The first International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) brings together 20 young people from different parts of the world to dialogue with the Vatican.
The Church Establishes the First Advisory Body of Young People
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Maryknoll Magazine Winter 2025
In this Winter issue, Maryknoll missioners reflect Pope Francis’ call to Christians to “abound in hope” by caring for people with HIV/AIDS in Kenya; visiting young prison inmates in El Salvador; and welcoming migrants, exiles and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Bolivia and Zimbabwe, Maryknoll projects bring together young people and elders in examples of what the Holy Father calls a “covenant between generations.” As we begin the Jubilee Year, read about how Maryknoll priests, sisters, brothers and lay people serve as Pilgrims of Hope across the world.
FEATURED STORIES
Focused on Maryknoll missioners around the world working in solidarity among the poor and marginalized. Articles include issues of importance to people the missioners serve and to the Catholic Church.
Lay Missioner is Lifting Spirits Restoring Life in Bolivia
Maryknoll Lay Missioner John O’Donoghue accompanies sick and disabled people at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity home in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Seeking Sustainability in East Africa
Maryknoll Father Hung M. Dinh works to build up and sustain a sprawling rural parish in Tanzania with a network of catechists.
New Maryknoll Priest Is Ordained Despite COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic could postpone but not stop the vocational call to the priesthood for the newest member of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Father Gregory McPhee.
Finding True Christmas—and a Vocation
Maryknoll Brother Martin Shea documents with photos and poetry the flight and return of Guatemalan refugees and in the process he finds true Christmas.
Displaced by war in South Sudan
Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano describes what life is like for internally displaced persons in a U.N. camp in South Sudan.
‘Our people have already canonized them’
Forty years after the brutal killings of four U.S. churchwomen, a city in El Salvador claims Maryknoll sisters as its own martyrs.
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes: A Listener and Healer
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes earns his living as a handyman. But by vocation, he is a listener and healer in the La Esperanza community in El Salvador.
In Memoriam 2020
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year.Father John F. AhearnSister Cheryl AllamFather Robert F. AstorinoBrother Luke R. BaldwinSister Lorraine BeinkafnerSister Joan BerningerSister Camille Marie BlackFather J. Ernest BrunelleSister Frances CalcaterraSister Anne...
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Mother of Israeli Hostage Still Has Faith in Humanity
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of 23-year-old Hersh who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, shares the faith in humanity that is carrying her family through the ordeal.
Bishop Seitz: Tackle Root Causes of Human Trafficking
The bishop links human trafficking to issues in victims’ countries of origin as the day of prayer against trafficking, Feb. 8, approaches.
Wave of Arrests Continue for Belarus Catholics
In Belarus, Catholic priests and church leaders who speak out against the government are harassed and arrested.
Jesus Still Heals: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Sister Lil Mattingly reflects on how Jesus’ healing ministry continues today as migrants and refugees are cared for at the border.
Healing Will Take Generations, Says Palestinian Bishop
Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a Palestinian, says true peace will take at least a generation.
Synodality Starts with Listening to the Poor
Advocates say that listening to the poor means more than ‘doing for the poor’ and can comprise a first step in becoming a more synodal Church.
Community Mourns Missionary who Defended Indigenous in Venezuela
As Consolata Father Josiah K’Okal is remembered for his legacy of service to the Warao people, human rights groups demand an investigation into his death.
Islamic State Attacks Church in Turkey During Mass
The Islamic State claims responsibility for an assault during a Mass in Istanbul that killed one churchgoer and injured others.
Witness in Jamaica: A Maryknoll Reflection
A deacon and leader of Maryknoll’s Mission Formation Program, which runs immersion programs, reflects on the Sunday Mass readings.
Six Nuns Kidnapped in Haiti Are Freed
After urgent calls from religious leaders including Pope Francis and the president of the Latin America and Caribbean bishops’ conference, six Sisters of St. Anne have been freed.
More Funds for Poor, Less for Weapons, Say 18 US Bishops
A letter sponsored by the organization Pax Christi as part of their Bread not Stones campaign, endorsed by 18 bishops, calls for cuts to military spending and more resources for human services.
Migrants Are Targets for Kidnapping in Mexico
Central American and other migrants en route to the U.S.-Mexico border are routinely held for ransom as criminal gangs engage in kidnappings.
Six Religious Sisters Kidnapped in Haiti
Members of the Congregation of Saint Anne were kidnapped by criminal gangs in a sign of the country’s furthering spiral into violence.
Along the Paths of Hope: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on the call of prophets old and new to change our ways and respond to those who are suffering.
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
St. Joseph: Patron of Dreamers and Discerners
St. Joseph emerges in the Gospels as a man beset by problems, uncertainties and dangers, who, like us, had to live by faith.
Partners in Mission
Abundant Graces Flow in Taichung, Taiwan
A teacher at the Maryknoll Language School in Taichung, Taiwan, reflects on the blessings she has received working with the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
MISSIONER TALES
Vignettes from the lands of mission, told by Maryknoll missioners and volunteers. These popular little stories are sometimes funny, often moving and generally inspiring encounters with people on the margins.
Missioner Tales, Spring 2021
Missioner Tales in the Spring 2021 issue of Maryknoll magazine give snippets of mission life in Tanzania, South Sudan, Guatemala and Thailand.
ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT
World Watch
Water Defenders Face Dangerous Challenge
A new book documents how courageous water defenders in El Salvador made the Central American country the first nation in the world to ban metal mining.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Spring 2021
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Spring 2021.
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