Category: Missioner Tales
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 September/October 2020
On Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, there was a special ceremony for the blessing of the first child of...
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Missioner Tales July/August 2020
The idea of making protective masks during the COVID-19 pandemic started in our Maryknoll lay...
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Missioner Tales May/June 2020
Recently ordained a priest, I have been assigned to a Maryknoll parish in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania....
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Missioner Tales March/April 2020
I walked the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday with prisoners at one of the men’s prisons in...
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Missioner Tales January/February 2020
I was part of a pastoral team that had the responsibility for the parish of Capinota, Bolivia,...
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Missioner Tales November/December 2019
I was visiting patients at a medical clinic here in Malakal, South Sudan. I noticed one of the...
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Missioner Tales September/October 2019
As I usually do three times a week, I jumped on the number 800 bus to go to the local seminary...
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Missioner Tales July/August 2019
After eight years in São Paulo, Brazil, our family recently returned to João Pessoa, a coastal...
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Missioner Tales May/June 2019
During my first month in Shariatpur town in Bangladesh, where I visit the sick poor and often...
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