Chicago mission director raises Catholic awareness of global mission calling || “How many people here are missionaries?” When Megan Mio asked that question at a recent gathering of parish ministers in the Archdiocese of Chicago, only a few people raised their hands. “Let me put it another way,”...
A group of lay people with “HIV-positive hearts” walk with Peruvians living with HIV. || Gently touching Luis on the cheek, Yolanda Yactayo asks the middle-aged Peruvian man suffering from AIDS and diabetes if there’s anything he needs. “I could use a few diapers,” he says, not fazed...
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...
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...
Program director for a grassroots movement brings together youth of different faiths to work to end division || Hannah Hochkeppel leaned forward in her chair as three children—Christian, Jewish and Muslim—took the microphone to pray at their friend’s Bat Mitzvah. They began, “May we see the day when...
Little Sister of St. Francis becomes a mother to street boys in Kenya and a Maryknoll partner in mission || Sister Catherine Wanza Mui, a Little Sister of St. Francis, says she always loved serving those most in need in her native Kenya. After professing her first vows in 1994, she worked at a home […]
Former FBI agent carries out the mission of Jesus || As an FBI agent for almost 30 years, Jean Gray was committed to the Bureau’s mission of protecting the United States from security threats. In the course of his work, which led him around the globe, he took on another mission, the mission of Jesus...
“I drew stories before I could write,” Anne Neuberger recalls. “My mother would type my stories for me until I was in eighth grade. Then she told me I had to learn how to type them myself. That’s how I became a writer.” || Telling stories is something Anne does very well. It’s her mission....
From the time she was a young girl in St. James Parish in Dallas, Texas, Therese Caffey wanted to be a missionary. || “When I was in the fourth grade, I read Bernie Becomes a Nun by Maryknoll Sister Maria del Rey Danforth,” she says. This story of a young New York girl, Bernadette Lynch, […]
|| As National Bequest Representative for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, I have been in contact with Carol Cella for many years. Finally last January I had the privilege of meeting Carol and her husband Mario face-to-face in their lovely Delray Beach, Fla., home. Carol, a lifelong Partner in Mission,...
