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 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...
|| By Margaret Gaughan Faced with the challenge of leading the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers through its centennial celebrations in 2011, Superior General Father Edward Dougherty was seeking advice. Without hesitation, he went to Mission St. Teresa, the Society’s nursing home on the grounds of...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
On the 2023 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis said that vocations are like a symphony played on diverse instruments in harmony.
A Maryknoll priest discusses Peter’s discourse from this Sunday’s Mass readings in light of his family’s story-telling in Kenya.
Ten years after a Bangladeshi factory complex collapsed, killing 1,134 workers and injuring 2,500 others, perilous labor conditions continue.
Indigenous immigrants from Venezuela, including the Warao, struggle to establish their rights under Brazil’s governmental policies.
Catholic Relief Services helps 100,000 farm families implement sustainable agriculture practices in the region devastated by climate change.
Officials announce that the United States, Colombia and Panama will implement plans to block the Darién Gap as record numbers of migrants risk their lives.
A Maryknoll lay missioner serving in South Sudan reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Easter.
Church leaders call for a return to dialogue after fighting in Sudan leaves nearly 200 dead and the country cut off from humanitarian aid.
During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis honors the memory of martyrs and names seven Missionaries of Charity sisters killed in Yemen in 1998 and 2016.
A new report from the Pew Research Center shows steady trends of loss, with young Latinos less likely to identify as Catholic.
Children are working as part of the agricultural labor force, sometimes enduring long hours and grueling conditions.
A Maryknoll sister who served in Chile and Sudan reflects on “seeing the Lord” in the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter and in our own lives of service.
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.
|| 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...
