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1 Managua. Radio La Primer sima8 junio de 2017 ROSARIO MURILLO,vice pres-ident of the Republic ofNicaragua, announced the deathof the former chancellor of Nicaragua, Father MiguelD Escoto Brockmann ( 61), on June 8, 2017:Con profunda consternaci n y dolor, el Gobierno deReconciliaci n y Unidad Nacional, y la Presidencia dela Rep blica, comunicamos a nuestro Pueblo la partidaa Otro Plano de Vida, del Canciller de la DignidadNacional y Orden Augusto C. Sandino y Orden CarlosFonseca Amador, Padre Miguel D Escoto D Escoto Brockmann, Padre, Sacerdote,ON A SULTRY EVE-NINGin mid Oc-tober 1932, a Mary-knoll priest, Fr. JohnConsidine, disem-barked from a steam-ship in the port ofMombasa, Kenya, atthe beginning of atwo-month journeyaround East journey set inprogress what wouldbe Maryknoll s even-tual agreement in Oc-tober 1946, to take re-sponsibility for onediocese in the countryof Tanganyika, as itwas then called.

2 Theecclesial territory was Musoma, on the eastern shore ofLake Victoria in northwestern Maryknoll priests, Fathers Bill Collins, BertGood, Lou Bayless, and Joe Brannigan, arrived in Muso-ma on October 21, 1946. Two went to the parish of Nye-gina, where people spoke several Bantu languages, andtwo went to Kowak Parish, in which the Luo peoplespoke a Nilotic language. The four lived with White Fa-thers (now called the Missionaries of Africa) for twoyears, after which the Maryknollers took responsibilityfor the two multitude of languages in Musoma, at leasttwelve, was the prime obstacle to any other missionarygroup willing to do mission work in this territory, and itimpeded the work of Maryknollers in the diocese untilSwahili became the national language in the remained under the Diocese of Mwanza until1950, when it was erected as a prefecture apostolic andMonsignor Gerald Grondin was appointed prefect apos-tolic.

3 In 1957 it became a diocese and John Rudin wasVolume 37, Number 2 (2017)BREEN continued on p. 9ON MAY 1 OF THIS YEAR Interna-tional Workers Day, fittingly Tom Melville ( 57) died in a nursing home in San Diegowith his wife and longtime companion, Margarita, at obituary from theWashington Postreprinted be-low focuses on Tom s involvement (with Margarita andother peace activists) in the Catonsville Nine Maryknollers link Tom more closely with his workin Guatemala and, most recently, with the 651-page bookhe produced (over 18 years!) on Fr. Ron Hennessey ( 64)and the history of the country in which they both served,Guatemala:Through a Glass Darkly: The Holo-caust in Central America(Amazon, 2005).

4 Tom andMargarita told their own story in a book entitledWhoseHeaven, Whose Earth?(Knopf, 1971). As the obituaryD ESCOTO continued on Africa missioner Fr. FrankBreen ( 70) has compiled a five-volumehistory of the Maryknoll Society inAfrica. The volumes have not beenpublished for the public, but visitors canread them at the Knoll. Frank producedan abbreviated version of the history,which we will publish over the nextseveral issues R. Melville5 December 1930 1 May 2017 MELVILLE continued on el padre MiguelD Escoto(1933 2017)Camilo Ortega Saavedra2 InterchangeAll Souls DayCopies of the Society s 2017 All Souls Day booklet areavailable (in limited quantities)from the General Council Of-fices, PO Box 303, Maryknoll,NY 10545-0303.

5 Email: booklet lists birth datesof Maryknoll priests andBrothers and dates of death ofall Maryknoll priests, Brothers,and ChiRho Fund smission isto providefinancialassistance in the form of grants to former Maryknollersin a time of need. We are ready to help anyone whoserved in any of the three branches of Maryknoll (Sis-ters, Priests/ Brothers, or Lay Missioners) for three yearsor more post high school ( , 1964 67) as well as im-mediate family members of on available funds, a grant may be consid-ered for a former member of Maryknoll in need regard-less of length of do not hesitate to reach out to us. All requestsshould be made either in writing to the Chi Rho Fund,PO Box 850153, Braintree, MA 02185-0153, or by con-tacting Joe Doherty at (781) 534-8808 or by email you know of any former member in need of assis-tance, we ask that you have them contact the following members of the Maryknoll family passedon to their eternal reward between March and October2017.

