Summer 2023 Archives

Missioner Tales, Summer 2023

by Missioner Tales | Jun 1, 2023 | Departments, Missioner Tales, Summer 2023

Missioners offer vignettes of mission life in Tanzania and Chile and at the U.S./Mexico border in our Summer 2023 issue.

With Pope Francis and the IDPs

by Michael Bassano, M.M. | Jun 1, 2023 | Departments, Featured Stories, Summer 2023

Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano accompanies those displaced by war in South Sudan to meet with the visiting pontiff.

Dreaming of Peace in Ukraine

by Gregg Brekke | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured Stories, Summer 2023, Ukraine invasion

Catholics in war-torn Ukraine feed, house, clothe and minister to those fleeing violence while also praying for a lasting peace with justice.

Signing for a New Life in Cambodia

by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured Stories, Summer 2023

The Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme (DDP) helps Cambodia’s deaf people come into their own as they learn skills, including sign language, and job training.

Peru Protests: a Demand for Respect

by Barbara Fraser | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured Stories, Summer 2023

Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan, who has served Indigenous people in Peru for 50 years, gives insight into the country’s recent civil unrest.

Serving the Poor with Dignity

by Giovana Soria | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured Stories, Summer 2023

In Houston, Christie and Mesias Pedroza carry on the legacy of Maryknoll Father Gerald Kelly, caring for the poor through various ministries.

2022 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest

by Maryknoll Magazine | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured Stories, Summer 2023

Maryknoll Student Essay Contest winners for 2022 respond to Pope Francis’ Let Us Dream: the Path to a Better Future.

Spirit of Mission: Recalling Jesus in the Eucharist

by Joseph Veneroso, M.M. | Jun 1, 2023 | Departments, Spirit of Mission, Spirituality, Summer 2023

The Eucharist is an act of not simply remembering but recalling Jesus, writes Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso.

World Watch: Fresh Pain from Old Wounds

by Thomas Gould | Jun 1, 2023 | Departments, Featured Stories, Summer 2023, World Watch

The hardening authoritarianism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has led to the exile of 222 prisoners, the imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Alvarez and many others, and “traitor” laws which strip dissenters of their citizenship.