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.
Kenyan Maryknoll seminarian learns "lessons of God" in Bolivia John Siyumbu was 13 years old when he, his two sisters and some 80 other young people received the sacrament of confirmation; and he felt the missionary call of Jesus: “Go out to the whole...
Recalling the gangland barrio from which migrants flee The names of the places jumped out at me as I read articles over the past months about the caravans of migrants walking from Central America to the United States to seek asylum. One of the migrant caravans that include families and...
Former undocumented immigrant helps migrants today in Los Angeles "What are we going to do if one of us doesn’t come home one night?” This was the question Isaac Cuevas remembers his parents discussing at the dinner table when he was a child. “During those years, there were raids at...
Father Kurt Anderson continues Maryknoll tradition in Taiwan For more than 100 years, generations of Maryknoll missioners have gone to the field afar, learned new languages, and connected with people from different cultures while sharing God’s message of mercy. Father Kurt J. Anderson, a...
Newest priests begin language study and ministry in Hong Kong Like other Maryknollers before them, Fathers Peter Latouf and Daniel Kim spent their first year as priests studying the language and culture of the people they serve. “I think the study is paying off,” Father Latouf says right after...
A Maryknoll sister in East Africa works to uplift at-risk students At the Mmazami Primary School outside of Musoma, a city on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Sister Marion Hughes and a small group of visitors are greeted with a song as they enter a classroom full of...
Thirteen new Maryknoll missioners begin their overseas missions When Verónica Arriagada and her husband José Luís Aguilar told their four adult children of their plans to become Maryknoll lay missioners serving overseas, the response was disbelief. “Our children thought we were a little crazy,”...
Maryknoll lay missioner learns sign language as he runs a mobile library in El Salvador Returning from home leave in the States to the community of La Esperanza in El Salvador, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner, I began visiting the 35 families who use our mobile library. One book...
Church’s openness to listen to young people signals they are considered a priority When Pope Francis goes to Panama to celebrate the 34th World Youth Day in January, thousands of young Catholics will be there to praise God with him. This year, the international gathering takes place as the...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
For Christians in Nigeria, including a mother with a harrowing story of loss and survival, Jesus’ Cross gives meaning to their everyday suffering.
Pope Francis says sharing the Gospel requires literally “going out” and not just being “keyboard warriors” who argue with others online.
Attacks by Muslim extremists on Christian communities in Nigeria have left scores of casualties during the days leading up to Easter.
During his Easter address, Pope Francis prayed that the joy of Easter would break through “the gloom” of war.
A former superior general of Maryknoll shares a reflection on the Mass readings for Easter Sunday, focusing on Mary Magdalene in the gospel.
Pope Francis compares Holy Week spirituality to spring cleaning and also calls for prayers for mothers who suffer today in our world.
Responding to calls from Indigenous leaders, the Vatican repudiates concepts in papal bulls from the Conquest that led to the “Doctrine of Discovery.”
This reflection for Palm Sunday comes from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Lenten Reflection Guide 2023: Inspired by Laudato Si’
The imprisoned Nicaraguan prelate, Bishop Rolando Álvarez, is allowed a meal with his siblings and then interviewed in a staged TV broadcast.
Jesus’ compassion is revealed in the Mass readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent and emphasized in the Lenten Reflection Guide by Maryknoll’s Office for Global Concerns.
Protests by mostly rural, indigenous Peruvians reflect frustration with urban governing politicians, says Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan who has worked for over 50 years in Peru’s Altiplano.
Gabriel Cobb, a triathlete and devout Catholic who has Down syndrome, tells U.N. advocates, ‘I have no limitations!’
Pope Francis thanked organizations that run humanitarian corridors offering safe, legal passage to migrants and refugees in Europe.
In a Lenten reflection, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns looks at sharing God’s light in the world.
God is with us in our dangers, dilemmas and crises Unrelenting wave upon wave of sex scandals,...
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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.
When I was living among the Aymara women in the Andes Mountains of Peru, it was not uncommon to see a woman walking along with her hands in constant motion. Under her arm she would have a large ball of newly shorn wool from an alpaca or sheep. In her hands she would...
Catholic Nonviolence Initiative to present document on nonviolence and faith This April, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative—a global project supported by Pax Christi International, Maryknoll and...
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts JOINT EMPATHY I join you in your empathy for refugees. Charity demands a positive response to their plight, and, as you said, it begins with...
