While we sleep, our minds mull over in dreams the events of our daily lives. Awake, we dream of our aspirations: the things we yearn for, desire to accomplish or hope to become.
One story in this issue features three seminarians set to be ordained to the priesthood this June. Their dream is to become Maryknoll priests. In another article, on the sending of four Maryknoll lay missioners, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso goes further, calling Maryknollers “a bunch of dreamers” working for a world that Jesus “dreamed of.”
In fact, dreams run throughout this issue. My article on Father Kyungsu Son’s work in Peru recounts his efforts to help blind people fulfill their dreams to thrive and be independent. A feature on the Maryknoll Sisters in Cambodia reflects the realization of their dream to help Cambodians rebuild their ravaged nation through education.
We also tell the story of an immigrant whose community in Guatemala was served by Maryknoll missioners. He fled political violence to find the American Dream and now serves as a leader in the Church’s ministry to Indigenous people. Our Partners in Mission column this issue, from a volunteer in Bolivia, is even titled “Maryknoll Dreams.”
We all dream. We dream in our slumber, and we dream in our hopes and longings. Many — as evidenced in our article on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians — dream of peace and security. Let us join them with our prayers for the same.
Lynn F. Monahan
Editor-in-Chief
