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Dear ,
We hope you had a blessed Christmas
celebration and that your new year
is off to a good start! Things are
buzzing around the Maryknoll Mission
House and we have many opportunities
to become involved in mission.
We started off the year with
installing a Peace Pole in the front
yard. Two kind supporters of
Maryknoll donated a pole to us and
one to the Buddhist Compassion
Meditation Center just three blocks
away. On January 19, a group walked
from the Maryknoll house to the
Temple to join the Vietnamese
community there for the dedication
of their Peace Pole. Buddhists and
Catholics share a common desire for
all people to walk gently upon the
earth, to treat each person with
dignity and to work for peace in our
everyday lives.
On March 9th Maryknoll will dedicate
its own Peace Pole and we would love
you to be a part of the celebration!
Please join us for Mass at 9:30am
followed by the blessing in front of
the Mission House at 16642 Ashland
Ave., San Lorenzo 94580.
Refreshments will be served
afterwards. To RSVP and for
directions or questions, please
contact Kris East at (510) 276-5021
or keast@maryknoll.org.
Join us for our West Coast Maryknoll
Mission Symposium with Fr. Anthony
Gittins, CSSp., Ph.D. on March 25th.
Read the details below.
Keep reading below for details on
other events that are coming up
soon. We hope to see you around the
Mission House!
Blessings,
Kris
Kris East, Mission Promoter
510-276-5021 | keast@maryknoll.org
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Bay Area Social Justice
Forum 
Saturday, February 15,
2014
Holy Names University 3500
Mountain Blvd., Oakland, CA
94619
Join Maryknoll at the 4th
Annual Bay Area Social
Justice Forum at Holy Names
University in Oakland, CA.
In the morning keynote
session, Dr. Clayborne
Carson will deliver an
inspiring talk on Dr. Martin
Luther King's Global Vision
for Human Rights.
In the afternoon keynote
session, Rev. Deborah Lee,
Rev. Phil Lawson, and a Holy
Names University Alumnus
will share their journey to
being social justice
activists.
To learn more about the
speakers, the workshops
offered and to register:
If you have
questions about this event,
contact Javier De Paz at
(510) 436-1323 or
depaz@hnu.edu
Los Angeles Religious Education
Congress
Friday, March 13 -
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Anaheim Convention Center
800 Katella Ave., Anaheim,
CA 92802
Maryknoll is
happy to
announce that we
will once again
be at the L.A.
Religious
Education
Congress!
Come to the
Congress and
stop by at the
Maryknoll booths
(#348, 350, 352)
to pick up your
gift from us and
to enter our
FREE raffle.
We have lesson
plans and our
Classroom
Program for
teachers and
catechists that
we still offer
at no cost to
you!
If you are a
teacher,
catechist, DRE
or deacon be
sure to ask us
about our
mission
immersion trips
to Latin
America, Asia
and Africa. We
hope to see you
there!
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Northern California Friends
of Sabeel Conference
Friday, March 21 to
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Christ the King Catholic
Church
199 Brandon Rd, Pleasant
Hill, CA 94523
(925) 682-2486
What is the situation on the
ground in Israel and
Palestine? What can civil
society and religious
communities do to create a
just peace? This conference
will be a unique opportunity
to hear from and talk with
activists, scholars, and
historians about the
situation in Palestine and
Israel focusing on a vision
for its future and its place
in the region. For more
information and to register,
please visit
www.fosna.org
While at the conference,
come by the Maryknoll table
and say hi!
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2014 Maryknoll Mission
Symposium with  Fr. Anthony Gittins,
CSSp., Ph.D.
Going Forth with Joy:
Mission in the
Spirit of Jesus and Pope
Francis
Tuesday, March 25,
2014
9am - 3pm
St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church (Parish
Hall)
264 E. Lewelling Blvd., San
Lorenzo, CA 94580
The words "mission" and
"evangelization" are two
of the most important --
and sometimes
misunderstood -- notions
that are foundational to
the Church. Join us as
we explore their
meaning, looking to Pope
Francis' apostolic
exhortation, Evangelii
Guadium as a road map.
Accepting Jesus'
invitation to carry on
his mission means
creating and living a
culture of encounter. Fr
Gittins will guide us in
exploring the essential
discipleship themes of
pilgrimage, accompanying
the poor, working in the
margins and crossing
borders.
Lunch is included and
overnight accommodations
can be requested.
