Immersion Trip to San Francisco Tenderloin

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San Francisco
Tenderloin:





Maryknoll Mission Immersion Retreat
In collaboration with St. Anthony’s Foundation

“I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security” - Pope Francis

June 7 -12, 2015
2pm Sunday to 6pm Friday

Do you have to go overseas to experience mission?  What is the connection between poverty in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world?  Pope Francis reminds us “I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in the poor people.”  How does our encounter with the poor help us experience joy in our own lives?

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.  

Immersion experience includes:
  • Pre-trip orientation and mission training  
  • During the day, participants will minister in the Tenderloin by rotating through the senior center, clothing store, and dining room
  • Talks by the members of St. Anthony’s staff on the realities of poverty in the Tenderloin.
  • Reflections on mission each evening at the Maryknoll Mission House in San Lorenzo in a retreat setting.
  • Meditations on Pope Francis’ Joy of the Gospel and examination of how to better share the Good News in our lives and ministry
  • Daily communal prayer and time for individual reflection
  • Retreat Masters:  Fr. Bob Jalbert who ministered in the slums of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, and Deacon Matt Dulka
  • Post-trip debriefing and reflection
Costs
For more information contact
  • Suggested donation for room/meals at the Maryknoll Mission House is $400.
  • $100 Non-refundable deposit.
  • Participants are responsible for purchasing own BART ticket
Kris East
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers
16642 Ashland Ave.
San Lorenzo CA  94580
(510) 276-5021 | keast@maryknoll.org

Comments

Laura said…
I hope that you will consider doing this a little later into June or even July next year. Teachers are typically still teaching at this time. I would love to do a trip like this. (I went to Tanzania with Maryknoll Lay Missioners last summer. )
April 28, 2015 at 3:55 AM
Unknown said…
Thanks Laura. We know these are the best dates this year, but they were the only one we could get. Next year we will going July 10-15, 2016. I hope you can join us then!
April 28, 2015 at 1:33 PM
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