January February 2020

Home. For most of us, that word conjures up a place of love and safety. But statistics show that for some 150 million people worldwide, like the man on the cover, home is non-existent. This issue of Maryknoll magazine, titled "Nowhere to Lay His Head," offers a glimpse of the reality of the homeless and how people of faith, including Maryknoll missioners, are responding to their needs. In Everett, in Washington state, for instance, Dennis Kelly, a member of the Maryknoll Deacon Mission Partners, has founded a non-profit organization through which medical professionals and other volunteers offer their services and spiritual support to their brothers and sisters living on the streets and...