From the editor: Mission in Chicago
Maryknoll magazine editors report on the many faces of mission in ChicagoRecently Associate Editor Maria-Pia Negro Chin and I visited Chicago to report on how Christians there are living out their baptismal call to mission. We were overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of the mission projects we witnessed and the commitment to serve others at home and abroad by the...
Missioner Tales March/April 2020
I walked the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday with prisoners at one of the men’s prisons in Lima, Peru, where I work. In the procession the prisoners carried a heavy cross on their shoulders as they walked slowly in silence. As I walked along with them, under the hot sun, I realized each of us is carrying our own burdens. There is no need to remind the inmates...
A Via Crucis of Hope for El Salvador’s Youth
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Walking the Stations of the Cross in Santa Leonor and La Esperanza In front of her home, Iris, a single mother of two teenagers, assembles a small altar. On it, she places an image of Jesus with his hands tied, a lit candle and bouquets of deep purple bougainvilleas. We are at the first Station of the Cross—Jesus is condemned to death—in the...
Many Faces of Mission in Chicago
Mission in Chicago means taking up the ministryof Jesus Christ in a variety of waysWhen asked what Scripture passage most inspires him as leader of the Chicago Archdiocese, Cardinal Blase Cupich responds immediately: The Sermon on the Mount. “Jesus looks over the crowd and says, ‘Blessed are you…’ ” the cardinal says. “A bishop—called in Latin episcopus or...
Young People in Chicago Go Forth in Peace
Catholic Hispanic young adults mentor youth on the South Side of Chicago On a Friday night, a basement on the South Side of Chicago fills up with a dozen teenagers. As people start to pray the rosary in front of a makeshift shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the teens playing soccer outside come inside to join them. The teens call themselves Guerreros de Paz (Warriors...
Building solidarity bridge from Chicago to Bolivia
Partner organizations Solidarity Bridge and Puente de Solidaridad bring medical help to the neediest Bolivians For Ariane Castro of Cochabamba, Bolivia, being the mother of two babies is the greatest gift, but the journey of this family did not start off smoothly. When her daughter Valeria was born five years ago, the baby was diagnosed with patent ductus...
Migrant Women in Japan: Victims No More
Two Maryknoll sisters empower and feel empowered helping women victims of domestic violence in Japan By David R. Aquije When police responded to an emergency at Darna’s house, the Filipino immigrant was black and blue from a beating by her Japanese husband, says Maryknoll Sister Margaret Lacson, telling the story of the petite woman standing next to her in an office...
Maryknoll Mission Institute: Stretching minds and spirits for 50 years
Maryknoll Mission Institute celebrates its golden jubilee It was the weekend of Pentecost and the joy of the Holy Spirit seemed to fill the air last June at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. There, people from all over the world were gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Maryknoll Mission Institute. As she welcomed the guests, most of whom...
‘God’s Love Has no Borders’
Five new Maryknollers sent to overseas mission Accompanied by drums and the joyous singing of a Swahili song, five new Maryknoll missioners danced their way out of the Maryknoll Sisters’ Annunciation Chapel. As Kenyan and Tanzanian seminarians and sisters led the drumming, the ululating and the singing of Utukuzwe (Be Glorified) and Alleluya, the joy was infectious....
Empowerment Through Accompaniment
A senior priest is committed to forming missionary disciples of Jesus Christ When Maryknoll Father Thomas Henehan visited his old neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, 15 years after leaving the country, he heard “Vecino Tomás!” He could not help but smile. “In Chile, the title of vecino (neighbor) is priceless,” he explains. “To be called neighbor meant that we had...
