Maryknoll Lay Missioner Gabe Hurrish, who served most recently in South Sudan, reflects on the Samaritan woman and hostility between rival ethnic groups.
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World Watch: Guardians of Creation
Religious, civil and nongovernmental leaders from around the world gathered in Brazil for COP30, the U.N. conference on climate change.
Readers’ Responses, Spring 2026
Readers respond via email, letter or message to our stories published online, circulated in print and shared weekly by ezine.
Lending a Friendly Hand: Legal Promoters in Guatemala
A Maryknoll sister in Guatemala and her team train women in poor communities to become advocates known as community legal promoters.
The Church Raises Its Voice on Immigration
The Catholic Church, from the U.S. to the Vatican, is united in condemning the mistreatment and mass deportation of immigrants.
Orbis Books: Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours
Sister Kathleen Deignan, CND presents a prayerful collection of Passionist Father Thomas Berry’s writing organized as a Liturgy of the Hours.
World Watch: Foreign Aid, A Moral Imperative
Susan Gunn, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, presents a sobering view of the fatal effects of U.S. cuts to foreign aid.
Guided by God: One Woman’s Journey From Refugee to Missioner
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Thu Tam Hoang, whose family fled Vietnam when she was a child, serves in Cambodia, where she brings hope to impoverished people.
From the Editor: Heralds of Hope
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso ordained two new Maryknoll priests this year, and in an interview called out the current administration for mistreatment of immigrants.
False Narratives of Immigration
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, reflects on mission and migration in this interview with Maryknoll Magazine.
Orbis Books: The Years of Ripening
Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, previews Sister Joyce Rupp’s latest meditations on old age: The Years of Ripening.
Maryknoll Publications Win 45 Catholic Media Awards
At the Catholic Media Association’s annual conference, held this year in Phoenix, Arizona, Maryknoll publications win 45 awards.
Missioner Tales: Summer 2025
Missioners share snippets of mission life from where they serve in Jamaica, Bolivia and Tanzania as well as from the Maryknoll Sisters Center.
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