Even when we feel far from God, God never leaves us || When inviting people to come to church, I sometimes hear: “I can’t go to church; I’m too big a sinner.” This is like saying, “I can’t go to the hospital; I’m too sick.” It’s not that people don’t want forgiveness as much as […]
Partner in Mission dedicates himself to propagating the Golden Rule || My friend Ray Kalainikas has a banner hanging in front of his house boldly advertising the Golden Rule: “Treat every human being as you would want to be treated.” Ray says, “Wouldn’t it be life-changing if everyone put the Golden...
Jean Bosco Rutagengwa tells how he and fiancée survived Rwandan genocide || “I could sense fear in my fiancée’s voice. Fear as I had never felt it before. ‘They are here; they are surrounding the house,’ she was whispering, her voice trembling. I knew who ‘they’ were: The killers . . . I was about...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || JOINT EMPATHY I join you in your empathy for refugees. Charity demands a positive response to their plight, and, as you said, it begins with the problems in their native lands, where they would certainly prefer to stay. But there is a problem...
God is with us in our dangers, dilemmas and crises || Unrelenting wave upon wave of sex scandals, incompetence and cover-ups are crashing over the boat that is fast taking on water. It appears the Barque of Peter may be sinking. Through it all, Jesus seems fast sleep—oblivious to our peril. We pray....
A U.S. couple travel overseas to join CRS workers helping people devastated by natural disaster || My husband Rob and I and our family were living a comfortable life in southern California when our friend Chris Frey called to say, “Indonesia needs a Rob Richardson.” Indonesia had been devastated...
Father Bob McCahill shares stories of his life among ‘Allah’s poor’ in Bangladesh || For over 40 years Maryknoll Father Bob McCahill, a native of Goshen, Ind., has pursued a distinctive form of mission in Bangladesh. In a series of small towns where he has lived, he has offered a witness...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || REMEMBERING ROMERO Let us thank Octavio Duran, OFM, for his wonderful article in the September/October 2018 issue of Maryknoll on Saint Oscar Romero. I liked the way he described Archbishop Romero and his biblical spirituality. Brother Octavio...
Christmas calls us to celebrate God at work in everyday events of human life || A young woman, Mary, engaged to marry, becomes pregnant. Surprised, confused and disappointed, her fiancé Joseph considers breaking off their engagement rather than expose her to public humiliation and perhaps even execution...
Ugandan man accompanies Maryknoll Father John Barth to serve South Sudanese refugees who have fled civil war || My name is Richard Robert Odokonyero. I am a Ugandan member of the Acholi tribe. I am also proud to say I am a partner with the Maryknoll Society in God’s mission of mercy. I drive Maryknoll...
