Forty years after the brutal killings of four U.S. churchwomen, a city in El Salvador claims Maryknoll sisters as its own martyrs.
‘Our people have already canonized them’
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Maryknoll Magazine Summer 2025
This Summer 2025 issue of Maryknoll magazine is dedicated to our beloved Pope Francis. Our cover story pays tribute to the pope from Argentina who was a sign of hope and inspiration for the Maryknoll family, the Catholic Church and the world.
While our print magazine went to press before the conclave, our web pages reflect the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first from the United States. The summer issue also includes a statement from Maryknoll’s superior general, addressing current challenges faced by our country.
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.
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes: A Listener and Healer
Agustin de la Rosa Reyes earns his living as a handyman. But by vocation, he is a listener and healer in the La Esperanza community in El Salvador.
In Memoriam 2020
Please pray for our Maryknoll missioners who died during the past year.Father John F. AhearnSister Cheryl AllamFather Robert F. AstorinoBrother Luke R. BaldwinSister Lorraine BeinkafnerSister Joan BerningerSister Camille Marie BlackFather J. Ernest BrunelleSister Frances CalcaterraSister Anne...
Beating the Odds with an Immigration Case
A lay missioner’s legal advocacy—with the prayers and support of many—changes Elizabeth’s life forever.
Two Days/One Suitcase for Japanese-Americans
At 87 years old, Helen Hannan Parra is on a mission: to tell everyone she can about the unjust imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Helen Remembers and a Book Is Born
In a new book, Two Days and One Suitcase, Helen Hannan Parra, now in her 80s, shares her childhood memories of life in a Japanese-American internment camp.
Reflecting on a Tragic Salvadoran Anniversary
A former Maryknoll priest associate recalls the night they killed the Jesuits. William Schmidt, a former Maryknoll priest associate, served as a pastor in the Zacamil neighborhood of San Salvador, El Salvador, at the height of the country’s civil war. He recalls those harrowing days when many of...
‘Go Digital or Die’
A Maryknoll priest helps Small Christian Communities in Kenya get online during pandemic crisis. When the Kenyan government ordered the country into lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus earlier this year, Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey remembered a quote from the movie The Sound of...
Honoring George Floyd on 38th & Chicago
On the site of the killing of African-American George Floyd, a white, suburban Minneapolis man vows to combat racism. Late in April 1992, as I made my way home after dark in a West Philadelphia neighborhood, I was set upon by a small group of youths carrying bats and boards. Hours earlier,...
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Love in Tacna: A Maryknoll Reflection
By Doreen Longres, M.M. Sunday, May 5, 2024 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 | 1 Jn 4:7-10 | Jn 15:9-17...
Pope Teaches on Faith versus Fear, Honors St. Joseph the Worker
During his general audience on May 1, 2024, St. Joseph the Worker's feast day, Pope Francis says...
British Churches Deplore Rwanda Deportation Law
Church leaders including a Catholic bishop and heads of several denominations say the new law puts...
Harassment of Nicaraguan Church Continues
In an affront to Bishop René Sándigo of León, Daniel Ortega's Administration sets up a boxing ring...
New Florida Farmworker Law Called ‘Inhumane’
The legislation, signed in a closed door session, overturns local "living wage" provisions and...
Guatemalan General Faces Charges for Role in Genocide
Retired General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García is on trial for his part in the massacre of...
The Good Shepherd: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll sister reflects on Jesus the Good Shepherd in the context of her work with children and families in Panama and Peru.
Bishop Seitz: Migrants Can Help Build US Future
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, addresses the challenges at the border and the changing realities of the United States.
Sisters Help Transform Lives of the Disabled in Nepal
A project for disabled children and youth founded in Nepal by Maryknoll Father Adam Gudalefsky is run by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.
Pope Pleads for Military Restraint in the Middle East
Avoid a “spiral of violence” in the Middle East, urged Pope Francis after Iran’s launch of drones and missiles against Israel.
Pope: Take Evil Seriously, Pray for Peace
During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis offered a teaching on fortitude and resisting...
Faith-Based Organizations at the UN Promote Women Leaders
At a panel sponsored last month by Caritas Internationalis and the Permanent Observer of the Holy...
Mexico’s Cartels Are Entering Politics, Church Warns
As elections approach, drug cartels are targetting and killing political candidates; 29 people...
Rwanda Commemorates 1994 Genocide
The bishops of Rwanda expressed their closeness to genocide survivors as the country marks the...
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
Spirit of Mission: Christ, the fullness of time
The miracle of Christmas is God didn’t just take on our human nature but transformed our chronological time into God’s fullness of time.
Partners in Mission
Diosita Grows up with Maryknoll
If what you learn as a child shapes your maturity, the Balio family from Pantukan, Philippines, is one of the wisest families.
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, Winter 2021
I first met Jose when he participated in my first Theater of the Oppressed group in a parish on the periphery of João Pessoa, Brazil, where I serve as a Maryknoll lay missioner. Jose (not his real name) was probably 20 years old and very active in the parish. He had...
ORBIS BOOKS SPOTLIGHT
World Watch
Vatican COVID-19 Commission Examines Pastoral and Social Challenges of Pandemic
Pope Francis asks Vatican COVID-19 Commission to focus on four social issue areas: security, economics, ecology and health.
Readers’ Responses
Readers’ Responses Winter 2021
Our readers comment on past articles appearing in Maryknoll magazine under the heading of Readers’ Responses Winter 2021.
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