6 May they rest in Victor Pagan, Oct. 31 (former Maryknoll Brother);Fr. Donald P. McQuade, Oct. 20; Fr. Sigmund S. Jamroz,Oct. 19 SeptemberSr. Mary Lou Teufel, Sept. 29; Sr. Jean Pruitt, Sept. 10;Sr. Anita Smith, Sept. 4; Mr. Thomas M. Weir, Sept. 2(former Maryknoll Brother and Maryknoll Affiliate)AugustMr. Richard J. Baisley, Aug. 21 (former Maryknoll semi-narian); Sr. Cecelia Wood, Aug. 17; Fr. Ronald L. Green,Aug. 6; Sr. Timothy Marie Healy, Aug. 4; Sr. JaneZawadzki, Aug. 3; Mrs. Mary D Arcy, Aug. 2 (formerMaryknoll Sister Rosaire Marie)JulySr. Dorothy Mulligan, July 6 JuneSr. Mary Lou Andrews, June 30; Sr. Katherine Byrne,June 28; Mr. Robert H. Strotman, June 11 (former Mary-knoll priest, Class of 1961); Fr.

7 Miguel F. D Escoto,June 8 MayFr. John C. Tynan, May 19; Mr. Thomas R. Melville,May 1 (former Maryknoll priest, Class of 1957)AprilMr. E. Francis (Frank) Bertrand, April 28 (former Mary-knoll priest, Class of 1966); Fr. Charles A. Murray, April25; Mr. Thomas J. Conroy, April 15 (former Maryknollpriest, Class of 1965); Mr. Thomas McDermott, April 10(former Maryknoll seminarian); Sr. Mary Stolz, April 7 MarchSr. Catherine Rowe, March 12; Mr. Charles P. Forrest,March 4 (former Maryknoll priest, Class of 1951); B. Donnelly, March 2 (former Maryknoll priest,Class of 1943)Note also, Mr. Francis. X. Bean, former Maryknoll seminarian, Classof 1954, died on Nov. 11, UpdatesBarry, Rev. Peter J.

8 , MM ( 65), St. Patrick s School, Fu Mei St East, Wang Tau Hom, Kowloon, HongKong. Greg, c/o Maryknoll, 220 Harrison Ave N, Hop-kins, MN 55343. (773) 369-1857. Henry P. ( 70), 105 Mesquite Dr., Durham, NC27703. (941) 798-3711. Edward J., 12 Lincoln Ave., West Orange, NJ07052. Phone and email = the , Gregory ( 58), 24626 Willimet Way, Hayward,CA 94544-1146. Phone and email = the , Terry (Rocky) and Ann Michaels-Wein-burger, 3623 Gunston Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302. Phoneand email = the , George E. ( 68). Email = 37, No. 2 (2017)3To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the closing ofthe Venard (minor seminary) in Clarks Summit,Penn., fifteen members from several graduatingclasses visited what is now Clarks Summit Uni-versity on the weekend of May 19 21, 2017.

9 Thegroup s reflections are published SAT AROUND A LARGE ROUND METAL TABLEin ashaded rock-walled enclosure where BrotherFred s apple orchard once flourished. Just six of us forthat Friday afternoon moment, though nearly anotherdozen would join us that evening or on at the memories, inwardly alone with privatethoughts. Not unlike visiting the hallowed ground of amemorialized battlefield, mindful of where you walkedand what you disturbed, we each knew that somethingspecial happened here. That something special was it contact magic. Touch a wall, walk a path, re-visit the view from a window, and the past welcomesyou back, in a rush, and not absent emotion. Time is ir-relevant and you don t accept it s been fifty years sincethat last touch, walk, or window.

10 And so it was during aweekend in May fifteen former seminarians and severalwives representing a range of high school Venard gradu-ations came home to Clarks Summit, Penn., to com-memorate fifty years since Maryknoll Junior Seminaryclosed its massive oak doors, the property soon sold. Re-maining classes were moved elsewhere andnew residents shortly arrived. Today thegrounds house the faculty and students of theBaptist-operated Summit were giddy kids that warm Friday af-ternoon, in from Washington, California,Florida, Michigan, and points in-between. Ittook more than a few wrong turns throughnew neighborhoods before finding AbingtonRoad, then the old stone church and the oncefamiliar turn east over a pair of rolling hillsbisecting former pastures once populated byBrother John s cows.