On a journey to East Africa a New York deacon gets gifts for ministry || A statement on the Maryknoll Society website caught my attention: “Crossing borders and encountering our brothers and sisters...

A Maryknoll lay missioner feeds bodies and minds of Tanzanian kindergartners || I live in half of a newly built duplex on top of what may be the highest hill in Mwanza, Tanzania. I travel on foot...

Before Christmas when the readings at Mass are from the prophet Isaiah, the Scriptures came to life for me. “The eyes of the blind will be opened,” Isaiah said. Here in Guatemala, where I serve...

Eight men and women—singles and couples with children—go forth to help build that world with God’s grace || As eight new members of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM) embarked on their journeys...

Maryknoll seminarian reflects on his overseas training experiences and mission || Mission is different for every person. That’s what I am learning working in the Mabatini parish in Mwanza, Tanzania,...

“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the Streets.” || In bringing to a close Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Mercy on November 20, we’re reminded...

A Maryknoll priest draws on his farmland upbringing to fight global hunger. || For most of his mission career, Maryknoll Father Kenneth Thesing has grappled with the specter of hunger. Assigned to East...

The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have accepted two new candidates to the priesthood—both from mission lands—and has welcomed a diocesan priest from northern New York State to serve as a priest associate...

For years, Don Agustin Lazarte was an itinerant catechist in our St. Francis Xavier parish in the village of Monte Verde, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He would spend a week or a month in a village, helping with...