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.
We are Maryknoll seminarians doing our overseas training program in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Our missionary training went into high gear in March as Bolivia confirmed more and more cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus and international volunteers were called by their organizations to leave the country.
For many countries in Africa, the steps to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic are exacerbating already dire circumstances, and warnings are mounting of a double tragedy: disease and starvation.
Maryknoll sister’s ministry provides compassionate accompaniment to elderly residents in PanamaThe New Life Foundation in Panama is living up to its name even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As this virus swept around the world, Maryknoll Sister Geraldine Brake and her team adapted to...
When the first coronavirus case was reported in Japan last January—the second country to report a case after it appeared in Wuhan, China—the students at Tenshi College in the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, had already finished their exams. There were only a few students around the campus where Maryknoll Father Kenneth Sleyman has been teaching for 19 years.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Heidi Cerneka is sounding the alarm about the life-threatening consequences of immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border during the COVID-19 pandemic.
No vaccine. No antibiotics for treatment. Worldwide control efforts including isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants and limitations of public gatherings. These words, so resonant today in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, were used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to describe the influenza pandemic that ravaged the world more than a century ago.
Maryknoll mission promoters accompany missionary disciples during pandemic, offering webinar series during Lent, Holy Week and the Easter season.
Maryknoll sister shares love and compassion at a children’s ward in a cancer hospital Every time she visits the children’s ward at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, Maryknoll Sister Kathleen Reiley comes away renewed. “These children are my teachers,” says the missioner,...
How one Catholic diocese in Tanzania works to protect girls from abuse This story was originally published in 2020. Elizabeth Mach served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in East Africa from 1976 to 2020 as a women's rights and health advocate and practitioner. She has since returned to the U.S. When...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
The Indigenous Missionary Council, known as CIMI, echoes previous warnings of “genocide,” a concern shared by Brazil’s president.
Pastor of Holy Family parish organizes education, services and activities for his congregation under fire in Gaza.
Without more moves toward a sustainable future, say environmental advocates, high temperatures will become a global new normal.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization’s Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches, brought a message from Pope Francis to the final Mass of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
A Maryknoll priest — a theology professor and film critic — reflects on “The Old Oak” movie and its Eucharistic message for Christian life.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a ruling in favor of the Catholic nonprofit offering hospitality to migrants and refugees.
Amidst another peak of turmoil, Kenyan bishops call on to young protestors to disavow violent tactics and instead engage in dialogue.
Native American religious art removed by the former pastor was restored to St. Joseph Apache Mission in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
After a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on Former President Trump during a rally, killing a...
By Janet S. Hockman, M.M. Sunday, July 14, 2024 Am 7:12-15, Eph. 1:3-14, Mk 6:7-13 On a wall in...
On July 9, the Vatican released the working document for the upcoming Synod session in October,...
As 9 million people are displaced by conflict, Sudanese bishops urge help for 25 million people at risk in the world’s largest hunger crisis.
Israeli armed forces killed four at a Catholic school, Holy Family School, where hundreds of civilians seek shelter since the war broke out.
In an address given in Trieste, Italy, Pope Francis spoke about characteristics of a true democracy, which he said is in “crisis” worldwide.
Maryknoll priest reflects on mourning for loved ones who have passed away in this time of...
Faith helps a nurse in a New York hospital care for COVID-19 patients and encourage her co-workers in the struggle I have been working at...
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.
The idea of making protective masks during the COVID-19 pandemic started in our Maryknoll lay missioner house here in Haiti, but we had no big plans in place. Then our Religious of Jesus and Mary friends offered us a sewing machine. Another friend, Geri Lanham, said...
Debt relief campaign seeks to help impoverished countries struggling with COVID-19 pandemic avert financial ruin As the dire economic consequences of COVID-19 have emerged, religious and...
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