MARYKNOLL VOCATION DISCERNMENT MISSION TRIP TO EL PETÉN, GUATEMALA:
JANUARY 2-9, 2012

...a time to form new relationships...an opportunity
to engage in cross-cultural solidarity...a learning...
...a commitment...an exchange...
...a spiritual journey...a discovery...
 

The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers invite you to participate in a Vocation Discernment Mission Experience to northern Guatemala.   Accompanied by Fathers Bill Mullan, Ted Custer, Brother Marty Shea, and the Maryknoll Vocation Ministries Team, participants will live at the Cathedral in Flores, Petén and journey daily to different ministry sites.  Daily reflections on lived experience along with attendance at parish liturgies will help concretize the missionary element of service to the poor.  A visit to the famous Mayan ruins at Tikal will culminate the mission experience.

Dates:  January 2-9, 2012.  Participants should make their own round trip travel arrangements to Guatemala City, arriving no later than 4:00 p.m. on January 2, 2012.  The return flight from Guatemala City on January 9, 2012 should be booked after 9:00 a.m.  The Maryknoll Vocation office will arrange round trip travel to Flores, Petén, site of the mission trip.  If there are questions, please write to Deacon Steven DeMartino: sdemartino@maryknoll.org.

Place:  Cathedral in Flores, Petén, Guatemala

Cost: Participants are requested to finance their own round trip airfare to Guatemala City.  However financial assistance is available.

Registration:  For online registration, please press , fill out registration, and submit  form.  For questions please write Deacon Steven DeMartino at sdemartino@maryknoll.org or call him a 914-941-7590 x 2465.

Passports & immunizations:  Participants in the Vocation Discernment Mission trip  to Guatemala  will need a valid passport.  There are no visa requirements.  All participants should consult their physician regarding immunizations. 

Trip health insurance:  If you need health insurance, please go to the following website: www.missionaryhealth.com.  Open the site and then follow these steps:
1. Under featured Plans (on right margin) select: Click here for a quote.
2. Fill in data required (not including travel in US).  Receive a quote.
3. Select plan and fill in data.

If you decide to apply:  Please read the Code of Conduct. 
Press the printer button and download the Risk Awareness and the Travel Agreement document, sign it, have it witnessed by two people,  and send it by mail to Norma Araujo, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0305.