For questions or directions,
contact Kris East at (510)
276-5021 or
keast@maryknoll.org
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Continuing Pentecost:
Mission Education Training
Program and Retreat
Friday April 4
(5:30pm) - Sunday April 6
(1pm)
Maryknoll Mission House
16642 Ashland Ave., San
Lorenzo CA 94580
Jesus passed his mission
on to his disciples and
for almost two thousand
years the mission has
been passed down from
generation to
generation. It's now up
to us to make sure that
this gift of mission is
given to the next
generation.
We are excited to offer
a Mission Education
Training Program for
teachers, principals,
DREs, lay ecclesial
ministers, catechists,
priests, deacons and
wives, and Maryknoll
Affiliates. Beginning
on Friday evening with
dinner and ending at 1pm
on Sunday, this program
is offered in a
retreat-like format with
in-depth instruction,
materials for you to use
in your ministry, and
certified CE hours.
Accommodations are
available and meals are
included.
Click here to learn more
and to register
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 Guatemala: Maryknoll Mission
Immersion Experience for
Teachers, Catechists, and
other parish ministers
June 17-26, 2014
Bring the world into your
ministry and programs.
Teachers, catechists, DREs,
and diocesan ministers play
a key role in helping
Catholics to grow in
Christ's love and experience
the world beyond their
borders. Through
Maryknoll's Immersion
Program, Catholic educators
and ministers have the
opportunity to find God in
new and unexpected places,
and to bring that experience
of mission back to their
parish and diocese.
For more information and to
apply, please click here
"I thought I had come to
give but I received so
much in
return!" - Lolita
"Girlie" Gary, Maryknoll
Affiliate and
participant in Guatemala
immersion 2013
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Save the Date!
Maryknoll Mission
Immersion Experience in the
Tenderloin district of San
Francisco in collaboration
with the St. Anthony
Foundation
July 14 - 18, 2014
Do you have to go overseas
to experience mission? What
is the connection between
poverty in the U.S. and
elsewhere in the world?
This program is designed
for teachers, DREs,
catechists, deacons, wives
and others who minister in
the Church and who wish to
increase their awareness of
their baptismal call to
mission and to pass that
mission on to others. Join
us as we explore how mission
begins at home but extends
to the ends of the earth.
Participants will stay at
the Maryknoll Mission House
in a retreat setting and
travel daily on BART to St.
Anthony's Foundation to
encounter God in the poor,
elderly and homeless who
struggle to survive in the
Tenderloin area of San
Francisco.
Registration opens
soon!
For more information
please contact Kris East at
(510) 276-5021 or
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Taizé Candlelight Prayer
Gathering
Second Wednesday
of the Month at 7 pm
Taizé-style
prayer is a
meditative common
prayer using song,
chants, scripture,
reflection and
periods of
contemplative
silence, a prayer
that does not end,
but continues in the
silence of the
heart. Within this
sacred space one is
drawn into a deeper
awareness of God's
presence; it is a
prayerful
opportunity for
self-reflection.
Contemplative
prayer is seen
as a critical
path in
mission. It is
through prayer
that we are
connected with
God and it is in
the silence of
our hearts that
God communicates
and shares with
us God's mission
of love for the
world.
The Taizé gathering
will be held the
second Wednesday of
every month in the
Chapel at the
Maryknoll Mission
House at 16642
Ashland Avenue, San
Lorenzo. Admission
is FREE. Sorry, no
wheelchair access.
The hour long
service will start
at 7:00 p.m. with
Ruth Picha. Ruth
is a Spiritual
Director, who
trained at Mercy
Center in
Burlingame.
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Lunch with Jesus Liturgy and
Potluck
Wednesdays
12:00pm Liturgy
12:30 pm Potluck
Lunch
Mission
House
16642 Ashland Ave., San
Lorenzo, 94580
One of the most significant
ways in which Jesus did
mission was around table,
sharing a meal. Join us at
our weekly liturgy (Mass if
a priest is present,
otherwise Liturgy of the
Word with Communion) in our
Chapel, followed by a
potluck lunch in our Dining
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Regional Mission House 
Mission Education &
Promotion
Western Region
16642 Ashland Ave.
San Lorenzo, California
94580
General Hours
Mon-Fri 9 am to 4 pm
Flash Donation:
Click here to
donate $10 by credit
card to support
Maryknoll's mission
activities here and
around the world:
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