A NEW HEROI am hitting 80 and have been reading Maryknoll magazine since I was a small child. It was always my real-life adventure story with the heroes in black, white, and grey habits all around the world. Today the saga continues. And a new hero is Father Joseph Veneroso. The Spring 2024 issue is a keeper with a prayer poem reflecting divine beauty — “Laudate Deum” — and a Lenten meditation on the value of human suffering and disability embraced as mission, “In the Shadow of the Cross.” Father is always pithy with just the right words that go straight to the heart, and the photography is perfect. Jan HicksOak Ridge, Tennessee MISSIONERS SAFE?Some time ago, Maryknoll published an...
