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 Matt Dulka Through mission education, Maryknoll helps U.S. Catholics recognize their vocation When John Watkins worked with the homeless in San Francisco and later became the Coordinator for Life and Justice in the Diocese of Oakland, Calif., he knew he was responding to a call to...
|| By Margaret Gaughan A Maryknoll Brother lives his vocation by going where he is needed The call to serve others as a Brother began to beckon Thomas Hickey when he was a seventh-grader at St. John’s School in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, N.Y. “I was impressed by the De La Salle...
By David R. Aquije Photos by Octavio Duran Maryknoll’s newest priest shares good news in modern ways 30 days… That is what Lam Hua posted on his Facebook page on May 1, 2014. The 28-year-old man born in Vietnam wanted to use the modern marvel of social media to share with family and friends the...
|| By Shaun Crumb Earlier this year, parts of Bolivia experienced massive flooding from heavy rains that claimed homes, crops and livestock, especially in the low-lying Beni region in the northern part of the country. Missioners with three and four decades of service in Bolivia say the heaviest...
By Joseph Healey, M.M. Maryknoll missioner in Africa tells why the World Cup has special meaning for him The whole world is closely following the 2014 World Cup that started in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 12 and will end in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. Here in Nairobi, Kenya, and throughout Africa...
Story and photos by Sam Stanton, MKLM Mission conference in Venezuela gives glimpses of the country’s economic reality and vibrant faith life Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Maracaibo, Venezuela, is on the border of two very different realities. If you exit the church on the left, you are in a...
Story and photos by Sean Sprague After more than 50 years as a priest, Maryknoll missioner takes on ‘new’ challenge. Daniel McLaughlin climbs slowly up the steep steps of a favela—or shantytown— in the neighborhood of Perus on the northern edge of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, to say Mass in a...
|| By Gladys Gonzalez, M.M. Maryknoll Sister uses therapeutic arts to restore life to women laborers Dar es Salaam is a rapidly expanding city. In the coming years this capital of Tanzania is expected to expand even more, with increased building and more economic opportunities. However,...
|| By Edward Hayes, M.M.; photos by Germaine Baibika A Maryknoll priest finds himself to be a wisdom figure in Africa Africa is a good place to be when one is “old.” Following a family trait, my hair started turning gray at an early age. I was in my early 40s and in the style in those days, I had...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
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.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who says “war is a pandemic,” was appointed by the pope to lead a special initiative for peace in Ukraine.
Urging them to abandon nuclear weapons, Pope Francis sends a message to the G7 world leaders gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, May 19-21, 2023.
A Maryknoll priest who served in Venezuela reflects on what glorifying God really means in the upcoming Sunday Mass readings.
Citing missionary saints, Pope Francis encourages people, especially the young, to nurture missionary zeal through prayer and staying close to Christ.
Four decades after the Dirty War took tens of thousands of lives in Argentina, the Catholic Church publishes a report about its role amid disappearances and deaths.
Ugandan Church leaders organize efforts to stop the trafficking of Ugandans, notably women and girls, in the Middle East.
|| By Larry Lewis, M.M. This fifth in our series of spirituality columns for 2014, reflecting on...
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, May / June 2016 At the women’s prison in Macau, China, I was visiting one of the inmates who had recently arrived. “Where is your Bible?” she asked me. Since the prisoners I visit usually bring their own Scripture readings to discuss, I did not...
The World Watch column in our May/June 2014 issue opposing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar sands oil to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast generated a flurry of reader responses. Of...
