Ordination by Cardinal Tagle of Father John Siyumbu from Kenya marks a new era as Maryknoll welcomes seminarians from mission countries.

Our Summer 2022 issue includes stories of people helping refugees, highlighting how the Gospel calls us to recognize the needs of refugees from all countries. We also share articles on the ministries of Maryknoll missioners around the world, as well as the winners of our Maryknoll Student Essay Contest.
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.
Ordination by Cardinal Tagle of Father John Siyumbu from Kenya marks a new era as Maryknoll welcomes seminarians from mission countries.
The Maryknoll Society’s Young Adult Empowerment (YAE) Communities accompany and empower young adults in their 20s and 30s.
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Merwyn De Mello draws upon his experience living in Afghanistan to help resettle Afghan refugees.
Maryknoll Father Romane St. Vil serves as spiritual leader for Creole-speaking Haitian communities in diaspora in the U.S.
Maryknoll Sister Miriam Francis Perlewitz has served for seven decades as teacher and mentor in Bangladesh and other mission sites.
Maryknoll Student Essay Contest winners for 2021 share “good news” stories from their lives that reflects the Good News message of Jesus.
Young leader in Los Angeles strives to help others feel welcome in the Church. “We need to create relationships, meet those at the margins, and build communities of inclusion,” she says.
Young leaders from Maryknoll’s first Young Adult Empowerment (YAE) cohort, share their thoughts about the two-year accompaniment program.
Kenyan seminarian reflects on his vocation journey and commitment to mission.
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on Salvadoran crackdown on gangs that sweeps up the righteous along with the wicked.
Bishop critical of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega because of its repression is under virtual house arrest.
Reflecting on the Sunday Mass readings, a Maryknoll lay missioner gives witness to the faith of the community where she serves in Haiti.
Peacemaker and activist Tom Cornell, co-founder of Pax Christi USA and the Catholic Peace Fellowship, dies at 88.
The Biden administration plan to fill gaps in the border wall draws rebuke from residents, immigration organizations and political opponents.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of HIV in many areas, but leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old AIDS pandemic.
As part of a “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada to apologize to First Nations people, Pope Francis prays at a lake known for healing waters.
A Maryknoll sister prioritizes humanity’s kinship over material gain in light of the Mass readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize in person, on the land, to First Nations people for the trauma inflicted in residential schools.
Kidnappings and murders of Catholic priests in Nigeria have escalated in recent months as criminals increasingly target communities of faith.
A church official in Tigray, Ethiopia, says the government’s siege-like blockade prevents millions from receiving desperately-needed humanitarian aid.
Immigration lawyer Heidi Cerneka, MKLM, reflects on the Gospel call to hear the knock at our door and respond to stranger and neighbor
Bishops focused on defending the sacredness of every life in a message where they reminded people...
Father Joe Veneroso proposes as patron of synodality Mary Magdalene, discredited for 2 millennia and restored by Pope Francis as “Apostle to the Apostles.”
Sally Peake, a physical therapist who works at Maryknoll, also volunteers in the local community helping to resettle Afghan refugees.
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 snippets of mission life in South Sudan and Cambodia and at the U.S./Mexico border, as well as a mission moment in New York.
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In the first month alone, the Russian invasion of Ukraine drove an estimated 10 million people from their homes, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
For years I have been reading the beautiful poetry and prayers of Father Joseph Veneroso. I look forward to reading them in the Maryknoll magazine and online …