Maryknoll’s work through local partners such as schools and HIV/AIDS clinics in Kenya keeps students healthy and well-fed.

Among the articles in this issue of Maryknoll is the inspiring reflection by Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano about his meeting earlier this year with Pope Francis in South Sudan. From the neighboring East African nation of Kenya to Peru in South America, to Cambodia in Asia and Ukraine in Europe, journey with us in our stories of people living their faith in service to others.
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.
Maryknoll’s work through local partners such as schools and HIV/AIDS clinics in Kenya keeps students healthy and well-fed.
Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano accompanies those displaced by war in South Sudan to meet with the visiting pontiff.
Catholics in war-torn Ukraine feed, house, clothe and minister to those fleeing violence while also praying for a lasting peace with justice.
The Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme (DDP) helps Cambodia’s deaf people come into their own as they learn skills, including sign language, and job training.
Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan, who has served Indigenous people in Peru for 50 years, gives insight into the country’s recent civil unrest.
In Houston, Christie and Mesias Pedroza carry on the legacy of Maryknoll Father Gerald Kelly, caring for the poor through various ministries.
Maryknoll Student Essay Contest winners for 2022 respond to Pope Francis’ Let Us Dream: the Path to a Better Future.
The hardening authoritarianism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has led to the exile of 222 prisoners, the imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Alvarez and many others, and “traitor” laws which strip dissenters of their citizenship.
A Maryknoll immersion trip takes young adults to the San Francisco Bay Area to deepen their understanding of migration issues.
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
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.
A mother from Venezuela, forced to flee the country with her young son, gives a firsthand account of her family’s ordeal in seeking asylum.
A Maryknoll lay missioner serving in Bolivia reflects on the upcoming Sunday’s Mass readings in the context of Christian hope.
The Eucharist is an act of not simply remembering but recalling Jesus, writes Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso.
Returned lay missioner Kim Mom, a Cambodian who served in her war-torn birthplace, tells why she feels God’s love now more strongly than ever.
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.
Missioners offer vignettes of mission life in Tanzania and Chile and at the U.S./Mexico border in our Summer 2023 issue.
The hardening authoritarianism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has led to the exile of 222 prisoners, the imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Alvarez and many others, and “traitor” laws which strip dissenters of their citizenship.
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