Where did the name Maryknoll come from? It came from the two founders of the Maryknoll Fathers. The address of the Center is 10 Pines Bridge Road, Ossining, New York. It is situated across the road from the Maryknoll Fathers’ properties. It consists of the Main Building, the adjacentĥ6 Wing, Rogers Building, the grounds, and the cemetery. The Maryknoll Sisters Center is situated in Ossining, New York. | Rogers Building | Sisters' cemetery | Former cloister | Maryknoll Fathers' He suggests that the experience of culture should be the entry point into missionary praxis, and he claims a hermeneutic of appreciation of culture is imperative.| Introduction | Maryknoll Sisters Center | Main Building de Mesa argues strongly for a respectful and critical interaction on the part of missionaries with local culture. Nine of the contributing authors are Catholic. Not only are the authors academically qualified to engage in such writing, many have engaged in missionary work in a variety of cultures and countries. The various papers are intended to further advance understanding around the critical missiological issue of the relationship of culture to faith, and secondly to honor the groundbreaking efforts of Louis Luzbetak (1918–2005), the Society of the Divine Word theologian and missionary whose writings on culture and mission did so much to expand the missiological horizons of those involved in mission at both the theoretical and practical levels. Stephen Bevans and the eleven authors who have contributed to Mission and Culture have provided a magisterial collection of papers which not only merit critical careful reading but also thoughtful meditation and reflection by missiologists, theologians, and those engaged in missionary activity today. This is a timely comment given some recent He suggests that the experience of culture should be the entry point into missionary praxis, and he claims a hermeneutic of appreciation of culture is imperative. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis Books 2012.
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