Maryknoll exhibit offers visitors glimpse into missionary life, work

Published: 2006-02-28

OSSINING, N.Y. (CNS) -- An exhibit at the new Maryknoll Visitors Center will give school groups and others "an opportunity to learn about the lives and cultures of people in the many regions of the world where Maryknoll missioners are working to improve their quality of life," according to the order's superior general. Maryknoll Father John Sivalon said the order's headquarters in New York's Westchester County always has been open to the public, "but now we have a hands-on exhibit through which we open up the world of mission work and the people we help to visitors." The exhibit, which opened Feb. 22, has as its theme "We Are Called to Mission." The interactive media experience includes eight computer kiosks and the 50-seat World Mission Theater, in which visitors can see videos and attend lectures. A computerized system is tuned to provide humid heat or frigid air representing the local climate of whatever film is featured.

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