Maryknoll College '68 Reunion in Heiter Residence

Some pictures taken at a reunion of Maryknoll College graduates in Tina and Andy Heiter's house. Thank you Tina and Andy. Check back, I'll be posting more pictures.

Tina (nee Borja) and Andy Heiter hosted a luncheon at their Winter home in Palm Desert last Saturday, March 10, 2012, attended by 10 Maryknoll College graduates (class col 68) and some husbands. Tina and Andy prepared a wonderful Filipino lunch - pancit, adobo, lumpia, vegetables, meatballs, baked salmon, and the most wonderful Thai mango salad. The desserts were another whole story as well: carrot cake, Hawaiian cake, cookies, fruit.

Marichi Santiago Panganiban and her husband Homer, who live in the East coast, were fortunately in Southern California and were present. The women, some of whom had not seen each other for decades, had a lot of catching up to do. Gathered around the dining table, enjoying Tina and Andy's food, stories and laughter reigned; the men in the patio said their own stories were drowned-out by the women's happy sounds.

I asked Tina Borja Heiter, an accomplished artist who has her artwork in galleries in Zurich, to show me some of her paintings. I was delighted when she talked about her creative process. It was interesting to compare her creative process with mine as a writer. What caught my attention most was the fact that the image is not crystal-clear in her head when she starts a painting, and that the painting evolves to completion.

Those who attended the reunion were (in no particular order): Sim Ciocon, Raul Cruz, Homer Panganiban,Andy Heiter, Patrick McGinley; Marichi Santiago Panganiban, Lucy Adao McGinley, Maria Navarro Ciocon, Med Villanueva, Milette Estrada, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Tina Borja Heiter, Esther Quintos Parker, Lorna Cayco Cruz, Chona Saligumba Preston.




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Photos:
top, l-r, seated: Sim Ciocon, Raul Cruz, Homer Panganiban; standing: Andy Heiter, Patrick McGinley
Next: l-r, seated: Marichi Panganiban, Lucy McGinley, Maria Ciocon, Med Villanueva; standing: Milette Estrada, Cecilia Brainard, Tina Heiter, Esther Parker, Lorna Cruz, Chona Preston
Next: l-r, seated: Tina Heiter, Med Villanueva, Maria Ciocon, Milette Estrada; standing: Esther Parker, Lucy McGinley, Cecilia Brainard, Lorna Cruz; Marichi Panganiban
Assorted candid shots