October 2004

COVER: Serving in faith…Guided by the Spirit, Laity in mission, Designed by Paul McLellan

• The diary of reluctant journaler
  By Barbara Michie
  A glimpse of the journey through Scarboro's lay mission program
• Missioning 2004
  Four new lay missioners make their commitments to serve overseas
• We are full of joy
  By Frank Hegel, S.F.M.
  Homily given at the missioning ceremony, May 2004
• Companions on the journey
  By Susan Keays
  Learning what it means to walk with the people in cross-cultural mission
• Memories of Micobie
  By Maxine Bell
  A visit to an Amerindian village in the heart of Guyana's rainforest
• Serving in faith... Guided by the Spirit
  Laity in mission
• Lord, that I may see
  By Charles Gervais, S.F.M.
  With the efforts of many, the people of the Andes receive the gift of sight
• They set out two by two
  By Micheline Karvonen
  Walking with faith filled communities in the mountains of Ecuador
• These are the days worth living
  By Scott McDonald
  A teacher receives the greatest lesson of all
• Where are they now?
  Former Scarboro lay missioners share how their lives have changed by the experience of cross-cultural mission
• A stranger in a foreign land
  By Bev Trach
  After a year in mission, process of adjusting to a new culture continues
• Answered prayers
  By Georgina and Paddy Phelan
  Working at the Camillian Centre in Rayong, Thailand serving adults and children with HIV/AIDS
• Malawi's many faces
  By Barbara Michie
  Reflections on the first days of mission in Africa
• The Interamerican Cooperative Institute turns 40
  By Thomas Walsh
• Yarn and plastic beads
  By Mary Anne O'Connor
• Guest Editorial: Serving in faith
  Guided by the Spirit - Scarboro Laity in Mission
  By Jean MacInnis