Author: Lynn F. Monahan

One hundred years ago, Sept. 7, 1918, to be exact, the fledgling Catholic mission movement in the United States that would become known globally as Maryknoll, sent forth its first four missioners. The iconic photo of those four...

As a journalist for this magazine, I’m used to traveling to what seem like the ends of the earth to report on the work of Maryknoll missioners. So it was earlier this year when I flew to East Africa and caught up with Maryknoll...

Reading the winning essays in this year’s Maryknoll Student Essay Contest fills me with optimism. Students were asked to write on Pope Francis’ call “to take a clear stand for creative and active nonviolence.” Emma Lavallee, who...