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 Spring 2026
In this issue of Maryknoll, we examine how cuts to U.S. foreign aid have impacted a major AIDS relief program launched decades ago in Kenya by Maryknoll missioners, while in another article, we visit an AIDS hospice started by Maryknoll sisters that provides care and shelter to patients in Guatemala.
We continue our coverage of immigration with a look at the Church’s clear opposition to mass deportation and the mistreatment of migrants. We meet the latest group of Maryknoll lay missioners, accompany young adults on a pilgrimage to Rome, and share other mission stories from around 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.
Saul and David: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Father Michael Snyder, who served in Tanzania, reflects on a Biblical story about King David in the context of his mission experience.
US Bishops Sue Trump Administration over Refugee Resettlement Policies
Halting funds for resettlement is “unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees,” Catholic bishops state in a complaint filed Feb. 18.
Prayers for Pope Francis’ Health Continue
Pope Francis, diagnosed yesterday with double pneumonia, rests at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital while people around the world pray for his health.
Catholic Priest Martyred in Myanmar
Catholic priest Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win was murdered on Feb. 14 in Myanmar, where Christians are targeted by the military junta.
Blessed Are the Poor: A Maryknoll Reflection
The communications manager for Maryknoll Lay Missioners reflects on the Sunday Mass readings and poverty in her home state of Michigan.
In Haiti, Catholic Groups Witness Children’s ‘Living Hell’
Religious leaders and UNICEF officials cry out for international support as they testify to atrocities committed against children in Haiti.
Pope to US: Migration Policies Must Respect Human Dignity
Pope Francis issues a letter to the U.S. bishops and to the Catholic Church in the United States in general, calling for solidarity.
USAID Closure May Be Deadly, Says Former Catholic Relief Services Head
Carolyn Woo, who served as CEO for Catholic Relief Services, warns that millions of lives around the world will be endangered by the closing.
The Call to Mission: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Sister Susan Rech, who serves in Tanzania, reflects on the call to mission and Sunday’s Mass readings.
War-weary Ukrainians Hope for Peace as Third Anniversary of Invasion Nears, Bishop Says
Church leaders speak out against Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine over the weekend that took lives and damaged the historic city of Odesa.
A Child’s Life Is Never Worth Sacrificing, Pope Tells World Leaders
“A childhood denied is a silent scream,” Pope Francis said at a Feb. 3 summit at the Vatican, decrying dire situations as “the new normal.”
Available for Service and Mission: A Maryknoll Reflection
Maryknoll Father James Kroeger reflects on the Presentation of the Lord and the call to be available for service and mission.
Pope: Hope for the Marginalized Is Key to Peace
Though dialogue and diplomacy, Pope Francis says to conference attendees in Havana, countries build societies rooted in solidarity with the marginalized.
Latin American Church Leaders Decry Deportations
As deportations to Latin America increase, church and national leaders speak out about remittances, treatment of migrants and tariffs.
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.
Mission in Latin America
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, Winter 2021
I first met Jose when he participated in my first Theater of the Oppressed group in a parish on the periphery of João Pessoa, Brazil, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner. Jose (not his real name) was probably 20 years old and very active in the parish. He had...
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World Watch
Vatican COVID-19 Commission Examines Pastoral and Social Challenges of Pandemic
Pope Francis asks Vatican COVID-19 Commission to focus on four social issue areas: security, economics, ecology and health.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Winter 2021
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Winter 2021.
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