Missioner trains farmers from tribal villages in Thailand to face climate change while caring for the earth.
Rediscovering Tribal ‘Earth Wisdom’
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Maryknoll Magazine Spring 2021
Our Spring 2021 issue of Maryknoll Magazine focuses on the lives of service of people like a Maryknoll priest helping indigenous people reconnect with their spiritual roots, a lay missioner accompanying sick and abandoned Bolivians, a U.S. family joined in solidarity and friendship with struggling Salvadorans … and more.
FEATURED STORIES
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.
Acomujerza Cooperative Gives Salvadoran Women Hope
Acomujerza cooperative, born out of the trauma of war, gives Salvadoran women the opportunity they need to support their children.
A Fond Aloha
Maryknoll Sister Ardis Kremer leaves island of Molokai 45 years after bringing her adventuresome energy to the Hawaiian island.
Parishioners in Muroran Say, ‘Welcome Home, Father’
In Hokkaido’s port city of Muroran, in Higashi (East) Muroran Catholic Church, Maryknoll Father Frank Riha is considered one of their own.
The Church Establishes the First Advisory Body of Young People
The first International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) brings together 20 young people from different parts of the world to dialogue with the Vatican.
Lay Missioner is Lifting Spirits Restoring Life in Bolivia
Maryknoll Lay Missioner John O’Donoghue accompanies sick and disabled people at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity home in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Seeking Sustainability in East Africa
Maryknoll Father Hung M. Dinh works to build up and sustain a sprawling rural parish in Tanzania with a network of catechists.
New Maryknoll Priest Is Ordained Despite COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic could postpone but not stop the vocational call to the priesthood for the newest member of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Father Gregory McPhee.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Migrant Exodus in New Delhi as Lockdown Starts
Migrant workers ignore Delhi chief minister's plea to stay put and head back to their home...
Mozambique bishops speak out against violence
Bishops of Mozambique express solidarity with “the weakest and with young people who yearn for a dignified life” amid ongoing conflict in their homeland.
Tear Gas Lobbed Into Bishops’ Mass for Freedom in Haiti
Mass was during a national strike over kidnapping of five Catholic priests, two nuns and three...
UN Warns Myanmar Faces ‘Full-Blown Conflict’ like Syria
The United Nations rights chief has warned the ongoing repression by Myanmar’s military against protesters could be heading into “full-blown conflict” similar to Syria’s.
Bishops: Keep Dadaab and Kakuma Camps Open
Kenyan bishops urge government not to close Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps and to focus on...
Catholic Groups in Colombia Mobilize to Help Latest Venezuelan Refugees
Church groups in Colombia are mobilizing to support thousands of Venezuelan refugees who fled a military offensive and are now in a remote border town.
Lack of Cooperation Seen as Biggest Failure in Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how unprepared the world is—even wealthy, technologically advanced nations—to work together to stop an urgent crisis.
Solidarity needed to reduce debt of poor nations, pope tells World Bank
Promoting economic equality, Pope Francis reiterates his call for debt forgiveness for poorer...
Catholic coalition stresses importance of COVID-19 vaccine for all
On World Health Day, April 7, a new Catholic coalition encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others.
Karen refugees mobilize on Thai border to fight Myanmar army
According to the Karen National Union, more than 1,000 'political victims' are now in their...
Human Rights Are Undermined When Elderly Are Cast Aside, U.N. Nuncio Says
Too often the elderly, along with the poor, the disabled and the unborn, are “thrown aside” and determined to be “no longer needed,” said the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Thousands Petition to Free Stan Swamy, a Jesuit Priest Jailed in India
Refusing bail to the elderly Father Swamy who has limited mobility and no history of violence is...
Police and Military in Indonesia to Step Up Security at Churches for Easter
About 50,000 churches are to be guarded following the suicide attack on a cathedral on Palm...
Spirituality
St. Joseph: Patron of Dreamers and Discerners
St. Joseph emerges in the Gospels as a man beset by problems, uncertainties and dangers, who, like us, had to live by faith.
Partners in Mission
Abundant Graces Flow in Taichung, Taiwan
A teacher at the Maryknoll Language School in Taichung, Taiwan, reflects on the blessings she has received working with the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
MISSIONER TALES
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.
Missioner Tales, Spring 2021
Missioner Tales in the Spring 2021 issue of Maryknoll magazine give snippets of mission life in Tanzania, South Sudan, Guatemala and Thailand.
World Watch
Water Defenders Face Dangerous Challenge
A new book documents how courageous water defenders in El Salvador made the Central American country the first nation in the world to ban metal mining.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Spring 2021
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Spring 2021.
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