This issue of Maryknoll magazine, Heralds of Hope, presents our two recently ordained priests. They are signs of hope for the Church, for Maryknoll as a mission society and for the people they will serve abroad.
So, too, is our new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. The first pope from the United States, he brings personal mission experience and “a deep commitment to dialogue, peace and global solidarity” to the Church and the world.
Hope is infectious and abounds in the stories of Maryknoll missioners.
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.
rom their places of mission across the world, 82 Maryknoll Sister delegates came together recently at their 18th General Assembly to ask this question: “Where is the Holy Spirit leading us?” The sisters chose as their new leadership team Sisters Teresa Rose Hougnon, Genie C....
Meet the new General Council of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers: Fathers Lance Nadeau, James Lynch, Lam Hua and Timothy Kilkelly.
September 12, 1921: the first six Maryknoll sisters set out for mission in China. Their departure was both joyful and sobering, as they bid farewell to families and homeland for life.
Candidates to priesthood and brotherhood share in the Maryknoll spirit during vocational formation aryknoll seminarian John Siyumbu was asked to visit an elderly woman in Chicago and pray with her family. Responding to his call to serve and accompany God’s people, he...
Father Joseph Thaler reflects on his lifelong mission to serve as a Maryknoll priest alongside the most vulnerable people of Nepal.
Serving in São Paulo, Brazil, Margarita Durán has found that building new relationships and friendships is the most rewarding part of being a lay missioner.
Volunteering in a goat project in Tanzania called Hope on Hooves, a Maryknoll affiliate from Seattle discovers mission is from everywhere to everywhere. never thought it would be possible to do mission in Tanzania from my living room in the state of Washington. But a goat...
New solar canopy project aligns with the Maryknoll Society’s goal to combat environmental destruction and care for God’s creation.
Father Alejandro López Cardinale and his Massachusetts parishioners launch a family project to foster a sense of belonging during COVID-19.
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano reflects on the Sunday Mass readings in the context of mission in a displaced people’s camp in South Sudan.
All Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming “charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers,” Pope Francis says.
Doctor Mikhael Gharios, a Maronite Catholic, serves patients at a hospital that he founded in Lebanon: ‘You cannot put a price on humanity.’
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Sami Scott describes ongoing violence in Haiti and calls for a moratorium on weapons sales to the embattled country.
Maryknoll Father John Spain, who serves in El Salvador, reflects on the Solemnity of Christ the King and the legacy of Saint Óscar Romero.
Aid to the Church in Need reports that persecution of Christians has worsened in 60% of the 18 countries being monitored.
Pope Francis, in a book released on Sunday, calls on the international community to discern whether Israel’s war on Gaza shows “characteristics of genocide.”
Representatives of the U.S. bishops’ conference state that the local church will continue its ministry of supporting migrants and immigrants.
Maryknoll Sister Giang Nguyen reflects on the Sunday Mass readings in light of her mission on a peace team helping people find forgiveness.
Lawyer Martha Patricia Molina reports that President Daniel Ortega’s administration systematically blocks clergy’s entry into hospitals.
During his general audience today, Pope Francis said Christians should be like Mary, open to God so the Holy Spirit can work in the world.
A Tennessee couple is chosen for an award that honors returned Maryknoll lay missioners for continued service to mission and justice.
Catholic leaders advocate for the world's vulnerable people at the United Nations conference on...
A reflection by the late Maryknoll Father Wayman Deasy reflects on hospitality in Tanzania and the upcoming Sunday Mass readings.
Recent chapter of Maryknoll Society affirmed the policy of accepting vocations from our overseas mission areas.
hen Maryknoll Brother Tim Raible thinks of Doctor Anna Morris, a quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi comes to...
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.
Missioners offer snippets of mission life in Brazil, Bangladesh, South Sudan and Nicaragua as well as at the Maryknoll Sisters center in New York.
omentum is building for ambitious action to counter climate change, both in the world community and within the Catholic Church. New climate goals announced by President Joe Biden...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts. FAITH PERSUASIONI have been a reader of Maryknoll magazine going back to the mid-1950s. It was my grandfather’s subscription and later my...
