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Come to a Maryknoll Day and discern your call!
 During 2012, Maryknoll will offer a unique experience to young men and women to answer the call of Jesus and serve in overseas mission.
Prospective candidates for the four entities of Maryknoll will gather at different locations around the country for a day long program to discern a call to overseas missionary work. Some will come to contemplate a lifetime commitment as a Priest, Brother, or Sister to witness and proclaim Jesus Christ to the poor overseas. Others will come to discern a three year commitment as Lay Missioners or to join the Maryknoll Affiliates.
All who attend these informative events will learn that Maryknoll is indeed a family committed to heed Jesus' command to go forth to all people everywhere!
Participants will have the opportunity to meet current and returned missioners; and listen to mission stories from those who have worked in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The day long encounter is an opportunity to learn about life as a Maryknoll missioner and begin to reflect on whether God is calling you to ministry in overseas mission.
Click on the link below and learn more about the event, the different locations, and dates.
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Christ finds a home in Flores, Guatemala
 The images of Mary and Joseph, under the watchful eyes of Father Edward Custer, have arrived at the dwelling to spend the night. The home is on a steep and picturesque cobblestone street on Flores Island in Petén province in Guatemala. "The people of Flores love their popular religiosity," said the 66-year-old Maryknoll priest from South Bend, Indiana, who accompanies children and their families as they blow whistles and play maracas. Followed by musicians playing Guatemalan music on marimbas, the people usher in the traditional Las Posadas. Inside every home where the images rest, children enjoy papaya candy and homemade drinks as the adults pray and sing Christmas Carols. Las Posadas is a nine-day celebration with origins in Spain and now celebrated mostly in Mexico and Guatemala during the evenings from December 16 to December 24. Posada means "lodging," or "inn." Each family in a neighborhood will schedule a night to host Las Posadas. Each home has a nativity scene. The neighborhood children and adults are the pilgrims who request lodging as they carry lit candles and images of Mary and Joseph.
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