snagele@mklm.org
305 Evergreen Court
West
Urbana Illinois
61801
August, 2019
Dear Family and
Friends,
August is a month of
celebrations for Maryknoll Lay Missioners!
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| Susan Nagele with Class of 1984 Jubilee |
I have recently returned from our center at Maryknoll, New York. It has been 35 years since I walked through
the door in 1984 to begin this journey in Tanzania, then Sudan, then Kenya and now
at home in the USA!!! When I first went
overseas, I was given the address of a woman who had lived in Tanzania for 22
years…just in case I wanted to get in contact with her. At the time, I marveled that anyone could stay
for that long. Now I can see that time
flies when we’re on the right track!!! We
had a wonderful celebration together.
Our lay missioner lawyer,
Heidi Cerneka, continues with immigration law in El Paso. For those of you who are parishioners at St.
Patrick Parish, Heidi will participate in a parish skype event for the Justice
and Peace Commission on October 13, 2019 at 1:30pm CDT.
Don’t miss this if you want to know first-hand
what is happening on the border.
Heidi recently
helped Zam, a Ugandan asylum seeker, win her case. Zam was advocating for work opportunities for
youth in Uganda and supported an opposition party. The current president, who has been in power
for 33 years, is well known for persecution of any opposition and she fled. I know
the situation well and she is only one of many.
Heidi Cerneka
Maryknoll Lay Missioner with Ugandan refugee. Immigration case successful!
On August 15th
Maryknoll Lay Missioners celebrated 25 years as an Association within the Maryknoll
family of Fathers and Brothers (Maryknoll Society) and Sisters (Maryknoll
Congregation).
Founding
of Maryknoll Lay Missioners August 15, 1994
Our financial
report for 2018 is at the following link with lots of interesting pictures….
After working in Sudan for twelve years I have a great
devotion to St. Bakhita, whose beautiful banner hangs in my parish.
There is a new book
entitled…
BAKHITA
A Novel of the Saint of Sudan
By Véronique Olmi
Translated by Adriana Hunter
A Novel of the Saint of Sudan
By Véronique Olmi
Translated by Adriana Hunter
It is reviewed at the following link...
The author uses the facts of her research to construct a
novel that portrays the details of how some of Bakhita’s life must have
evolved. I warn you, the first half of
the book is difficult to read. I often
had to put it down because of the violence that is described. But, I know that the truth about the what
happened to this woman is the same truth that some of our brothers and sisters still
live daily. St. Bakhita is the Patroness
of Sudan and the survivors of human trafficking. I encourage you to read the book.
With gratitude for your support in Mission,
Susan Nagele
We are grateful for your prayers and
financial support.
If you would like
to know more about Maryknoll Lay Missioners log onto our website:
www.mklm.org or call toll free 1-800-867-2980.
