Wednesday, 26 October 2011 12:20
Alice Murray
An attempt to summarize the Maryknoll centennial symposium, Church in Mission: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
October 6 – 8, 2011
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, Illinois
The 2-day centennial symposium on "The Church in Mission: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" explored the development/revelation of the gift of mission in Maryknoll's history. It's secondary but no less important purpose, according to the Symposium brochure, was the discovery of the gift of mission in one's own life journey.
The Symposium was held from Thursday to Saturday, October 6 – 8, 2011 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Attended by about 200 people, Sisters, priests, brothers, lay missioners, Maryknollers and others, including faculty and students of the Catholic Theological Union, which hosted the gathering.
This report necessarily covers only the plenary sessions; much more information and discussion took place in the break-out sessions. Here are only a few threads of the many riches provided in the presentations.
Sunday, 25 September 2011 10:00
Alice Murray
In 2009 an election for Regional Coordinator in the Midwest Region, brought Alice Murray and Liz Labron to the positions of Co-coordinators of the region. With Liz's studies and Alice's studies and plans to move from her present house, the co-coordinator plan didn't work well. Sometime ago Alice sent you a request for nominees for Midwest coordinator, so we could have a new election. One name was given, but the person declined the nomination; Alice was not successful in surfacing nominees by calling various people in the region. P. Thomas McGuire, however, was willing to share part-time coordination with another person, and Alice agreed to stay on in an arrangement which would modify and lighten the duties of Regional co-coordinator for her.
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2011 10:03
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:13
Dan Maloney
I am pleased to announce that we have two nominees for the dual role of Midwest Regional Co-Coordinators. They are Alice Murray (Menominee Falls, WI) and Liz Lebron (St. Louis, MO). Since they are the only two nominees for this dual role, in place of a formal election, I ask you to affirm them in their new position. This can be done by sending them an email message of congratulations and your willingness to cooperate with them in the months and years ahead. As an expression of that cooperation, Alice asks that you identify the needs that your chapter currently sees as tasks to be addressed by the Co-cordinators. These can be included in your congratulatory email or sent separately at a later date.
Liz Lebron will not be able to take on the Co-Coordinator responsibilites until she completes her graduate studies at St. Louis University in the summer of 2011. In the meantime, she is available to consult with Alice and lend whatever support that her study priorities will allow.
Alice Murray
Liz Lebron
Let us pray for Alice and Liz that the Spirit of God animate their actions and give them wisdom, patience and fortitude for the task ahead.
Dan Maloney (Ad Hoc Election Coordinator)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:18
Tuesday, 15 September 2009 08:08
Bob Doyle
An event of this size, including eight presenters, six meals, five spirituality segments and seven, or more, additional activities started Friday evening, September 11, and concluded with Sunday lunch, September 13. Clearly, this event can only be experienced, in a way appropriate for regional gathering on Maryknoll Affiliates, by a team of amazing leaders. That is exactly what we in the Chicago area were gifted, not only on these conference days, but also for the prior eight months in planning, reorganizing, throwing out, restating, expanding, contracting and many other stages of the bewildering conference planning and execution. The people participating in these creative stages with me were Celine Woznica, Dan Driscoll-Shaw, Liz Lebron from the Chicago Central chapter, Father Carl Meulemans MM from the Appleton Wisconsin Chapter and Fred Goddard the Affiliate Executive Coordinator. This path to success was often not clear.
However, the experience of fulfillment during and after the conference seems clear, to me, as an outpouring of gifts from our Creator-Savior-Provider.
Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 16:25
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