development director, and Sr. Janice, the president of the sisters, for an information and sharing session.

Friday evening the board had dinner with the newly arrived candidates and some of the Bethany staff.

Leadership from the priests and brothers group and from the sisters group were invited also. Debbie Northern, Jim Lynch, Sarah Welch, Ed McGovern, Mike Noonan, Sr. Janice McLaughlin, and Larry Parr shared this table.

At the end of the meal, the thirteen candidates introduced themselves to the assembled group. Ed Riehl, going to Cambodia, was one of the first.

At the end of the dinner, some of the candidates went up to the third-floor solarium to work. Tony Imhof, James Havey, and Margaret DeCrescentis put final touches on their lifelines they were to present to the group to illustrate their personal history before coming to Maryknoll.

Saturday morning saw a continued but short meeting of the board to finish some reports and meet in executive session. Sarah Welch, Margo Cambier, Dave Dreiling, Sam Stanton, and Frank Johnson chatted during a break.

Finally the meeting was adjourned and Sam Stanton (left) drove Mike Noonan and Bill Vos to the Westchester airport.