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...
Reflections for Christians in Lent || It is difficult to read the Passion narratives—particularly the Gospel of John, which is read in Holy Week—without being confronted by texts that seem to lay the blame for Jesus’ death on “the Jews.” Because of this, Holy Week has traditionally been accompanied...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || SAINT AND HERO I take issue with the response in the November/December Maryknoll magazine criticizing the late Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno, who was killed during the Vietnam War. The writer says that to be Christ-like, Father Capodanno...
Priest reflects on how living saints inspire us to be saints and angels for one another || The letter to the Hebrews (13:2) admonishes us to “show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some have entertained angels unawares.” Certainly if we regarded others as angels in disguise, our world would...
Mother and daughter are missioners to other migrants in Japan || Maryknoll Father Roberto Rodriguez says he would not be able to do his job without Carmen Muray Ochante and her daughter Rosa Ochante. “They are essential, an extension of what I am as a missioner,” says Father Rodriguez. Carmen and Rosa...
One Family’s Encounter with the Power of Active Nonviolence || The Linns are a remarkable family, who have taught courses on healing, forgiveness and nonviolence in over 60 countries. Denny and Sheila are the authors of 23 books, which have sold over a million copies in English, and have been translated...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || HIGH PRAISE I wanted to tell you how wonderful the article by Maryknoll Father John Cuff in the July/August 2019 issue was. “Evangelizing among skyscrapers” was so descriptive I could see and hear all the activity! That’s the sort of parish...
Priest reflects on how God was forming him for a life of missionary discipleship || I first experienced being an outsider when I was in kindergarten in Amsterdam, N.Y. A classmate was a descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims and loved to remind us Italian-American kids that she considered us foreign intruders....
Orbis Books publisher looks at the lives of holy people in moments of grace, and in times of struggle and doubt || “The Holy Spirit writes no more Gospels except in our hearts. All we do from moment to moment is live this new Gospel of the Holy Spirit. We, if we are holy, are […]
