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...
Orbis Book Spotlight || Robert Ellsberg, the publisher of Orbis Books, asked me to write this preview, even though this book is “my baby.” That is, it’s written by me and my friends. So, if I said it is really good and beautiful, that would be bragging, and I don’t want to do that. I’ll […]
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || CALM SHAKEN My inmost calm was shaken when I came to the end of your article on Mary and Islam in the July/August issue. I have been a faithful member of Maryknoll since 1957, seriously contemplating joining the order, at that time. In today’s...
Sorrowing Catholics have two models to inspire them: Jesus suffering on the cross and Mary standing at the foot of the cross || As a priest, let alone Christian, what could I say to a widowed mother who just lost her only son unexpectedly and tragically? As I waited in line with mourners inching towards...
As we approach World Mission Sunday on October 21, a Los Angeles woman reminds us of our call to missionary discipleship || I once heard a priest say we are a “missionary church” walking together. This message was sparked when Pope Francis spoke of missionary disciples in his 2013 apostolic exhortation...
