Christmas Season Greetings from Board Members

Friends,

 As we come to the conclusion of this extraordinary and difficult year, we can't help but reflect on the anxiety, restlessness, grief and suffering caused by Covid-19, political disruptions, natural disasters and social injustices.  I'm hopeful these reflections are also filled with many moments of love, joy and peace.  

This is a time of great anticipation; for Christians, the coming of Jesus Christ, and for all people, the coming of a new year.  Another new year!  Another new year we enter with hope.  I pray that we Affiliates can transcend hope to action, to make real the love of God in all that we do and in all of our relationships.  Let's use the bond of our fraternal love and the strength of our diverse and collective gifts to make manifest the dream of what life together as a human family can be.  

I pray also that the constraints and restrictions imposed on us by Covid-19 gives us the impetus to explore greater creativity in finding new ways and spaces of connecting us around the world.

May God bless us in all these things.

Denise joins me in wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Christmas and a hope-filled New Year.

Board Chair

Rich Lessard, Albany, NY

~Rich Lessard

To the Maryknoll family world-wide,

I wish for you the holiest ever Christmas Season and the Hope for a New Year of dialogue with, and acceptance of, the “other”. 

Peace and Love,

Board Member

Manny Hotchkiss Portland, Oregon

                           ~Manny Hotchkiss

In this time of isolation, it is especially heartening to be able to connect with Affiliates throughout the world as we celebrate the One born Who Saves Us.  What hope we are given!  May we, as one community, continue to bring hope and joy to each other.  May God's blessings of health and peace be yours!   

~Patty Hinton 

Patty Hinton

We Welcome Our New Board Member!

Presently living in St. Louis, MO - A deeply committed woman who will also remain as Midwest Regional Coordinator until a new person is confirmed

May the example of Christ's life strengthen your heart this Christmas and be your guide through the new year.  

Warm wishes,

Board Member

Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland, Ellicott, MD

~Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland

My wish for all Affiliates is that this Christmas be an opportunity for prayerful reflection upon the state of our world and how we might do our part in giving birth to a unity -- a unity in understanding and compassion for all of creation. 

Board Member

Gerry Mullaney, Cuyahoga, OH

~Gerry 

"Do not fear, I announce great joy, to all the people of the world"

The Child Jesus is born!

To humanize ourselves from love, fraternity and solidarity (Lk. 2 - 10)

Dear Affiliates / Affiliates, may Christmas be an opportunity to see and feel like a great human family that shares the Common Home.

Let us convene to form a new community of Affiliates / Affiliates with bold hope,

acting together for the common good and considering ourselves

responsible and interdependent on each other.

Let us invite ourselves to open our hearts and actions to dignity, justice, solidarity,

the common good and peace.

Thank you for your friendship and all that we share.

Board Member

Rosa Beatriz Castañeda de Larios, Guatemala City

~Rosa Beatriz from Guatemala and the Latin American Chapters.