US Trip 1

My schedule is not working out!  I haven’t had any time at all to sit down and work on this website.  Too many meetings, planned and unplanned.

I can give you a note on the vehicles used coming here.  I was thinking after I arrived about them:

  • Motorcycle taxi to the Phnom Penh airport (carrying a suitcase)
  • Four jumbo jets from Phnom Penh to Bangkok to Tokyo to San Francisco to Newark.
  • An airport bus from Newark to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan
  • a MetroNorth train to Croton-Harmon
  • A taxi from Croton-Harmon to Maryknoll in Ossining, NY

The about took a total of 43 hours from take-off in Phnom Penh.

Where is he?

Greetings…   I just arrived at Maryknoll, New York early this morning after almost two days of travel.  We had some delays because of Air Traffic Control and the trip took longer than usual.  I hope to get accounts of this trip online very quickly!

Parish Anniversary

St. Joseph Church in Phnom Penh is the only formal parish in the whole country of Cambodia. There are other Catholic communities but they are known as pastoral centers rather than parishes.

This weekend St. Joseph Church celebrated its 25th anniversary.  Starting on Friday evening and running through Sunday evening, there were a variety of activities.  Saturday morning there was an anniversary mass presided over by Bishop Olivier.  Because our English community has our own worship space in one of the buildings at the parish, we were part of the festivities.

The Saturday morning mass was held outside under a large semi-permanent tent because none of the halls are large enough to contain a crowd of this size.

 

At the end of mass, there was a procession to the entrance of the old seminary chapel where the bishop blessed a special statue of St. Joseph that was carried in the procession.  Bishop Antony and Bishop Kike from the other two Cambodian dioceses were part of the celebration.

Taiwan Meeting 6

This week (October 2-6) the Asia Region of the Maryknoll Society (the priests and brothers) is having a meeting in Taoyung, Taiwan for all the Asia members.

• Sunday (October 1) — Travel Day
• Monday (October 2) — Travel and Opening of Meeting
• Tuesday (October 3) — First Meeting Day
• Wednesday (October 4) — Second Meeting Day
• Thursday (October 5) — Third Meeting Day
• Friday (October 6) — Travel Day

Taiwan Meeting 5

This week (October 2-6) the Asia Region of the Maryknoll Society (the priests and brothers) is having a meeting in Taoyung, Taiwan for all the Asia members.

• Sunday (October 1) — Travel Day
• Monday (October 2) — Travel and Opening of Meeting
• Tuesday (October 3) — First Meeting Day
• Wednesday (October 4) — Second Meeting Day
• Thursday (October 5) — Third Meeting Day