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.
|| By Giovana Soria The mission spirit guides a former Maryknoll student from Peru Like thousands of people in the world, Daniel Castellano jumped at the opportunity for a guestworker visa to the United States. He came, he saw but he didn’t conquer. Castellano’s dream of a well-paying job turned...
|| Story and photos by Sean Sprague Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Nairobi, Kenya, enables the deaf to “hear” Amid the joyful strains of a choir dressed in colorful East African robes and ululating dancers gyrating down the aisle of a church in Nairobi, Kenya, the first few rows of the...
|| By Shay Cullen, SSC Orphaned, destitute children in the Philippines face new danger from human traffickers Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning...
|| By Margaret Gaughan Maryknoll’s nine newest lay missioners begin their journeys overseas Like parents the world over, Peter and Melissa Altman want what’s best for their children. That’s why the couple from Long Beach, N.Y., say they are taking their son, Eli, 7, and daughter Evey, 3, to...
|| By Edward M. Dougherty, M.M. Maryknoll Superior General reflects on how two popes to be canonized this spring have influenced his life Few people ever get the chance to travel with a saint. I did! In September 1988 I was in the contingent of international church people and journalists that...
|| By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M., Photos by Rosemarie Milazzo, M.M. A Maryknoll Sister joins other Christians in peacemaking in Iraqi Kurdistan After decades of missionary work in Tanzania and Kenya, Maryknoll Sister Rosemarie Milazzo feels called to a new mission: building peace with an ecumenical...
|| By Lynn F. Monahan When Maryknoll Father Joseph Thaler started helping workers in the brick factories outside of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, young women were regularly being lured out of the brickyards and trafficked into the sex trade in neighboring India. “Nepal is a country where a lot...
|| By Lynn F. Monahan A Maryknoll priest helps bring healthcare and education to Nepal’s brickworks Kathmandu is a city of brick. From the houses and shops of the Nepali capital’s sprawling neighborhoods to the extensive temples of its classical period, the city is a vast warren of earthen hues...
|| Stories & photos by Sean Sprague Two Maryknoll Sister-doctors dispense medical care and compassion in Guatemala It’s Monday and half the town seems to be lined up outside the Maryknoll clinic in Catarina, in Guatemala's San Marcos province. In a country where skilled health services are...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
After visiting Congo, Pope Francis joins with two ecumenical leaders to bring a message of peace to war-torn South Sudan.
A Maryknoll priest recalls his mission in Tanzania as he reflects on the themes of salt and light in this Sunday’s Mass readings.
At the national Catholic Social Ministry gathering, plenary panelists underscored work with women and children and offered paths to follow.
“Hands off Africa!” Pope Francis says in an address to leaders in Congo, decrying plundering of the continent’s resources.
In a closed trial, Nicaragua's government convicted seven church workers, including three priests,...
The Church confirms that the murder of a Polish family that tried to hide Jewish neighbors from the Nazis qualifies as martyrdom.
By Gabe Hurrish Sunday, January 29, 2023Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 | 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 | Matthew...
During the month of January, Catholics across the U.S. raise awareness about the problem of human trafficking.
While applauding a private sponsorship program for refugees vi the Welcome Corps, U.S. Catholic organizations also raise potential concerns.
Pope Francis and Peru’s bishops urge the immediate restoration of peace after more than 50 lives are lost due to political violence.
The cardinal and two archbishops of Myanmar send an open letter calling for protection after another church bombing last week.
As she reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, a Maryknoll sister recalls serving at the U.S./Mexico border.
Receiving a delegation of Buddhist monks from Cambodia, Pope Francis said that interreligious dialogue can promote care of creation.
Biden’s plan to address the surge of asylum-seekers “doesn’t address the problem of people coming by boats,” Miami’s archbishop says.
|| By Betty Ann Maheu, M.M. The fourth in our series of spirituality columns for 2014 reflecting...
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.
I am a retired critical care nurse. One evening I had a patient who had had a very severe heart attack, and his life ebbed away. I knew this man as I'd had him as a patient many times before. That evening he was extremely agitated, and I suspected fearful, as his...
On Aug. 6, the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration, in which, as the Gospel tells us, in the presence of three disciples, Jesus’ face shone like the sun and his clothes became white...
