Maryknoll’s administrative assistant in Buffalo furthers the Reign of God || Faithful service and commitment to mission are the two phrases that best describe Kathleen Gilbert’s relationship with Maryknoll. She has been using her clerical expertise and commitment to the Church to advance Maryknoll’s...
Readings for a Joyful Life || “Gratitude is not only the posture of praise,” writes Sister Joan Chittister in Orbis Books’ new anthology The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life. “It is also the basic element of real belief in God.” This startling insight is one of many to be found...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || ANIMAL TREATMENT I admire how Brother J. Francis Dolphin has used skills and attractions since childhood to bring joy to the sick and to lead English as a second language classes. His love of the circus is clear. For an article in justice-oriented...
Young Maryknoll priest’s world expands during his time in China || Mission is an adventure with God into a new world. I am beginning my journey as a Maryknoll priest in China, where I am studying Chinese at a university and helping out in different parishes. A big part of our mission here is to […]
Transforming Faith || While Maryknoll missioners’ experiences overseas vary as much as the countries and cultures to which we go, these experiences all share one common characteristic: the encounters transform us. Our faith, our ideas, our attitudes all crash—like waves on rocks—against the harsh...
By James Martin, S.J. || A life of poverty, chastity and obedience was the last thing on James Martin’s mind when he began his corporate career at General Electric in the early 1980s. “To survive in G.E.,” he reported in his memoir In Good Company, “you had to be tough, almost impervious to criticism,...
On a journey to East Africa a New York deacon gets gifts for ministry || A statement on the Maryknoll Society website caught my attention: “Crossing borders and encountering our brothers and sisters around the world is an opportunity for a mutual exchange of the JOY that comes from the Gospel.” It was a call...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts || CONCERNED FOR HAK The article in the January/February 2017 Maryknoll magazine titled Visiting the Aged and the Lonely in Anlong Kngan mentions Hak, a poor woman who receives food “through a low entrance into her home (so that visitors...
Priest’s faith grows as he serves in Japan || Mission work frequently involves doing ministry outside our comfort zone. I find that particularly true in Japan, where I have served for the last eight years. My faith is rooted in the Catholic Church of El Salvador, where I was born and raised....
|| Pentecost, arguably the most significant event in the Christian calendar, seems, paradoxically, almost overlooked. No cards. No trees. No colored eggs. But it overflows with more gifts than Christmas and burns with divine fire rather than electric lights! After Jesus’ death on the cross,...
