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The Roman Catholic Church continues to struggle with the role of women || Just before starting Mass for the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (a.k.a. New Year’s Day), I gave the altar server in charge of incense a quick refresher course on how to swing the thurible correctly to produce the desired number...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || ALL CONNECTED Father Joseph R. Veneroso’s meditation on All Saints and All Souls in the November/December 2019 issue of Maryknoll is an outstanding reflection on the communion of saints. His meditation captured so well how we are all connected...
Faith helps a nurse in a New York hospital care for COVID-19 patients and encourage her co-workers in the struggle || I have been working at North Central Bronx Hospital in New York for 27 years as a registered nurse. Right now, our hospital is a war zone as we battle COVID-19. All elective surgeries...
Abandonment was the most unbearable pain Jesus felt while hanging on the cross || Every year when those ads come on TV to adopt or sponsor abused and rescued animals, I am no match for those mournful puppy-dog eyes and pouting kittens—with Amazing Grace playing in the background, no less. I mutter,...
Rusty, a rescue dog, joins his owner, Terry Brown, in visiting the sick and dying || Terry Brown says his life was changed the first time he heard about Maryknoll in the late 1980s when a Maryknoll missioner visited his parish, St. Isidore’s Catholic Church in Yuba City, Calif. “The message was very...
Pope Francis guides readers through the Gospel of Matthew || This inspirational volume of reflections on the Gospel of Matthew echoes everything Pope Francis says and does. Readers have the option of reflecting on the entire Gospel from beginning to end or simply dipping into a passage and allowing oneself...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || Editor’s note: This issue’s Readers’ Responses column is devoted to reactions to a letter in our November/December 2019 issue criticizing Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno, who was killed serving as a military chaplain during the Vietnam...
Maryknoll priest reflects on humanity’s quest for something bigger, more powerful than ourselves || At noon every day, an office worker in New York City drops into the cool silence of Holy Cross Church on 42nd Street for Mass. Nine thousand miles away, Asmat fishermen offer prayers and fruits to the sea for a bountiful...
A young woman’s immersion trip to Bolivia connects her with nature and her grandmother || The monarch butterfly has always captured my attention, not just for its beauty but because it is startling to know how only the fourth generation of the monarch migrates across the continent to survive cold...
