Maryknoll offers you a unique experience to answer the
call of Jesus. Come and join us on the border in El Paso, Texas from April 2-8, 2012
Are you discerning a call to missionary
work? Are you contemplating a lifetime commitment as a priest or
brother to witness and proclaim Jesus Christ to the poor overseas?
Come and join the Maryknoll Vocation Ministries team in El Paso, Texas and experience first hand Jesus' command to go
forth to all people everywhere!
The 2012 Holy Week Vocation Retreat will link you up with others just
like you discerning Christ's call. You will meet men who are
contemplating a commitment as a Priest or a Brother They have the same
questions that you do. They seek the same answers. They desire to
follow Jesus' challenge.
Meet and talk with Maryknoll missioners
from all over the world!
Maryknoll offers a unique
experience for you to meet and talk with veteran missioners. Many have
spent years in the field, working with the poor in parish ministry, health
promotion, cooperatives, agriculture programs, and leadership formation. Come,
hear their stories, share their experiences. Learn from them. Let
them inspire you and touch your hearts.
This year’s Holy Week Vocation Retreat
takes place in El Paso, Texas at the Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in the
poor barrio of Westway. The retreat is centered in a cross-cultural
environment among poor Mexican immigrants. Retreatants will participate with
the local people in the Sacred Triduum, the celebration of the Paschal
Mystery of Jesus: his Passion, Death and Resurrection. They will spend
Holy Week listening to retreat conferences, participating at
Mass, celebrating the Stations of the Cross outdoors, praying together the
Liturgy of the Hours, reflecting before the Eucharist in adoration, and
praying the Mission Rosary.
The retreat team requests that you arrive in El Paso, Texas before 5:00 p.m.
on April 2, 2012 in order to attend the Chrism Mass. The Holy Week
retreat ends on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 (make plans to return home on
Easter Monday). Maryknoll
offers limited financial assistance. If you plan to attend, please
apply online. For further information, please contact Deacon
Steven DeMartino at 914-941-7590 x 2465, or email him at:
sdemartino@maryknoll.org.
Come, learn, and share your
heart with others that feel the call, that seek to serve Him in mission.
