Watch a recording of the COVENANT & SENDING Ceremony Dec. 2, 2023:
We are delighted to share with you Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ 2023 Covenant and Sending Ceremony. Committing themselves to three and a half years of service, Sarah Bueter, T.T. Hoang and Theresa Glaser signed their “Covenants” and were sent forth into mission by the entire Maryknoll family. We blessed and sent into mission the 2023 Class of Maryknoll Lay Missioners, and together with them, we also blessed and sent back into mission returning missioner Kathy Flatoff.
The Covenant and Sending Ceremony was celebrated during a Mass on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Cristo Rey Parish in El Paso, Texas. El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz celebrated the Mass, and representatives of all four Maryknoll entities (Maryknoll Sisters, Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Maryknoll Affiliates) participated in the Sending celebration.
Compelled by faith to engage with people across cultures and ethnicities, Maryknoll lay missioners live, love and work with communities on the margins to promote active nonviolence and healing.
How does one become a lay missionary? And what is the commitment?