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.
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.
Missioner highlights the ways the Maryknoll Society shares God’s love and hope around the world By Daniel S. Kim, M.M. Pope Francis has designated October 2019 as the Extraordinary Month of Mission (EMM), a time for the Church to revive our missionary awareness and commitment. Like all missioners,...
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Synod of bishops in October will discuss challenges facing the Church in the Amazon region || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Barbara Fraser [/googlefont] The first thing that struck Teresa Glass when she moved to Riberalta, deep in Bolivia’s Amazonian...
Maryknoll Sisters and Panamanian people work to preserve Darién rainforest To visit the rainforest of Darién, Panama, is to see Pope Francis’ words on care for creation come to life. There, Maryknoll Sisters Jocelyn “Joji” Fenix and Melinda Roper, Panamanian lay missioner Clara Meza and a team of...
Maryknoll lay missioner works with Solidarity Teacher Training College in South Sudan || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Meinrad Scherer-Emunds[/googlefont] Gabe Hurrish has served with the Maryknoll Lay Missioners in the war-torn East African nation of South Sudan for less...
Cause for Sainthood for Maryknoll cofounder Father Thomas F. Price advances to Rome One hundred years ago, in a hospital in Hong Kong, Maryknoll Father Thomas Frederick Price went to his final reward. He had journeyed to China only a year earlier with three young priests to begin...
Maryknoll affiliate provides medical care to children with disabilities at home and overseas In a bright examination room with a smiling orange octopus painted on the wall, a boy named Omarlin, who suffers from cerebral palsy, bangs violently against the back of his wheelchair. Dr. Ann Carr...
Hispanic Catholics already taking action steps inspired by the V National Encuentro || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Silvio Cuéllar [/googlefont] The fruits of the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry, a multiyear process of pastoral discernment that led to a...
A Maryknoll parish uses holistic approach to faith and health in Tanzania On the ground floor of the rectory of Transfiguration parish in Mwanza, Tanzania, 2-year-old Jordan, who suffers from cerebral palsy, smiles broadly as he struggles to walk between two low parallel bars. His aunt, Edita,...
Mission Immersion: Mission Trip to Appalachia teaches participants to care for our common home By Matt Gray, photos by Octavio Duran, OFM Welcome to Maryknoll’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Appalachia! That is how our host, Father John Rausch, introduced 11 of us U.S. Catholics to our five-day...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Patricia Gualinga, a Kichwa Indigenous leader of the Sarayaku people in Ecuador, was interviewed by Lisa Sullivan of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns during the United Nations Water Conference held in March. Here we share excerpts of their conversation.
In an interview, Scalabrinian Father Fabio Baggio outlines the Church’s global outreach to migrants and refugees.
A Maryknoll sister who served in Tanzania reflects on the Mass readings for this Sunday.
With the end of Title 42 and changes in U.S. immigration procedures, shelters for migrants run by the Catholic Church in Mexico City and other places are filled many times over capacity.
Maryknoll and Misioneros magazines together win 40 awards for excellence in English and Spanish coverage of Maryknoll missions.
In the context of a refugee camp under strict pandemic restrictions, a Maryknoll priest reflects about how to bring Eucharist to everyone.
São Paulo authorities have been continually failing to find ways to deal with growing number of homeless people in Brazil said priests.
Pope Francis announced his plan to write a document dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux and her “spirit of humility, tenderness and goodness.”
Experts in Jewish-Catholic relations are hailing a new plan to combat antisemitism, released amid a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents.
Anger toward tribal Christians in India’s Manipur state has led to attacks on homes and Christian places of worship, archbishop says.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees live in dire poverty, say humanitarian workers, in spite of the Kenyan government’s Marshall Plan.
A Maryknoll sister reflects about the miracle of Pentecost and the promise of the Holy Spirit in moments of tribulation in life.
In Mexico’s worsening violence against clergy, Augustinian Father Javier García Villafaña, was killed days after an attack on an archbishop.
As Pentecost approaches, celebrated this year on May 28, Pope Francis encourages Christians to spread the Gospel and cites the example of Korean martyr St. Andrew Kim Taegon.
Priest reflects on Jesus visiting the home of his good friends, Mary and Martha, in Bethany ||...
Maryknoll brother shares story of catechist who helped his people escape violence || By John Beeching, M.M., photos by Yohan Tingrenan La...
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.
As I usually do three times a week, I jumped on the number 800 bus to go to the local seminary here in China. Oddly enough, in this city of some 4 million people, the bus had a lot of open seats that day. I sat down on one of them. All of a sudden, I felt wet. I...
Activists and ordinary people on US-Mexico border put nonviolence into action in response to migration crisis. || By Susan Gunn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the power of nonviolent...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts SACRED MEMORIES In your May/June 2019 MARYKNOLL magazine, an article entitled “You are the now of God” begins with a photo of a blonde girl...
