San Francisco

Tenderloin:

This trip is now full! If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Marie Lawler or Kris East at 510-276-5021

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

July 10 - 15 , 2016

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

Marie Lawler

Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers

16642 Ashland Ave.

San Lorenzo CA  94580

(510) 276-5021 mlawler@maryknoll.org