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Maryknoll Magazine Fall 2021
The Fall 2021 issue of Maryknoll magazine focuses on the mission vocation. We feature stories of Maryknoll missioners around the world living out their call to serve God’s people as priests, brothers, sisters, lay missioners and affiliates.
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.
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Installs New Leadership Council
The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers' General Chapter, which convenes every six years, recently established future goals and priorities and selected new leadership for the missionary society. The Maryknoll Society’s new General Council consists of Father Lance P. Nadeau, superior general; Father...
China Bound and Beyond
September 12, 1921: the first six Maryknoll sisters set out for mission in China. Their departure was both joyful and sobering, as they bid farewell to families and homeland for life.
Responding to God’s Call
Candidates to priesthood and brotherhood share in the Maryknoll spirit during vocational formationaryknoll seminarian John Siyumbu was asked to visit an elderly woman in Chicago and pray with her family. Responding to his call to serve and accompany God’s people, he immediately...
Father Joseph Thaler’s Call Within The Call
Father Joseph Thaler reflects on his lifelong mission to serve as a Maryknoll priest alongside the most vulnerable people of Nepal.
Smiles and Tears in São Paulo’s Favelas
Serving in São Paulo, Brazil, Margarita Durán has found that building new relationships and friendships is the most rewarding part of being a lay missioner.
Hope on Hooves Helps Tanzanians
Volunteering in a goat project in Tanzania called Hope on Hooves, a Maryknoll affiliate from Seattle discovers mission is from everywhere to everywhere. never thought it would be possible to do mission in Tanzania from my living room in the state of Washington. But a goat...
Being A Good Neighbor While Caring For The Earth
New solar canopy project aligns with the Maryknoll Society’s goal to combat environmental destruction and care for God’s creation.
Families in Mission in Massachusetts
Father Alejandro López Cardinale and his Massachusetts parishioners launch a family project to foster a sense of belonging during COVID-19.
In Memoriam 2021
In Memoriam 2021: Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners—priests, brothers and sisters—who died during the past year. May they rest in peace with the Lord.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Look to St. Joseph as an “Ally,” Pope Says
In a series on St. Joseph during the weekly papal audience, Pope Francis says to look to Church’s patron for guidance and support.
CELAM Bishops Must ‘Revive Aparecida,’ Go to Peripheries, Says its President
President of the Latin American Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CELAM) opens episcopal gathering with a call to revive Aparecida, go to the peripheries
Cardinal Warns of Rights Violations against Seafarers
Cardinal Peter Turkson warns that seafarers and workers in fishing industries are increasingly being exploited.
Pope: Fight Child Labor through Fair Wages for Adults
Pope Francis says at conference “Eradicating Child Labor, Building a Better Future,” fight child labor by eliminating poverty and paying fair wages to adults.
Religious Freedom Advocates ‘Appalled’ as State Department Removes Nigeria from Watch List
State department removes Nigeria from watch list in spite of abuses against religious freedom and persecution of Christians.
Pope: St. Joseph Reminds Church to Pay Attention to What Is Essential
Pope: St. Joseph, model for and protector of the Church, reminds us to pay attention to what is important.
Latin American Bishops to Confront Increasing Poverty after COVID-19
Latin America accounts for one-third of all COVID-19 pandemic deaths and its economies contracted...
Nurture Hope Tomorrow by Healing Pain Today, Pope Says
Pope Francis says World Day of the Poor asks us not to be afraid to take a close look at the...
Trust Christ’s Presence, Learn to Invoke the Holy Spirit, Pope Says
Prayer to the Holy Spirit must come from the heart, Pope Francis says, concluding audience series on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
An Ex-Marine Recounts Inspiration of Maryknoll Priest Killed in Vietnam War
As a chaplain with the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War, Maryknoll Father Vincent...
Latin American Bishops to Address the Region’s Decline in Democracy
Latin American bishops to seeks to confront erosion of region’s democracy from leaders on the left and right.
Bishops Living in Amazon Ask COP26 for Actions to Save Planet
Bishops of the Amazon are asking world leaders at COP26 for urgent and courageous commitments to combat climate change and protect the Amazon.
Up to 100,000 Marchers at Glasgow COP26 Demand Action on Climate Change
Demonstrators took to the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, demanding action to halt climate change and reverse ecological degradation.
Priests Call for an End to Ethiopia Conflict as Tigray Troops Approach Capital
Fears of all-out war in Ethiopia grow, amid reports that the Tigray troops are on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa.
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
Spirit of Mission: Missioner vs. Missionary
hat image comes to mind when you hear the word “missionary”? A knock at the...
Partners in Mission
Doctor Anna, Partner in Mission
hen Maryknoll Brother Tim Raible thinks of Doctor Anna Morris, a quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi comes to...
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, Fall 2021
Missioners offer snippets of mission life in Brazil, Bangladesh, South Sudan and Nicaragua as well as at the Maryknoll Sisters center in New York.
ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT
Community
World Watch
World Watch: Global Climate Momentum Builds
omentum is building for ambitious action to counter climate change, both in the world community and within the Catholic Church. New climate goals announced by President Joe Biden...
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Fall 2021
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts. FAITH PERSUASIONI have been a reader of Maryknoll magazine going back to the mid-1950s. It was my grandfather’s subscription and later my...
IN MEMORIAM
