At the morning liturgy today, Fr. Ray Finch, the superior general of the Maryknoll Society, was the presider, assisted by Fr. Roberto Rodriguez.

This is the nave or rear of the Stanley House chapel. It is well designed in a Chinese style and has been just about the right size for various groups that use it.

This is the sacristy of the Stanley House chapel, the small room where all the books and vestments and other materials used for mass are kept.

The full morning today was given to an anti-sexual abuse training session led by two Maryknoll trainers who were at Maryknoll headquarters in New York. We were connected by a video link which allowed them to see us and us to see them.

Part of the training was discussion of certain scenarios in small groups. Here Rodrigo Ulloa reports to the trainers on a small group discussion. At the table, Peter Kim (L) and Roberto Rodriguez listen.

At the break time, Fr. Bob Wynne (rear) and Fr. Tom Dunleavy get a cup of coffee at a table set up outside the meeting room.

In the afternoon, Gerry Lee, a former Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Venezuela, and now the head of Maryknoll's Office of Global Concerns in Washington, DC, spoke about the work of MOGC..

Gerry Lee asked the participants to identify major issues of social justice in their various mission areas. Here Larry Radice speaks for one table group after their discussion.

After the session with Office of Global Concerns, the priests and brothers boarded two buses going into the Central District of Hong Kong for a ferry trip to Cheung Chau Island.

Here the group sits on the lower deck of the ferry, enjoying the view and each other's company for the 45-minute ride to the island.

Hong Kong has one of the most beautiful harbors in the world and it is busy with ferries and ships of all sizes. The pollution blows in from China to the west and has become a very serious problem.

Arriving at Cheung Chau, the group walked five minutes to the Cheung Chau Catholic parish where Fr. John Ahearn is the pastor. Maryknollers have been in charge of the parish there for the last two or three decades. We started our parish visit with a vespers service in the small church.

Concluding the visit was a Chinese dinner in a local restaurant. Then it was time to take the ferry back to Hong Kong Island.