Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera, originally from the Philippines, ministers to Filipinos working abroad.

Whether they are priests, sisters, brothers or laypeople, Maryknollers around the world share a common call: to serve as missioners. In this, our vocations issue, we invite you to read some of their stories. We invite you to get to know them, and the people they serve, by name.
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 Father Joyalito Tajonera, originally from the Philippines, ministers to Filipinos working abroad.
Maryknoll Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry shares the remarkable vocation journey that led him to the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, where he now serves as vocation director.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Dee Dungy advocates for women refugees in East Africa.
Maryknoll Sister Arlene Trant, long a ‘bridge’ between hearing and Deaf people, now focuses on care of creation.
Maryknoll Brother John Blazo finds a life of mission and community in his calling.
Maryknoll Sister Esperanza Principio serves Indigenous small farmers in Madre de Dios, Peru, in the Amazon Rainforest.
Maryknoll magazine shares the short version of a longer article with excerpts from an interview of Patricia Gualinga, an Indigenous activist from the Amazon.
Maryknoll affiliates in Guatemala support a community-based project Caminando Por La Paz to serve youth and families in a marginalized neighborhood.
A young Catholic woman hears call “to be aware of how God moves through all creation and through us as advocates.”
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Theologian Hosffman Ospino offers an in-depth look at trends within the Hispanic Roman Catholic population in the United States and calls for greater appreciation of its numbers and vitality.
A scholar from Yale’s Humanitarian Research Laboratory who has studied the forced deportation of minors from Ukraine to Russia meets with the papal envoy for peace, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.
During a short trip to Marseille, France, the pontiff urges people to aid humanitarian efforts to ensure the safety of migrants and refugees.
A Maryknoll priest reflects on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard and relates its teachings to his ministry to the sick and dying in El Salvador.
During National Migration Week, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, highlights the need to “address the coercive forces driving people to migrate.”
Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, says that the Synod can help make local churches more effective in spreading the Gospel.
Numerous Catholic groups were among the estimated 75,000 people who marched to protest fossil fuels before the start of U.N. climate meetings.
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on love in the Gospel and relates her journey of sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous and faith in a Higher Power.
As the death toll rises, due to massive flooding in Libya, Church and world leaders express sorrow and organize humanitarian aid.
After Morocco was devastated by an earthquake on Sept. 8, Church and world leaders offer prayers, condolences and humanitarian assistance.
Deacon Paul Carris of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, says the terrorist attacks both challenged his faith and changed his life.
A Maryknoll lay missioner in El Salvador reflects on confronting sin and repairing relationships with our brothers and sisters.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, a new Orbis book highlights the courage of religious who helped the dictatorship’s victims.
Argentinian “slum priests” celebrate Mass after a presidential candidate insulted Pope Francis in loaded political climate.
Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso reflects on the wealth of cultural customs found in the universal Catholic Church.
In South Sudan, nurse Grace Baako credits a Maryknoll missioner for encouraging her to pursue studies in advanced eye care.
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 share snippets of mission life in South Sudan, El Salvador, Hong Kong and Brazil.
This issue’s World Watch column by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns discusses changes to protocols for asylum seekers and proposed legislation.
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